July 2011 Grocery Challenge

XSpender

£1.76 spent today on sanitary towels and curry powder. That should be it for this month as my month ends on Thursday. Famous last words!!

QOTD - Well done on the new job:j

69chick

QOTD Thats great news on the job front :T it sounds like you have done fantastically well this month budget wise for 4 people, you put me to shame!!

Quintwins I love the 'tetris' comparison, sooo true, I was doing the same today, but not even with any new food, just that it all fell out when I was looking for the green beans

annem38

69CHICK, ham and lentil soup is one of my favourites, so here it is, of course all ingredients can be subsituted for whatever you have in
take one ham joint (mr t normally has them in their 3 for a tenner) and put in a large pan and cover with boiling water (prob about 1.5-2 pints) and to the water add a chopped onion, leeks, diced carrot, couple of sticks of celery and of course lentil, about 200g, and just let it gently simmer for about 1-1.5 hours

you then have your ham for sarnies and dinner (homemade ham egg and chips anyone??) and your soup, i generally give it a quick blitz and add a bit of the ham to it as well, enjoy!!

btw, i let the ham rest when i open it but i don't rinse it

hth

anne

quintwins

i used to by te$co 3 for £10 gammons aswell, til i relised that lidl nearly always have some reduced if you go late so now i buy mine from there, you get a bigger one for £3.40

i decided to make bacon sandwichs last night opened my nice new packet of cooking bacon and it was all great big chunks i know it's cooking bacon but thats never happened to me before (altho i did get great big slices ones) lckily i had some of the last packet in the freezer, i'm going to cook some up and put it in egg mayo, the rest will go in quiche and a cowboy pie

nsd today

ragz_2

Just back from mad trolley dash in local Budgens, which is closing down this week. 50% off loads of stock and 25% off other stock. I spent £38 and only 2 of my items were 25% off, the rest were 50% including nappies, coffee, UHT goat milk, soy sauce, cereal....
I shall be going back tomorrow, and probably again on Friday!

Have just realised I have not had a single NSD this month (not all grocery spends though!)...

quintwins

i think i've either forgotten how to cook or the my slowcookers on the blink this is the 2nd dinner i've ruined in 2 weeks except this time it was £3 worth of steak it's very dry looking do u guys have any ideas on how to rescue it i've popped some susages in the oven to have instead

guccigoo

hi all, havent been on for ages so im scrapping the challenge this month but i will be back in August just had a lot on this month and havent been able to get on here much. Hope everyones ok and il see you next month

cutestkids

Another small spend today
Coffee from Semi Chem £2.79
4 litres Milk and Sandwich bags Morrisons £3.00

Total so far this month £265.25

Still hope to keep under £300:)

freakyogre

£2.00 spent on more crisps...oops. Although to be fair, £2.00 for 18 packets of Hula Hoops cannot be ignored!

Mothership

M*******s

GC
Coriander & Rosemary 2 for £1.00
Value Mushrooms £1.49
1 kg Carrots £1.00
Honeydew Melon £1.00
2 Bunches spring Onions .98p
Brown Loaf .60p
2 Bags Potatoes @ 49p ea .98p
Beansprouts .50p
Little Gem Lettuce .50p

Total Spend £8.04



2nd Purse
4 Packs Chapatis @ .50p ea = £2.00
3 packs of 9 nouvelle Toiler Rolls £6.72

Total Spend £8.72

Had lovely Chow Mien tonight with left over roast beef from Sunday.
Vegetable curry tomorrow night for me and my veggie sister. OH wants an omelette.

I'm really pleased I can now go into a SM and not buy willy nilly.