June 2012 Grocery Challenge

fozziebeartoo

Today may be a spendy day

I have a Tesco order being delivered, but had £20 off £40 so too good to miss

And engineer coming to look at Samsung fridge freezer.....if the recognised faults are what is causing the problem, it will be foc.....but if it is poorly in some other way......

Oops!! Dreading a big bill but much as I might enjoy OS, no way can I manage without a fridge

Will signature update later! :eek:

Welcome to all the new joiners, great to have you with us, although I am still new too, this is my 3rd month.

And to whoever asked, DR is Donald Russell (online meat) and there is a list of abbreviations but not sure where, I am sure someone will provide a link soon.

PennyGrabber

recurrent-ostrich wrote: »

What's DR? Is there somewhere we can find a list of all the abbreviations used on here?

Hello! I started one off in Feb, if that helps. Go to feb 12 gc, page 62, post number 1237. I've added DR, as that wasn't on there! HTH

little_miss_moneysaver_3

Morning all,

Thanks Fozzie will check it out.
Ostrich DR is Donald Russell it's a meat online ordering place. I'd never heard of it until on here and then last night at FIL's. But I get confused by all the abbreviations too.

Am making banoffee pie tomorrow as people coming for dinner. Will need the cream which I'll get today and a few more bananas. Hopefully that's all I'll buy!!

Mrs_Addicted_to_Spending

Welcome to challenge SusanP - I'm sure you will be able to make very big savings over time - I know I have!

I have a few more minor spends to add but only on essentials. One more week to go and I'm already over my budget but I have nearly all meals in. Need milk, bread, fruit and veg. though. I've managed to get a few YS goods recently including fresh fish for a fish pie (£3.29 reduced to 84p ).

bossymoo

Hi all

Today will be nsd. Am not going anywhere, working from home as full of cold and cba going in and infecting the office. So other than a walk to nursery and back, morning and afternoon, I'm staying put.

Have some cold and flu capsules in meds box, so will start using those. And lots of tea, I think...

Welcome to all newbies. This is my first month, and I've learnt my children go through more nappies than I first thought. Lol. But it's given me focus, and I go shopping a lot less frequently than I have done previously. Am hoping to get within budget and shave off £50 or £60 next month.

X

recurrent-ostrich

little_miss_moneysaver wrote: »

Ostrich DR is Donald Russell it's a meat online ordering place.

Thanks. I've had a look, but it doesn't really seem any cheaper than buying at the supermarket? :undecided I'm presuming that i'm missing the point somewhere! :rotfl:

Bikingbint

sneakyspender wrote: »

Just a little suggestion about.fussy MIL would she eat yorkshire puddings (could make in batches and freeze).Also mash freezes well, could you portion it up ?

Thanks for the ideas, added to my list, yes she will eat yorkies and mash.

Bikingbint

Bikingbint

MrsCD wrote: »

Hello Bikingbint - We had a similar thing with my MIL, who I still miss very much. She had dementia, which I wouldn't wish on anyone. She would leave some of her dinner saying she was full, then eat a huge pudding! :rotfl:We learned to laugh, otherwise...

Anyhow, when we had to go to see her every day, as part of her care package, we made meals in small freezer boxes which we took out each night for the next day's meals.
She liked corned beef hotpot, beef stew and dumplings, thick broth, pan haggerty, you get the idea. Old fashioned meals from war time. We batch cooked and put into single portion boxes in the freezer, so we could ring the changes for her. She loved ice cream, and we snuck fruit into her in yogurts, and under custard! You could even keep some of the SM packets to hide the boxes in if it helps to get her to eat proper food
You can freeze quiche, just the pastry goes soggy if you don't eat it fairly quickly when you thaw it out. It's better crisped/heated in the oven.

Hope this helps.

Yes it does help thankyou, mother lives with us, so it is a matter of what ideas i can come up with, have tried a few new recipes from the front page here and my husband and i thought they were great but mother left hers:eek:
She spends all day eating cakes, chocolate and biscuits (which she buys for herself) then leaves her tea.:wall:

Bikingbint

Bikingbint

TheThriftyScrumpers wrote: »

Hello & Welcome to the thread!

How about Sausages and Mash? You could cook and portioned up into one person meals and then freeze and defrost as needed adding beans or veg and gravy?

I save the containers from takeaways and use those to portion up andfreeze individual meals for my children as they eat earlier than me and DH, shepherds pie, fish pie, meat Pie and potatoes would all work well this way. You could batch cook and freeze to save you effort and time. Once defrosted I pop the meal on a plate and microwave to heat.

How about jackets with sausage and beans or savoury mince?

Toad in the hole can be cooked and frozen

DH has just suggested beef suet roll or liver and bacon.

Hope that helps, good luck! X

Thanks for the ideas, I just seem to have come to a dead end regarding ideas for her meals. It can be so frustrating as you think you have found something she likes and serve it again for it to be left.

bikingbint

Bikingbint

Hi

Would just like to thank you all for taking the time to reply to my questions, the list of things to try to get her to eat is getting longer and there are some great suggestions I just hadn't thought of.

Your time and effort is greatly appreciated

Bikignbint