June 2013 Grocery Challenge

sheeppappar

MrsCautious wrote: »

to say I'm not houseproud would be like saying Simon Cowell is a bit of a big head)

:rotfl:

haha me too x

larlar -- you can just buy massive bags of spuds/carrots/onions etc to get the best price, even from supermarkets, then just keep them cool + dark...
even if they start to sprout you can just cut the shoots off and eat the rest .. as far as I'm concerned you can *see* when/if they are no good to eat and can ignore any dates on the packaging.. maybe that's just me... mr sheep certainly doesnt agree

On a serious note, my joining the GC coincided with some news report on a study on the amount of food that gets thrown out every week in the UK.. It just hit home to me and made me think that I just can't bear to throw perfectly good stuff away and waste the food (as well as the money). Once that thought got into my head then that made sticking to meal plans / planning from storecupboard stuff a whole lot easier...
Also everyone's support and tips on here really help too!

hope you enjoy your butternut squash coxy... inspiring me to go and make some too !

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I used up the carrots that were in the fridge and have enough soup to last for me for lunches until Thursday so I am really pleased as 4 lunches for a few manky old carrots I think is good news on the savings front .I added some onion a blob of butter and a dollop of lazy garlic with three teaspoons of coriander (I had only got ground stuff in no fresh) and its turned out very nice. I've just had some for lunch with some cheese and crackers from the cupboard and to me its a freebie lunch as everything I ate I have indoors anyway .Tonights no cooking night as I'm off to DDs for DGS birthday dinner.Onwards and upwards chums

LarLar

Just spend £50.56 in asda out of my £100 budget. But that include's meals for the next two weeks and i have some stuff left over so it'll last longer. Also includes my son's nappies for the next month and wipes.

jedi82

Hello, just spent £2.74 on extra tasty cheddar in local deli. It does cost more but is very nice! And I use less than cheapy mild cheese so kind of money saving

Also DH bought some milk for work yesterday so will update sig. Other than than, just been swimming with kids and am determined to keep it up. My eldest is nearly 8 and can't swim properly yet so need to make sure we keep practicing cos at some point in the future I would love to go on a holiday and they need to swim....

Have a nice afternoon, hope the sun is shining for you all

Jedi xx

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Good Afternoon to all

Hope you are all having a great day in the sunshine....feeling rather go with myself today .......

Didn't take my purse to work today so having a NSD :A

Even got the bike out - trying to make the £10.00 of petrol I got yesterday last till all week...:A

Got the vets with one of the cats in the morning so need the car, but going to park the car at my mams and have a walk into town, that why will save on petrol, save on parking fee, and will be limited on what I can carry home....

Going to update my Sig......

Ciaerda

Boys are back at school today so everything back to normal again - Spent £85.02 Mr T and Mr L got £5 off for next week from Mr T so that will be nice. Hopefully this lot will last for a week fingers crossed, done lots of batch cooking today so the freezer is filling up. Very motivated atm lets see how long this will last.

Florenceem

tessie_bear wrote: »

hi we spent last week in london and i purchased a wok in china town so i am using it to make a stirfry....i havent been to london for years and found it to be a bit strange...so busy and manic i dont think i could live at that pace and the prices of stuff...blimey

i now have a kitchen but am still in the process of putting all my stuff into it...i have made a cake this morning so it is getting there...not sure what we are having for tea tomorrow will need to look into that

is it me or are prices going up again ? i spent £40 in aldi yesterday and it is normally £30 cant think what i had for the extra tenner

take care tessa

Congrats on having a kitchen back. Any photos? My kitchen is getting there - slowly.

jammydodgersandrhl

Well I'm quite surprised in how well I'm sticking to budget, just by meal planning. There is more i could do to reduce this, smaller portions (I never get the amount right for pasta and rice, and prob use more meat than necessary), making treats like cakes, flapjack etc.

My weekly shop in mr Al was £37.43 and had to go back the next day for rolls as they were all out (BBQ season in full swing) so spent an extra £4.44 (freezing some rolls for later)

Total is £76.85/£160 this is week 2 of 4 (so don't think I'm doing too bad)

meg72

JackieO wrote: »

I used up the carrots that were in the fridge and have enough soup to last for me for lunches until Thursday so I am really pleased as 4 lunches for a few manky old carrots I think is good news on the savings front .I added some onion a blob of butter and a dollop of lazy garlic with three teaspoons of coriander (I had only got ground stuff in no fresh) and its turned out very nice. I've just had some for lunch with some cheese and crackers from the cupboard and to me its a freebie lunch as everything I ate I have indoors anyway .Tonights no cooking night as I'm off to DDs for DGS birthday dinner.Onwards and upwards chums

Wow thanks for this Jackie0 I have never thought of using ground coriander instead of fresh, who says you cant teach an old dog new tricks eh just one question please,whats lazy garlic?.I grow wlld garlic and the bulbs but havent heard of this.

tessie_bear

hi flo....i dont know how to post pics but will ask dh when he is back from work...the kitchen is pale beech i think and we have sparkly work tops...it is very simple no soppy gadgets and cooling drawers...i salute your endurance we only didnt have our kitchen for 9 days and that drove me batty....you doing brilliant for that length of time

hope it is done soonest
tess