August 2009 Grocery Challenge

MRSMCAWBER

Afternoon all

Up to 13 NSDs out of 15 this month :j.....
We have just had a wander and picked 1.5lb of blackberries (blackberry grater cake here I come ) -its enough for 2 as per the recipe -but hubby knows there are some more ready on camp -so he is going to pick some tomorrow -Im hopping to make a substantial tray bake one to cut into pieces for the freezer -fingers crossed

Lunch today was pork steaks with Hm stuffing, steamed potatoes, carrots, peas -and runner beans from the garden nomnomnom -and I now have 28 meals worth of beans in the freezer -oh and up to 4 courgettes in the kitchen again :rotfl:
Tea tonight is fresh baked bread -(yet to go in the remoska) with ham salad on -with home grown tomatoes :T
I think by the middle of the week I "might" need a couple of bits -but nothing major ....
Fingers crossed that the month carries on like this as I wanted a super frugal month
hope everyone is well

helen_jelly

Rosieben - thanks for the info on Double Cream - DH has panic attacks about wasting cream and tries to plan meals around a drop of cream but not anymore hehe

Helen x

Jedilibrarian

Hi all
Hope everyone is getting on ok with their budgets. Just popped in to say that Asd* are having a 'pet event' at the moment in conjunction with PDSA, and lots of pet products are cheaper (my local Asd* had stuff for cats/dogs/rabbits etc).
I'm very very close to my budget already, determined to make it though! :A

alipops1986

Afternoon All!

Popped to ASDA with a friend and ended up purchasing a few treats:

3 for £1 pick n mix sweets, fresh bread, muffins, chewing gum, naan bread...

Came to pretty much £4 so will be adding that to my signature!!

Flat_Eric

After making my beef casserole this afternoon., I sorted out my bottom kitchen cupboard. :j

The casserole will be ready to serve shortly :T (can't wait ) I stuck some lentils in and rather than use the schatz satchet, I made my own stock with red wine , beef bovil/hot water and some herbs. Not sure how it will turn out but it looks ok. I also added a tin of tomatoes plus all the sad onions i had in my fridge and used up the peppers too plus a bit of frozen brocolli/sweetcorn/carrots. Made some strawberry jelly to have for pudding then found a heinz chocolate pudding and pot of custard lurking in the cupboard so that wins the day and I will serve this instead saving the jelly for tomorrow.
The casserole will do for tomorrow's tea also and there will still be plenty for the freezer :beer:

So bottom kitchen cupboard all tidy, well much more organised. Have rather a lot of heinz beans and various tuna satchets/tins oh and lots of rice !! (rice bought at bargain price when local somerfield shut down)

Just one more cupboard to go now. have a stockpile of baking ingredients too so will look out some recipes and perhaps some baking will be the order of the day next weekend. :j was tempted to make crispie cakes this afternoon but chocolate not cheap enough at local shop!!

scotsaver

XSpender wrote: »

I always drink decaff earl grey tea but it costs £1.99 for 50 tea bags, even Mr S own brand is the same price as Twinnings. Can anyone recommend a brand of decaff normal tea bags for me to drink instead as I am trying to cut the shopping bill further? Thanks x

Hi XSpender - Asda are currently doing 2 boxes of 80 teabags for £2, this includes their Decaff, earl grey etc etc. HTH

Just caught up on the last few pages, will log back on tomorrow as I need to update my total with spends this weekend, hope you are all doing well.;)

shell_542

Hi there, I was wondering if I could join? I have tried once before but it didn't last long :whistle:

Having to really tighten those purse strings from this month so my August Grocery Challenge will be £200

That's for 4 of us and I may be completely off the mark. Our month goes from 10th to 10th, I hope that's OK.

Did a small shop today for essentials as money went in a bit early and have already spent £17.61.

Look forward to chatting to everyone through the month.

Sunnyday

Morning everyone,

just updated my total and managed to catch up with the thread, it`s looking worse than i feared but i`ll manage this month if it kills me

The freezer is absolutely rammed full and i can`t fit a single thing in there, the tins in the tin cupboard are piled so high that they are falling over. Someone tell me why i still want to buy food Never mind i shall try and curb it.

Anyone have a tried and tested beetroot chutney recipe? i`ve harvested and boiled my beets and now i need to make chutney as well as pickling some.

SD

highland_fling_2

good morning everyone

it is pouring here today but trying to look on the bright side, very good for the gardens.

rosieben: thankyou for the reply re philly and cream, very useful. Will stock up on philly next time I do a supermarket shop.
I can assure you I may appear organized but that is only because I am on holiday from work just now and have time for all the jobs I have planned to do for ages. Things are never this organized when I am working but I still have a fantasy of one day becoming a domestic goddess.:rotfl:As my sig states "it takes a long time to eat an elephant........."

hope everyone has a good day.

scotsaver

Morning everyone - just logged on to update my total, pleased so far with how things are going so fingers crossed.:rolleyes:

I think it has helped with things being ready in the Garden like Salad potatoes, courgettes, blackberries, spring onions, rocket, lettuce etc - just waiting for some Tomatoes to ripen and I'll be even happier.;)

Dinner tonight is going to be a Beef Curry using up leftover Roast Beef, I shall also be adding some veg and some more Courgettes from the Garden!!

I too have a load of Beetroots that need boiling up, I usually just use them in Salads but will look in my Recipe books and see what I can come up with and let you know unless someone has a tried and tested recipe.

Have a good day everyone.:D