Whats wrong with my Shopping List??

lynzpower

the other thing to say is that you know your 2 value pizza bases? Well a slightly cheaper way of doing them would be to buy the pizz base MIX which I do - although you might want to invest in a pizza cooking tray ( wilkos/£stretcher/woolies about 2 quid) and then you can use these. they are found instore in the baking section with the crumble mixes & cupcakemixinabox type stuff and are 50p for 2.

you can use them on normal oven trays but I havent tried that. A tip I got off here was wipe a bit of cooking oil on a bit of kitchen paprer round the tray before putting the base on and it makes them really crispy, if thats your thing.

Sassers

Hi Sammy - just to say there's a farmshop hidden at the back of Cowbridge High Street that does ginourmous sacks of baker-style dog food. OH buys it for his v picky spaniel who was a bakers addict until we weaned him off it! My jack russells into this stuff too....as in `oh let me nick it out his bowl when tail is turned!' Any more things I can think of I'll post em...
Cheers Sas x

tinselfairy

Definitely agree the second list is better than the first.

We buy the big pots of plain yoghurt and add things like a blob of jam, cornflakes or crushed digestive biscuit crumbs.

Would steer clear of tinned hot dogs. Read the ingredient list on the back and a lot of them have MRM after the meat content meaning mechanically removed meat, not nice!

Wouldn't buy squash either, personal prefernce here, but most are full of nasty sweentners and additives and plain water is much healthier.

jcr16

your doing really well. one other thing i noticed and that is the price of the squash. we drink loads but i generally buy tesco value squash, although not sugar free it is low calorie, there bottles are 16p for orange and 19p for lemon or blackcurrent and apple. and they are really nice. and as a change i sometimes use value spring water to dilute it with.

do a meal planner tho, but before hand check to see what is on bogof at tesco and then work a planner around that.

i personally wouldn't buy value mince or sausages, but i totally understand that sometimes needs must.

larmy16

Would steer clear of tinned hot dogs. Read the ingredient list on the back and a lot of them have MRM after the meat content meaning mechanically removed meat, not nice!

My son used to like these and I used to pretend (might be true though!) that they were made out of pigeons and squirrels etc.

toria27

I made a gorgeous tomatoe & lentil soup last night. It was just a couple of tins of value toms, couple of carrots, onion, few oz of lentils and some veg stock came out the colour of heinz tomato which for me made it even more appealing! and it tasted really creamy.

victory

larmy16 wrote:

Would steer clear of tinned hot dogs. Read the ingredient list on the back and a lot of them have MRM after the meat content meaning mechanically removed meat, not nice!

It is funny you say that because we had those all the time and then my son learnt at school the contents and came home telling me, since then he has absolutely refused to eat them and we no longer have them!! xxx

toria27

Hi Sammy-Kaye
I just noticed that you are buying - johnsons baby - 500ml - £2.60. Have you considered buying tescos own instead not there value stuff but this Tesco My Babys Shampoo 400ml - £1.25 even if you got 2 which is 800ml it's still 10p cheaper that johnsons. I have been using it for the past year and it is just as good with the no tears formula etc.

Hope you do well with your target I too am really really strugling (sp) at the moment I have a monthly budget of £160 for 2 adults and 1 toddler to include all toiletries, baby products, cleaning etc and am finding it hard. My mum has had to help me out this month as I idn't have enough to feed my DD and ran out of nappies. Not sure I can reduce it further though maybe I need to start a thread like you have.

Chipps

Hi Sammy

Your 2nd list looks a lot better, well done! I notice your chicken is a frozen one - sometimes it can be cheaper to buy fresh, as you don't get all the water with them, then you can freeze it yourself if you don't need it right away. I buy them from Aldi which is cheaper than Tesco. We get 3 meals at least from 1 chicken, plus sandwiches for DH's lunches. First meal is usually roast chicken, 2nd is cold chicken, curry or stir-fry or something like that, 3rd meal is soup made from the chicken carcass stock, plus all the little bits of chicken plus vegetables. sometimes that makes 2 days meals (I usually freeze the 2nd half so we don't end up eating the same thing 2 days running).

Another meal we have often is jacket potatoes, with things like cheese, beans and/or tuna. I very rarely buy special "baking" potatoes, just fish the bigger ones from the sack - or have 2 each if there are no big ones!

I would also buy larger packs of cheese if possible as they work out cheaper, it keeps well & is a cheapish source of protein. I also use it in cheese omelets.

Definitely swap the sweetcorn for tomatoes..... I hate the way that sweetcorn finds its way into nappies - apparently unchanged from the way it was originally served!!!!! :silenced:
er.... well, that' s my opinion, anyway!!!!!:o

sammy_kaye18

Chipps wrote:

I would also buy larger packs of cheese if possible

i was just wondering if i was to buy a big block of value cheese and grate it myself at home could i put some into bags and freeze it - for like pizza topping, pasta, omelettes??? wasnt sure so i figured id ask as someone will know

Also my mum told me a trick with the eggs - i dont like buying eggs from battery hens but my mum said why not buy 15 eggs for £1 in Iceland and just put them in the 'free range' box once you get home, or just buy one of those ceramic hen/egg baskets and put them all in there - no one will ever know the difference - i dont know if i could be that devious though

Someone else also asked do i get discount at the coop - answer is yes i do which is helpful and has saved us an embaressing oh i cant afford that on quite a few occassions. plus when all the fruit and veg is discounted to half price i get fisrt choice to put some aside for myself before it is re shelved in teh discounted section. so i normally keep an eye out for big punnets of strawberries for 10p etc i tend to get alot fo fruit discounted - bag of 8 apples for 10p etc