December 2013 Grocery Challenge

Faete

Big weekly shop today - spent £85.73 - I'm still well in budget though. :cool:

I've got most of the meals up to the Crimbo onslaught frozen from a batch cook last weekend - turkey chilli, lamb and apricot tagine, boeuf bourguignon and Javanese chicken curry - penne arrabiata, frittata or risotto should be quick and easy for the other days. Gives me loads of time for baking, veg prep, tree sorting, extra spangly cleaning and raising of the wrist! :beer:

Fae xx

Ladyluck1

NSD - Moday will be big shop day I think... Unless here is another morries double staff discount day before Christmas
Had creamy chicken pasta for dinner today and think we will have a whole bone in chicken breast out of the freezer roasted with veggies, yorkshire puds etc tomorrow

storytime

Spent £39.30 between Sainsbobs and Lild . Have a voucher for Alid and will use it tomorrow. Sig updated.

Florenceem

NSD here.
I made a huge pot of steak casserole today. Also made an apple pie to fill oven and because cooking apples - free - were crying out to be used up.
Dinner was steak casserole + jacket potato + mushy peas - yummy. There are 4 days dinners left to go in the freezer. The apple pie will feed us for 6 days.

craigywv

looks lovely as per usual flo

lynnejk

LO shepherd's pie (freezer) with frozen peas and sliced runner beans (freezer) for tea - stocks diminishing :j


Had another NSD but now running very low on fridge basics and out of eggs.


Hope you all have a great Sunday
Lx

Shortie

Did the last shop for this grocery month today, left with about 30p lol..

just_the_two_of_us

Morning all - just had a small spend yesterday as needed frozen chips - must try doing SW chips again in the New Year but never had much success with them before - any tips anyone please?

Other things bought are stock cupboard items - eg buy 1 get 2 free on R*gu at Mr M's so will come off next month's budget.

Just about to compile my list of must haves for our Christmas shop and hoping £70 ish will cover it!! We do have all the booze and nibbly bits in and don't eat chocolate so hope I can make it.

Will report again next weekend.

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I was doing so well with this challenge at the start of the month but am now well over budget. This is mainly due to me having tonsillitis last weekend through to Wed and OH has bought takeaways. I will get back on target with the January challenge.

Today I am using up some bits from the fridge to make soup - 2 peppers and some tomatoes - for Lunches this week. I am really trying to focus on losing weight and this week there will be chocolates galore at work with it being the last week of term. My aim is to not eat any chocolates at all!! On Monday there will be 2 birthday celebrations in my Nurture Groups, one in the morning and one in the afternoon so I will let myself have a bit of birthday cake;).

Ladyluck1

£52 tesco shop today..used a £12 off £60 shop code. Lots of food and Christmas things so should be sorted for December now bar bread/milk/fruit top ups