January 2012 Grocery Challenge

medsdemon

£7.78 spent in A*di on the way home from work for DD and I's lazy avoiding a takeaway tea of a whoospied Lasagne that cost 5p and curly fries that were £1.19 a bag. So saved some money there. Also bought milk, diet coke and of course my weekend bottle of vino

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linz4383 wrote: »

SO ive changed my mind ive decided to join but am goin to use a annual figure rather than a monthly as i dnt tend to do much shoppin and pick up lots of offers from work my annual figure will b £1020 which is a weekly figure of £20 although i have enough food in the freezer to last me a lifetime.. theres only me and my little girl (whos at her dads half the week) think ive got 3 whole chicken (88p EACH!!!), 3 pks of pork loin steaks (£1 EACH), 3 packs of beef mince (50p EACH), lots of cooked chicken packs, lots of sausage (richmond for 15p a pack) so have plenty of food to go at jus want to try new things as i get bored easily, have found a few recipes to try
thanks good luck

Hi, i was thinking of doing a yearly, as i want to be able to take advantage of really good offers that come along, also thinking of doing £20 per week, is it not 1,040, am rubbish so prob wrong. Spent 15.55 in Lidl, no reduced, but came out with 2 massive bags of shopping, wow, forgot how cheap some of their stuff is. Updated sig.

Byatt

Bought some dog food and a few other odd bits and pieces,milk, bread, cheap lemonade but had a £10 voucher for Mr T's so cash used was only £2.12, think I'll add in the £10 though in my total.

edit: doesn't look good in black and white and it's only the 6th!!

Coxy11

Hi - sending hugs to all those who need them :grouphug:

Massive thanks to Spiggle who posted Co-0ps special offers in bold. I went on the school run slightly earlier and picked up 3 x chicken breast, tetl*y teabags, and some whoopsied items.

Got home and realised that we were low on milk and as both DSs have cereal I walked to MrT's to get their creamfields 4 pinter for £1 and managed to get a couple more whoopsies (pork mince and casserole beef) plus Frubes on offer at £1 for 9 tubes or 6 pouches, and mini babybels on offer at 79p. Both offers end 17.1.12. Hopefully useful for those having to prepare packed lunches now the schools are back

Off to update sig.

monks

Please may i join in. last time did this must be aprox a year ago, although have lurked !. Trying to use up left over christmas bits still and eat from freezer/cupboards as money quite tight, but quite a bit of food in . Aim for £120 FOR JAN PLEASE for food,tolietries,cleaning stuff and pet food.
So far managed 5nsds and only one shop from aldi £21.57.Will need to get some more fresh fruit for school lunches next week but otherwise think have everything until at least 11th.
many thanks.Good luck everyone.

Dee500

Evening Everyone,

Am late joining this month as my internet has been playing up - finally had visit from technician today and so far so good.

So my budget for Jan is 250 - month runs from Fri 30th Dec to Thurs 2nd Feb - trying to stick to 50 per week but will borrow from Peter to pay Paul IYKWIM - if I see bargains/whoopsies.

Have been keeping my receipts so as of this evening:

31/12 Ald* - 6.17
05/01 Ald* - 6.61
05/01 Butchers - 5.45
05/01 Poundl*nd - 1.49
06/01 Mr T - 5.76
06/01 Sainsbobs - 12.66
06/01 Bakery - 3.20

Total - 41.34/250.00

Bakery was treat for friends coming over tonight for dinner
- taught I'd get time to bake last night but went to gym and was wrecked when got home!!

Off to put the dinner on - better get my skates on - everyone's due round 8 :eek:

Linz4383

hi save dosh...
as ive started a week later than the beginnin of the year i was goin on 51 weeks at £20 which is £1020 ... although i cud probably live on what ive got in the cupboards and freezer for the year!

also found in the freezer sum whoopsied turkey steak 56p the upside of workin at a supermarket mmmm ne ideas on what could b done with them.. normally just have a dinner but fancy a change! thanks

LisaJane

£2.32 on bananas and a packet of chicken noodle soup earlier.

As I didn't eat lunch today £2.70 for a chip with kebab sauce for dinner and £1.92 on crisps:( as I've decided tonight is treat night. Feel a bit shameful about this as I have a kitchen full of food

Linz4383

M0neysav3r wrote: »

Hi All

I haven't been on here for a few months now But I have been sticking to my budget and have been more or less or track, although the takeaway costs (which used to be included in my budget) seem to have been rising....

So now i'm here, back on track and back including T/A's in my budget!

My Monthly budget is £200

So far this month I have spent £33.48 of my budget :j And this week i've had 3 NSD's :j

Does anyone know the cheapest place for Quorn? I'm interested in reducing our meat eating days but don't think dh would be pleased so will try to cheat him before I suggest it

i think ive seen it on offer at asda at £1 but not sure if its still on

cw18

linz4383 wrote: »

also found in the freezer sum whoopsied turkey steak 56p the upside of workin at a supermarket mmmm ne ideas on what could b done with them.. normally just have a dinner but fancy a change! thanks

I've been known to do the same with them as I would a small chicken breast

Slice very thinly (while raw) at an angle
Heat a small amount of garlic infused olive oil (or plain olive oil and some form of garlic) in a small pan along with some freshly ground black pepper - I use a frying pan that takes the lid of one of my saucepans
Add the meat, and start it cooking while stirring it around (so it doesn't clump together)
Lower heat and put lid on pan - I normally leave it for about 8-10 mins, checking it every few mins to check there's still some liquid in the pan (easy for me as I have glass lids)
While it's cooking take some bread or a large roll, spread with mayo (both slices/halves) and dust with more black pepper
Put cooked meat onto one slice/half and top with the other

I quite like them with salad on as well

When my elder lad was living at home he always seemed to know when I was planning on making myself one of these - and always appeared in the kitchen as it was ready to serve even when he's been out..... so I invariably ended up having to make another one for me