August 2010 Grocery Challenge

Long_tall_sally

No spend day today for me. That is grocery wise but my poor car failed its MOT.

I've just thought - I don't keep track of how many NSDs I usually have, so might look back and then set a target to try and increase them.

angelatgraceland

I've made a good start to the month with 2 nsd's! Family keep saying we need this and we need that-i've told them that my shopping day is going to be wednesday! I've also put £100 in my purse to keep this weeks spending on track-no cards allowed as it is so easy to spend more than intended on cards.

guccigoo

hi nsd for me today, but tomorrow i will need potatoes. Cooked beef goulash in the SC today, meat was not as tender as i only decided in the afternoon to cook it Havent made a meal plan for a few weeks now so im going to get started on that asap

katholicos

Was away for the weekend so unfortunately had to spend :-(

Today however has been an NSD...my first of the month. I've picked courgettes, patty pan squash, turnips, strawberries and mangetout from the garden this evening. The mangetout and courgettes are currently in the dehydrator. I'm preserving the harvest :-)

Yesterday foraged for blackberries and came home today with 4lb which are now in the freezer. Yay for free food!

greent

Latest freezer inventory:..... (I daren't list the fridge & cupboards....)

2 x tubs of blackberries
2 large bags of chunked courgette
2 tubs of grated courgette
Braised red cabbage – bag of
Stewed rhubarb – bag of
Chopped rhubarb (uncooked) – large tub of
Cooked/ diced swede – ½ bag
Guacamole – ½ tub
Root ginger
Peas – ½ bag
Minted mushy peas – 1 can’s worth in a tub
Bag of stirfry veg
Large bag of chopped cherries
Tub of chopped strawberries
1 banana
Small tub of raspberries
1.5kg of chopped apple & pears
Whole chickens x 3 (1 x 1.5kg, 1 x 2.2kg, 1 x 2kg)
9 corn fed chicken breast fillets
4 lamb shanks
Beef roasting joint
Pork leg joint
6 thin pork loins
3 thick pork loins
4 x rump steak
5 X fillet steak
4 X sirloin steak
2 X ribeye steak
5 pieces beef escalope
23 butchers sausages
1 portion roast chicken breast
Bag of roast chicken pieces (for risottos etc)
16 cocktail sausages
Bag of spicy beef for pizza
8 slices 'good' ham
1kg pork mince
4 cod fillets
1.2kg steak mince
8 fishfingers
26 chicken goujons
8 beefburgers
17 sausage rolls (little ones)
1 large (> 1/4lb homemade chilli steakburger)
Sliced/ cooked rumpsteak to be used for stirfry
6 portions beefsteak
1 bag small beefsteak pieces (will be used in stirfries)
8 mini pitta breads
4 large hotdog rolls
2 mini croisassants
Ciabatta loaf
Loaf of uncut white bread
About a loaf’s worth of breadcrumbs!!
1 soda farl
20 potato cakes
9 wholemeal muffins
3 loaves garlic bread
30 syrup pancakes
8 raisin & lemon pancakes
10 yorkshire puddings
7 portions toad in the hole
4 portions bolognaise
24 profiteroles
2 tubs icecream
3 individual icecreams
Tub of natural yogurt
12 tubs of chicken stock
1 bacon & leek quiche
½ pack puff pastry
125gm Irish cheddar
1 pack butter
2 packs cooking bacon chopped into lardons
Lots of ice pops
4 packs mozzarella
8 brown rolls

I don't think I need to buy much this month!! Bearing in mind that DH is away 5 nights/ week..... lol!

& some other stuff, too..... I haven't listed the stuff in the little door shelves.....

NickJW

Wow greent! Can I come and raid some of your 'shop'?

You must have one helluva big freezer for all of that - I'm envious.

MadamMim2013

Did a BIG shop at A*da today & was impressed only £55.89 and that was including H's baccy:mad:

Aiming to use up stuff from the freezer this month & then start to stock up with real essentials, sounds odd but really wanting to be prepared for winter this year (we got snowed in for 2 weeks in Feb!)

Off to update my sig..;)

missy_dee_2

Hi all
my budget for the month is £160 and so far I've spent £43 at waitrose. I felt like a change from tesco and coop and to be honest if you careful what you buy i think it is good value and that bit nicer.......

Anyway bought mince (split into 3 bags for freezer) sausages -nice ones. Some sea bass - reduced, mince pie, chicken portions, thia green curry soup - lovely with rice as a proper meal! Plus fruit and veg and basics. I also got some nice desserts and stocked up on soft drinks and cat food etc.

Got enough in until weekend so more or lesson target.

Good luck everyone
Missy Dee

suzybloo

Hello folks, hope you are all doing well. Have done not too bad so far, Mondays spend was £10.80 which was rolls from the bakers for the freezer the rest of the week, and we had a quick fish supper for tea as we were getting people in at quarter to seven, which we didnt know about. To offset the cost of this I have frozen the steak pie we were suppose to be having for another night. This is taking my total up to £223, but cupboards are full and should only need milk at the weekend and no cleaning things or tins/store cupboard items until the end of the month.
Hope you all have a good day,
Suz

gunsandbanjos

Had a NSD yesterday, taking DD and her friend to the safari park today though. Taking a packed lunch though:money: Will need to stop at the shops on the way back though for cheese/milk, thought i had more in than i do. Shouldn't need to spend too much though.