July 2009 Grocery Challenge

helen_jelly

Hi - went to MrS tonight to get a birthday present and also got 2 early Xmas pressies [Jamie Oliver mugs reduced to £2 each in a tin] and spent £3.05 on food - milk, bread, raspberries and a cucumber.

Don't often wish for it but I want rain please
Helen

EverTheOptimist

Hi MRSMC and fellow grocery budgeteers.

Am a little late setting a target, can't even remember if i set it in june's thread, but i would like to aim for £120 again please, don't even know the figures for June as TOTALLY FAILED it, oh well, onwards and upwards.

Hope everyone's well. will have to catch up on all the posts tomorrow.

ETO

01001011

Hi all,
I spent £47.90 last month. I think I can continue with £65 for this month.
The start of this month isn't very healthy. I went to Tesco last afternoon. Bought 40p of Pita for lunch. Then went AGAIN at evening, WITHOUT any shopping plan (don't try this at home ). I found cooked chicken reduced to 60p for 3 pieces. I got one bag with 3 large thighs -- enough for 3 meals. I also bpught a large pack of whoopsed bread at 50p. Lots of junk food...
I already

kezlou

GettingHitched wrote: »

Right, later than promised....here is my Freezer/Fridge/Store cupboard list....so my need lots of help in stretching it all out for a month.

Storecupboard

Jar Korma use one pack of mince and veg to bulk it out (basically fry mince and veg and add sauce to it). Serve with cous cous / pasta. Then you could make some nanns http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?p=16019369#post16019369 to bulk out the meal. this should make two meals for four people based on two adults and hungry monster children. to make it even more filling make some potato or onion bhajis to dip in the curry. http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?p=20826835#post20826835
Jar Spicy Curry ( not sure what it is...posh Pataks one! ) Same as above with the chicken maybe.
Mandarin Segments
Pineapple make fruit salad with the fruit.
Baked beans x 1 shepards pie served with beans
Peach Slices
Chocolate and Strawb whip ( angel delight )
Couple packs jelly make jelly as normal then angel delight over the top add some peach slices to decorate voila trifle
Tuna x 1bulk up your curries with it, make lasagne, cold pasta and tuna salad, make HM fish cakes with it.
Chick peas ( tinned ) falaffel burgers or chick peas curry?
Curry Sauce ( basics...yucku! )mix it with some other spices to make it taste of something else, thats what i do.
Spaghetti
Pasta twists
Lasagne
Various flours; SR, Plain, Bread make cakes, naans, pitta, home made bread etc, also essential ingredients for making burgers etc
Sugar
Cous Cous
Pearl Barleymake soups , bulk up your curries with it, i just mix it up with anything really.
Various herbs and Spices, oils stocks and vinegars

Fridge

1 pint milk
leftover BBQ bits
2 tubs coleslaw
Cooked Noisette Lamb
Butter
Cheese

Freezer

Chicken Portion x 1
Chicken thigh fillet x 2
Belly Pork x 2
Veggie risotto x 2
Chicken Thighs x 2
Various Fish; Smoked haddock, dog fish, and something else im not sure of!fish pie or make fish cakes? , curry etc
Frozen Roast Pork and chicken ( about 4 tubs of each )cold pasta and chicken salad, use the tubs of pork and chicken in currys or soak in gravy for a dinner, cold meat platter along with bbq bits and coleslaw. chicken pasties .
Hm Soups ( about 6 tubs )
Beef Mince 500g lasagne, curry, chepards pie, HM burgers, kebabs, lasagne, bolognese etc
Pork Mince 500glasagne, curry, chepards pie, HM burgers, kebabs, lasagne, bolognese etc
Blue Cheese
Chilli ( one portion )serve with cous cous or pasta
Mixed frozen peppers 1 tubmake soups with it, bulk up your curries with it, make veggie lasagne
Pasta Meal ( hm that I cant remember whats in it! LOL )
Green bacon make cheese sauce, HM quiche, omellets, pasta sauce
Smoked Hammake cheese sauce, HM quiche, omellets, pasta sauce
Swede x 3 tubs make soups with it, bulk up your curries with it, make veggie lasagne
Calamari ( battered )serve with cold pasta salad, odd bits off BBQ food as a cold / hot platter.

Im gonna need lots of help...LOL

I need to top up on bread/milk/eggs/butter and some fresh veg/fruit...but welcome any suggestions

I hope the above gives you some sort of ideas.

Money_saving_Diva_2

Hi everybody!

Well I failed again last month - plus found some receipts that my OH had forgotten to give me, so my total below is probably even worse!

Anyway - not going to give up - please put me down for £330 again for July.

I did a Tescos online shop - it came to £105.00 but minus the special offers and a voucher I had, I spent £84.00 but hopefully that is us stocked up on all but fresh stuff and meat for a couple of weeks.

Good luck everyone for this month!

Diva.x

XSpender

My plan of clawing back my 80 odd quid annual overspend is not going so well. Spent £17.77 in Ald1 yesterday on their super 6, eggs, crisps, ham etcand 2 bags of sweets for the cinema at the weekend and then £25.38 in Mr S but this did include a half price bottle of wine for OH at £6 and a bottle for my mum at £4 who is feeding us lunch on Saturday and we won't need tea as will get 3 courses! Also bought all the stuff to make chicken and quorn fajhitas for tonight as BIL is coming for tea.

I only wanted to spend £150 this month but have spent £109.15 already :eek: We have been offered a 2nd hand caravan at a fabulous price and I want to pay for it out of this months salary and not touch the savings which is going to be a toughie unless I stop spending!

I just can't seem to meal plan at the minute, everything I can make from scratch seems too warm!:rolleyes:

We had our first beetroot and strawberries out of the garden this week and they were yummy. Think I will make the beetroot into chutney from a recipe I found somewhere on the site.

XS

Savvy_sewing

The local butcher van has just been around the village. I got 6 of his sausages, 1lb mince, 4 baking potatoes, bag of new salad potatoes. Came to £8.13p. Not exactly the cheapest way of buying things, but that means I dont have to go out today. I should have enough stuff in for the weekend. (Except no wine), but I can manage without that if BF is not coming over.
I am babysitting for my Granddaughter tomorrow/sunday, so I wanted simple things that she will eat. She is only 21 months old.

WelshWoofer

Monring all!
It's raining with a vengence here in Manc now!

Went to Mr T yesterday to pick up supplies for the weekend (we have visitors) and next week to see us through to holidays.

Managed to spend £33 on not much at all really - or so it seemed.

Never mind - I have a meal plan and everything (except may be a bit of salad that won't keep until when I want to use it) ready.

Hope everyone else is doing ok?

tessie_bear

hi...its raining and i was just getting used to the sun....and i spent a fortune on lollies yesterday..oh well...has anyone seen the cheap deals in aldi...they had them near the front in ours....various wines...nice looking lemonade...some beer cornets for icecream and some tubs of icecream...

i am runnung out of inspiration for meals...we seem to keep having the same dishes...im going to look at the recipes at the front to see what i can come up with

have a nice if wet day
tess

MRSMCAWBER

Morning all

Im at risk of turning into a big puddle -it is scorching here -been 86f or 30c, indoors -in the shade since 9am this morning :eek:.... I have the electric fan on full welly and the doors and windows open ...but its still too hot for me :rolleyes:....
When hubby gets in from work we will be nipping shopping for fruit, salad, more water and a few more bits n bobs... we have demolished 34x1.5lt bottles of sparkling water since last friday afternoon :eek:.... so that didn't last long.
The "plus" supermarket I usually used re-opened yesterday as a Netto -so I will keep my pinkies crossed that its as good -today and tomorrow they have an extra 10% off everything :jso I may end up buying extra nuts etc for the next couple of weeks and stashing them ..well -it all adds up
Its full scale salad mode in this house -which makes life ridiculously simple (thank god I have a salad mad hubby:p) can't wait for the tomatoes n cucumbers to start being ready in the garden... hoping to fetch my first courgette off in the next couple of days
Huxley -the courgette teabread/muffin recipe on the front page is one I posted last year...now its not the healthiest way to eat your courgettes but it is gorgeous..like carrot cake etc....and well worth a try if you have extras Im trying to make myself be good and NOT turn my 1st courgette into it :rotfl:
Dinner tonight will be prawn salad with steamed potatoes
hope everyone is having a good day -will pop back and update once I have done the spending