November 2011 - Grocery Challenge

mooomin

Spent some more from my budget today:

£14.61 in Tesco
£10.29 in Morrisons

That takes me to £62.36 spent out of my £200 December budget and it's only two days since payday :rotfl::rotfl:

I am now nicely stocked on tinned goods, catfood and freezer items, so hoping to be nice and thrifty for the rest of the month. The Aldi Super 6 are good for soup making/stews too, so I'll nip in there later in the week and get lots of fresh veg.

Tonight's dinner is going to be chicken fried in chilli-flavoured olive oil and I'm going to make a tomato sauce with brocolli and babycorn. I'm only going to use half a chicken breast as it's just for me so I'll have the rest in a wrap for lunch tomorrow. Tasty and economical

debbiedeejay

Evening All

Spent a total of £22.53 in Mr M's on Friday - which is ok but will need more milk and bread mid week.

Did spend an extra fiver over weekend on a bottle of wine but since I hardly ever go out that is coming out of treat/entertainment budget(not that I actually have one as they are so rare anyway!)- anyway it lasted over two days with a couple of us drinking it so not too bad I suppose.

Methinks I may be sailing close to this months budget but at least I know what am spending nowadays rather than willy nilly spending without a thought - so many thanks to all who post on the board and to those who run it - you're all wonderful:A

XSpender

69p spent on a jar of mixed spice at Mr S to finish making the last Christmas cake. Only got one done today so the last one will have to wait until tomorrow night as I will need the oven for dinner shortly.

I got my big slow cooker out of the loft today ( I have a small 2 person one that lives in the kitchen but this is a big one) and DH's eyes lit up at the thought of sausage casserole so that is going on the meal plan this week. This week I am leaving the house at 10.30, DH is not in until 6 and then I get in at half 8 so I think I may need to get a timer plug to get it to come on at about 12 or it will have evaporated by the time I get in. I am also going to try making chilli in it for the first time. I can't remember the last time I use3d either of my slow cookers:o

DH said he is not bothered about too much meat next month, he wants to lose a bit of weight, s that should help the shopping budget:)

recovering_spendaholic

XSpender wrote: »

69p spent on a jar of mixed spice at Mr S to finish making the last Christmas cake. Only got one done today so the last one will have to wait until tomorrow night as I will need the oven for dinner shortly.

I got my big slow cooker out of the loft today ( I have a small 2 person one that lives in the kitchen but this is a big one) and DH's eyes lit up at the thought of sausage casserole so that is going on the meal plan this week. This week I am leaving the house at 10.30, DH is not in until 6 and then I get in at half 8 so I think I may need to get a timer plug to get it to come on at about 12 or it will have evaporated by the time I get in. I am also going to try making chilli in it for the first time. I can't remember the last time I use3d either of my slow cookers:o

DH said he is not bothered about too much meat next month, he wants to lose a bit of weight, s that should help the shopping budget:)

I always find that if I make stuff in a slow cooker it is really runny - loads of thin juice. I hear of you all making loads of nice things like sausage casserole but I just can't seem to get the hang of it!

Do you brown the sausages before putting them in the casserole?

Rainy-Days

Asda today

£15.09

tigerfeet2006

Recovering Spendaholic, yes definately brown sausages before putting into the SC or they look like flaccid penis's. you don't put as much liquid in a SC as you would a casserole as it makes liquid in the cooking process. If it is still a bit thin when you are ready to eat then mix a bit of cornflour with water and stir the paste through the liquid before serving.

There are a couple of SC sausage casserole recipes in the index on page one.

pipersky

tigerfeet2006 wrote: »

Recovering Spendaholic, yes definately brown sausages before putting into the SC or they look like flaccid penis's.

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

tigerfeet2006

Well they do :rotfl:

Or many that should be peni? :think:

CompBunny

Adding £14.98 for things like frozen veg, vitamins, bananas, onions, spaghetti, cheese, milk, yoghurt, bread, eggs and *ahem* 30p custard creams and 33p scones and non-value chocolate spread. Blah I'm being so bad most days this month But I lost a ton of weight and my BMI has gone down to 15.95 so its not too bad to scoff a few biccies here and there

Recovering Spendaholic, thats fabulous about your cupcakes, what a compliment! Very exciting, good luck for Tuesday and let us know how it goes! I love the sound of all of them, you should post some pics for us to drool over

sproggi

tigerfeet2006 wrote: »

yes definately brown sausages before putting into the SC or they look like flaccid penis's..

:rotfl::laugh: :T I never be able to look at a sausage cassarole in the same light again!

A NSD for me. Will need to shop for fresh fruit and veg tomorrow, but that should be it.

Sproggi