July 2013 Grocery Challenge

hollieinbloom

We've had some lovely meals this week. We've only just moved in this house (saturday) and I have way more room to prepare food that before. It's been too warm to cook proper dinners so I've made HM coleslaw, HM potato salad (my not so secret ingredient is diced gherkins!) and I even attempted HM onion rings this week. I used a recipe online and I think I will adapt it a bit as the batter was more like pancake batter. We've got lots of coleslaw and pot salad left so I will serve that with dinner again tonight. Really need to pull back on spending next month. Got to fork out for a new bed so that's got to come from somewhere. Have got to start the August challenge properly and budget myself in cash I think. If I haven't got it, I can't spend it right? x

mumofthetwins

Well managed to get this weeks shopping in for under £20 again
Spent £15.84 in MrT and I need to get a CYO pizza from MrA for Saturday nights dinner ...
It should see me through until next Friday but with kids on holiday I might need a top up later in the week, even though the boys are at my mums while I'm at work, I just seem to end up with everyone else's kids for dinner and snacks.
Gonna update sig now

Florenceem

Spend of £1.77 today. £1 for milk + 45p Plain Flour + 32p tin of peach slices.
I have a bag of plain flour but want to have one in the freezer ready - like it to be in there at least 72 hours. I don't want bugs in my new kitchen.
After the flour comes out of the freezer - in there inside a poly bag - I let it come back up to temperature before storing in a container. I have some big glass containers that I bought - many years ago - for pennies.

meg72

she_who_can_not_cook wrote: »

Sorry i can not help But is it on the above line with bold italics and underlining good luck i love everyones pics

Thank you I have sorted that bit its getting it from photoucket to here which is not working and I cant figure what I am doing wrong.

Billie-jo

meg72 wrote: »

. . . . its getting it from photoucket to here which is not working and I cant figure what I am doing wrong.

Have this open and photobucket in another window then on here type your text then leave this open and go over to photobucket page get the photo up you want then down right hand side where it says links to share this photo - left click on where it says DIRECT then come back to this page click on the postcard sign at top of here (Insert image) right click and then paste into the box then press ok.
This should bring your photo up on here. HTH good luck. x

NickJW

Oh dear!

Stuggling to stay under this month...

£12.33 spent in Mr S since my last post.

Fancied sausage baps with sauerkraut yesterday, so bought Quorn ones on offer. Goodness me they were BLEUGH! Much prefer the Linda McCartney variety! Have another pack to use though (buy 2 packs for £3), so will use it up ASAP on some sort of pasta dish so the sauce makes up for the blandness. Honestly - I may as well just had a sauerkraut and mustard sandwich! :rotfl:

Still have all the turkey and chicken pieces bought from my Mr T in the freezer, so I guess over time, it will even out. Keep getting some tempting money off vouchers from Mr T though so need to resist!

Hope everyone is enjoying the sun

minicooper272

Florenceem wrote: »

I was married at 18 and really didn't know much at all about cooking or having a budget. When I had 6 children under 11 years old and a husband seriously ill so unable to work - we went on benefit. I soon learnt to cook and budget.
I got baking equipment at jumble sales/boot fairs - some of it was past it's best but with a good clean - it did the job. There were cookery shows on TV and I got cook books from the same place as the baking stuff.

I always find it really interesting to see how other people do get by on a budget. If I had to, I could make all sorts of savings, but thankfully I'm in a position where I don't need to! Although I'm not restaurant quality (and not even close) I hate watching chefs try 'budget' - they don't use ingredients I would class as budget and/or they usually substitute something home grown, which isn't always practical for the rest of us!

Florenceem

minicooper272 wrote: »

I always find it really interesting to see how other people do get by on a budget. If I had to, I could make all sorts of savings, but thankfully I'm in a position where I don't need to! Although I'm not restaurant quality (and not even close) I hate watching chefs try 'budget' - they don't use ingredients I would class as budget and/or they usually substitute something home grown, which isn't always practical for the rest of us!

I think I have been OS so long - would find it hard to spend lots of money on food.

meg72

Lets hope this works

Billie-jo

More spends today £13.51 but with coupon off and price match promise paid £12.38 Have £66.60 till end of month so not too bad.
For tea we were going to have Hairy bikers meat balls & tomato sauce but too hot so ended up with a gammon joint and salad. Very nice it was too.



Florenceem - I also married young 17 and a week, we lasted 12 years but then split. I could not cook when I got married but you had to learn didn't you and make do. I remember his wages been £15 and we struggled but had to get on with it. How times change. The first time I made dumplings I didn't know they swelled up so made them fairly large, what a mess when they all lumped together in the pan Made one or two bad mistakes along the way but all part of learning.