November 2013 Grocery Challenge

sefilby

Oh Parsnip crisps:D!! I use a potato peeler to get really thin slices, pop them in the oven or fry them? I do mine in an acti-fryer thingymobob.

Pasta - my fave is pesto ... but tend to use quick and easy egg & cheese mix dropped straight into freshly boiled pasta.
Could make a Roux - I put mustard in sometimes.
Having said that DH simply drowns his in salad cream - YUK!!!

Spent £47.92 in Mr T - fell foul of a cold & had to re-stock!:mad: Managed to pick up halloween costumes for kidlets for next year reduced, worked out at £2 each so chuffed with that. :j

persil £5.00
sparkling water £1.50
sweetcorn £0.50
antibac £0.79
wipes £0.75
coffee £1.00
soup £0.28
oranges £1.13
DW salt £1.70
cereal £1.89
noodles £2.00
pork pie £1.05
couscous £1.55
mixed veg £0.75
lamb shank £6.47
mushrooms £0.75
YS iced buns £0.45
YS hovis £0.41
cucumber £0.65
baby wipes £0.92
oranges £1.75
YS pencil cases x 2 £0.70
pesto £1.70
milk £1.00
bread £1.00
toilet roll £0.67
bananas £1.15
dress up £4.00
nappies £1.41
medicines £5.00

Meals
faijitas 1st
Fish & chips 2nd
lamb shank 3rd
Ham & cheese toasties 4th
Dan/LO Bolognese R&R fish fingers 5th
pizza 6th
Sausage & mash 7th

joedenise

Had a small spend today of £13.51 but this included paper for the printer and 3 small stocking fillers so not too bad. Have spent £ 64.60 so far this month.

Denise

Nelly11

A small spend for me today, got 70p off next shop in Mr T on price match, spent 3.67 on essentials, try not to spend anything tomorrow for a NSD

K9sandFelines

craigywv wrote: »

great ys bargains k9

Very much so Craig. Hardly ever manage to get anything quite that cheap, and it all seemed fresh too!

Having a mini break. I have done the carrot and swede, making leek and potato soup (from YS leeks the other day and will use the rest for Leek and Butterbean stew) and going to tackle the parsnips, roasted veg later when the oven is on for girls pizzas.

Busy, busy, busy today ...

K9sandFelines

sefilby wrote: »

Oh Parsnip crisps:D!! I use a potato peeler to get really thin slices, pop them in the oven or fry them? I do mine in an acti-fryer thingymobob.

Pasta - my fave is pesto ... but tend to use quick and easy egg & cheese mix dropped straight into freshly boiled pasta.
Could make a Roux - I put mustard in sometimes.
Having said that DH simply drowns his in salad cream - YUK!!!

Oh you star, forgot all about Pesto, and have that in. Also have an actifry

meg72

Got the letter for my £135 warm home discount this morning and my £200 heating allowance should be due shortly.

I am going to use this to buy 2x£144 Asda christmas gift cards to get £12 bonus.

I did this last year and managed to make this last for 5 months groceries, mainly offers and YS but also bought Christmas and birthday presents in the January sale.

Will challenge myself to get 6 months groceries this year.

2childmum

K9 = what amazing bargains! I never seem to get YS stuff - not sure whether it's because I shop at the wrong time, or because the SMs near me don't have so much stuff to reduce. Having said that there was some meat in the reduced section at Mr T on Monday but none of it had actually been reduced. When do people find is the best time to find the bargains?

Just made a chicken and veg pie - I had so much filling I've also managed to make a small (2 portion) one as well (I had already make double pastry so I could freeze some) The trouble is the chicken was out of the freezer (i.e. already cooked) so I can't just put the pie in the freezer uncooked. If I cook it and then freeze it would that be ok? And what would I do with it when I defrosted it - would I just put it in the oven for a bit to re-heat or would the pastry burn?

I also have the no-room-in-the-freezer problem! But I reckon I could squeeze in a pie:)

joedenise

I would cook the pie until the pastry is just beginning to brown so that when you reheat it it won't get too brown, iykwim!

Denise

emmad5689

Spent some more this morning, not liking how quickly money is spent! £15.46 to add x

Coxy11

Hi everyone,

Budgets updated to here

Welcome to:
Picklepud, beth2242, catralense, chirpchirp, xmillyx, cocoloco, natnat13, emmad5689 and evuka

Best of luck everyone.
Coxy