February 2011 Grocery Challenge

philsmum

Hi all,
Doing really well this month (up to now) but things may change, I have just got a Kenwood chef from Freegle, cannot believe my luck. :jMade bread, scones, pastry and sponge cake yesterday, sponge cake flopped but that was my c**p oven at fault. Off to Mr M for more ingredients. Will have to be good though or my diet will go through the window.
Should not say diet it is a healthy eating plan (for life) May open a bakery LOL
Pat

laineyc_2

XSpender wrote: »

A poster (sorry can't rermember who)asked me to let them know how the Mr T value feta was - it was not very nice:( Very rubbery/plastic not crumbly like normal feta and quite tasteless. It did not melt either like normal feta which melts a little when added to the hot pasta sauce I make. I won't buy it again.

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That was me. Thanks for letting me know, Xspender.

Today will be a NSD and the same hopefully tomorrow. DH is out tomorrow night so we can have a meat free meal. Didn't have the energy to bake the apple cake last night. Will do it as soon as I get in tonight.

Ilona

Posting this early because I know I am not going to spend any money today. :dance: But I will tomorrow. :shhh:
Ilona

philsmum

prettypaula wrote: »

has anyone seen a cheaper place to buy Senseo coffee pods?

we spend at least £7 a month on these, but wouldnt be without our machine as it gets used multiple times per day.

best we have found is A*da 20 mug size pods at £3.62

thanks!

Prettypaula,
Not Senseo, but Lidls do lovely pods for £1.49 the Kenya blend is very good hope this helps.

goodgirl80

Had to buy lunch today as I was in a bad mood last night and didn't make anything for lunch.

Total now £70.55/ £100.00

jovi20

Hi,

Had a bad week challenge wise, spent £35 at Co-*p, £16.50 at L1dl and £45 at Tesc*'s, which now takes me £11 over budget so not great.

I'm blaming it on In-laws coming to stay for 3 days, hadn't included that in the budget.

On the positive side, I have got stocked up on cat food, nappies and baby food which were all on offer, which should last us a while, but doubt if we have enough bread, veg , milk to see us through until end of month, so will no doubt end up going even more over.


jovi20

nickynoo08

Had my first big shop of the month delivered today, used the £10 off voucher that was given to me last time they were 5mins late so total was only £67 inc delivery. Was v impressed with how much i got, cupboards fridge and freezer are now fully stocked. Will only need to get a few bits they were oos in.

Annual running total - £329/£2000

martafdz

nickynoo08 wrote: »

Had my first big shop of the month delivered today, used the £10 off voucher that was given to me last time they were 5mins late so total was only £67 inc delivery.

5 min late and they gave you a £10 off voucher? :eek: Where do you shop? Last time I ordered online (Asd4) they never turned up, twice in a row!! No voucher, no apologies and no groceries. Service is appalling in my local one (can't speak for the rest).

I received an A&C delivery, so I have to update sig. Total was £12.48, which makes my current Feb total utd £220.52, so a bit over.

franby64

Afternoon

It's just over halfway through the month so it is of course the point at which I realise, once again, that I'm not going to make it:D!

I'm now up to £316.89/£342.76 for Feb and with next week being half-term I'm going to go over by some way . One thing I must sort out is that I have had too many deliveries this month - I need to plan the timing better. I'll have to have another A*da one this week (which I'll keep to the £25 minimum) but it's really only for pizzas after last time's mess-up (they gave them to somebody else - sorry about going on about it but it did muck me up!!)

Apart from that it's not too bad. Today I made 5 double portions of spag bol for the DDs and 3 lots of shepherd's pie filling for the freezer and I really enjoyed cooking it all - I love having 2 or 3 pots on the go and thinking how much work I'm saving myself later! Tomorrow I'll do some lentil loaf and that should all last for a while.

I keep cancelling my veg boxes as I don't use everything and I need to be in the mood to incorporate random veg into my plan which I'm not at the moment. Also the £££! I might cancel permanently tbh.

Hope everybody's challenge is going well!

Rowan9

OrkneyStar wrote: »

some lemon curd yogurt (droooool).
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Have you tried a spoonful (teasp) of lemon curd stirred into natural yog? I really like it and sometimes stir that into muesli or just porridge oats and leave it overnight.
W