February 2013 Grocery Challenge

tessie_bear

hi....been busy this morning making x2 chillis a sheps pie base and an upside down cake....oh and preppiung some veg for the freezer

now need to go and sort out the meal plan for next week and a shopping list to match...ds off school yesterday and today so in the house and cant spend...may be no spend tomorrow as well but i think i can feel cabin fever coming on

take care tess

mummyyof5

Joining again this month but need to do it a little differently....Firstly an setting my target at £200 for Feb...this is for a family of 6 adults..2 with severe food allergies..6 yr old boy again with food allergies and a very picky 3 yr old girl :mad:

Please dont think Im going to feed us all for this amount...OH pays main food bill this is for TOP UPs and things bought at other shops..ie HB and B@M only....the top ups etc I pay for :eek:

Cupboards and freezer are groaning but I panic badly if food stocks are low:(

Hope its ok to do it this way...will run month to month xxx

Coxy11

Hi everyone,

Joining you officially today as it's payday :j

Florenceem - the cake looks lovely. I made this a few weeks ago - didn't rise though - realised I'd used plain not sr flour - senior moment (I am 43, please tell me this isn't the start of the slippery slope )

Budgets done to here

Welcome to:
Debtbusterintraining, Elisheba, Sligo and feefeelalabelle

Not planning any GC related spends today, although DD needs new walking boots so not a spend free day altogether!

DR pork sausages for dinner mmmmmmm!

Have a great day everyone
Coxy

Soworried

Hello, Can I join in again for February please? Our budget will be £300 for all toiletries and food for a family of 4.

Verityemilia

Morning Everyone

Braising Steak in the slow cooker
Daily Mirror saved at local shop for me to pick up on school run - Al** voucher

Spends today - 90p milk and 85p two pepperami's

Total Spend this week £43.70 / £50

No more spends hopefully

*stargirl*_2

first spends yesterday and ive spent half my budget already!!!

£49 at the butchers, £10 for fruit, veg and salad at the market, and £3 on washing tablets.

hope everyone is doing ok.

MummyEm

I have declared for Jan and would like to join in for Feb.

Feb GC budget £366.02

Florenceem

kjgkgj wrote: »

I was looking through the freezer tonight and we have a pack of bacon, there are two of us and I wondered if you guys have any meal ideas for us?
Also once the bacon is defrosted will it keep in the fridge for a day or so?
Thanks in advance!

I would make a quiche or egg/bacon pie.

Florenceem

Coxy11 wrote: »

Hi everyone,

Joining you officially today as it's payday :j

Florenceem - the cake looks lovely. I made this a few weeks ago - didn't rise though - realised I'd used plain not sr flour - senior moment (I am 43, please tell me this isn't the start of the slippery slope )

Budgets done to here

Welcome to:
Debtbusterintraining, Elisheba, Sligo and feefeelalabelle

Not planning any GC related spends today, although DD needs new walking boots so not a spend free day altogether!

DR pork sausages for dinner mmmmmmm!

Have a great day everyone
Coxy

I am nearly 20 yrs older than you.

Bikingbint

Florenceem wrote: »

I used to have a food slicer years ago - manual - don't know what happened to it. Got an idea it was left behind when I moved.
I see Lakel... have an electric slicer cheaper than this one - anyone got it please?

I have the lakel.. slicer and I love it, it can be a bit of a pain in the .... to clean but if you have a dishwasher I believe that it can go in there. It slices wafer thin, which is good as that is how I like my meat sliced, but is very adjustable. I understand that you can use it on bread so it can also slice quite thickly if required.
Bikingbint