March 2011 Grocery Challenge

Kitchenbunny

Thanks, MrsMcawber, I'll definitely be trying the cheesy bacon lasagne as those are my favourite things Hmm, today has been a no spend day, which has been nice - first in ages. As we had guests over last night, I'll do sausage pasties tonight (shortcrust pastry filled with chorizo and sausagemeat) with some homemade wedges. I could do with another shelf in the oven, that way I could get a shelf of biscuits or cookies on baking at the same time. By the way, someone raised a question about shortcrust pastry - mine was really ropy but then I started using a different kind of cooking fat. I switched to something like Cookeen and that works really well for me.

So far we don't need anything and I'm finding I prefer my tea without milk when I drink it so that's one item I won't need to buy just yet. I'll post the recipe for the chorizo pasties tomorrow if anyone would like it.

KB xx

Mothership

Just bought a few things from T***0's

GC
B1G1F Tomatoes on the vine 2 for £1.80
B1G1F Baking potatoes 2.5kg 2 for £1.85
Total Spend £3.65

2nd Purse
B1G1F De Cecco Linguine £1.41 ea 6 for £4.26
3 for £1 Dole Sliced Pineapple 59p ea 6 for £2.00
Total Spend £6.26

cleggie

Just updated my signature.

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First two shoppings... 1 Mar 2011 Soya milk 89 Waffer 79 Cucumber 65 Cauli flower 114 Carrots 72 Dill 99 2 Mar 2011 Cous cous 84 Tomatos 61 --- total: 673 Eur cents

scotsaver

NickJW wrote: »

I paid off ALL of debt today - such a good feeling!

NickJW - that must feel great, congrats.:j

Winged_one wrote: »

I had a lunchtime seminar across the city yesterday, so I took an extra 20 minutes while there (from my actual lunchbreak time) to dash into Ald* and get some "super 6" veg. French beans, baby corn, mangetout, parsnips and courgettes. We use a lot of veg, I was already planning 3 stir fry dinners, and for €3.45 I was delighted to get a bagfull!

Winged one - I really miss the Super 6, our closest Ald! closed down last year and the next nearest one is too far away to walk, would use the car but can't justify the petrol so only go there if I happen to be down that way for something else.

MRSMC - many thanks for taking the time to type up all those Recipes and passing them on for us - they look really tasty.;)

I've updated my signature with my spends this week.

Dinner tonight is HM Sweet & sour pork with egg noodles. I'm using some sliced pork that was in the Freezer from a Roast a while back, still have some sliced turkey and gammon left from Xmas - didn't realise how much was left until I started emptying the chest Freezer and moving/rearranging into the Fridge/freezer.

Everything in order now and I have meal planned to try and use up what's left.:)

mrs-moneypenny

took DS to have a haircut and nipped in the coop, i know i should have walked the extra bit to MrT and saved a bit but it was cold and we wanted to get home spent £7.46 will update sig.

thank you for those lovely recipies MrsMC

promised DS we will make muffins now we have eggs

maid_in_cornwall

I wish all corner shops only opened for an hour a day and preferably when I was working! Nipped in for the paper and £7 later came out! will update my sig now and try not to go back there for the rest of the week

Repeat ! I will not spend the money, I will not spend the money......

Billie-jo

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I paid off ALL of debt today - such a good feeling! [/QUOTE]

Well done you - an amazing achievement. Hope that you feel very proud of yourself cause you should be. :T :T :T

NSD for us and having a rare tea without meat for us tonight - cheese, onion and potato pie with some vegetable spring rolls.
Have also made a jelly and will have some of that for after with some tinned fruit from the store cupboard.
Have to admit though have some chicken stock simmering away but its for tomorrow's soup not tonight.

Will be doing a shopping list later on tonight but going to try to keep it under £25

LittleMissHappy_2

Spent £25 of my budget today.....only needed bread, milk and bananas, but my cat is very poorly and has to stay at the vets so I was just chucking stuff in. Oh, well, it will get used (and I got the cat some smoked salmon for a treat when he gets home:D) x

helen_jelly

NickJW - well done - thats fantastic

KitchenBunny - you can buy oven shelves that fit any size oven [think Lakeland do them or somewhere like that]

DH bought a couple of bits yesterday - must get the receipt from him