Grocery Bills

mum2twinsx2

mulled_wine wrote: »

Wow you have your hands full, OP! Can understand your being on a tight budget. But please don't take this the wrong way but if you've such a tight budget to get through to Christmas, have you allowed too much/spent too much money on Christmas?

Know you'll get some good ideas here, maybe try the OS board too?

Wish you all the best, xxx

Thanks.... I havent spent awful lot on xmas tbh been buying through the year.. got crippled by a bank charge due this week I get paid again xmas eve, and due to be paid twice on boxing day aswell. Then we are away for four days from xmas eve at my parents.

I have been to the other board now had a nosey picked a few ideas i will be keeping hold of.

After looking through my cupboards and freezer i dont really need alot, i think i just was freaked by it. Its just fresh stuff yoghurts, milk bread fruit etc i need the most, ive lot of ingrediants its just the meat i need to go with it.

kippers

Come and join us on the old style board...there are great recipes and loads of advice. I think it is easily possible to buy groceries to last 10 days for £30....i'm sure i've recently seen a thread where someone has only £30 for a month!

Rubber chickens, homemade garlic bread, pasta sauces pizza's, cakes and biscuits there are so many lovely easy recipes...you can do it if you spend time reading the board and then plan and stick to your list when you are shopping...goood luck

bb69

Hi there
Tesco have an offer on Lamb at the moment if that's any help?
Leg of Lamb approx £8-9 bought instore a few days ago.

A few suggestions and some of my favourite meals.. Corned Beef cooked with onions etc add sweetcorn vert nice with spaghetti
Macaroni Cheese
Lamb Chops (Iceland do a bag for about £4-5)
Tomatoes and onions with chicken and add some chilli and have with pasta
Meatballs

Hope this helps
Have a good christmas

Edit - And wow two sets of twins Amazing! congrats xx

DCFC79

Cant add much tahts already been said except good luck adn im sure you will make the money count

viv0147

10 recycled toilet rolls in Lidl £1.20 they are ok

remil

In Italy it is tradition to eat things that grow in volume, around festivities and especially on New Year's day, to wish prosperity and loads of cash for the future.
A typical dish is lentils in sauce. Just get a large packet of green or brown lentils (in any supermarket or may be cheaper in international food stores), soak for 1/2h+ to reduce cooking time (& save energy); prepare the usual Italian triad of slightly fried carrot-celery-onion, add lentils and some water, some passata/tomato can/tomato paste, salt, herbs or spices of your choice and cook for 20-30'. Each person (especially the little ones) should measure their dose of lentils (before soaking) as their handfuls, and see how much they get after cooking!
A bag of lentils will last for a while; these lentils in sauce will help any meat go further (esp good with bacon). Lentils themselves make a nutritious meal when paired with cereals - bake your own bread and have a good chunk to mop up the sauce; bread flour is still cheap in lidl at 50p/1.5kg, and yes, also bread grows!

stumpycat

All depends what you like and where you can get to - I saw your post about having a lot of basics, so grabbing some reductions seems like the best way forward.

If you're near a supermarket and can get there when there's reductions, I find that can really get some amazing stuff, especially when you're looking for meat, yoghurt, fruit etc. I know that dragging children round a supermarket can be a pain, but you can always make a game out of it for the older ones.

What do your children like? And I know as a veggie, I may be biased, but do you really need a lot of meat? What about baked potatoes, pasta and sauce, veggie curry?

tpsjrm

Here are my three bargains this week:

Sainsbury's chicken livers - 57p (reduced from 75p!) - currently cooking in a casserole with lots of veg.
LIDL 1KILO cooking bacon offcuts - £1.50 - chunky bits in with the casserole, lots left for bacon butties!
Tesco Value 120 gram pack of smoked salmon trimmings - 89p - wonderful flavour goes a long way in cheese sauce with pasta.

A lot of protein for very little money. Good luck with making your money stretch OP - we golden oldies have been doing it for years.

mulled_wine

mum2twinsx2 wrote: »

Thanks.... I havent spent awful lot on xmas tbh been buying through the year.. got crippled by a bank charge due this week I get paid again xmas eve, and due to be paid twice on boxing day aswell. Then we are away for four days from xmas eve at my parents.

I have been to the other board now had a nosey picked a few ideas i will be keeping hold of.

After looking through my cupboards and freezer i dont really need alot, i think i just was freaked by it. Its just fresh stuff yoghurts, milk bread fruit etc i need the most, ive lot of ingrediants its just the meat i need to go with it.

oh that's awful about the bank charge x

Good luck xx

pineapple123

Back to basics.

Basic meals Pasta,sausage & mash, beans on toast, jackets etc
Basic/value range
Reduced section in stores
Special offers - search internet
Lidl/Aldi
End of day market stalls for fruit/veg
Ask for made up food hamper for christmas.
Cheer up food by adding spices etc
Look on MSE for tips.