April 2011 Grocery Challenge

Billie-jo

Hippeechiq wrote: »

I now have 16 tins in the cupboard, so I'm a happy bunny.....a girl can never have too many tins of tomatoes imo

Ohh so agree with this statement. I have had 36 tins at one point but atm am down to 10 tins plus 4 cartons of passata and 6 cartons of chopped toms:rotfl: they are so handy for lots of things.

Well for someone who only wanted a chicken today I have managed to spend £17.62 :eek: Brought some T. rolls £1.99 for 9, some tinned tomatoes 4 for £1.00 (would have brought more but only 5 on shelf) some prawn crackers that you fry yourself £0.49, some prawns on offer and the rest was on fruit & veg. It is Te$co day tomorrow with mum but dont want much now which is good thing cause only got £49 left till Sunday. Although have brought the GC amount down I feel that this month I have brought some things just for the sake of buying them and will have to watch this in May. Please feel free to shout at me if I seem to be buying more than need next month.:o

Have made mushroom soup today with some left over mushrooms, onion, potato, broccoli stalks, stock and cream so easy and so tasty- this will be tomorrows lunch and also got a curry in the oven for our tea and a chicken also in oven which is for mums tea as she doesnt eat curry. Rest of the chicken will be used for us tomorrow - chicken and broccoli lasagne and of course the obligatory chicken stock at the end.
Have done next weeks menu plan but am going to plan the week after as well as fortnightly one seems to work best for us. Did do a 4 week one but felt it was too regimental and consequently didnt want anything we had wrote down. (probably the reason why I ended up buying other things)

Well done to those who have finished Aprils challenge and good luck for May. If like me you still in April I hope the last few days are good.

Oh yes - should have first of our radishes at the weekend, they wont be massive but it will thin them out a bit. Cant wait and the potatoes we planted are poking their heads through the soil.

will update totals later as need to nip out.

scotsaver

Hi everyone - sorry I've been MIA, had Family to stay then we had a few days away so not been able to post much. I've still kept a note of everything and have gone over for April £269.18, please put me down for my usual £250 for MAY.

Hoping to keep within budget for May, should be easy as I've still got so much left from DR deliveries. My new month started today but it was a NSD as I spent the day on the Allotment but will need to go shopping tomorrow for some Fruit and some salad stuff.

Dinner tonight is a Beef Casserole using meat from DR, it was melt in the mouth last time we had it so I know this is going to be good, serving it with carrots, swede and spuds.;)

Hugs to those that need them and welcome to all the Newbies.:D

TryingToBeOldStyle

Well for my first challenge can you put me down for £130 for May please. Im really going to try my hardest to stick to it, its a fair bit lower than what we're spending at the moment but its closer to what I think we should be spending (2 adults, cats and chickens)

Oh and its my birthday tomorrow!!!! The big 30 Arghhhhhh! :eek:

Hippeechiq

tigerfeet2006 wrote: »

Hippeechiq, yes we had a lovely break thanks and much needed as you surmised. Can I ask you what your purse system is? It has been intrigueing me.

It's Motherships brainchild tigerfeet, so I think she'd be better at explaining it to you than I

I'll see if she spots and responds to this post in the next couple of days, if not I'll try then. DD has crashed today after her run of a good few days. And because she had the "high", the "low" has hit her that much harder, which means I've done a lot of talking/listening/soothing/reassuring and comforting in an effort to lift her out of it, or at least trying to stop her going further down - with little success unfortunately, so am feeling a bit brain dead at the mo.

A NSD here today, but forgot to add £1 to my total for ice cream I bought yesterday, so now off to update siggy.

helen_jelly

Hi all

Welcome to all the new people - ask lots as there are loads of clever people on here who will help

Well I'm declaring at £300 for the month - I up'd my target for April cos of the school hols by £50 and I didn't use it so for the first time EVER i've done it - go me, go me, go me!!!! :rotfl::j

Please can I be put down for £300 for May MrsM

We're gonna be very skint this month so if I can cut it down anymore then I'll be pleased

Have fun

Helen x

sistercas

spiggle thinking of you for your looming hospital appt hon , i hope all goes well this time x

helen jelly well done in keeping to your budget :T

i'm another for stockpiling tinned toms , i buy a pack of 12 from c0stc0 almost everytime i go

declaring at £439.32 gone over this month
please put me down for £450 for may - thankyou its a 5 week month

off to t3sco and sains and @ldi tomorrow but its coming out of mays money

theonlynuttytart

Big hello to everyone! Hope theres a lot of successes!

Ive done it, stayed under budget!

So deep breath can you put me down for £110 for may?

fingers crossed!:j

lauradora

hello everyone :beer:

Would like to re join after being away for quite a while

But budgeted last month so am trying to keep to £150 for May please

rosieben

Main Meals & Side Dishes
Bacon and Cheese Fritatta with Tomato Salsa
Bacon and potato salad -Warm
Baked potato pizza
Bacon and Onion Dumpling
Bacon and Veg Risotto
Bacon Roast Chicken with Potatoes (ext link)
Baked Beans (home made) ... Baked Beans (home made)
Baked Bean Tart
BBQ Cannelini Beans with sausages
BBQ Sauce
Bean Curry (Slow Cooker)
Beef - Brisket
Beef Casserole
Beef Curry Dopiaza (Delia recipe)
Beef Stifado (Jamie Olive recipe)
Beef - Stir Fried Beef and Onions with Brocolli
Beef Stroganoff
Beef and Root Veg Curry
Belly Pork
Bolognaise (Remoska) .Bolognaise (2) Bolognaise (3) Bolognaise (4) Bolognaise (5)
Brie Burgers
Brisket (Slow Cooker)
Broad Bean Burgers
Burgers
Calamari
Calzones
Carbonara ... Carbonara with cheese triangles
Cashew Curry
Cheese and Onion Flan
Cheese and Onion Fryits
Cheese and Onion Pasties
Cheese and Potato Pie
Cheese Pie - School days recipes thread
Cheese Scones
Cheese and Lentil Loaf
Cheesy dough
Chicken Adobo
Chicken Cannelloni
Chicken - Cheat's Chicken Cassoulet
Chicken - Chinese Chicken
Chicken and Bacon Pasta
Chicken and broccoli bake
Chicken - Cheat's Chicken Lasagne in the SC
Chicken, Cheese, Ham and Brocolli Pie
Chicken and Chickpea Curry
Chicken and Chorizo Pasta
Chicken and Chorizo Pasta Bake (ext. link)
Chicken Fried Rice
Chicken, leek and bacon pie / pasties
Chicken - Monker's Honey and Orange Chicken
Chicken - Parmesan Chicken
Chicken Prawn and Chorizo Paella
Chicken - Rubber Chicken (thread)
Chicken - Sticky Chicken
Chicken - Sweet and Sour Chicken with Rice
Chicken with Cannellini Beans
Chicken with Garlic, Cider & Cream
Chicken and Potato Curry
Chicken and Vegetable Slice
Chicken or Quorn with Ginger and Coconut Milk
Chicken in White Wine Sauce
Chickpea Curry
Chilli....Chilli (2)...Chilli (Remoska)
Chilli Bean Tortillas
Chilli Chicken Ramen
Chilli Cheese Crostini
Chilli chicken with jasmine rice (BBC food)
Chilli Meat Loaf
Chilli Pizza
Chinese Stir Fried Noodle or Fried Rice thingy
Chinese Pork Balls & Sweet & Sour Sauce
Chinese style cabbage
Chorizo, Haddock and New Potato one pot
Cobbler (topping) see below for Minced Beef with Cobbler Topping
Coconut Rice
Cod - Crunchy Topped Cod
Coleslaw
Coq au Vin (SW)
Corned Beef Hash - MrsMCawber's recipe ... Corned Beef Hash
Corned Beef Pasties
Corned Beef Stew
Courgette Fritters (1) Courgette Fritters (2)
Courgette Pie
Courgette and Tomato Layer Bake
Couscous with chorizo & chickpeas (ext. link)
Cowboy Hash
Cranberry & Soy glazed cocktail sausages
Creamy Chicken and Potato casserole
Creamy Lentil and Rice Dish (Khircheri) (BBC website)
Curry - Bhoona Curry in a hurry LOW FAT
Curry - Fruity Chicken Curry
Curry Sauce
Dahl
Dairylea Cheese Triangles ideas
Diet Coke Chicken
Duchesse potatoes
Dumplings - Mushroom Dumplings
Easy cheese biscuits
Faggoty Pea Stew
Falafel Burgers
Fajita Seasoning
Falafel burgers
Feta and Potato Patties
Fishcakes
Fish Pie and Fish Pie
Fritatta
Fusilli with Broccoli
Gammon and Leek Crumble
Haddock - Grilled haddock on lemon leek and pea rice
Haddock and Pea Risotto
Ham- Glazed Cranberry Ham
Ham Hock (slow cooker)
Ham Salad (sandwich filling) external link
Harry Potter Stew
Hummus and Garlic Pitta Breads
Indian curried pork patties recipe
Individual chicken pies
Individual Potato Pies
Jambalaya - Cheap and Cheerful Jambalaya
Keema and spinach pilau
Lamb curry and paratha
Lamb Hotpot
Lamb Stew
Lamb Tikka
Lasagne ... Mock Lasagne ... Lasagne with sausagemeat
Leek and Cauliflower Puree
Lemon Chicken
Lemon chicken with basil and tagliatelle
Lemon potatoes
Lentil Shepherds Pie
Liver and bacon pate
Liver and onions stir fry
Lobby (stew)
Macaroni Cheese
Marrow - Veggie stuffed marrow .... Stuffed Marrow
Meatballs .... Meatballs Spanish Style
Meatloaf (1) Meatloaf (2) Meatloaf (3)
Mediterranean Mince and Potato 'Pie'
Mediterranean Vegetable Pasta
Mince - 1 recipe/2 dinners
Mince & onion pie
Mince and Totties and Dumplings
Minced Beef Curry
Mince - Mexican Style Mince
Minced Beef with Cobbler Topping
Mini Goat's Cheese, Pear & Walnut Quiche
Monday Pie
Moroccan Inspired Braised Chicken (ext. link)
Moussaka


Main Meals and Side Dishes continue into next post

rosieben

Main Meals and Side Dishes contd.

Nettle Pasta
Nonya Laksa
Onion Bhajis.... Onion Bjahis
Open top 'pizza' pie
Oxtail Stew
Pasta with Tomato Sauce ....... Pasta and Sauce
Pasta Cheese and Onion Bake
Pasta with Chicken and Asparagus
Pearl Barley Broth the old way
Pease pudding
Pizza / Pizza Base Recipe / Pizza Base / Pizza - Home Made Pizza
Pizza Toastie
Pork - Barbecue Pork; . Barbecue Pork
Pork Burgers with Salad
Pork Cheeks - Braised in Red Wine - In Cider
Pork - Creamy Honey, Mustard & Cider Pork for SC or Hob
Pork and Beef Meatballs
Pork Pasties
Pork Ribs - cooking and sauces
Pork Steaks in Mustard and Cider Sauce (SC)
Pork Yuk Sung
Potatoes - ideas
Potatoes - Slow Cooker Jacket Potatoes
Potato, Bacon and Onion Hotpot
Potato bake
Potato Kebabs
Potato layer bake - with cheese, leeks and stock
Potato layer bake - with cheese, onion and white sauce
Potato layer bake - with chorizo and bacon
Potato layer bake (Teisen datws)
Potatoes - Lemon Potatoes
Potatoes - Roast Potato Rosti
Potato Scones
Potatoes - Twice Baked Potatoes
Potato Wedges, Home Made
Prawns and Peppers with Saffron and Rice
Quiche
Quiche Lorraine
Refried Beans
Rice: Summer Rice Salad.....Rice Salad
Risotto:. Easy Risotto with Bacon and Peas .. Risotto - oven baked
Rumbledythumps Rumbeldethumps
Russian Salad and Russian Salad
Salmon Broccoli and Potato Pie
Salmon and Dill Fishcakes
Salmon - Thai steamed salmon
Sausage and Bean Cassoulet
Sausage and Bean Chilli
Sausage Bean Stew
Sausage, Black Pudding, Bacon & Bean Stew
Sausage Casserole - Sausage Casserole - Sausage Casserole -
Sausage Cassoulet
Sausage Leek and Apple pie
Sausage Meat Patties
sausages - Spicy Sausage Casserole
Sausages - Sweet Chilli Bangers
Sausage Stew
Sausage and Pasta
Sausage and Potato Roast
Sausage and Rice bake
Sausage and Stuffing Plait
Sausage and Tomato Spaghetti
Savoury Crumble
Savoury tarts - pastry-less
Shepherds Pie
Smoked salmon soda breads
Smoked Salmon - Tagliatelle with Smoked Salmon
Spaghetti Bolognaise ...Easy Spaghetti Bolognaise
Spaghetti with courgettes, tomato and brie
Spicy Bacon and Tomato Pasta
Spicy Bean and Lentil Loaf
Spicy Bean & Sweet Potato Stew
Spicy Mushroom and Bean Chilli
Spicy Sausage Pasta
Spinach pancakes
Steak and Kidney stew/pie filling
Steak Sauce - Quick Steak Sauce
Steamed Oriental Buns
Stifado (1) see also SW recipes below
Stuffing - MrsMcawber's recipe ... Stuffing
Suet crust pie with quorn
Super Tasty Bacon, Bean and Sausage
Sweet & Sour Chicken/Pork
Sweet Potato and Pea Curry
Sweet and Sour Sauce - Easy Peasy Sweet and Sour Sauce
TexMex Skillett
Thai green curry
Toad in the Hole
Tofu burgers
Tomato paste (external link)
Tomato sauce for Pasta Batch cook recipe or Tomato Sauce
Tortellini - Easy Cheesy Tortellini
Tuna Fish Mousse
Tuna Fishcakes
Tuna Lasagne
Tuna Pasta Bake
Turkey and Bubble and Squeak Pie
Turkey Pasta
Turkey Pasta Cacciatore
Vegetable Casserole
Vegetarian Bean Curry
Veggie Chilli and some variations
Veggie Haggis
Vegetable Samosas
Walnut Sables
White Fish with Spicy Beans and Chorizo
White Sauce
Yorkshire puddings


Slimmers World Adapted Recipes
12 speed/trumpy soup SW
Balsamic Braised Beef SW
Black Pepper and Lemon Chicken Goujons SW
Braised Lamb Shank SW
Cheesy Bacon Lasagne SW
Cheese Topped Minced Beef and Potato Layer SW
Chilli Beans (SW)
Frittata/Tortilla SW
Leonslaw SW
Luxury Cauliflower Cheese SW
Marinade - Sticky Ginger Pork Marinade SW
Mechado Beef Stew SW
Mushy Pea Curry SW
One Pot Beef and Red Wine Pasta SW
Ox Burger SW
Pork - Slow Cooker Chinese Pork SW
Slow cooker Goan pork curry SW
Spanish Rice with Chicken and Chorizo SW
Stifado (2) - SW

Slimming Eats SW recipes (ext link)