February 2011 Grocery Challenge

debtfreewannabe321

helen_jelly wrote: »

Hi

It should last as long as it would if it wasn't frozen, we go through 2 pint bottles like nobodies business and always try to stock up on the milk and bread for the freezer.

yep...as helen says same amount of time (once defrosted) as it usually does. You can also freeze things like margarine etc ( i haven't tried this- but my mum freezes everything possible :rotfl:esp when there are offers on at s/m) i don't think there's much you can't freeze, i even read someone had frozen wine the other day! -I should try this would stop me drinking it so quickly :beer:

quintwins

debtfreewannabe321 wrote: »

helen_jelly wrote: »

Hi

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yep...as helen says same amount of time (once defrosted) as it usually does. You can also freeze things like margarine etc ( i haven't tried this- but my mum freezes everything possible :rotfl:esp when there are offers on at s/m) i don't think there's much you can't freeze, i even read someone had frozen wine the other day! -I should try this would stop me drinking it so quickly :beer:

i have a larder fridge so can fit lots of butter ect in it (altho if i buy real butter my hubby eats it all) and we already freeze bread i might try milk and see how we go just as soon as i have some space lol, my freezers bunged at the mo

tessie_bear

hello....we defrosted the freezer this morning which really needed doing....will be able to fit a lot more in now:p

i have cooked up some savoury mince to use in pancakes for tea tomorrow....chicken today and a hm chicken pi day after...i might make some chicken fried rice if the chicken holds out until the next day

i made some lemon cake for pudding...i saw x3 boxes of lemon cakes in farmfoods for £1 the other day...after uming and aring i decided to make them myself:A so hopefully they will be nice or ill wish id coughed up the £1

very excited about the costco shop we are planning...might make it a monthly thing if it goes well and we like the food

take care
tessa

huxley

Hi all, just popped on to update signature will try and catch up with posts later, things are extremely tight financially and I am finding all the tips they I pick up from the grocery challenge are what are stopping us going off the rails completely, so a big thank you. Life may be in complete chaos but at least the grocery budget is on track so far!!!!!! Take care everyone:D

katholicos

Haven't updated signature yet, but i spent aout £11 the the day on groceries and yesterday I spent £14.69. I used one of myy Tescum vouchers for £6 off a £30 spend and stocked up on the half price Quorn they have on offer at the moment. Last night we used half a 500g bag with some couscous. So since each bag of Quorn was £1.49 at half price and we used only half a bag in the meal (which was plenty!) it cost us about £1.20 for our whole meal.

My goodness the eggs were expensive though, well to me they were. A dozen eggs were £3.07 i think. They were free range, but i usually buy them when the free range ones are on offer but the only offers were on the caged hens eggs.

Nevermind, we will have to use them sparingly!

happycrafter_2

katholicos wrote: »

My goodness the eggs were expensive though, well to me they were. A dozen eggs were £3.07 i think. They were free range, but i usually buy them when the free range ones are on offer but the only offers were on the caged hens eggs.

Nevermind, we will have to use them sparingly!

that is expensive for eggs, not that I have bought any recently since I got my chickens mine are very cheep!!

quintwins

katholicos wrote: »

My goodness the eggs were expensive though, well to me they were. A dozen eggs were £3.07 i think. They were free range, but i usually buy them when the free range ones are on offer but the only offers were on the caged hens eggs.

Nevermind, we will have to use them sparingly!

i don't buy freerange (i would like to but needs must) but i nearly dropped a few weeks back when i wnet to buy 6 value ones and they'd shot up fro 63p to 99p in the space of a few weeks, so i went across the road to iceland and got 12 for £1 instead

wssla00

Well... A NSD for me today, but tomorrow is a delivery day so I will be £60 down tomorrow from my shop in Asda but that will take me well into my new month.

I was rooting round my cupboards this week and found some sugar free jelly sachets so have made four wee jellies in black currant flavour. They were left over from my last WW attempt so they will be useful this week! Two for tonight after dinner (one for me one for OH) and two for our lunches tomorrow in little pots.

Going to have roast chicken but instead of roast veg as planned, going to have it with brown bread, jacket potatoes and sweetcorn.

Incidently, does anyone know the average calorie and fat content of a home made brown loaf? I'm finding it difficult to work it out. It had one tablespoon of oil in it and then flour, salt, water and yeast. Oh forgot to add it was 500g of flour!

Thanks!

mummyjane

I have thought about doing this but a friend told me that milk tasted funny afterwards :think: Have you found it tastes ok?

lotti379

Should not have taken Mr Lotti to L!dl.

Should not have taken Mr Lotti to L!dl.

Should not have taken Mr Lotti to L!dl.

£29.92 later, we have two boxes of Grolsch (we needed some for a party tonight, and they were on offer at £8 each, so probably a good buy in the long run... and I should just say we won't get through 2 boxes in one night!! :eek:), parma ham, grapes (actually those were my fault... very good price though), tropicana juice, edam, parmesan, irn bru... oh the list goes on.

He got a bit overexcited, and sort of forgot the budget... And I indulged him, partly as I know it's cheaper than T*sco metro...

Silly Lotti. So now we are up to £129.26/£200, by the 8th of February. :eek: :eek: :eek: