Anyone got a nice spaghetti and meatballs recipe?

izoomzoom

15 pages, and the month hasn't physically started .

You guys are all just fantastic :A , and where would some of us be if it wasn't for the great insperation and motivation we get from fellow grocery challengers ???? :T

Well I am going to put us down for £180 this month. We spent less than this in Jan and I know there are more days in Jan, but we do have one birthday this month and bless our DS, he has chosen to have a sleep over this year - so very MSE of him :cool: , and he doesn't even realise it .

Queen_B_3

Yaye, I can finally joined now that I've moved into my own place. Not sure how much I'm going to spend so will set the budget for Feb at £180 which is for 2 adults (one who works away during the week).

Might be totally off the mark but going to give it a go!

chicken_pie_2

Hi all, I've spent so far for Feb, £65.66 at Asda, mainly tins, cereal etc, enough to last us the month. Then nipped into Tesco last night after work and managed to get some bargains along with all the fruit, veg and milk I needed, 3x family apple pies reduced to 10p each (these have gone in the freezer for later in the month) as well as grapes and raspberries reduced to 9p per pack!! Still spent £16 though.

theamazinggem

mama67 wrote: »

There is also the issue for me of additives etc in something that doesn't need them.

not trying to cause controversy here, but aren't most of the additives in bread also in flour? (because it's the law i think to add certain things to all flour except stoneground?) tho correct me if i'm way off the mark?

obviously there are many many reasons to make HM bread anyway, and i'm sure there's some extras in the supermarket loaves, just wondering if anyone knew the proper make up of shop-bought vs hm?

rosieben

Welcome :hello: to rockie4, twohyperbrats, Queen_B and anyone else I’ve missed! Great to see so many newbies coming in.

mikeD wrote: »

There were certain individuals who were expecting a public flogging at the very least, and were prepared to buy tickets for the event :eek:.
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Thanks for all your lovely posts people and see you on the February thread.

And someone even prepared to sell them tickets too - whoever would do such a thing :A …. oh, and by the way, Mike, this is the February thread :whistle:

Re the discussion about home made vs shop bread. I’m sure I couldn’t make bread as cheaply as value bread but I don’t like or buy value bread. I know I can make bread cheaper than the higher priced shop loaves - I’d be paying anything up to £1.30 for nice bread locally :eek:

I love the taste of my own bread, can add things to it and so have a bit of variety. It is more filling than shop bread too as someone mentioned. But it’s a matter of taste isnt it? If you’re happy with value bread then there’s no financial advantage in making your own.

The final thing that put me off shop bread was when I learned that its baked stuffed full of preservatives to keep it fresh right up until it goes mouldy! So, no good squeezing the loaf to see if its fresh then…..

theamazinggem

it's something i'm planning on trying at some stage soon. i've got all the bits, just waiting for the time and effort levels to coincide...

mumofcookers

I would like to join this one please!
Can you put me down for £250 for the month, that's for 6 of us.

I will be able to take the money out of my bank tomorrow so I will have it in my hand and when it's gone it's gone! I find it too easy to use the debit card and I'm sure that's where I'm going wrong!
I did try to do the Jan grocery challenge but it all went a bit wrong towards the end:o

Good luck everyone!!

boredofbeingathome

Hello everyone, just started my shop today and spent £23.70 which includes a large sack of potatoes to last about 6 weeks and stocking up larder in aldi, fruit and veg in there for 39p at moment. done a batch of cooking via old style recipes and been hunting threads for recipes which work for families. Thanks everyone who contributes to these threads they are a lifesaverxxx

Zend

Count me in. It's going to be a tough next couple of months as DH is off work sick and does not get paid. I'm going for £150 pounds for the month.

Bubblebrain83

I would like to join in on the challenge, going to try £40 per week for me and my boyfriend. See how we get on with that!