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May 2011 Grocery Challenge

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  • RonniesMummy
    RonniesMummy Posts: 438 Forumite
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    Morning everyone, Ive not been well the past few days so havent logged on!
    I am going to morrisons today, im sure someone said they had PG tips on offer, mum drinks tea like its going out of fashion!
    Hope everyone is doing well, I think ive got £43 to last until the 18th, HA i cant imagine this will work but i will have to be creative! x
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  • Long_tall_sally
    Long_tall_sally Posts: 1,086 Forumite
    Declaring at £491.34 for May. Not a great month particularly as I thought I was doing quite well not too many days ago! Can I try yet again for £450 for June please Mrs McC, thankyou?
    Grocery aim £450pm.Spent £519 August, £584 July, £544 June, £541 May, £549 April, £517 March, £517 Feb,£555 Jan, £573 Dec, £465Nov, £561Oct, £493Sept, £426Aug,£496 Jul, £528Jun, £506May,£498April, £558 March, £500Feb, £500 Jan, £490 Dec, £555 Nov,£566 Oct, £505Sept, £450Aug, £410 July, £437 June, £491 May, £471 April, £440 March, £552Feb, £462Jan
  • cutiepieabf
    cutiepieabf Posts: 344 Forumite
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    Just a quickie to say, curry last night was yummy. i made it differently to normal. usually with a SC i literally bung it all in without searing the meat or browning the onions, and let nature take its cause. However, this time i decided to cook off the spices in a frying pan first, as i know that is what the prof chefs do. lol. so i did this and then added all the ingredients to the SC. i have to admit, this technique really worked, and you could taste the individual spices so much clearer than usual.
    Hope this helps someone else.xx
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  • 69chick
    69chick Posts: 544 Forumite
    Afternoon all, thanks for all the lovely recipes coming through :drool: I must get looking through the index soon to try some new things, its so easy to get stuck in a rut I find and do the same old thing over and over....we have got Gammon for tea tonight, the girls are having theirs first with sweetcorn and mash and me and dh will have ours later with potatoes and I am going to do a broccoli cheese to go with it.....have been saving the gammon as ds doesn't like it and he is away with the school (missing him like mad though, so hope he is enjoying himself, he left on Monday morning a bit upset :()

    One thing I am truly no good at is cooking with chicken thighs or legs..I don't really like meat on the bone but would love to cook the kids some tasty drumsticks as I am sure they would like them. however if I ever take them off the roast chicken they are always slimy and with sort of horrible black bits int them...does it make a difference if you buy them separately? and if so, can anyone recommend a recipe with them for kids?

    I am on for another nsd today...just keep updating my Sainsbugs shop for Friday (which helps me with my food shopping addiction:D) I have noticed that Sain$burys have got a new meal plan for £50 out today so am going to take a look later in case there are any nice recipes....

    Catch you all later
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  • Long_tall_sally
    Long_tall_sally Posts: 1,086 Forumite
    cutiepieabf - could you give me the recipe for your curry please?
    Grocery aim £450pm.Spent £519 August, £584 July, £544 June, £541 May, £549 April, £517 March, £517 Feb,£555 Jan, £573 Dec, £465Nov, £561Oct, £493Sept, £426Aug,£496 Jul, £528Jun, £506May,£498April, £558 March, £500Feb, £500 Jan, £490 Dec, £555 Nov,£566 Oct, £505Sept, £450Aug, £410 July, £437 June, £491 May, £471 April, £440 March, £552Feb, £462Jan
  • cookiemum
    cookiemum Posts: 139 Forumite
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    Declaring at £311.54 for May:o

    Still keeping a strict tally on an online spending diary so nothing is sneaking through. Next month I must come in within budget - everyone in my family appears to be born in June so a very expensive month!

    Well done everybody :T

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  • Sue14
    Sue14 Posts: 988 Forumite
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    £1.99 spent in Mr M's on Saturday and £10.32 in L1dl today, shouldn't NEED much else between now and the end of the month, but we'll see.
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  • cutiepieabf
    cutiepieabf Posts: 344 Forumite
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    cutiepieabf - could you give me the recipe for your curry please?

    yes sure, i'll post later. its one of Mr.Oliver's.
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  • Sunnyday
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    Morning everyone, Ive not been well the past few days so havent logged on!
    I am going to morrisons today, im sure someone said they had PG tips on offer, mum drinks tea like its going out of fashion!
    Hope everyone is doing well, I think ive got £43 to last until the 18th, HA i cant imagine this will work but i will have to be creative! x

    The PG Tips are also on offer at the Co op, same deal s x 160 for £5

    HTH

    SD
    Planning on starting the GC again soon :p
  • clearandfree
    clearandfree Posts: 30 Forumite
    Hi everyone
    Well my total spend for this month is £311.90. Over budget but not too bad considering I had to buy things that I did not count on like my herbal sleeping tabs and nit lotion for the family as son came home with nits - lol.
    I do buy a fair bit of cleaning stuff including kitchen roll every week because of the pets - we have an elderly cat that makes a mess, he has cat flu - not much the vets can do with it.
    Anyway, I'm done with shopping this month, have enough to keep me going till the end of the month.
    I would like to the challenge again in June. I noticed other people were putting down what they would like to do so I would like to set myself the target of £290.
    I have enjoyed reading everybody's post and look forward to next month.
    Take care.
    The credit card is finally cleared
    Just got loan to pay off now
    balance £2221.
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