September 2012 Grocery Challenge

In_it_not_to_giveitaway

For information - Mr M is doing 1/3 off free range, corn fed chicken. Just bought two, weighing 1.65kg each for around £9.40 - have deboned them and frozen most of it - 10 meals. Not bad for good quality chicken. Great with rice noodles (plus tomato, finely sliced carrot, ginger, garlic, spring onion, a touch of soy sauce and coriander) - cost per luscious bowl ... about £1.50.

Wonder if organic, free range chicken is ever YS?

Soworried

In_it_not_to_giveitaway wrote: »

For information - Mr M is doing 1/3 off free range, corn fed chicken. Just bought two, weighing 1.65kg each for around £9.40 - have deboned them and frozen most of it - 10 meals. Not bad for good quality chicken. Great with rice noodles (plus tomato, finely sliced carrot, ginger, garlic, spring onion, a touch of soy sauce and coriander) - cost per luscious bowl ... about £1.50.

Wonder if organic, free range chicken is ever YS?

Yes it is. In the last two weeks I have had free range duck legs, organic falafal, organic mushrooms, organic kiwi fruits. Corn fed poussins.
It is very rare that the YS are the basic ranges. I have had guinea fowls and all sorts.
The chicken legs we are having today where £6.20 orignal price.:eek:
I paid 55p.:o

DundeeDoll

Teachers' new year resolution in place. Update here every day i spend. Just back from lidl £64.77 (and had to throw away half the brocolli i think cos i'm the only one cooks it and was away with work). Sig updated accordingly. Off to anstruther for boat to isle of may £22 each then fish and chips at anstruther so not a cheap day but good i'm back keeping an eye!

she_who_can_not_cook

Soworried wrote: »

Morning
Breakfast is cereal, Lunch is YS hot and spicy chicken legs with YS coleslaw and YS potato salad. Dinner will be YS chorizio and YS peppers made in to a stew.

I will be going out later for milk so I will go at YS time to see what I can get. The only thing I really need is a decent strong cheese. I can't hold off getting it much longer and may need to pay full price for it.:eek:

A lovely day here, going to get some gardening done.:)

tes*o has prigrims choice @h/p and cat city is the same

she_who_can_not_cook

Today is the last day of the week for me so three weeks to go not bad and on track . Today i did the two birds with one stone thing and walked for 40min each way to the shopping centre . ispent a whole 9.00 in tescos/herons/bNm/poundland and quality save (which i always think is hNb). i think i only spent that little because i knew i had the walk home so no frozen and no dNb or bitter shandy from herons . Next week will be the bad no cos i am on hol and i have issues with food shopping until i drop lol

Soworried

she_who_can_not_cook wrote: »

tes*o has prigrims choice @h/p and cat city is the same

Thankyou, I like Pilgrims choice so I will go with that if I can't get any YS later.

smelkel87

Hello everyone,
Had a terrible month last month due to going on holiday and then my sister came to visit for 2 weeks so was spending most days and dont want to know what i spent. Although saying that when i checked my bank account during the week i had more money left than normal so i couldnt have spent much.
Anyway this month i need to get back on the wagon so please put me down for £200 this is for 2 adults and nappies for the lil one. Thats for everything. My month is from 31 aug- 28 sept..
Heres to a good month...Good luck everyone!!

mummyyof5

Another NSD for us today...need to totally clear hall,landing and bathroom over next 2 days as having new bathroom fitted...hopefully that will keep me busy...have to take DS2 to induction day at college tomorrow so will grab a couple of bits we need then ..shouldnt be much.

Sunday roast today with YS chicken...from £6.00 down to £1.84

jumblejack

Foraged a few of these apple like rose hips yesterday along with a full carrier bag of gorgeous elderberries:



So today, I have spent over AN HOUR destalking elderberries and coring the hips:



I barely covered them with boiling water and simmered until they softened:



I'm gonna strain em in a jelly bag and maybe tonight make either or both: elderberry and rose hip jelly jam and/or cordial......



Free food. Gotta love it:T

Soworried

JJ, you really are a marvel. :T