June 2009 Grocery Challenge

Cornishpixie_2

Hi, quick update spent £9.91:eek: at Mr A. yesterday, mainly on bread, fillings for packs, fruit, squash, noodles, biscuits(DS2 used all the eggs making cakes.) juice and bottled water for school. Today I spent £1-90 on cheese and 0.38p on tinned tomatos. Meal planned till 17th june when I will prob order another online shop.:D

tessie_bear

hi....ive done well today...no spend and hopefu;;y i will walk past sainsburys on the school run as i dont need anything...however that hasnt stopped me in the past

got curry for tea and done a meal plan for the rest of the week...i got a few reduced naan breads in asda the other day so i miight do a few curries to use them up...i saw on here that sainsburys has reduced the price of their turkey pieces so i might get some...i need to have a look as im not sure of the happy status iykwim...i love turkey but dont do much with it except stirfry and occasional curry

i got reduced bananas in tesco yesterday so am planning nanas and custard for pudding...and again tomorrow as i got quite a few

take care
tess

NualaBuala

So far in June I've spent €40.22 on a few small food shops. That's more than I would normally have spent by now but it's all in a good cause.

• organic milk
• a multipack of line caught cod fillets from M&S that was reduced. Will keep me going for a while.
• lots and lots of lovely salad stuff. It's quite dear at the rate I'm going through it but I don't mind as it's good for me
• lots of lovely cheese (only one organic which I found in Lidl - hope it's nice)
• and some basics like tea, yoghurts (organic) and non-organic, non-healthy sweeties! Life's too short to be perfect

scotsaver

Hi everyone - logged on to update spends from the weekend and this morning. Not doing too badly as I know I've meal planned so will just be buying F&V, milk etc from now on.;)

Dinner Saturday night was from the Freezer, had previously made MRSMC's Corned Beef Hash (recipe on page 1) and had some left over so had made it into a Pie which we had with some Jersey Royals and peas & sweetcorn - yummy it was too, especially the Jersey Royals which I had bought locally. Pudding was a lovely punnet of Strawberries, also bought locally and they were so sweet and juicy - just waiting for mine to ripen in the Garden.;)

Dinner yesterday was Roast Beef and all the trimmings and pudding was Aldi's Super 6 Pineapple - again, really sweet and juicy - will be going back there tomorrow to restock on the Super 6 for this week.:cool:

Dinner tonight will be a Curry using the leftover Beef and bulked up with some mushrooms, peppers etc from the Freezer. Not sure about pudding yet - shall trawl the cupboards for some inspiration in a moment.:D

Have a good day everyone.;)

PS. I forgot to mention that I bought 6 Large Free Range Eggs from Iceland and they are only £1 which I thought was great value, cheaper than the ones I normally buy in Asda and these are Large.

sistercas

scotsaver wrote: »

Hi sistercas - the recipe is handwritten in my little book which means I copied it from the Internet/a friend or on here, apologies to whoever gave it to me as I can't remember but here it is.:o

Coconut Flapjacks

8oz Porridge Oats
5oz Brown Sugar
4oz Margarine
3tbsp Golden Syrup
Pinch of salt
4oz currants
4oz Dessicated coconut

Melt marg with the sugar and syrup until dissolved, stir in all the other ingredients and put in a tray 8" x 6" and bake for 15 mins at 180 degrees. Cut into squares and allow to cool.

thanks for posting this I am off to make it right now

Rocks_Fan_Debbie

Not been good this weekend, went to the shop for 4 things and ended up spending more than I needed to, so thats another £51 pound of the budget used.

Off now to update signature, I am only planning to buy dog food between now and sunday.Fingers crossed:eek:

ifonlyitwaseasier

ok am incredibly late posting and will catch up on the previous posts later,

please put me down for £80 MrsM, which is far more than we will need as my folks are pretty much buying everything and haven't let us contribute yet!

Good Luck all

ioiwe x

queen_of_string

Oooh Scotsaver we are having mrs M's corned beef hash in a pie for tea too, must be something in the air . Off to Mr T tonight to spend a £8 off £50 voucher, I dont need £50 of food but is too good to miss so will stock up on some stuff, not much though as we emigrate in 10 weeks :eek:

sistercas

mmmmmmm coconut flapjack is lovely thanks for posting scotsaver

I have made Sunnygirls cheese and onion flan for tea and it was yummy had it with salad leaves from the garden and on the vine toms

TheBees

Staying focused this month - tonight me and the children had baked potatoes for tea with leftovers of baked beans, spaghetti hoops, cheddar cheese and cottage cheese! :rotfl:

At the moment, in the slow cooker, I have a bolognese cooking until about 11pm tonight. I've used 500g of beef but have bulked it out with 3 tins of tinned tomatoes, 4 onions, 4 carrots and a couple of handfuls of porridge oats and herbs. I'm hoping this will be enough for 3 or 4 meals so will keep one lot for tomorrows tea and the rest will be separated into tubs for the freezer.:D

I've had two NSD's in a row which is a miracle for me but unfortunately I'll have to buy some milk tomorrow. :mad: