March 2011 Grocery Challenge

laineyc_2

My month is finished for the month. I am declaring at £531.26. I am over again but not as bad as last month. I will try for £500 next month. I think that will be more realistic for me.

helen_jelly

laineyc wrote: »

My month is finished for the month. I am declaring at £531.26. I am over again but not as bad as last month. I will try for £500 next month. I think that will be more realistic for me.

Well done - thats a huge reduction on last month

Jumblejack - I've had to put them away now as I kept going for 2nds, no make that 3rds or even 4ths!!!!

never_too_old

quintwins wrote: »

what chicken fillets? just saw it's lidl, lidl over here don't do as deals her as they seem to do for you lot, they do have pork chops on tomorrow tho, but i have some in my freezer from last time

i'm way over budget now, but i have loads of food in my house, lots of yummy treats and loads of pepsi so my thinking is i'll just keep stocking up on stuff i can use/have room for til they stop the offer, at that point my shopping will greatly drop for a month or 2 so i'll be quids in

oh and baileys 1 litre in £19.19 per bottle but £10 asda so 81p a bottle , and the comfort is lovely i've just hung my washing out and it smells lovely

i was going to get the Baileys but when i looked at the mr a website it had gone up to £ 15 so was false economy for me:(

jumblejack

Helen jelly.
I too have overdosed on hm goodies today. Made chocolate crunch with my son using a recipe on a different forum ('school dinners' one I think). It is GORGEOUS. The recipe quantities were enormous: eg, 2 lbs of flour, eek!! We made biscuits with the surplus mix. They were so easy to do. I have also found an authentic recipe for the mint custard so will be making this on Sunday for dessert with the choc crunch.
Ps, the recipe 'chocolate cement' in the index is very similar with much more reasonable quantities of ingredients if anyone wants to try them.

quintwins

l.m.hart wrote: »

i was going to get the Baileys but when i looked at the mr a website it had gone up to £ 15 so was false economy for me:(

it has but it's def £10 in asda so screenshot asda and email them of they only give u £10 back

rosieben

Welcome TheThriftyScrumpers :wave:

Well done on the butcher's discount - as my gran used to say, if you don't ask, you don't get! good luck with the challenge

tessie_bear

helen jelly...thanks for coconut recipe...i love coconut...and also thanks jumblejack i love choc concrete...ummm they used to sell it at the first school i worked at...great

i went to costco and purchased loads of meat...all reduced so the freezer is full to the brim...should last a while...i was going to go to lidl for chicken but no need now....a good offer i thought

have a great evening
tessa

rosieben

tigerfeet, your easy spag bol recipe and Helen, your very dangerous coconut balls recipe are both in the index

destroyerofdebt2011

slbhill wrote: »

I shouldn't have got the plums really as I haven't a clue what to do with them . I realise they can just be eaten as they are but I'm not actually that keen - but at 10p I thought I could experiment with a recipe or 2. Any suggestions for recipes using plums?? Or are they one of those things that doesn't really cook? They're a kind of yellowy colour, not purple, if that makes any difference!

how about plum crumble? or even pork in plum sauce ? personally it would be crumble every time for me... but then i do have a VERY sweet tooth

Long_tall_sally

Hippeechiq wrote: »

I'm rooting for you! :T

Not sure if that's aimed at me or you - but I've already succumbed Despite having enough meat to cover my meal plan until the end of the month......got 2 packs of Gammon Steaks & 2 packs Bacon yesterday, and now I'm debating whether or not to get 3 Packs of the Chicken Breast Fillets tomorrow

Oh Gosh, sorry Hippeechiq if you thought that was aimed at you - no, it was definitely a note to myself,lol! As you know, I am not too good at resisting bargains! However, hope you get through your week 5!

Oh, just to add - NSD day today.