September 2013 Grocery Challenge

CH27

My neighbour has just given me a load of leeks & onions from her daughter's allotment so i've chopped them all up & put them in the freezer.
They'll be ideal for casseroles.

downshifted

First spend of the month - £17.40 at Asda. Milk, 30 free range eggs (on offer at £4) mushrooms, oil spray, dog poo bags and razor blades.

Anouchka

Hi. I would love to join this challenge as I need to keep a close eye on my spending. I will be starting tomorrow. Most of the time there`s just me and a cat to feed and I would like to stick to a
budget of 80 pounds.

islandhoppa

First spend of the month to report, £66.28 in [EMAIL="Al@i"]Al@i[/EMAIL], more than I wanted to spend but got 2 packs of the radiator airers for winter and quite a bit of store cupboard stuff, took advantage of this weeks vouchers in the Mirror too. Shouldn't need much for the next 10 days except a few bits I couldn't get in there

CountingPennies

Was hoping for a NSD today, but my parents ended up going to meat factory so got them to pick me up a pack of chicken fillets. £24.00 and there were 20 HUGE fillets in it so thats LOTS of meals for the month. 2 fillets do for 5 of us as a base for a meal, and sometimes there is a little left over from that so i'm happy.

Was gonna pop to shop tomorrow for milk, but may go today so tomorrow can be a NSD. Also, tried tesco value beans and sausages, oh my god they were beautiful! I seriously couldn't believe it. I buy Heinz because i love them and they ideal for a quick meal when i get in on a night from work but I think they are really expensive. Anyway, tried them and I seriously can't believe how nice they are. I tend to buy them when they are 3 tins for £2.50 so the fact that these ones are just 30odd pence a tin is fab!

Sorry... I'm rambling....

GemDoll

Can I join please? My total for September for organic food for family of four will be £300

cattysmum

First grocery spend of the month today was £41.16p spent at Tescos, it was £6.70 more than this but used a £6 MOC and a moc for vimto cordial. I have another MOC for Tescos for next week but may give that to daughter as I also have the aldi one, which I will make more use of. For the first time I have taken all of my grocery money out of the bank and will be keeping it in a grocery purse. This is a trial and error type thing as I usually just use my debit card for shopping but it may help me to see the actualy money dwindeling away, maybe making me think twice before I make a purchase. I have also got a little diary which I will keep running alongside receipts to double check spends. Good luck everyone for the coming month.

minicooper272

Right. I'm signing in for another month.

Am away for 11 days this month, but I'm aware that when I come back, that means I will need a fairly big stock up. I'm also trying to have 1 day per week carb free, which I'm thinking might be a bit more expensive. So allowing for all that:

Budget for September is £60

On a side note, does anyone know any books/sites that can tell me what foods do/do not contain carbs?

ditsykitchen

minicooper272 wrote: »

On a side note, does anyone know any books/sites that can tell me what foods do/do not contain carbs?

http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/focus/nutrition/facts/lifestylemanagement/carbohydrates.htm

If this is for diet purposes do remember though, complex carbs are very healthy and reducing fat is more beneficial than reducing carbs.

craigywv

hi im back yet again would like to try for 50 this month just milk and f&v as freezers are full yet again. good luck allxxx