May 2011 Grocery Challenge

cat_smith

scotsaver what's Cumberland Pie?

cutiepieabf

i have LO kfc from last night for my lunch today. a wing and the side of coleslaw. luckily OH paid for it hahahahaaaa. i have brownies tonight but when i get back i need to sort out my meal plan so i can get my shopping order in for delivery sat. i really fancy macaroni cheese for tea. last time i made it i copied jamie's 30min recipe, but none of us are keen on cauli and it was a struggle to eat it. i think this time i will just add LO lamb and bacon, and will top it with breadcrumbs to give it some extra texture.

HM loaves finished yesterday so had a small spend for a loaf of bread.

cutiepieabf

Long Tall Sally - i havent forgotten about the curry recipe, i just didnt get 5mins to sit at the computer last night!! will post it this evening.xx

cutiepieabf

cat_smith wrote: »

scotsaver what's Cumberland Pie?

i was just going to ask the same thing!!

quintwins

morning all today is a nsd, i cooked up some creamy chicken and bacon and some thia green curry last night (which tastes like korma for some reason, it's still nice tho) so thats tonights tea and today and tomorrows lunch sorted, tomorrow is the last day of the month for me and i will need to pay the kids nursery money then i'm done need spuds aswell but they'll come out of june's budget

cat_smith

Oh dear. Not quite the £37.71 of the mysupermarket shopping list. £74.74. Gulp. But £42 of that was whoopsies which by my calculations will do 20+ meals and is all going in the freezer so not going to be too worried. Off to update sig.

zpr1c3

Think I might be able to do it this month at some points during the month thought it would never be possible! Am currently at £234.34 and shouldn't need to go shopping again but I won't declare it until the end of the month.

Definitely feel like I have saved a lot this month since starting this challenge, it really does help me to think about what I am spending. And a big thank you to everyone that has provided some very nice recipes that have given me lots of inspiration!

espresso21

I was AWOL last night - another migraine! I'll have weeks free of them and then suddenly a whole cluster of them - 1 or 2 per week. It did mess up my meal plan slightly though as I just didn't want to cook last night but luckily I found a pasta meal in the freezer that I could just heat up rather than going to the Chinese as the Old Me would have!
I wanted to add my thanks to those of you who keep posting recipes - it's lovely to get inspiration from others and tried and tested recipes are the best.

meanmarie

Spent another €15 yesterday so looking a bit dicey for me as DD2 and dgds 1 &3 coming for a week on Saturday....they are finicky eaters at best of times so will have to stock up on stuff they will eat.....money seems to fly out of my bank/hands/purse at the moment.

Marie

Nimeth

Hi all, had 5 NSDs this past week, had to pop into the Sp4r today and pick up bread as I haven't been well, so too exhausted to do HM. Spent £4.18 in there as I picked up a couple of other things too. Got my final shop of the month to do tomorrow, should be under again thankfully!

Cat_smith, I shop in A!di most weeks and have never had a problem with their fruit and veg, often better than Mr Ts.