Surviving January

baroley

Thanks for all the inspiration, but where do I find the mbaz thread? ( I am new!)

tiff

I think its this thread baroley http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=2116179&highlight=mbaz

baroley

Thank you so much! Lots of reading and planning to do I think.

BLUis

I too spend far too much money on food. My freezer and cupboards are packed but I still go to Morrisons each month and spend a load more!

I am determined not to go to the supermarket this month, apart from the normal bread, milk, sandwich fillings etc. (i might try the gammon joint for ham sarnies!) I reckon I probably spend £150 a month on food, so i am going to try and get this down to about £100 (there are 4 of us, OH, 15 yr old D and 7 yr old S). I try and batch cook and freeze, but I never seem to use it up!

Good luck to everyone!
Any ideas, ways to save, how to plan etc would be welcomed by all I feel!

applemella

Managed to get loads reduced bargains at Tescos last night.Warburtons bread reduced from £1.29 to 13p a loaf, muffins reduced from 99p to 15p, tubs pasta salad reduced from £2.00 to 20p, couscous salad reduced to 20pcoronation chicken sandwich filler reduced from £1.00 to 10p.
Bread is now stashed in freezer for a later date.
Just need to get a few bits for pack ups now and some leeks from aldi to make leek and potato soup.Have already made stock for this using turkey carcass form New Years day meal.

tiff

Our Tesco never reduces the food by that much, you got some bargains there.

I have several 2kg bags of dried beans in my cupboard and plan to use these a lot this month. Yesterday I soaked about 1kg in water all day then cooked them last night and bagged them up for the freezer. Will do the same today with a different type of beans. Got the last of the turkey out of the freezer and will make a curry today using tins of curry sauce from the cupboard and rice I already have.

Tomorrow is my first day back at work and kids back at school so will make a bean chilli, which my kids love and I have all the ingredients for. So far so good!