May 2009 Grocery Challenge

JayJay14

Lovely shiny new thread, have done my first shop of the month and bought most of the cleaning stuff.

I have had a couple of problems with one of my freezers so will be running down the stocks in case we have a disaster there.

Good luck everyone with the May challenge, together we will all succeed.

Miss-spent_2

Phew April was tough. Have done the first shop of May already £100.40.
Please put me down for £220 for May

rosieben

Hello all, and welcome to the newbies :hello:

I'm sticking with my april budget at the mo, be back on 1st May!

good luck all

Pip-squeak_3

Hi
declaring at £98.33 for April.
May budget is £100. It has been the same for a year now but only seem to be able to reduce the monthly spend during the summer when we grow a lot of our own food.

Good luck to all and many thanks to all the people who keep the challenge going.

Mrs._Irwin

Pip-squeak wrote: »

Hi
declaring at £98.33 for April.
May budget is £100. It has been the same for a year now but only seem to be able to reduce the monthly spend during the summer when we grow a lot of our own food.

Good luck to all and many thanks to all the people who keep the challenge going.

Pip-squeak, not that I do grow any food (I certainly aspire to!) so not an expert, but it popped into my head when I read your post - can you preserve any of the food you grow in the summer? Or grow foods that do preserve?

MRSMCAWBER

Mrs._Irwin wrote: »

Pip-squeak, not that I do grow any food (I certainly aspire to!) so not an expert, but it popped into my head when I read your post - can you preserve any of the food you grow in the summer? Or grow foods that do preserve?

Thats what Im trying to do this year... Im having a go at winter squash that store quite well, sweet potatoes ditto,
I have also set things like scarlet Kale, brussels, mini cabbage etc that will stand over winter -I grow everything in tubs and pots so Im restricted to a degree -but every little helps.
oooohh Im also growing lots of tomatoes (40odd plants):rotfl:plenty for roasting and making into pasta sauces.
Having a go at mini cauli to drop in the freezer,
I also plan on turning any excess into soups for winter as then hubby takes soups and HM bread every day

Its amazing how much you can squeeze into the smallest space....
ok -enough rambling

focus888

Today will be a spend day but not sure how much yet. Can anyone tell me what vegetables are good frozen? i normally go for the fresh stuff but it keeps going off before i have a chance to use it i buy frozen cauliflower just wondered is frozen broccoli any good? thanks this will help try and reduce my spends down i think

cw18

I've had both frozen cauli and brocolli - though we find them a bit soft (prefer it steamed to boiled). But if I buy fresh I always end up freezing some - and that's soft when used too, so very little difference between buying frozen or freezing myself.

I actually tend to buy the bags of mixed veg (some farmhouse types include cauli and brocolli, but I also get the peas/corn/beans/carrots mixes as well), as it's the only way of regularly getting a mix of vegetables into DS (who's almost 18!)

EverTheOptimist

Hey focus888,

I have the same problem with fresh veg because of the shifts i work, i start with good intentions then end up wasting more than i should or giving it to bunny!! I buy frozen peas, mixed veg, corn on cob, green beans. They always taste ok to me, and i always have them in to go with my meals. Not sure about brocolli though.

ETO

Boodle

Can I set £120 for May please?

First shop for May is tomorrow. Not sure how well in budget I will come in this week, but I can't do worse than last month right I hope!

Good luck everyone x