Making chicken feed of my mortgage

muddywhitechicken

All stuff that'll be used BUT, apart from the milk, NONE of it needed this week... and just to make matters worse, we've already used 2/4 pints of milk so I'll need to go shopping again at some point this week...!

CathT

I often end up going to @ldi for milk/bread to avoid paying corner shop prices and end up spending £20! I guess it is stuff that's needed, just not right now.

Holidays sound fab. We're going back to Spain in May but would love to stretch to a September holiday again aswell.

michelle09

Least you are getting a lot more for your money at Aldi.

Your holidays sound brilliant, you definitely need to enjoy life as well as pay off the mortgage.

muddywhitechicken

My mum also taught me to squirrel money away in several different places as well as spending it on foreign holidays! My 2017 sharesave statement arrived today - £6,900 - I currently pay in £300/month and that will increase to £500/month from 1 December The current share price is >40% higher than the average option price :T

muddywhitechicken

Another 2 bags of salad leaves picked (currently £5.13/bag) and gifted. Nowt else of interest!

muddywhitechicken

More salad picked (mainly the punchy-flavoured leaves) - down to £4.49/bag!

The salad leaves were mixed with a pouch of ready cooked spelt/quinoa/red rice/wild rice from the store cupboard, roasted red onions, fried portobello mushrooms, peas, toasted pumpkin seeds and LO chimichurri sauce and served with roast chicken thighs :drool:

1 week to pay day :j

earthgirl

Wow all of the meals and food combinations sound delicious! How costly or cheap are they? Do you find the more interesting the more expensive? I’m also a perpetual holiday planner

muddywhitechicken

earthgirl wrote: »

Wow all of the meals and food combinations sound delicious! How costly or cheap are they? Do you find the more interesting the more expensive?

It's not cheap but I don't think it's too expensive if you shop around, e.g. I paid £2/kg for the pork shoulder when it was on special offer in August, bavette steak is cheaper than rump steak, I bought big bags of cashews & almonds in the world food aisle as there are several recipes we want to try that use them. I also have an extensive range of ingredients in the store cupboard that were mainly bought on offer so usually it's just a question of buying the fresh ingredients.

However, I am well aware that my idea of a "not too expensive" weekly shop would have me hung, drawn and quartered on other MSE forums

Watty1

muddywhitechicken wrote: »

However, I am well aware that my idea of a "not too expensive" weekly shop would have me hung, drawn and quartered on other MSE forums

I know that one

apple_muncher

My maths may be squiffy, but I think that almonds and cashews might be cheaper per 100g in aldee... (Though that might just be comparing my sainz with my aldee.)