April 2011 Grocery Challenge

esmer

Just did my shopping as im busy all week. and it was 6p over budget. I bought all I needed and checking tescos looks like Asda was cheaper by 6.00 so fingers crossed for a DTD voucher towards stuff for my new house when i move

rosieben

tessie_bear wrote: »

... did anyone see super scrimpers last night...i thought it was funny...quite fancy trying nettles...might do a soup if i ever get round to it
take care tess

I have a book called All Good things around us by Pamela Michael, which has loads of recipes for nettles and other hedgerow stuff - as well as Nettle Soup there's recipes for Nettle and Oatmeal stuffing for chicken, Baked nettles and potatoes, Dried nettle tea, Nettle pudding, Spiced Nettles with oatmeal, Nettle hair rinse and tonic ..

this review of the book says it all (mine is also the BCA version) and its definitely worth keeping an eye open for it in the CS's

BlimusOreilly

Please could you put me down for £200 this month please? That's for 2 adults and 2 children.

Kittikins

Hello, may I join please - me and DD and cupboards groaning fit to burst with food, but I always think I have "nothing in" and end up wasting lots of money....this month is going to be scarily tight, so I'd like to keep to£100 for the month, hopefully doable as DD will be away for some of it, just have to hope that my beloved boyfriend doesn't come up with too many sophisticated, romantic meal ideas that I'll happily cook for us!!

I don't mind him spending a fortune on good wine for us (we don't live together, so no joint finances....yet ) but I can't always afford to buy ingredients for these scrumptious meals! It's a pain as we don't eat meat and he does and is also wheat/gluten/dairy intolerant so finding meals we can all eat when together can be slightly challenging at times!

sistercas

spent £27 34 today in l!dl , superdrug and HB
still need to go to t3sco and sainsbugs tomorrow

going to do chocclares chinese chicken for tea tomorrow, tonight it is freezer roulette, which has turned out to be pizza, goujons and hm wedges
I am surprised just how low the freezer has become this month , defo needs stocking up

Baileys_Babe

helen_jelly wrote: »

Just been to MrT and spent £39. I've told DH that I want EVERY receipt that crosses his palm for the entire month as when I checked the bank balance in detail there were spends that I know nothing about!! Grrrr

quintwins wrote: »

helen i told my oh that but he never gets receits and he can never remeber exact amounts he has got alot better now tho, if i send him for a loaf of bread all he gets is a loaf of bread

I've trained OH to pass over every receipt, also if he buys anything whilst at work (very early Tuesday to very late Thursday) he also has to email me the spend so I can keep track. I sound like a control freak, but since doing this he has been more organised with the food he takes to work, also he has stopped buying coffees, sweets & snacks when commuting, which is both money saving and healthier.

cat_smith

Sent DH to Mr T as no car. £11.72 and he only bought what was on the list I gave him. Yay. That should do us for the next week and he's away next weekend so this is really working.

DR Lamb Valentine steaks with Redcurrant and Rosemary sauce, mash and broccolli tonight. Num Num Num.

MumOf2Beasties

:eek:shocked it's april already, where is 2011 going??
was only £5.28 over last month:j quite pleased with that, am going to try for £215 for April Please!!

£9.98 of that is already gone on half price p*mpers nappies i bought in march, was thinking of reducing the budget a little but as the kids are off school/nursery for easter i will need to buy a bit more food.

good luck everyone, bring on the april gc

looie

Can you put me down for £100 for April please.

Thanks for keeping the thread going, I would be lost without it now. I just dread to think what our food bills would be like if I didn't sign up every month

Got a couple of days off work so hoping to get some things planted on the allotment - getting itchy feet just want to get started. At least it will keep me out of the supermarkets lol. Have a good night everyone x

lauzellen

Hi can I please be put down for £180 for April - Its more than I achieved in March but I have lowered my target as don't want to take a giant leap in reducing the budget and then go terribly wrong