July 2013 Grocery Challenge

sheeppappar

hello all hope you had a good weekend in the sun x
mr sheep did some shopping on fri to get stuff for sunday dinner .. then it turned out too hot so I went back on Sun to get some salad bits to convert our Sunday meal ... no idea what I have spent as got tempted by bread/crisps etc.. i reckon about £25-30 so am going to add £30 to my signature... will try and make up for it over the next 2 weeks before payday! x

WantToBeSE

Another day of no food shopping, and we are down to our last legs here! I have been coming up with all sorts of odd meals, to use up what we have..my favourite so far is what i have named 'Cheesy Chorizo Spaghetti' and it's been a huge hit!

Cheesy Chorizo Spaghetti

Chorizo (approx £2 from Aldi)
Brie-Tesco value £1.09 for 200g (or any cheese you like)
Garlic oil
Spaghetti (19p tesco value)

-Chop chorizo into coins and fry in the garlic oil.
-Meanwhile, cook spaghetti and then drain.
-Once the chorizo is cooked, add it to the cooked spaghetti (with only a small bit of the oil that comes out once the chorizo is cooked, but not a lot).
-Cut up some brie into small cubes (or grate whatever cheese you have, cheddar goes well too) and add to the spaghetti and chorizo.
-Stir for a few mins....and voila!

It was simple but divine! I imagine you could add some diced peppers and onions too.

I am also trying to come up with recipes that include courgettes as i have 2 of them to use up before they go manky.

lushlifesaver

£5.18 spent in Mr M today on the following:
crinkle cut beetroot £1.39
Cravendale milk (1lt) £1
Utterly Buttery light £0.90
4 aero choc mousses (treat for bf whilst on offer) 3 0.64
lettuce £1
savers coleslaw £0.25

should be plenty in now until at least the end of the week - all lunches sorted, breakfast stuff is in and most evening meals will be salads. If we decide otherwise we also have the following options:
*pizza
*spag bol
*cottage pie
*chicken supreme and rice
*chicken dinner
*chicken, rice and veg sauce
*southern fried turkey and chips

Bf will probably want at least one take away and I have a voucher for BOGOF on mains at a local restaurant too which would be a nice treat

Pay day is the 25th - next Thursday, and next week there is only me around Tuesday & Wednesday with bf back again for tea on Thursday (my birthday!)

Islandmaid

Hi all,

OMG was meltingly hot today, but at leastI didn,t spend any money:j

Lost count of NSD,s but is in double figures, so well chuffed.

Cannot think about food, but I have BOGOF frozen fish and some chips in the freezer, so might make that later when its cooler.

Off to sit in the garden now, with a nice cool glass of....... Water:D

Have a fab evening all x

CountingPennies

:j:j:j NSD here :j:j:j

Suffolk_lass

Oh dear, I looked in a mirror in good light and realised my fading hair colour is a little too grey-rooty :eek: so in addition to the list bits I bought two packs (2 for £10) of hair dye so that I will be back to my fictional best as soon as I can be bothered to do it. That made this week's shopping £35.11 but hopefully that is it now - we go away for the weekend and then on holiday next week so may not need any more spends this month.

SL

flyinggiraffe_2

I spent another £7.50 today on shower gel on offer, and some 3 for 2 snacks for when friends visit at the weekend.

Also got a £6 off a £40 shop. I know they usually do this to make you spend extra to get the discount (I tend to do 2 smaller £30 shops a week) but it will be good to stock up on cleaning stuff as I am running low.

WanttobeMSE that spaghetti sounds good - I would never have thought of putting chorizo and Brie together.

K9sandFelines

£16.42p spent today in Mr As and 0.49p in L*dl

Finding it hard to keep up at the mo with DD off school (she doesn't start properly til September), and a faulty laptop and mobile.

Billie-jo

NSD here although did go into Morri$ons to return some peaches which were brought on Saturday and rotten by yesterday evening.
I wasn't going to bother as they were only a £1 and I had no receipt but then I remembered Martin on this Morning and his SAD FART message, receipt or not that goods have to be -
Satisfactory quality As Described
Fit for purpose And last a Reasonable amount of Time. :money: exchanged no problem.

WantToBeSE

flyinggiraffe wrote: »

WanttobeMSE that spaghetti sounds good - I would never have thought of putting chorizo and Brie together.

Thanks I really hadnt ever thought of it either, and wasnt sure it's 'go', but it really did, and only takes 10mins from scratch. I love quick meals.