April 2011 Grocery Challenge

aussiemum

Hi all,
Sounds like everyone had a lovely weekend
Just $3 on milk for me today.
I'm trying out a new recipe tonight - Spanish rice and chicken, substituting chicken legs for thighs and aborio rice for sushi rice as its what I have in the cupboard so cross your fingers it turns out ok :undecided

Winged_one

Darn, I just remembered that I was meant to roast a couple of small pumpkins or the butternut squash at the weekend for soup. No wonder I don't have a lunch today. Oh well, I can do that tonight and do some baking as well while I have the oven on.

quintwins

morning all nsd for me today gonna be a tight few weeks so i shud rack up a good few nsd

Gorgeestwo

Hi

Have totally lost track March/April really disappointed with myself, but have decided that come May I'm going to get right back into my money saving grocery shopping :T (know that this month would be fighting a losing battle lol)

So goodluck to everyone this month and I'll see you over in the May thread when that comes round

boysma

Hi everyone

Havent been on for a while so update in figures:

£145.10 spent in Mr T, Mr S, Mr A, L**l and even M & S:eek: Signature now updated.

Going on hols on Friday for a week and will include the few bits and pieces that i will be taking with me.

Hope everyone else doing ok:A

mrs-moneypenny

cant believe we are almost halfway through the month and ive only just got round to popping in:o

sat last night went through all my reciepts and updated my spends book :eek: weve had major spends that seem to have gone into freefall over the last few weeks but i want to draw a line under that and start again.

tonight is veggie haggis hm wedges and brocolli
hoping to mke some muffins this afternoon if i get time

lizziebabe

Hi everyone - haven't been on for a while but just updating :wave:

Had two smallish shops - so have added to my total on signature.

Will need to do a bigger shop soon to stock up as DS has finished Uni and will be home soon.

I'm sorry if I haven't had time to read all the posts - will try to keep up.

Hope you are all enjoying the lovely weather - I work nights if I can and sometimes miss it - but the pay makes up for it.

Looking forward to :EasterBun

Mothership

highland_fling wrote: »

Making lentil soup this morning, will make plenty so that some can go in freezer, if I can make a space.

I'm making lentil soup today as well, we are having it for lunch, making it with a gammon joint, will probably have that tonight.

Just a thought usually if the flour goes up, the price of bread follows, I mentioned a few months ago that the prices of flour, rice cooking oil etc; was going was going to rise, cant remember where I heard that. I bought some flour in S********'s yesterday it was 48p on the shelf edge , but went through at 98p a bag, I've a good mind to take it back. The price if increased should apply to new stock, not what's on the shelves, I notice the basics range is now 50p or so, I will be buying that from now on.

quintwins

i always buy value flour it's just the bread flour that kills me, i bought 3 bags from tesco and put my reciet into the dtd, i paid £3.72 and got £3.36 back so it's dfe worth doing it

NickJW

9p spent today. I had a £2 voucher for a ready meal in Mr S, so bought S+M for lunch today, and paid the 9p extra