July 2013 Grocery Challenge

lbnblbnb

Well, I am EMBARASSED about the amount of food we have in the cupboards, shelves, freezer and baking cupboard. At this point I am considering a two month use it up session, but let's see how I go with this one first!

If I can't do this within my budget I will be amazed. I am going to rough out meals until the end of my month (as I am veggie I tend to plan the carb element first).

I have also made Feta from the Mortgage Free in Three blog - it isn't ready yet, will be at the weekend, but it looks perfect!

Bluegreen143

Hi everyone! First spends of the month today at Mr M, totalling £15.05:

Fresh fruit & veg

Mixed salad 200g £1.35
Apples x3 71p
Lemons x4 £1
Spinach £1.35
Savers onions 1kg 49p
Mixed chillies 50p

Meat & dairy

Minced beef 500g £2.79
Me*dow P*rk milk 2lt 97p

General & Household

Savers washing up liquid 34p
Ox* cubes veg £1.16
Cola x2 £1
Savers chopped tomatoes x3 93p
Savers individual orange juice cartons 3pk 45p

Made a very frugal and tasty Greek-style black-eye bean and spinach stew cost 68p per portion (though I served with bread and salad so cost a bit more overall).

lilian1977

Another spend of £6.61 yesterday (milk, YS bread and YS veg mainly, used 75p off wys £3 on veg).

Total now £46.03 / £250. Shouldn't need anything else until Friday now and hopefully that will just be milk.

SAVVYMUMMY_2

Good morning all,
I`m loving the pictures again. I`ve decided to go down a different route for july and see how I go. I`ll be doing a weekly budget instead of monthly, this will now be.

£90 a week

instead of £400 a month and will see how I go from there.

Florenceem

Spend of £1 today on milk.
HM JJ's Herby Cheese Bread for lunch. I plan a quiche tonight for dinner - I have all the ingredients.
MR F has arranged a business trip to London tomorrow.
May change my menu plan.
There is fish in the freezer for Friday. :j

lushlifesaver

Another NSD which is good! Although, I should have possibly bought some milk - not sure if mine will still be fresh enough for a cup of tea in the morning. Not too much of a disaster though as we have pods for the dolce gusto machine :-)

alana171

Ooh can i join in?
I'm aiming to stick to my budget of £80 for the 4 weeks til I get paid again, so £20 a week (i live on my own so should be ok!)

Good luck everyone :-)

Florenceem

Odds and ends HM Quiche for dinner with carrots, onions and rice.
I made enough pastry for more than one dinner. Had some cheese going manky - cut off the outside bits. Chopped up a few slices of salami that was lurking in the fridge. Enough Quiche left for 2 day's dinners.
Tomorrow's dinner - thinking about using some of the pastry I made along with the LO roasted veggies from yesterday. I can add the rest of the salami - make a pie - 6 portions. Plenty of Couscous in stock.

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Crowdpleaser

Well our cupboards were bare! Did shops today of 93.65 to last til next weekend i hope! Might just need some milk. I think budget will he v tight this month but let's see. X

sefilby

reporting a spend of £8.78 on junk effectively ... no meal, no nutrients, just rubbish! Never letting DH out for milk ever EVER again! not a happy bunny! It may not seem like alot but when you've not got it to spare, well, I just wish he would see that!