Anyone got a nice spaghetti and meatballs recipe?

MRSMCAWBER

Come and join us on the "Oldstyle weight loss part 2" thread mrsDoyle

We are a friendly bunch, the more the merrier have shifted 4st 4.5lbs..eating HM bread, cheese n potato flans, steak pie...the works :T -still have loads to go..but its seems so simple this time..and the help from the folks on the thread has been priceless and its free :j

redmel1621

Right Update Time.....

My first shop of the month came today (Tescos) and I spent - £57.91, I really need to cut this down a bit as I then stopped at the shops on the way home from the school run, and spent £7.89 so not very impressed with myself really.

Although I did buy a few treats as the last week we have really had to cut back.

Must give myself a kick up the bum to only buy what's needed!!

Mel x

Desperate_Housewife_2-2

mama67 wrote: »

Whilst I was going round Lidl I wrote down a few prices of things that we usually use so I can check them against the price of Mr S, T & A for future reference.

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This is a great idea, I have a little book and made an 'A-Z' out of it to list goods and then put prices in. It takes time to do but is worth it as once you come up against a price drop in a shop, you look at your little book and check that it really is good value (use price per kg/litre etc)

I got the idea from 'The Tightwad Gazette'.

mummygems

I am not on the list yet either - can I please be added? LIL-ME £250 for the month for 2 adults (1 of which has pregnancy cravings lol) and 1 toddler.

I had my shopping delivered today from Mr A and I spent £45.62. I am off to do my monthly meat shop on Thursday so will have to split that between the weeks depending on what I am having and when.

Thank you to those who have added recipes or ideas that I hadnt thought of, its been very helpful.

Bobbykins

Hiya, I notice one ore two new people have posted about not being on lil-me's list.
I just thought that it might be that she hasn't picked you up because you haven't highlighted your info for her. Or maybe you put it into the January thread? Lil-me has asked that we put our target in on the thread for the relevant month (ie Feb's target in February thread)
She has also asked us to hightlight it in RED so that she can easily spot it when scanning through the posts.

Hope this helps some of you. (I hope nobody thinks I'm being a busy body - I'm just trying to help)

cheers
Bobby

MrsBartolozzi

Back from my first Mr T shop of the month. Had my DS2 in tow so was trying to hurry up - minimises the time available for him to think of things to put in the trolley:rotfl: .
No too bad really, £20.72 but this is mainly fresh stuff milk/ F&V and that includes a few treats and soap powder for the month. There's enough food in for the week - maybe need bread on Thursday (my lot were ill for a week or so at the beginning of Jan, and didn't eat much for about 10 days so I have some meat/fish in the freezer). I took advantage of T's 75% off vouchers to get pizza - yeah, yeah, I know Hm is cheaper and not much hassle, but THEY think it's a treat to have shop bought pizza, and it's good to have a night off cooking.
Right it seems like a good start to my month, lets see if I can keep it up:j

MrsB.

mama67

Desperate_Housewife wrote: »

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This is a great idea, I have a little book and made an 'A-Z' out of it to list goods and then put prices in. It takes time to do but is worth it as once you come up against a price drop in a shop, you look at your little book and check that it really is good value (use price per kg/litre etc)

I got the idea from 'The Tightwad Gazette'.

I'm just re-reading The Complete Tightwad gazette, That was why I did the notes so I could start a price book!!

earthmother

Well, I've finished shopping until Wednesday now - spent another £5.90 in the Co-op this afternoon on 8 pints of milk, and a great pile of reduced eggs, butter and cheese (will last a couple of weeks at least - the butter and eggs are still well-dated).


Could I go on the list please - My target for this month is £160 - Thank you :A

sarah_26_2

Thanks Bobbykins for pointing out we should post our targets in RED - mine is £100 please Lil-me although I don't see me managing it!
Went to CostCo at the weekend with OH and managed to spend a staggering £70 just on me - any tips for how to avoid being tempted to stock up with enough food to feed a family of 4 for a month? OH really wanted to get big cheeses and split them (we don't live together) - don't want to hurt his feelings - but my freezer is bursting at the seams!

Kimberley

What is this lil_me list thingy your all on about?