Anyone got a nice spaghetti and meatballs recipe?

Ladyra

Hi all, this is my first post on this forum and the shopping challenge seems a good place to start. We get paid on the 10th of each month so I would like to join in the Feb challenge. I am hoping to spend £150 at the most for 2 adults and 1 5 yr old.

Also I am very interested in bulk cooking and freezing ideas. Can anyone here point me in the right direction of links in the forum, recipe ideas or good sites to visit???

I'll keep looking too and if I find anything good I'll come back and let you all know!!

InTheRed

Hi everyone!

Please count me in for the February challenge!
I too am still in the January challenge.
I will go for £225 for my target for Feb, as the freezer is perilously low!

chocolate.orange_2

I joined in January So far so good as i am under budget

But i think that i need to keep my same budget for Feb. As i am in hospital for an operation on 18th. So no doubt that will mean the odd takeaway and deffinately a few burnt dinners !! H does try but is useless in the kitchen. I do want to try to make sure i have prepared meals that can just be put in the oven and warmed through though.... For just incase

So thats me in with a budget of £260 For 3 adults and DS 12 and DS 8. Dog and rabbit

dizzydolly

count me in please ,
Ive done these challenges before but never really tried hard enough probably because money wasnt so short then so over spending wasnt such a big deal

oh...how times have changed ,cash is very short at the mo due to hubby not finding work ,but he starts a new job on 3rd feb so hopefully things will get better ,
but even if they do I want to cut down so that we might be able to afford an holiday this year.

my monthly spend will be £200 ,thats for 2 adults ,2 kids and a dog.

frazzmunch

Its all gone horribly wrong for me.....!!!!!! Just started to get everything sorted and felt on top of my game when....the boiler breaks!!!NOOOO!!!!....anyway, less of the whining....upshot is, this has left me SO skint that the grocery bill has to come down dramatically....have £133 for two adults, two kids (well, 19 & 16) and two wonderfully funny and destructive six month old puppies! Hoping that we won't all starve!!
Have a menu plan in mind....tattycath, sorry i haven't posted recipes yet..have been poorly so haven't had a chance to put them on computer yet...will do so within the next week or so....

Good luck everyone!!

mama67

Casperthefriendlyghost wrote: »

Hi Lil-me.

I would love to join the February grocery challenge. I kept up with the January one but never actually posted, and managed to come £2.99 under my goal for the month, so am very pleased.

Yesterday when I went into ASDA they overcharged me by £1 and I knew they had as I add up stuff on my phone as I go along, stops me from buying rubbish. I told the cashier and she told me to go to customer service, which I did and got a £1 refund, they charged me for 4 items instead of 3, they must have thought I was a nutter, adding up my stuff lol, but hey at least that's £1 in my pocket, not theirs.

Cheers
CTFG
x x x

I take a calculator with me when I shop so that i know exactly how much I've spent, so if prices have increased or if there is anything in the discount section I know how much I can spend on that.

I only take cash so have to be careful not to go over.

witchmabel

Can I join in too this month?! Always work to a rough budget of £175 for me and Wizard Wilf so that's what I'll start with. That's to cover all food, toiletries, cleaning stuff etc.

I'll go from Jan 23rd to Feb 22nd - freezers and cupboards are well stocked so hope this will be an easy first month

Went to visit Mr S on Friday and spent £23.59 and then to the farmshop on Saturday where I bought loads of veg and our meat for the month and only spent £29.47. So £121.94 left.

Good luck all :T

Witch M

rosieben

Ladyra wrote: »

Hi all, this is my first post on this forum and the shopping challenge seems a good place to start. We get paid on the 10th of each month so I would like to join in the Feb challenge. I am hoping to spend £150 at the most for 2 adults and 1 5 yr old.

Also I am very interested in bulk cooking and freezing ideas. Can anyone here point me in the right direction of links in the forum, recipe ideas or good sites to visit???
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Welcome to Old Style and the GC :hello: You'll find loads of recipes and all kinds of ideas for money saving on the Old Style forum; just have a browse through the OS indexed collections and see what you can find.

Food and recipes here in post #7 http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=235198
and here
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?p=458838#post458838

Its worth browsing through the cleaning and laundry threads for money saving tips too

If you're looking for something specific please post here and someone will be sure to help you out.

MRSMCAWBER

Afternoon all

Have just done my 1st weeks shop and spent €9.16

1. 300g cream cheese with herbs -99c
2. 250g butter -89c
3. 450g local tomatoes -68c
4. 1kg carrots -49c
5. 450g sweetcorn -45c
6. 3 large peppers (no nasty green one ) -1.39
7. cucumber -59c
8. eisberg lettuce - 45c
9. 2kg apples -1.49
10. 8 X 150g yoghurts
11. 500g passata

I have worked out a meal plan for the week -so that should be me for the week... although i have seen that butter is going on offer tomorrow..only 10c a pack less..but i may have to go and grab half a dozen packs those 10c soon add up don't they

Im really happy with the yoghurts..i normally pay 35c each but thought i'd try these as they ar nearly half the price... and they are lovely -plus they have less cals in -so that should help the weight loss too :T

Have updated my spreadsheet and signature -so thats me done for now
hope everyone is well

Casperthefriendlyghost

Hi everyone

Welcome to all the newbies, good luck with your challenges.

I made up a menu plan using what I have in my freezer & cupboards. I just made up 30 meals so I can choose what I want to eat depending on what I feel like. I simply tick meals off as I have them, that way it's not set in stone & stuff gets used up. Then next month I can look back at what I ate & decide what I liked & use those ideas again for future meal planning. I made some lovely wholewheat pasta in white sauce & sausages for dinner tonight. I will be at a hospital appointment in the afternoon, so cooked early so my dinner is ready when I get home, no temptation to eat junk or buy junk food on the way home lol.

No spending on groceries for me today.

Cheers
CTFG
x x x

PS Sorry about the essay lol