March 2011 Grocery Challenge

sistercas

sistercas wrote: »

CHICKEN AND CHORIZO BAKE

well i have to say its nommy i was going to use chedder instead of mozzerella but i found some mozzy in the freezer and used that , it was really tasy and filling

karmachilovething

jumblejack wrote: »

Doesn't the sun lift your spirits!

Tried to cook some chana dal yesterday in my thermos and... It works!!!! A great way to save energy cooking pulses that need hours!

Yes wasn't it a lovely day! How do you do the cooing dal in a thermos thing? That sound tasty and MSE?environmentally wonderful!

Forgot to say earlier, also had a veg box delivered yesterday so that's another £12 to add to the total . . . think that put me over budget for the month . . . but I really have no need to buy ANY more food this month!

supersally01

Evening all, not posted for a while, but still lurking. Got lost reading the T@SCO thread on grabbit - feel like i 've been there for days! :eek:Updated siggi with all spends, very complicated, as have had some DTD vouchers back. Slightly over budget, but have stocked up with essentials, dog food etc, so should see the benefit in later months.
Hope all are well, cannot believe March is nearly over. April will be good, as work on the en-suite starts, but MUST stay in budget, or will have no money to pay the contractors!!!:(
Thanks to all again for another informative month!

rosieben

Hippeechiq, your Chicken Prawn and Chorizo Paella recipe is indexed

Have a good evening everyone

123budget

did my last 'big' shop of the month today. Pay day is next friday and I'm really hoping I don't have to get any last minute extras such as milk or fruit. This is my first month of the grocery challenge and I have gone over budget, but it is still a lot better than the £700+ I was spending each month. Will post final spend next week.:)

jumblejack

karmachilovething wrote: »

Yes wasn't it a lovely day! How do you do the cooing dal in a thermos thing? That sound tasty and MSE?environmentally wonderful!

Forgot to say earlier, also had a veg box delivered yesterday so that's another £12 to add to the total . . . think that put me over budget for the month . . . but I really have no need to buy ANY more food this month!

Hiya. I got the idea off the website thermoscooking. Basically warm up the thermos with boiling water first and empty. Pop your lentils/pulses/oats for porridge etc inside, leaving room for them to swell and put your freshly boiled water in. Put the thermos onto it's side as it seems to work better that way, then hey presto, next morning they are ready to cook with for a faster meal!!!:T

Ps, it is FAB with pasta!!!

freakyogre

£10.42 spent in Lidl. I got 5 packs of the chicken breasts that were on offer and some mozzarella.

Chicken is portioned/diced, bagged and in the freezer. It should keep me going for a long time!

tigerfeet2006

Evening ladies

Back from Lidl, hardly any meat at all and the veg. was a bit manky but got about half my shopping in there and spent £92.50. We then went to the big Asda Walmart and spent £63. That was all the store cupboard stuff and the bits I needed for the first week of my meal plan. So for the first spend of April it is 155.50.

Though today has made me realise why I always do my shopping online. It was a bl00dy nightmare. All I wanted to do is take my list and whizz round and pick up what I wanted and get out of there but DH and the brood were here,there and every were looking at every thing and being pains in the posterior. It took twice as long as it should to do what I needed to do. So it's back to ordering online for me.

Off to make a sig.

never_too_old

JIL wrote: »

Anyone else having problems with the T£sco price checker ? It does not seem to be working. Have tried browsing by aisle, by item etc. Is this a ploy to stop us getting our cheap shopping??

i dont think they are going to put it back on again:(

Sue14

Spent £2 on milk in Mr T on Thursday, then £27.77 in Mr M's today. I got a few bargains, including 2.5kg of potatoes for 64p, 4 large peppers for 35p, and 4 tomatoes for 25p, all of which were on their 'store seconds' section, and coleslaw was only 30p, so OH can have that with a jacket potato in the week. Also got all my Easter eggs for £1 each, and 2 cans of de-icer for next winter which was reduced to 78p, but won't count these in the grocery budget.