September 2011 Grocery Challenge

helen_jelly

Totals done to post 301

Morning all

I need to update my siggy with some spends

Chillies are back at school - yeah!!! Its so peaceful here, no arguing or fighting, no tv, no games consoles and I can get on the pooter when I want to - sorted lol

Have a good day everyone

Forgot to say - Welcome and Hi to all the new people and the returners

Helen x

rosieben

mrs-moneypenny, I've added your quinoa recipe to the index. I've never used it so this is really useful for me, might try it next month :beer:

Puzzledbubbles

had to go out today for reflexology on the other side of town but managed to get back only spending my £3.70 bus fair - was very tempted to buy lunch but convinced myself to come home instead lol

Since bus fair doesnt count im thinking this is NSD number 2 for me

dumpling

Hi, just got back from Mr T's with a load of reduced fruit and mushrooms but my best bargain of all was the fresh cauliflowers. They are BOGOF at 84p each but the till took £1.42 off my bill:T.
So I'm very happy to add just £4.89 to my total.

Long_tall_sally

More spends added to signature & a lot of it was on complete rubbish! This is because Mr A had a lot of chocolate bars for £1 for 4 & the kids (& me!) have one bar a day with their lunch so I stocked up. Oh dear! I have promised to take OH's Mum to Aldi tomorrow aswell so will probably end up getting some wine from there so more spends.

poppy-glos

hopefully a nsd for me today, have been making chutney today, and off to take dd to her swim lesson after school. i usually drink pop all of the time and have run out (and lidls near work tomorrow so not driving there today) so challenging myself not to buy other (more expensive ) pop locally today. will take a bottle of diluted squash with me to the pool and that should do it.

had a bag of potatoes given to me yesterday, so making homemade chips for tea:T

sparklysaver

Hmmmmm, what can I make with cauliflower...... :think:

Good spot, thank you, might go and try that one. Am struggling to work up the motivation to go out in the horrible weather though. Keep re-jigging my meal plan to put it off for yet another day! Would usually go round the market on a Tuesday but that's not holding much appeal today funnily enough. It's cheaper than the supermarket, but that's so much warmer, and drier......:p

Am making all bran & banana muffins instead, because I found a box of the horrible stuff in the back of the cupboard and I'm never going to eat it for breakfast, and there was a whole bag of over-ripe bananas lurking in the bottom of the freezer.

Mostly using this recipe, with a few minor tweaks (because I didn't have enough sultanas but I had some dates & some walnuts)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/carolsbranmuffins_91964

It's amazing the things you find when you stop going to the supermarket every evening to buy something for tea. I've been eating healthier since I started thinking so carefully about what I'm buying than I have done in ages. So, thanks everyone for the inspiration, even if that wasn't entirely the intention. :T

franby64

Afternoon

My total so far is £113.41 which is OK and I've got a fair bit in but I will not plan.

And if I'm going to make this month's lower target I absolutely have to.

So this post is a shout to myself to a) make a freezer list b) make a food plan and c) make some defrosted butterbeans I have into soup before they go off.

There we go, apathy shifted, I'll be back to catch up on the thread when I've done what I know I have to do!

Hope everybody is having a good September (now the kids are back at school ).

TrixieB

sparklysaver wrote: »

Hmmmmm, what can I make with cauliflower...... :think:

:T

James Martin made a cauli and apple soup on TV this morning, think was just cauli, onion, apple, veg stock and milk, salt and pepper to taste.

recovering_spendaholic

TrixieB wrote: »

James Martin made a cauli and apple soup on TV this morning, think was just cauli, onion, apple, veg stock and milk, salt and pepper to taste.

Ooh - will google that recipe, thanks! I decided a few weeks ago that I would drive out to the farms in the country near my house to buy veg and eggs. I couldn't believe how much cheaper it is. I get a GIANT cauliflower for 50p and the same price for giant cabbages and big bags of carrots. Also the extra large free range eggs are £3.20 for 30 eggs, and they also have trays of little pullets eggs for £1.50.

I am still using up stuff in the cupboards and freezer so am making two teas tonight - leftover roast chicken and veg for kids and cottage pie (which I made a froze a while ago) for my sister myslef and my friend who are visiting.

NSD today (hopefully!!)