February 2013 Grocery Challenge

Mrs_T_M

For anyone interested, Al*i have their starter packs of plants in today. I bought 5 packs (40 plants) of various strawberries. They also have asparagus, rhubarb, onions and a few others I can't remember at the moment! Each pack is £1.99. The strawberries will definitely help our grocery budget later on this year!

MrsX_2

Wowzers - Doing a kitchen cupboard clearout today. So far I've found:

4 open packs of penne pasta
3 open packs of pasta twists
2 open packs of macaroni
3 open packs of basmati rice
3 open packs of cous cous
2 open packs of lasgne

The list goes on! We're having pasta bake for tea!

mrs-moneypenny

not sure how many vegetarians there are in the thread but sains local has lindaMc sausages on offer at £1 a pack (usually £2.09) ive just stocked up my freezer.

doing hm lasagne for dinner tonight

elizabunny

A NSD for me today.:j

Dinner will be Low Calorie HM Miso Mushroom soup

HM Prawn Fritata & Salad Leaves with Tartare & Lemon Dressing

HM Cranberry Jelly (Not sure how this will turn out, as I didn't follow any recipe -so it is a bit hit and miss, but will be low calorie):D

Having to watch the Calories today because I am limited to 500 on the 5:2 diet.

Still I've managed to knock together something that looks like a Valentine's dinner for DH and myself without going over the top.:D

philadelphium

The January challenge was a disaster financially so have set February targets the same. When I can cope with this target then I know I can further reduce it.
Going shopping for Valentine meal ingredients in a minute so wish me luck!
IWOULD LIKE TO DECLARE FEBRUARY GC TARGET AT £400 AND 12 NSD

lizalloareds

spends today
£1.94 Ald*

sig updated so £5.19 over this week!

mummyyof5

£3.50 on market for salad stuff..OH fancies a ham salad for tea...Dont have to worry about shopping for a valentine meal as we dont celebrate it.
£4 in MrTs...wanted P**i M*x but wasnt on at £1 a bottle so will get that from B@M tomorrow.

Will save enough salad for me to take to work tomorrow too..and scrounge cupboards for extra bits for LO (who comes to work with me) to take...I will not spend money on food while we are out:)

NickJW

tessie_bear wrote: »

meg...kids school cooking can be hit and miss cant it ? im thinking i will have something in reserve incase it doesnt turn out as ...ahem...expected
tessa

Lol! I still remember when I cooked chilli con carne, but forgot chilli powder so thought I could use some of the school kitchen cayenne pepper as a replacement.

Didn't quite taste the same! :eek:

raphanius

after a coupon shop at Mr T worth £23.24 total comes to £172.74

£27.26 left for feb

Kitchenbunny

Afternoon - hope everyone is ok this greyish day. At home relaxing now after another busy day, and reporting a smallish (but bigger than I was hoping for) spend of £11.37 today in Mr M on stuff for the weekend. That takes my Feb total to £83.18 for this month and £248.60 for the year so far. I'll update my sig now.

We'll be having steak sandwiches for tea tonight, with fajita mushrooms to give it a bit of spice. We don't normally do these, but this is our Valentine's Day treat and I did manage to find a lovely bit of sirloin. Might as well make the most of it. There's ice cream and some hm white chocolate cookies for pud as well as a bit of carrot cake left. I'll be making another of those this weekend as I've loads to use up!

Have a nice evening, everyone.

KB Xx