July 2010 Grocery Challenge

poppy-glos

whoops i did it again... my name is poppy and i am a shopoholic.

called into mr t on way home as needed cashback (for swimming class) and loaf of bread. Still need to do a mealplan for the week.

Spent £17! nothing extravagant, just things i don't need right now... building the tinned food and tinned tomato mountain!! i now must stop.

so, after shopping at weekend too once i've totalled i'm now going to be over for this point in the month i am sure... now need to not buy anything until i'm back on track.

hope you're all doing better than i am

poppy x

cw18

scotsaver wrote: »

Homemade Jam - I've made the odd jar in the past with fruit from the Garden and the Jam has been eaten almost straight away but now I have an Allotment I've been making loads of Jars of Jam which we will use and I have given some away but I will still have loads left - how long does Home-made Jam keep? So far I've made Raspberry, Tayberry and Blackcurrant Jam and I've also made various puddings, Blackcurrant Crumble, Raspberry Pavlova and there is still more Fruit to pick.

I have some jars of h/m Blackberry jam in my cupboard, which are perfectly fine as I've not opened them since letting the cooling down process seal the lids.

Trying to think when I made them......

I know it wasn't last year, so probably 2008 - but it's possible it was even 2007. Really must start labelling things (and including dates) when I make them

cookiemum

Added up weekend receipts to £12.51 so updated sig.

Bought some smoked haddock for a kedgeree tonight and 2 punnets of fresh raspberries. May try and bake meringues if I have time.

Hope everyone is having a good monday.:)

thriftmonster

scotsaver wrote: »

Homemade Jam - I've made the odd jar in the past with fruit from the Garden and the Jam has been eaten almost straight away but now I have an Allotment I've been making loads of Jars of Jam which we will use and I have given some away but I will still have loads left - how long does Home-made Jam keep? So far I've made Raspberry, Tayberry and Blackcurrant Jam and I've also made various puddings, Blackcurrant Crumble, Raspberry Pavlova and there is still more Fruit to pick.

I've just opened a jar of blackcurrant from 2006 which is fine and we have only just finished the crab apple jelly from 2000.:eek:

honeybun16

went abit mad at the weekend which was silly, eldest sone had a big football tournment which we had to help with and supply food and drinks for, managed to get some of the spend back but still used alot of the budget, only got a very little bit left for the rest of the month now

don't think i'm gonna manage the target of £200 but hopefully not gonna be too far over

Lindy_-_Loo

tesco delivery came today and got muller corner yogurts from netto on offer,(8 snack size for £1) so £64.72. This is too much to spend as I know we will need to buy stuff in the week, oh well - must do better!

guccigoo

hi, small spend today in mr s £2.04, yesterday i spent £4 and sat was a NSD Bit cooler here today :j and weve had rain, makes it more bearable to cook. Noticed today my carrots seeds are starting to sprout :j and i sowed spring onions yesterday so cant wait till there ready to eat. Have a good day everyone

Long_tall_sally

Thanks Billie-jo for the info about the soup. I will give it a go.

Was hoping for a NSD today but realised that I had forgotten to get bananas yesterday plus we had very few potatoes so another small spend today at the co op on bananas, new potatoes and some whoopsied rice.

Roll on Friday when we break up for the summer hols although the weather is pretty rubbish today so hope that this is just a blip in the lovely sunshine we have been having.

kezlou

Well we ended up spending money at the weekend, not sure how much as OH yet to tell me. Will add the figure asap.
Anyways, I'm back on track today, i think.
Got three loaves rising, one carrot bread and dough sorted for the calzones. So fingers crossed will only need milk, tuna and salad stuff for pack lunches.
Still need to make a meal plan, but were slowly using everything up, so its all good.

ally18

Hiya all,

Well, I managed it again, went round A's with the calculator and stopped when it reached £35 so on target again this week. Not had any other spends either for last week. So far £70/210.

I think all you people who do such a lot of baking and batch cooking are great, wish I could do it. I can't bake full stop, though I did do my shepherds pies last week and put 3 extra in the freezer, in little foil trays. I'm off work next week so going to really try and practice this baking lark. I must be able to produce something edible.:D