I'm eating out of the freezer and cupboards challenge

bramble1

I forgot mayo yesterday. So am debating whether to go to sainsbobs and get some there and risk spending more money, or go to waitrose, stick to my list but end up spending more money anyway because everything is just so expense.

Think i will toddle off to sainsbobs.

beachie

Today I am having/had

Breakfast - Cereal

Lunch - Whoopsie bread with Pilgrims cheap cheese.

Dinner - Some more of the roast pork + veg. For £2.50 it has fed me for nearly 5 meals now.

I am amazed that I am eating decent and hardly spending a penny. It's the things with packaging that costs the money - chocolate bars, cereal bars, processed foods etc.

Lynsey

Great perks Middy ans certainly reduces your food bill.
Think of all those Nectar points lost though due to reduced prices and staff discounts. :rotfl:

I see loads of "kids" carrying out bags of stuff with reduced prices on, hence what you say, put in the back. Wish they would stop pinching my bargains though!! Not good in my local store now, one time I could get loads of meat for next to nothing..........back to Lidl now.

Just been in today and quite a bit of fruit and veg reduced, loads and loads of sprouts for 10p. Only bought a bag of apples (to make pie) and a pack of cherry tomatoes, both for 30p each. Also bought a Belgian chocolate mousse cake for £1 and another bottle of Bottlegreen elderflower presse for 59p using 50p off coupon (total spend £2.19). Spent far too much cakes and chocolate of late, but nothing else needed and a nice treat. Away on hols on 30th, so less than 2 weeks to use this months budget - should be easy now, considering what's in freezer.

Using coupons of late has saved a fortune - loads of free and nearly free stuff - hope that doesn't dry up like my Sainsbury's meat bargains. lol

Lynsey

recovering_spendaholic

Got some of the Birds Eye half price fish fingers today - £1.24 but only 49p with the 75p money off coupon. Also got some reduced bits in Aldi, but not much.

I have done a meal plan today and should easily have enough stuff to make meals for the next three weeks, but kids will beg to differ! I made a meatloaf yesterday using some reduced pork mince, a pack of skinned sausages, a bit of sage and onion stuffing mix, a blitzed onion and blitzed celery, salt and pepper and an egg. It made a huge meatloaf and I thought it was lovely. Kids did too and last night ate sandwiches of it saying it was delicious. When I served it up for tea tonight with chips, mushrooms, sweetcorn and peas they decided that it made them shudder and fed theirs to the dogs! I can't win!

I have half a chicken left over and took all the meat off the carcass earlier. I will make that into a curry for tomorrow night with naans and rice. Lunches tomorrow will be tuna sandwiches and I am not making any lunchbox baked stuff as they eat it all too quickly (and it is too tempting for me) so I have given younger daughter £3 to buy a small thing in school each day this week.

I have alot of haddock which was reduced in Sainsburys a couple of months ago which I froze and I know I should use it up but I am not really a fish person (fish pie makes me shuddery) so can anyone think of how I can use it up?

Lynsey

recovering_spendaholic wrote: »

I have alot of haddock which was reduced in Sainsburys a couple of months ago which I froze and I know I should use it up but I am not really a fish person (fish pie makes me shuddery) so can anyone think of how I can use it up?

Fishcakes Jane, make them fishcakes you were going to make with the salmon, but use the haddock.
Fish bites might work with the "kids", just chop them up and batter and fry.
I've also got two packs of haddock need using and it'll be fishcakes........eventually.

Good to see you making savings with those coupons.

Lynsey

recovering_spendaholic

Lynsey wrote: »

Fishcakes Jane, make them fishcakes you were going to make with the salmon, but use the haddock.
Fish bites might work with the "kids", just chop them up and batter and fry.
I've also got two packs of haddock need using and it'll be fishcakes........eventually.

Good to see you making savings with those coupons.

Lynsey

Thanks Lynsey - I think I will make the fish bites as I am not sure they will eat the fish cakes!

I have now got my up to date inventory of cupboards, freezer and fridge and I KNOW that I won't need to buy anything else this week. I have £8 in cash in my purse and I am going to see how long it will last and also how long I can go without going to the supermarket! It's like an addiction - I have to go and see if there are any bargains! The Farmfoods near me has been closed for refurbishment and opened again yesterday and earlier on I was getting quite excited about going there in the week to see what bargains there were - I think I need to get out more (and not to the shops;))!

bramble1

OH has tuna sarnies for his lunch today, I've got a tin of soup from the cupboard and some low cal bread out the freezer for dunking.

Dinner is chicken with veggies, yorkshires and stuffing as we didn't cook last night. Then will prep stew to go in the slow cooker for tuesday.

Think i will be able to get through this week without setting foot in the shops as We've got lots in

Lip_Stick

Morning all

Not sure what I'll be eating today. I think I've caught some bug as I was badly sick on Saturday night, and ds stayed at mam's last night and was sick. Don't feel too bad just got a sensitive tummy. Anyone know if there's a bug going about?

Might try a tin of soup for dinner. Won't be going out so it's almost a NSD, except I've just ordered some cranberry sauce from M&S to get the £5 voucher.

quintwins

morning all i'm still using stuff up my kids are still sick we had chinese on fri i also managed to grab loads of whoopsie veg so today i'm having chicken stir fry for tea with reduced bean sprouts and stir fry and a chicken breast from the freezer, tomorrow i'm having chicken casaole with another chicken breast (there frozen in 4's) and some reduced mushrooms aswell, and then on wed were havings creamy chicken casarole made with basics chicken soup (lazy i know but at 17p it would cost me just as much to make it) the rest of the mushrooms and some of the reduced brocolli) then thur will be the rest of the brocolli in a cheesy tatie bake with sausages, fri will be sheperds pie

so not acually much eating from the cupboards/freezer going on but lots of eating from the fridge and dinners for the whole week will come in at about £5 which personally i think it impressive if i do say so myself

Lynsey

Just had jam on toast for breakfast and MUST use the chicken breasts today and will make the stir fry.
Too many cakes stc and snacking yesterday. Used up all the double cream I bought for the leek and blue cheese pasta (love this with bacon lardons and juice poured over), so need some more, but probably Wednesday now. Cream was nice on the cakes though!!

Got a few coupons need using, so see how today goes. Got my free milk, free flora and some bread frozen in slices, so reduce costs a little. Need some potatoes, try Sainsburys late on tonight or maybe Aldi (only 39p) tomorrow or Wednesday.

Lynsey