October 2013 Grocery Challenge

craigywv

nsd today need fresh veg tomorrow AND MILK.

minicooper272

Had a trip to the pasta shop yesterday, and spent £4.68 on pasta (I know it's all the same stuff, but the different shapes make a difference I swear!)

Followed this up with a tip to Aldo's today, and spend £21 on food for the week. I did make a slight mistake of going shopping hungry, and all my favourite veg was very cheap! It won't go to waste - I really am trying to eat sensibly just now.

I'm trying to have at least one carb free day a week atm, and would like to try increasing that to 2 this week, but it's quite hard, and seems to be a bit more expensive too.

Also, I saw this article on faceb**k earlier, and thought some might be interested. It's 8 meals for less than £1 each, and I'm definitely going to try No2 (carrot, onion and kidney bean burger =9p per portion):

http://www.studentbeans.com/student-money/a/8-amazing-meals-for-less-than-5580.html

flyinggiraffe_2

Peggybabcot wrote: »

Today was another NSD for me (so 2 out of 3 days so far as our "month" only started on Friday) My meal planning is going well and although we're flexible as to what day we eat it at least I now prioritise meals with perishable ingredients first. It also reminds me what I need to get out the freezer the night before. Yet another loaf of bread baked today which is saving us a fair bit as previously we were spending about £1.20 a loaf. We also had roast pork for dinner and although it was only a small £3 joint from mr s it was more than enough for the four of us (all adult size portions) I've also made a raspberry swirl cheesecake for pudding using YS digestives and basics cream cheese, basics lemons & basics eggs and it tasted fab. Tbh I rarely use anything other than basics ingredients for baking and we've never had any problems x

That looks really tasty!

want2Bfrugal

The end of WK 1 is finally here for me. :j

I overspent by £7.28 :sad:

Bring on WK 2, I'm determined to come in on budget by leaving the hubby at home.

Peggybabcot

flyinggiraffe wrote: »

That looks really tasty!

Thank you it was. Here's the recipe x

http://www.itv.com/letsdolunch/recipes/raspberry-ripple-cheesecake/

Islandmaid

NSD for me today - I forgot to buy squash this week, and had to advise my DD of the benifits of council pop

2childmum

Done this week's meal plan -

Mon: veggie crumble out of the freezer with garlic bread - I have discovered one of Mr Ms frozen garlic bread's is dairy free!
Tues: HM gammon and apple pie - gammon is the frozen remains from a joint we had a couple of weeks ago and apples from the garden. Never made it before so let's hope I have more luck than I did with my baking spree on Friday! Served with new pots, broad beans and something cheap and orange and wet (eg butternut squash, swede, or similar)
Weds: chicken and chickpea curry in the slow cooker with jackets
Thurs: smoked fish crumble - the freezer should be defrosted by today so I will make 2 and freeze noel Served with pots, carrots and broccoli.
Fri: bacon and chilli tomato pasta - bacon was BOGOF last week and chopped toms with chilli were YS last week and cheaper than plain toms. With baguettes and tinned sweetcorn.
Sat: roast chicken. pots, stuffing, gravy and whatever veg Lidl has going cheap!
Sun: 'sticky salmon' with carrot couscous and baby sweetcorn

Rather too many potato meals for my DH really, but I'm sure he will cope.

K9sandFelines

2childmum wrote: »

Done this week's meal plan -

Mon: veggie crumble out of the freezer with garlic bread - I have discovered one of Mr Ms frozen garlic bread's is dairy free!
Tues: HM gammon and apple pie - gammon is the frozen remains from a joint we had a couple of weeks ago and apples from the garden. Never made it before so let's hope I have more luck than I did with my baking spree on Friday! Served with new pots, broad beans and something cheap and orange and wet (eg butternut squash, swede, or similar)
Weds: chicken and chickpea curry in the slow cooker with jackets
Thurs: smoked fish crumble - the freezer should be defrosted by today so I will make 2 and freeze noel Served with pots, carrots and broccoli.
Fri: bacon and chilli tomato pasta - bacon was BOGOF last week and chopped toms with chilli were YS last week and cheaper than plain toms. With baguettes and tinned sweetcorn.
Sat: roast chicken. pots, stuffing, gravy and whatever veg Lidl has going cheap!
Sun: 'sticky salmon' with carrot couscous and baby sweetcorn

Rather too many potato meals for my DH really, but I'm sure he will cope.

I like the sound of your veggie crumble; do you have a recipe at all please?

JustKaren

After having a panic as our freezer is packed to the brim that we wont have no room whatsoever for Xmas goodies we have decided that we will skip a big shop and just buy bits for lunchboxes and fresh fruit and veg, there's a local woman who's running a fresh produce delivery service so we are giving that a whirl her boxes look amazing !

So £15 at c0op and £15 veg box being delivered tomorrow, the c0op was wasted money but needed x

JustKaren

After having a panic as our freezer is packed to the brim that we wont have no room whatsoever for Xmas goodies we have decided that we will skip a big shop and just buy bits for lunchboxes and fresh fruit and veg, there's a local woman who's running a fresh produce delivery service so we are giving that a whirl her boxes look amazing !

So £15 at c0op and £15 veg box being delivered tomorrow, the c0op was wasted money but needed x