August 2013 Grocery Challenge

CherryPie

Puddickle wrote: »

I also had a good spending day as I went out for coffee with a friend who wanted to treat me because I finally got my degree - finishing with a distinction on my last essay (2:1 overall). So NSD for me!

Well done on your degree!! :j And good on your friend for treating you.

Popping in to add a wee spend of £8.52 on veg, potatoes, milk, pineapple chunks, yeast sachets, butter beans and some other things that I've already put away.

Currently got this on the go for tomorrow nights dinner:

http://agirlcalledjack.com/2013/02/10/mushroom-bacon-ale-casserole-28p/

Smells delicious!!

K9sandFelines

£65.03 spend between C*-*p and Mr T ... loads in to last

Florenceem

Spend of £1.44 on milk + YS tomatoes.
Busy day - electrician here + I was stripping wallpaper.
Dinner was poached eggs, smoked bacon, tomatoes, mushrooms + buttered warm granary french stick.

Bluegreen143

Currently at £41.11 / £175 after my Mr M shop at the weekend and have LOADS of food in. No spend day today and had a lovely dinner of spiced lentils and sweet potatoes in wraps - yum

meg - yes it is nice I've always liked having my birthday on 18/08, and I was born in 88, so always felt like 8 was my lucky number lol!

As for the barbecue, Moneysupermarket.com have regular competitions for bloggers where they give you some money to do something (e.g. host a barbecue, previous ones I think were have a night in, decorate a room for £50 and others) and you have to blog about how you managed to do it on a budget, then the winning post gets a prize. Really pleased I got to take part

barneydee_2

Hi I have really got to get into this I have tried a few times but failed.
I added up my spends in mr s for July and I nearly gave him my wages back(I work in Mr S) know there is just me & oh my last dd has just moved out so know is the time to cut back as I need to save money as we need a new fridge/ freezer & oven in the next few months so can you put me down for £ 250.00 .
Dee

raggy_doll

I'm doing my shop 2 days early today, as my monthly target this month is £850, I'm going to try and spend no more than 250 this week and 200 for the remaining weeks - it might be quite difficult tho as I have no food left in my freezer after it broke and I lost all the food.

Has anybody made wraps before? I'm having to spend £3.10 on a packet of 3 atm so thought it might be easier to make my own.

sheeppappar

raggy_doll wrote: »

Has anybody made wraps before? I'm having to spend £3.10 on a packet of 3 atm so thought it might be easier to make my own.

crikey... is that 3.10 for 3 packets or 3 wraps?!!

I would prob have a shot of making them too if anyone has a recipe actually I'll go + check the recipe index....

Mr sheep did the shopping yesterday (aldi).. spent £60 including the reduction for the voucher but we do seem to have lots of meat so that's good .. not sure what there is but I am going to enjoy this week while he's off with the kids + making the teas/doing the shopping instead of me hurrah.

Have a fab rest of week everyone! x

dylan2011

Do you mean flour tortilla wraps?

raggy_doll

sheeppappar wrote: »

crikey... is that 3.10 for 3 packets or 3 wraps?!!

I would prob have a shot of making them too if anyone has a recipe actually I'll go + check the recipe index....

Mr sheep did the shopping yesterday (aldi).. spent £60 including the reduction for the voucher but we do seem to have lots of meat so that's good .. not sure what there is but I am going to enjoy this week while he's off with the kids + making the teas/doing the shopping instead of me hurrah.

Have a fab rest of week everyone! x

£3.10 for 3 wraps!!! It's because they're gluten free, it's ridiculously expensive trying to feed our family as all 3 kids and my OH eat gluten free food. I split the wraps in half for the kids as they don't need a whole one for lunch but it still works out at more than 50p per portion

raggy_doll

dylan2011 wrote: »

Do you mean flour tortilla wraps?

yep, they're the ones I'm thinking if I substitute the flour for gluten free flour it should still work but have never made them before so looking for a tried and tested recipe.

Hmmm, wonder if I can freeze them too?

Speaking of freezing stuff, does anybody know if I make fishcakes can I freeze them before cooking them so that I can defrost them when I need them? (you can tell I'm a newbie to all this pre making stuff can't you?!)