October 2012 Grocery Challenge

jumblejack

Hi guys.

Not been on for a wee while. Shopping habits now returned to normal so here I am.
Went whoopsie shopping tonight instead of APGing.
Enjoyed it.
Went on way back from picking up my eldest.
Fridge full of decent veg again

Mince, onions and gravy tomorrow with loads of nice veggies like cabbage and leek etc. We had sticky ribs tonight which the sprogs lived

Lots of new names on the thread so :wave: to you all

Taranaman

Two days so far and a £160 big shop on day 1 and £15ish on day 2. On the plus side I can count at least 21 big meals from ingredients in the freezer, fridge and store cupboard ( minus fresh veg) plus three or four more if I'm inventive with the lentils and beans I know I have but can't be bothered to cook with. Far from smug though as there's a big family dinner I've not yet shopped for

minicooper272

Mrs_Addicted_to_Spending wrote: »

Well I realised last night that the spag bol I was going to cook today wasn't going to happen as I'd forgotten to buy mince . I didn't want to buy any otherwise I'll spend too much this week so managed to cobble together spaghetti carbonara - MIL had given us some ham and I had eggs, cheese and used milk instead of cream. Was OK despite this although eldest DS did say he prefers the cream version. .

In case this happens to you again, one of my favourite (very cheap) recipes is bolognese made with sausages instead of mince - just remove the skins and break them up. Recipe books say to use good quality sausages, but cheap ones will do too, and I know I always have some sausages somewhere in the freezer. Plus 2 sausages can serve up to 3 if you use a lot of veg (like I do). I think it works out about 50p/portion depending on what brand level you buy.

[Deleted User]

Another mini spend here - went out for dinner + cinema with a friend, spent £10.35 each in Nandos (shared a wing platter) and then went to Waitrose for munchies + drinks rather than forking out in the cinema, total spend in there was £4.36

£14.71 total spend

katholicos

Alas, a number of spends here and quite poss more tomorrow...since i last posted...

22/09 £14.39
26/09 £28.42
28/09 £39.45


Gah! And i have my son home for a week and he has brought his voracious appetite with him!

MrsCD

lovelife79 wrote: »

no spends today, :j
took everything in that i needed to eat whilst in work and avoided the canteen like the plague!:rotfl:
organised again for tomorrow. hopefully another NSD

WELL DONE :T:T:T:T:T:T:T:T:T

Just shows what a bit of planning can do

I did the weekly shopping today between MrA and MandS. Spent around £65 altogether and will update sig when I work out what was food and what wasn't!

[Deleted User]

pearla thanks for that, there was a programme on about supermarket value brands and they found in a lot of cases that they were healthier, as they contained less sugar, salt etc. the mince is fattier, but i brown it off, and then put it through a collander with boiling water, then back to the pan for flavouring.
SheWhoCannot only typhoo for me - or tetley extra strong.
NickNack Nicky toilets rolls are the best in my opinion, but only the 3ply. Unfortunately, we dont have home bargains in London.
Greenfairy happy birthday for tomorrow

rupe34

Have indoctrinated DH into the world that is Aldi - he did the weekly shop this week and came back amazed

Need to add a coffee or two into my spends - really need to watch that.

bossymoo

Hi

Re value tea bags, I've heard the sainsbobs cheapy ones (less than 30p I think) are very good. I seem to have a hundred boxes of others though, so haven't tried them yet...

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jedi82

Hi, an NSD for me yesterday (apart from a toy for DD2 who got a treat for braving her pre-school injections but that is a different budget)

Hopefully another one today!

Tea tonight is going to be jacket pots as need a meat-free night....

take care, jedi x

ps Coxy the idea of using silicon cup cake cases for TITH is fab - definitely going into my meal plan next week, thanks!