April 2012 Grocery Challenge

fozziebeartoo

mummyyof5 wrote: »

Getting fed up of hospitals at the moment xx

I bet you are Here's hoping your OH and DS1 get good news and have their ailments sorted soon

Living_proof

I am declaring £141.57 for April. I had to go out this morning for a birthday card and also did an Aldi fruit and veg. shop. That was just £7.79 but I could hardly lift it as there were 10 lemons, 1kg bananas, 500g grapes, 7 apples, 2 pineapples, 700g tomatoes and some pitta bread. What value!

I am just over target this month but it's been caused by having to buy a whole tank of petrol just-in-case, rather than half a tank at a time. I'm quite pleased with how I managed and will put down £140 for May although I will be away part of the time and will have to use my holiday budget for the additional food and petrol involved.

Good luck everyone - May's a fresh start, literally!

jumblejack

Morning all. Wet n windy here.
Still not sure what to make for tea. I am toying with the idea of a spicy lentil and carrot soup? Fruit pie for after maybe?

None of my recent whoopsie hunts have resulted in meat and I refuse to pay full price for it.

I do have many casserole steak packs in the freezer and lots of turkey mince but I always think that turkey meat looks anaemic in a cottage pie or lasagne etc. Any ideas for the best way to use it?

I might slow cook some casserole meat today for meat and potato pie fillings later in the week perhaps?

On a day like today, I just wanna curl up in cosy surroundings. Heating may have to go on later.

Have a great day peeps.

abitofhelp

jumblejack wrote: »

Morning all. Wet n windy here.
Still not sure what to make for tea. I am toying with the idea of a spicy lentil and carrot soup? Fruit pie for after maybe?

None of my recent whoopsie hunts have resulted in meat and I refuse to pay full price for it.

I do have many casserole steak packs in the freezer and lots of turkey mince but I always think that turkey meat looks anaemic in a cottage pie or lasagne etc. Any ideas for the best way to use it?

I might slow cook some casserole meat today for meat and potato pie fillings later in the week perhaps?

On a day like today, I just wanna curl up in cosy surroundings. Heating may have to go on later.

Have a great day peeps.

morning all, jumblejack we and when i say we i really mean i, use turkey mince to make homemade burgers and or meatballs, i mix the turkey mince with some breadcrumbs, onion, garlic and whatever spices come to hand & an egg. from a pack of mince i can make burgers for the 4 of us and some meatballs. burgers are served in hm rolls and are nice with cheese and bacon served with wedges & salad. the meatballs we have with hm pasta sauce & pasta. hope it helps though perhaps someone else might come along with something more exotic:)

tessie_bear

hi...raining hard here so will be staying in....plan to make a moussaka for tea...the roast lamb was a real hit with the family yesterday but will see how the leftovers go before i declare it a success and make plans to do it again
going to make my version of cornish pasties later...nice but not very cornish i suspect...they have carrot in for a start

have a nice day....hopefully staying dry tess

abitofhelp

Florenceem wrote: »

I was sitting at my computer watching GYHIO on 4od when there was a knock at the front door.
MR F stood there - dripping blood - now I smell of dettol! :eek:
Good job I am not scared of blood! It is like looking after a child. Mr F is so clumsy - dog pulled him - he spun round and went flying - got an inch long gash in his eyebrow.
I have patched him up! :cool:

Florenceem i have been reading the thread backwards and have just seen your post, i hope Mr F is feeling better this morning, and yes i find they are very much like kids i always say when asked how many i have - 3 lads.

fozziebeartoo

Today is SUPPOSED to be a NSD due to the terrible weather, but was woken up to the sound of drip drip drip and discovered a leak in the flat roof of the kitchen :mad:

Rain was torrential at the time and wind was very strong so hoping it is down to the extreme conditions.

Feeling very glum about it - yesterday I was thinking how well I was doing on my own after the end of my 30+ year marriage.....but it is times like this that I wish someone was here to sort stuff out for me. :(:(

Not that ex would have been any help though, if I am honest

Anyway - onwards and upwards and hoping for dry weather soon!

I had granola and greek yog for breakie.

Have a small loaf in BM and found a little tin of M&S ham left from a glitch on their Christmas hampers (it's YEARS since I had tinned ham)......it used to be a luxury when I was a little girl

Tea will be LO rice cooked yesterday, egg fried, and some chicken I defrosted with some LO chilli sauce.

I have a big pot of lasagne meat & veggie mix cooking which was supposed to be for tomorrow.

But I had forgotten eldest DD and her BF were coming to tea and I had promised a roast, so will chill it when cooked and plan on lasagne for Friday instead.

I have an Ic*land stuffed turkey breast I bought YS/whoopsied last week (£3 from £6) and that should do roast tea on Thursday with some left (I hope) for my lunch on Friday.

gameforalaugh

Hello All,
For anyone who lives in Wales, the volunteer run Food Co-ops that run in schools, work places and community venues are a great way to save money on your shopping bill. Mixed bags of fruit, veg and salad are available from around £2.50-3 per bag and all the produce comes from a local business. Its a Welsh Government funded scheme and its a not for profit scheme that is sustainably run through volunteers. The only people who make money are the local businesses who provide the produce. As a development worker for the scheme, I regularly use MySupermarket to compare the contents of the bags to the major supermarkets and they are always cheaper from a food co-op. Details on your nearest co-op can be found by googling 'RRU Food Co-ops' I hope that helps some of you with shaving the ££'s off your bills.:)

p-pincher

Hi everyone

Seems like ages since ive posted. Ive got £25 to last me to the weekend when the May budget will come into play. Doing really well at emptying the freezer. Had some lovely dinners as I found some salmon and a packet of frozen finest king prawns, the kids were very impressed. Decided to dig out my old breadmaker to see how I go on with using it.
We dont need much to last til the weekend, some more fresh fruit, veg and milk should see me through and whatevers left will get used to stock up the pantry as thats getting really low at the min.

russetred

fozziebeartoo wrote: »

Ouch - poor MrF, hope he isnt feeling too sore this morning!

What is GYHIO??? It's driving me bonkers trying to think what it could be

I got it! Get Your House In Order, never watch it either:rotfl: