Anyone got a nice spaghetti and meatballs recipe?

meanmarie

Hello to newbies, welcome to the Grocery Challenge.

Managed to spend €69.27 today but should really be all I need until the end of the month except for milk...€11.10 of that spend was on dried fruit and some Brazil nuts in Nature's Way so there should be no problem getting our 5 a day on what we have...even the garden is co-operating with a salad a day and I have also pulled some of the carrots from my square foot garden, and there is a little broccoli as well.

Am now left with €133.28 which should be ok provided none of my starving 'children' arrive unexpectedly from foreign parts!

Marie

jackiegibbo

£56 in Mr Ts tonite so ive updated my sig accordingly,:mad: although i did get a months worth of loo roll and soap powder and a £3.99 magazine so it was a bit less really:rolleyes:

Good luck to everyone with their challenge i hope you are all well:T :T

curly_cabbage

Evening all
Well today is my 3rd NSD in a row and hofully will make that 4 tomorrow. Quiet proud of my home cooking, this evening we had h/m meatballs in h/m tomatoe sauce with h/m pasta. For breakfast tomorrow morning we are having h/m crumpets.

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mama67

Nyk, said I'd be getting more marg didn't I!!:D Have 12 in freezer so that esily goes into next month, plus offer doesn't run out until 23 Jan so I can get more these next two weeks also , which will then go into further months so saving in the long run.

got 4 more today 2.30
some sandwich meat and peperami for pizza 3.09

so total to date spent £109.13

MRSMCAWBER

Evening all

Well picked up a bottle of sesame oil, a bottle of greek red wine for hubby (only €3.99 for a 2lt bottle and tastes like port ), a bottle of fish sauce and a bottle of teryaki sauce today....

So this evenings dinner was crispy duck and HM pancakes mmmmm 2/3 of the duck has gone into the freezer in 2 lots and out of 20 pancakes 10 were left so have gone into the freezer -so hubby can have the same again twice more :T .. it worked out really economical as the duck was about €6 -so €2 for a meal for 2 ...and it was stunning if i say so myself....

The next couple of weeks im going to yank the belt tighter as i have been taking advantage of the "whoopsies" so now the chest freezer and the fridge/freezer are jam packed...so unless one of you have a spare child for me to sit on the freezer lid - i don't think i will be putting any more in there:rotfl:

Had some good news today -which has taken the pressure off.. we were told the house we have in the UK needed the roof replacing -to the tune of £3500:eek: got a 2nd quote today.... for £75 to replace the broken tiles, do the flashings, and clear any debris off ...... so we are going with that option for now-hopefully giving us time to get the money together to replace the roof in time for winter :T -so now my savings from my house keeping are going towards that..... instead of on my waistline , oh and to top it all hubby went to get me some flowers on his way home... the NAFFI was closed so he stuck €2 in the fruit machine and won €170 :T ..came home and gave me 1/2 :j so that will be going straight in the bank on Monday

have a good weekend everyone

mama67

Have noticed whilkst fiddling on www.mysupermarket.co.uk today that Asda still have these listed as available; so for those who wanted them and couldn't find them, might be worth checking.

Mollymop5

MRSMCAWBER wrote: »

Evening all

...so unless one of you have a spare child for me to sit on the freezer lid - i don't think i will be putting any more in there:rotfl:

If you Pm me your address I will have her shipped over

Frugaldom

Mollymop5 wrote: »

If you Pm me your address I will have her shipped over

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: How about a teenager as well?

Further to all the posts I have read relating to a shortage of ham stock cubes .... it doesn't seem to be affecting Scotland. Knorr are still on the shelves of both Co-op and Somerfields.

belfastgirl23

BMF very sorry to hear your news, hope you and your family are coping okay...

Even though I'm on target for the GC I kind of still feel a bit out of control. Been v busy at work and home the last few days. We had family staying which was nice but there seemed to be a constant round of making tea and cleaning up I did manage to get out and buy some stuff today - about £6 on fruit and veg (virtuous) and crisps (not so much). I feel way behind in menu planning etc and can't really seem to get the energy together to think about it. I'm also out at class 2 nights a week and struggle with figuring out what I can eat that won't leave me lethargic and/or garlicky or oniony smelling Anyway will try and get my thinking hat on.

BTW I think I can ask a potentially gross question here ... do you always change bedclothes between sets of visitors? One of our beds was only used for one night by very clean people. I know for sure our next visitor this week will be dead drunk by the time he falls into it. How unacceptable would it be to leave the sheets and cover?? If it was a nice clean lady I would definitely change them but in these circumstances what would you do??

Anyway will update my sig tomorrow, can't be faffed digging out the receipts now. Hope it's going well for all you guys.

tattycath

Hi everyone. Went to asda last night and spent £47.19 If anyone is into DIY or has any painting projects coming up, view link please: http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=729729 I saw this tip yesterday and went out and bought 2 your home magazines. Better update sig.