May 2012 Grocery Challenge

rosieben

abitofhelp - I've added your Chilli cornbread to the recipe list

jumblejack, I've added your Herby Cheese bread to the list

rising from the ashes, I've added your Aubergine & Courgette Bake & Roasted peppers stuffed with savoury rice to the listit's good to be back!

TheThriftyScrumpers

rosieben wrote: »

:hello: I'm back! Seems such a long time since I was here; its been a great few weeks with DS wedding and DD and family over from Oz. Its taking me a while to get my breath back and to get the house back to normal but I'm winning

I'll be going back through the March and April threads this week to pick up any recipes but for the sake of my addled brain I will put any new recipes on this (May) thread.

Hope you're all ok and winning the battle of the budget. I'll try to catch up with all the news as I go through the threads. Good luck for May

Hi Rosie

I have been thinking of you. So glad the wedding went well xx

mrs-moneypenny

did omlettes for dinner and am doing leek and quorn pie for tea
youngest Ds having early tea (pizza as hes got a club)
off to cook his and pep ours now

thriftmonster

Slinking back as well after a long term absence. It is ridiculous (to borrow ds1's favourite word) how much we spend when I don't keep track. Can you put me down for £350 for the month although I'm hoping to get it closer to £300 as we have plenty in.

Spent £16.68 in MrT today - part of that for ds2's Home ec exam - lamb koftas, so I've told him to bring them home for packed lunches the next day!!

I also defrosted the small freezer - the door was frozen shut so have found some more stuff in there to use up. I also have £54 to pay for the month for my veggies and a doz eggs each week that are delivered so will add that to the total now.

Made 2 of D&DD's apple braids yesterday - great way to fill up teenagers, especially if you sneak some wholemeal flour in.

PennyGrabber

Welcome back Rosieben!

Congrats sallybunny!

We spent £1.47 today, on a half price frijj and three packs of cheapo scotch pancakes. DD has decided these are her fave breakfast, and eats them really quickly, so I figure that's a good thing! The children worked out how much it was goign to be (60p and 3x29p!) and got out the money from my purse, working out how much change we'd get too. Awesome!

Have rounded up my April spends, as I'm so appalled! Aiming for £40 for May. I have so much stuff in, that this should be easily achievable, but in practice, I know that I fall for so many of the gimicks and spend more than I need to. This month, my aim is to run in, run round, and run out!! (Obviously paying...)

Tomorrow is traditionally my veg-round-a-sm day, as the ch are with their dad, so I will NOT go to a sm tom. I don't need anything, and quite frankly, there's nowhere to put anything anyway! Weds Thurs and Fri will be nsds as dd is in a show at the theatre, and I have to ferry her round. Sat will prob be a spend, as we have to buy a present for a party ds is going to, and I shall get bread, milk, and the right amount of fruit and veg then, to save me going again on Sun. So, my hope is that I will have 1sd and 6nsds by the 7th of May...

I love 15s! I haven't made them for a year, and I'd almost forgotten about them! Have all the stuff in, may have to make them this month!!

Night all,

PG x

rising_from_the_ashes

Rosieben "Hi" - great to see you back and lovely that everyone enjoyed themselves:D

Sallybunny ...... congratulations!:D

Will be glad to see the back of April ... been a very spendy month (and spent waayyyy too much) so looking forward to a frugal May!

Budget is down £120 this month but would really LOVE to get it to £100! Fingers crossed!

Ninno820

just popping in to report a NSD. I have £20 to last the week - including some postage for ebay. Wish me luck!

goodlife_wannabes

Hi, I've not been on this thread for a few months and it shows! Need to get back in control. Please can you put me down for £200 for May. My month runs 15th to 15th now.

Kittikins

Sallybunny congratulations to you and your OH

Well........I have attacked my budget already!! Eeeek! I was drawn to the Appr0ved Food website this morning and ordered a gazillion bags of bulghar wheat and couscous, crackers etc etc for £23 and then spent £11 in A$da as it was on my way back home and I needed bread and eggs, which thankfully I did remember to get amongst the £11 of stuff!!

Dinner tonight was pasta, pesto and leftover peas with watermelon for pud, nomnomnom.

Suffolk_lass

rosieben wrote: »

:hello: I'm back! Seems such a long time since I was here; its been a great few weeks with DS wedding and DD and family over from Oz. Its taking me a while to get my breath back and to get the house back to normal but I'm winning

I'll be going back through the March and April threads this week to pick up any recipes but for the sake of my addled brain I will put any new recipes on this (May) thread.

Hope you're all ok and winning the battle of the budget. I'll try to catch up with all the news as I go through the threads. Good luck for May

Yay, :TWelcome back Rosieben :T- I only checked your recent posts yesterday to see if you had abandoned us but the last one said the wedding was in April - I hope it was a huge success. It's great to have you back.

Sallybunny - Congratulations!

Pennygrabber - in your frugal month, why not try hm scotch pancakes - make a thick pancake mix (1 egg, three heaped spoonfuls of flour and enough milk to make it thick & gloopy) use SR instead of plain flour and add some "bits" like dried fruit soaked in juice. If you don't have a solid plate use a frying pan - I wipe it with a piece of oiled kitchen paper then use a serving spoon to drop the mix in the pan - when the blisters burst, turn them over and after 20-30 seconds they are ready and lovely warm for breakfast

All the best
SL