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Feed a family of four for £20 a week challenge

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  • Fruball
    Fruball Posts: 5,739 Forumite
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    Merry Christmas everyone xx
  • Fruball
    Fruball Posts: 5,739 Forumite
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    Went up to sainsbugs hoping for some nice bargains to shove in the freezer and there was naff all!

    I couldn't believe it :( Really disappointed. I thought there would be loads!
  • Butterfly_Brain
    Butterfly_Brain Posts: 8,862 Forumite
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    Thank you Tilly Trotter xxx

    Frubal you should have gone to Aldi, all of their fresh turkeys and turkey crowns were half price, I got a crown for £5.32, it is now sitting in the freezer waiting for easter :D
    Blessed are the cracked for they are the ones that let in the light
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  • lilbert
    lilbert Posts: 641 Forumite
    My mum picked me up a FAB bargain at Makro yesterday! A 6.6 kilo turkey reduced to £5 from £33!


    Spent yesterday butchering it up with a very long suffering hubby! Calculated should get 8 family of 4 meals from it :) had to chop the carcass in half for stock, wouldn't fit in my slow cooker! Lol! Half came out this morning (gorgeous rich brown!) and got a bowl full of shreds for soup and the other half has just gone in for more stock and shreds.
  • Butterfly_Brain
    Butterfly_Brain Posts: 8,862 Forumite
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    Not going near the shops until Tuesday, when all I need to get is milk and eggs.

    We are having another leftovers day today, using up the last of the Turkey and gammon made into a pie with beans and chips. I have prepared the pie and chips and DH is cooking tonight, he said I am not ot do a thing today as I have done too much over Christmas, which left me in agony.

    I have made the gammon water into a lentil and ham soup and a pea and ham soup for lunches for next week.

    Gammon with salad and piccalilli sarnies for lunch.

    Lots of glorious money saving going on this week :D
    Blessed are the cracked for they are the ones that let in the light
    C.R.A.P R.O.L.L.Z. Member #35 Butterfly Brain + OH - Foraging Fixers
    Not Buying it 2015!
  • Butterfly_Brain
    Butterfly_Brain Posts: 8,862 Forumite
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    Aldi super six is
    Iceberg lettuce
    500g cooked beetroot
    100g spring onions
    Head of celery
    cherry tomatoes
    Cucumber

    All at 39p until 14th January

    Strange choice for a for winter month
    Blessed are the cracked for they are the ones that let in the light
    C.R.A.P R.O.L.L.Z. Member #35 Butterfly Brain + OH - Foraging Fixers
    Not Buying it 2015!
  • lilbert
    lilbert Posts: 641 Forumite
    Butterfly_Brain wrote: »
    Aldi super six is
    Iceberg lettuce
    500g cooked beetroot
    100g spring onions
    Head of celery
    cherry tomatoes
    Cucumber

    All at 39p until 14th January

    Strange choice for a for winter month



    They seem to do this every January, lots od un-seasonal salad stuff. January diets and all that :/
  • candygirl
    candygirl Posts: 29,455 Forumite
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    Butterfly_Brain wrote: »
    Aldi super six is
    Iceberg lettuce
    500g cooked beetroot
    100g spring onions
    Head of celery
    cherry tomatoes
    Cucumber

    All at 39p until 14th January

    Strange choice for a for winter month

    I bought them all! Am a salad freak:D
    "You can't stop the waves, but you can learn to surf"

    (Kabat-Zinn 2004):D:D:D
  • Butterfly_Brain
    Butterfly_Brain Posts: 8,862 Forumite
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    edited 5 January 2015 at 4:29PM
    We are using up everything from the freezer, cupboards and left overs from Christmas this month so the food shop will be very small for the whole month. :D

    Total spend since 30th December = £0 :j
    Blessed are the cracked for they are the ones that let in the light
    C.R.A.P R.O.L.L.Z. Member #35 Butterfly Brain + OH - Foraging Fixers
    Not Buying it 2015!
  • joedenise
    joedenise Posts: 17,646 Forumite
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    BB - I assume you actually meant 30th December, LOL!

    Denise
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