February 2013 Grocery Challenge

KatyReed+5

22 pages? Oh lordy, i will catch up later tonight.

Just here to say hey, i would like to take part in the Feb challenge.

I would like an all in budget of £350.00, this is for anything spent apart from bills and diesel which are seperate budgets.

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pinkypig

Just had my first proper go at batch cooking. I always do this when I bake but never really got it together for main meals. However, I'm converted now

Used 2 800g packs of essential mince (drained off excess fat), 8 cans on tomatoes, a bag of bread crumbs out of the freezer , 6 onions, a dollop of easy garlic, a couple of stock cubes and the dregs of a bottle of red and voila, 5 batches of bolognaise sauce for four :j
Nice easy meals and about £1.60 ish for a batch to feed four. Quite a productive afternoon:)

Going to have the first lot tonight with a pack of 24p spaghetti and a YS garlic bread that was 13p:money:
PP xx

Milly-Ann-Molly

I did my first shop of the month at just over £150...hopefully it will last two weeks! Then I may be on budget...going to MIL soon so she can pay for the food for a few days x

I stock checked too and even had to bin some meat that was very out of date in the freezer!

kobrakai

First mini-shop of the month so far, bits from Tesco & Morrisons - total spend of £20.27.

Dizzymcf

Dizzymcf - is this what you are after ?



Thanks... I will it a try but the one I read yesterday was on one of the money saving threads..... It's soooo frustrating ! Thanks for your help.

minicooper272

Dizzymcf wrote: »

Help. Tried to make lemon curd in slow cooker but its very runny....so I had a quick look on mse and found a recipe for making ice cream using mascarpone.....my iPad died and now I can't find the recipe again. I've been looking for ages and am about to cry ... Can anyone point me in the right direction please !

Can you not look at your browsing history? This website will tell you how to look it up:

http://browsers.about.com/od/howtousemobilebrowser1/ss/safari-ipad-manage-browsing-history.htm

I had my first spend of the month - £11.81 in A1di today for a bit of a top-up shop, and £1.70 yesterday when I stopped off for a cash machine to get out my food budget.

Is it just me, or are all the supermarkets abnormally busy just now? Every time I've been near the supermarket for the last 3 weeks, it's been jam-packed with people, and at least a 10 min queue at the tills.

she_who_can_not_cook

cw18 wrote: »

First grocery shops of the month were done yesterday - spent £21.73, which shocked me when I added it up this morning a I don't seem to have got very much for it :eek:

I don't actually have space in my freezers for anything else, so shouldn't be tempted by any meat offers/whoopsies - and I think that may be what keeps me under budget this month

My problem is I see a reduction and then think what do I have to regig in the freezer to get THAT In

she_who_can_not_cook

dizzy_lizzie wrote: »

It never ceases to amaze me that £20/30 odd pound can fill a carrier bag these days. I remember when ours were little ones we did a lot of our shopping at kwik save and could get a full trolley for £40 pound! And they were all brand names. Happy days...
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I worked for kwikies in the 90s them were the days

NickJW

Hello all.

A spend of £2 on spring onions, green beans and chewing gum (really noticing how often I buy this non edible 'food stuff' - just can't seem to stop buying them!).

Anyway - not much more to add today. Had to go into work to finish work off which I couldn't finish in the week. Just me in the office which is always a bit strange. It's slightly annoying that I'm chocka with work because my boss 'trusts' me, yet my colleague sitting next gets nothing because - in my bosses words - 'isn't as dedicated as you' (ie - she's on shopping websites nearly all day :mad:) - gets no extra responsibilities. I got a pay rise :T this month (but she didn't) so it kind of makes up for it, but I'm certainly making up for it with the overtime!

Hope everyone is good.

she_who_can_not_cook

pinkypig wrote: »

Just had my first proper go at batch cooking. I always do this when I bake but never really got it together for main meals. However, I'm converted now

Used 2 800g packs of essential mince (drained off excess fat), 8 cans on tomatoes, a bag of bread crumbs out of the freezer , 6 onions, a dollop of easy garlic, a couple of stock cubes and the dregs of a bottle of red and voila, 5 batches of bolognaise sauce for four :j
Nice easy meals and about £1.60 ish for a batch to feed four. Quite a productive afternoon:)

Going to have the first lot tonight with a pack of 24p spaghetti and a YS garlic bread that was 13p:money:
PP xx

What about padding the mince out with tvp,and or carrots,lentils my other half never knew he was eating fake mince so speak