December 2009 Grocery Challenge

dazzle21

Hello! Hope everyone has had a happy Christmas! We spent another £30 on Christmas Eve so i have updated sig, we haven't got much money left until January so hopefully we will be forced to stay within our budget! Plus side.. we went to family for Christmas Lunch and they offered us the turkey remains as they wouldn't eaten anymore.. there is loads of meat on it!!!! (including both legs!) So hopefully i will be inventive with that for a couple of days!

SarahNeedle1872

Spent £50 on dinner yesterday which will be coming ouut of the Grocery budget

Sx

JayJay14

Mornin' all.

OH and I have just tucked into a really nice plateful of ham, bubble & squeak and onion white sauce. Absolutly yumm and easy on a lazy boxing day.

Hope you all had a good Christmas, I'm planning a good few NSD's next month (Dec ends tomorrow in the JJ household) as the fridge and freezers are groaning so I shall have no reason to buy much.

Though I might pop into Asda tomorrow as the usually reduce lots of the Xmas stuff..........I think I need to be restrained:rotfl:

poppy-glos

thought today was going to be a nsd but eggs arrived (thanks to friend who buys for me as well as herself! ) £3.25 a tray of 30 free range, and only had 5 left from last buy so good job as am planning on making yorkshires and puds for tomorrow.


today we have eaten hardly anything, bacon butty each at 11 and roast dinner at 3.30. no desire for pud from anyone...

have stripped and boiled off carcass of todays chicken, 2 pints of stock in freezer for rissottos and two bags of roast chick meat for either currys or rissotto or whatever in january As an appetite supressant when full after lunch the stock pot boiling for me continues the full to the brim sensation! maybe thats why we didn't have pudding...

Tomorrow going to cook off the rest of the chickens and will strip and freeze what is left from them when my guests go home. The shed has been ideal as an extra fridge, have put a thermometer out there and it has been between 1 and 5 degrees whenever i've popped out to get bits.

I got apples and pears whoopsied on xmas eve so if not used tomorrow may make some chutneys from them.

at some point over the next few days i need to do a freezer and cupboard list, and possibly set a very low budget for january for food given the freezers are brimming...

skintbint_2

evening everybody, hope all is well.

thats my budget bust for this month but should have just about enough in cupboards to see us through.
anybody any idea when GC for January be listed

thanks

helen_jelly

skintbint wrote: »

evening everybody, hope all is well.

thats my budget bust for this month but should have just about enough in cupboards to see us through.
anybody any idea when GC for January be listed

thanks

Hi

Hopefully tomorrow or possibly the day after - running a bit late this month - sorry everyone

Helen x

helen_jelly

Annual
Allegra £2800
Angelatgraceland £6000
BigMummaF£1220 1st aug-31st dec
Cheerfulness4 £1400 £470.85
Elizabunny £1610 £1454
gillst £2400
JennyBee £1440
Mags50 £3000
mama67 £1970 £1736
Mrsmcawber €1680- €649.74
Mrs Money Penny £2700 £2338.04
Mummy2mygirls £3000
Mummzyof2 £1200
Nykmedia -£1300 £1201.70
Penny2myName £1080
Perrywinkle £3600 - £104.28
Pip-Squeak £1250
Prudence41 £1400-£417.85
Sylvan £3000
Taka £1320 £1230.48
The_Cat £850 -25th Dec £211.97
Toonie £2040 -£1551.36
X Spender £2650 £1618.09
Yummymummy05 -£2800
Monthly
Ajmoney £
Albacookie £
Aless02 £
Alipops1986 £
Allbymyself £
Allie23 £
Algofar45 £
Always Happy £
Andrinaperry £
Angela30 £
AngelFeathers £
Annie123 £
Ansoff £
Aprilshowers £
Ariarnia £
Aril £
Attentionseeker1 £
Babymother £
Baileys Babe £
Barneydee £
Beki £
Becky170
Beth86 £
Blairweech £
BlimusOreilly £
Boodle £
Booklover £
Booskyeboo £
Botany £
Bowsk-1011 £
Broke medic £
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Coffeeholic £
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CW18 £
da666shooker £
Dazzle21 £
Ddraig £
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Dizzy £
Dizzyk £
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Earthmother £
EC12345 £
Elf06 £
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Helen Jelly £
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Here we go again £
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MrsCook £
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Ninno820 £
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Ocean spirit £
OldMcDonald £
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Orkney Star £
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patent girl £
Paula Bear £
Penniesfromheaven £
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Philsmum £
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Purpleskies £
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Rach £
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skintbint_2

helen_jelly wrote: »

Hi

Hopefully tomorrow or possibly the day after - running a bit late this month - sorry everyone

Helen x

thanks - your doing a grand job. can you update my spend on the main list as thats me finished for this month.

kippers

Ok i've done really badly this month. Infact i've had a bad year with one thing and another. So i've decided to have a new fresh start for 2010.

Pls put me down for £300 for January Mrs M

...and i'll try really really hard.

By the way Mrs M, thankyou for all your hard work on this thread

rosieben

Microwave Recipes

Main Meals & Side Dishes (Soups now listed separately, below)
Bacon and Cheese Fritatta with Tomato Salsa
Bacon and potato salad -Warm
Baked potato pizza
Baked Beans (home made)
Baked Bean Tart
Bean Curry (Slow Cooker)
Beef - Brisket
Beef Casserole
Beef Curry Dopiaza (Delia recipe)
Beef Stifado (Jamie Olive recipe)
Beef Stroganoff
Beef and Root Veg Curry
Belly Pork
Bolognaise (Remoska)
Broad Bean Burgers
Burgers
Cheese and Onion Flan
Cheese Pie - School days recipes tread
Chicken Cannelloni
Chicken - Cheat's Chicken Cassoulet
Cheat's Chicken Lasagne in the S - Here and Here
Chicken - Parmesan Chicken
Chicken - Sticky Chicken
Chicken Fried Rice
Chicken, leek and bacon pie / pasties
Chicken with Cannellini Beans
Chicken with Garlic, Cider & Cream
Chicken and Potato Curry
Chicken and Vegetable Slice
Chilli
Chilli (Remoska)
Chilli Bean Tortillas
Chilli Cheese Crostini
Chilli chicken with jasmine rice (BBC food)
Chinese Pork Balls & Sweet & Sour Sauce
Chinese style cabbage
Cobbler (topping) see below for Minced Beef with Cobbler Topping
Coconut Rice
Coleslaw
Corned Beef Hash - MrsMCawber's recipe
Corned Beef Pasties
Courgette Fritters (1) Courgette Fritters (2)
Courgette Pie
Courgette and Tomato Layer Bake
Cranberry & Soy glazed cocktail sausages
Creamy Chicken and Potato casserole
Creamy Lentil and Rice Dish (Khircheri) (BBC website)
Curry Sauce
Diet Coke Chicken
Duchesse potatoes
Faggoty Pea Stew
Falafel burgers
Fishcakes
Fish Pie and Fish Pie
Fusilli with Broccoli
Ham Hock (slow cooker)
Ham Salad (sandwich filling) external link
Hummus and Garlic Pitta Breads
Individual chicken pies
Lamb curry and paratha
Lamb Hotpot
Lasagne
Lemon Chicken
Lemon chicken with basil and tagliatelle
Lemon potatoes
Liver and onions stir fry
Macaroni Cheese
Marrow - Veggie stuffed marrow
Meatballs
Meatloaf (1) Meatloaf (2) Meatloaf (3)
Mediterranean Mince and Potato 'Pie'
Mediterranean Vegetable Pasta
Mince & onion pie
Minced Beef Curry
Mince - Mexican Style Mince
Minced Beef with Cobbler Topping
Mini Goat's Cheese, Pear & Walnut Quiche
Monday Pie
Moussaka
Naan bread - see 'Bread' below
Onion Bhaji
Open top 'pizza' pie
Pasta with Tomato Sauce
Pasta Cheese and Onion Bake
Pizza / Pizza Base Recipe
Pork Burgers with Salad
Pork and Beef Meatballs
Pork Steaks in Mustard and Cider Sauce
Potatoes - Slow Cooker Jacket Potatoes
Potato Kebabs
Potato layer bake - with cheese, leeks and stock
Potato layer bake - with cheese, onion and white sauce
Potato layer bake - with chorizo and bacon
Potato layer bake (Teisen datws)
Potatoes - Lemon Potatoes
Potatoes - Twice Baked Potatoes
Potato Wedges, Home Made
Quiche Lorraine
Refried Beans
Russian Salad and Russian Salad
Salmon and Dill Fishcakes
Sausage and Rice bake
Sausage and Stuffing Plait
Sausage and Tomato Spaghetti
Sausage Bean Stew
Sausage Casserole or Sausage Casserole
Sausage Meat Patties
Smoked salmon soda breads
Smoked Salmon - Tagliatelle with Smoked Salmon
Spaghetti Bolognaise
Spaghetti with courgettes, tomato and brie
Spicy Bacon and Tomato Pasta
Spicy Bean and Lentil Loaf
Spicy Bean & Sweet Potato Stew
Spinach pancakes
Steak and Kidney stew/pie filling
Steamed Oriental Buns
Stifado - Beef Stew With Tiny Onions Recipe
Stuffing - MrsMcawber's recipe
Suet crust pie with quorn
Super Tasty Bacon, Bean and Sausage
Sweet & Sour Chicken/Pork
TexMex Skillett
Thai green curry
Toad in the Hole
Tofu burgers
Tomato sauce for pasta - batch cook recipe
Tuna Fish Mousse
Tuna Fishcakes
Tuna Lasagne
Turkey and Bubble and Squeak Pie
Turkey Pasta
Turkey Pasta Cacciatore
Vegetable Casserole
Veggie Haggis
Yorkshire puddings

Soups
Bacon and Carrot Soup
Broccoli and Cheese Soup
Carrot, parsnip and lentil soup
Chicken & Sweetcorn Soup
Cream of Tomato Soup
Curried Parsnip Soup
Gammon and lentil soup
Ham and Lentil Soup
Iced cucumber soup
Leek and Lentil Soup
Leek and Potato Soup
Moniker’s Leek and Potato Soup
Leek and sweet potato soup
Moroccan Chickpea and Broad Bean Soup
Onion Soup
Oxtail Stew + Oxtail Soup
Parsnip & Apple Soup
Pea & Ham Soup
Real Tomato Soup
Slow Cooker French Onion Soup
Soup - Red pepper, carrot & lentil soup
Spicy Carrot and Tomato Soup
Spinach Soup
Split Pea and Courgette Soup
Vegetable Soup

Bread
Bagels
Baguettes
Bara Brith (Welsh Tea Bread)
Basic white bread recipe (makes a 2lb loaf)
Bread - Mrs McC's recipe for Remoska
Breadsticks MrsM's / angelnikki's (No Salt Recipe)
Chapatis
Cheese & Potato Bread
Cheesy Bread Rolls
Chewy Soft Flour Tortilla
Chocolate Bread
Courgette Flatbread
Focaccia
Garlic Dough Balls
Herb Quick bread
HM Bread
Irish Soda Bread
Lahmachun
Naan Bread .. see also .. Curry Queen's ...... Mrs McCawber's ...... OrkneyStar's
Oatmeal bread
soft bread rolls
Super Seedy Bread