July 2010 Grocery Challenge

seductivesmile

Hi all,
I have a meal plan for the next two weeks, for lunches and dinners, last nights dinner doubled over into lunch for today, sausages and baked potatoes with salad from the garden, rolled into left over sausage and salad sandwiches! brilliant!
This eve i dug out an old fish bake from the freezer and ate (well attempted to, it was vile) that will some pasta with balck pepper and oil...
My meal plan for the week looks like i will only need milk, can you actually taste the difference between normal 'fridge' milk and UHT carton milk when you pop it in tea? or on cereals? thats the only time i ever use milk but the bottle always goes off before i finish it.
Since July 1st i have had 4 NSD's, so i am really rather pleased with that! and looking at the cupboards and freezer (and meals batch cooked in dad's spare freezer at the parents) i dont need to do any major shopping, just bits of fruit. Is there nutritional difference in tinned fruit in juice to fresh fruit on things like pineapples?

SS

cw18

seductivesmile wrote: »

can you actually taste the difference between normal 'fridge' milk and UHT carton milk when you pop it in tea? or on cereals? thats the only time i ever use milk but the bottle always goes off before i finish it.

I can't in tea, but I only use a tiny amount (and I do mean tiny - one of those little tubs you get in a cafe/on a 'motel' type tea tray does me 4 mugs), but I can in coffee or on cereal.... yuck from me!

The other option is to get a couple of smaller plastic bottle (half the size of your milk bottle?) and split the milk. Put one in the fridge for use now, and the other in the freezer until needed (but allow to defrost fully before use)

Winged_one

I went into the supermarket on the way home alst night. I intended getting a pack of chicken and carton of yoghurt, but then remembered that I needed sugar for jam-making, and a few other things on the shopping list (stuck on fridge at home) that were urgent (conditioner for my hair being one important one). And there were lots of bargains on things I would normally use (or a brand similar enough that I was happy to get it - like a different fruit squash drink that was 40% less than my regular with a special offer). So I ended up spending €73 - although that included €20 on 3 nice bottles of wine heaavily reduced. And €13 on chicken (6 pack of breasts and 4 pack of part-boned breasts).

I used 4 chicks last night to make a Chicken jalfrezi from scratch, which was delish and there is a second portion now frozen!! DH will use the other 2 tonight to make a chicken tagine - he did the shopping a few weeks ago and saw a kit which he wants to try (we've never made a tagine before so I am not too unhappy about that - we can do it from scratch again if we like it). I will use 2 of the part-boned to make feta chicken another night (just pop some feta, with thyme leaves, under the skin and roast - delish!!) and freeze the other 2.

I am hoping that I can make a risotto verde tomorrow night, as I am heading to the plot tonight after work, and there shoudl be a handful of peas and broad beans to gather. (And some gooseberries, raspberries, redcurrants and blackcurrants). So I will probably be jam-making tonight (and I may need to find more jars somewhere!!).

But at least, that should be IT for this week. And I am in 2 minds now about going north - I am low on pasta and rice and tinned tomatoes, but I have a lot of other stuff to use up. So I think I might leave it until later in the year to do that, and combine more of the Christmas shopping with the grocery shop.

doelani

Morning everyone,

after my NSD yesterday had to go to MrA this morning, was there for 8.05am lol spent £38.35 so total for month so far is less than £50 :j

I got a few whoopse's, big bag of pears for 40p and big bag of carrots for 20p. I needed carrots for soup I am making but will give some to neighbour as will never use them all lol.

I really need to go to iceland to get some stuff, we love their chicken steaks 4 for £ and I usually try and keep a few packets in fridge. Think I will try and leave it another few days though and try for another NSD tomorrow lol

Doe

Want2Bdebtfree_3

Hi - I am new to this as only joined yesterday as thought it would be moral support and fresh ideas to get rid of debt... My Grocery challenge for July is £220 thats for 2 Adults and 1 Puppy. I also want to loose weight so this can help further. With regards to Grocery challenge we have swapped down to Tesco's own brands now for All Purpose Cleaner, Toilet Cleaner and my other half came home with their value conditioner which I ranted and raved about as I have long hair thats highlighted... Well I was proved wrong its great. 24 pence and its great. Try Aldi's version of comfort too... Hope this tips help I am trying everything to get rid of my debt and when its gone I will continue shopping this way and saving money... Here's too Grocery Challenge success.

July Challenge £220

Week 1 - £51

doelani

Want2Bdebtfree wrote: »

Hi - I am new to this as only joined yesterday as thought it would be moral support and fresh ideas to get rid of debt... My Grocery challenge for July is £220 thats for 2 Adults and 1 Puppy. I also want to loose weight so this can help further. With regards to Grocery challenge we have swapped down to Tesco's own brands now for All Purpose Cleaner, Toilet Cleaner and my other half came home with their value conditioner which I ranted and raved about as I have long hair thats highlighted... Well I was proved wrong its great. 24 pence and its great. Try Aldi's version of comfort too... Hope this tips help I am trying everything to get rid of my debt and when its gone I will continue shopping this way and saving money... Here's too Grocery Challenge success.

July Challenge £220

Week 1 - £51

Welcome

I ahve just restart GC this month after doing it for a while last year.

As for the own brands, apart from a very few items including washing powder . sausages and fish fingers :rotfl: I buy mostly own brands now. The difference in price is amazing and only one person moan ans they will only eat one brand of tomoato sauce lol I buy it when oon offer if not on offer tough lol I do not eat it so does not matter lol

You will get plently of support here, have a look at the Old Style board for loads of hints and tips.

Good luck

Doe

tessie_bear

hi...up early this morning and have made a spag bol in sc and a pineapple upside down cake.....oh and baking some jacket pots to scoop out the middle and mash it with cheese

off to asda tonight to stock up on lollies...the kids are eating loads im not sure what else we need...ill have to go and make a list..the contents of the freezer are building up again so will be back to strange combos before long
have a nice day
tessa

tessie_bear

sorry forgot to say...we had some water melon left and i sliced it up and froze it...its lush like a healthy lolly iyswim...great for the hot weather

rachbc

In reply to the 'stores' question - I try to keep rice, pasta and toms in stock at all times - I just buy a few extra each time and build up. I'm lucky in that I have a cellar and so keep stuff down there. I buy basmati rice from the indian shop in big 10kg sacks and decent brand pasta when I see it in B&M

yummymummy05

I have got the shoulder of pork on for a slow roast, am about to make flapjacks for lunchboxes and a cheescake to use up some left over cream from last nights chicken tikka. I am also going to get ahead and make the lasagne base for thursday's dinner and spag bog to freeze!

I've wiped down the kitchen and got 2 loads of washing on! - hopefully I'll get a bit of time to sit down before I have to get dd from nursery!