January 2014 Grocery Challenge

mooomin

February starts for me today because it's payday

I plan to go to Costco tomorrow to stock up on tasty chicken and then do a proper shop at Asda/Aldi.

£200 is the new budget - a £25 reduction on last month and £50 reduction since I started the challenge in November :j

meg72

Gorgeestwo wrote: »

Good morning
Those scones look fantastic :T
Have been up since 4.30 stressing about a hospital appt I've got this morning, so I've used the time to meal plan for the next week & write my shopping list!

Quick question, does anyone have a fantastic recipe for HM beef burgers, I can't remember the last time we had burgers, so would like to make them next week

I'm hoping today will be a NSD, but depending on today's outcome I may need comfort food later;)
Hope everyone has a good Friday x

Hope all goes well for you and you have a NSD.

BlueMoo

Quick question, does anyone have a fantastic recipe for HM beef burgers

Hi. Just use some mince, salt, pepper, one beaten egg to bind. Some people use breadcrumbs, but I try to keep mine as simple as possible. Nice things to add are - garlic paste/fine chopped onions/herbs/red pepper pesto/reg pesto/chilli/paprika. Just depends what kind of flavour you want.


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£200 is the new budget

- a £25 reduction on last month and £50 reduction since I started the challenge
in November :j

Well done Mooomin! That's a great reduction.

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First Trouble - maybe you could try focussing on the smallest debt (looks like one only has £100 left) and say we can pay this off sooner. Good Luck! I know what it's like as my OH and I are very similar.

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Sorry for the large text everyone, not sure how to fix it.

Dinner last night of bbq chicken, hash browns and baked beans. Resisted the takeaway but didn't fancy a curry so made a fakeaway.

mags50_2

Have updated my sig after my AF order yesterday.
Had soup for dinner and fish cakes, HM chips and some of the mushy peas for tea. It was lovely and not had it for ages

Going out today for an hour or two with a friend, so will have dinner out, but it's not counted in grocery spends. It'll be good to have a catch-up.

Have a good day all and spend wisely

BlueMoo

Going to a new post so it's not all massive type!

I know I'm not alone but really finding it hard to cook meals from stratch
that contain meat and go to feed a family of 4 AND stay under budget......moan
over !!

Have you tried checking out the recipe index at the front - there are some great ideas provided by our fabulous OSers here.


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I decided to be really disciplined this month and for the first time did the
fiscal fast and lasted 13 days without spending anything other than the direct
debits that came out of my account.

Well Done - what a great start to the month!

just_the_two_of_us

jammy_dodger wrote: »

Mr hollywoods scones just out of the oven just fancied scone and jam ( may treat my hens to one for with their breakfast in the morning




JD xx

Scones look delicious! - Do they freeze OK, please? Can't see us eating the number the recipe makes. May have to try and halve it.

thanks

tessie_bear

hi nearly the weekend hurrah....had sausage and mash for tea last night which they all seemed to enjoy well they ate it tonight beef fried rice then tomorrow a roasted chicken for tea and out for lunch

need to do an inventory of the freezer to try and use some of it up hard when u arent sure what is in there i am going to local fruit market tomorrow which is fun so hopefully will buy something nice

take care and good luck to all who need some
tessa

samtoby

I think I might do sausage mash tonight for the three of us. Its been a hard week and I need to maximise what we have in the cupboards this week!

Anzac_Biscuit

I had a NSD today, which was great.
Not so great was throwing out $20 worth of meat that had gone off

Should have put the lot in the freezer at the start of the week. I am sooo annoyed at myself!!

I'm having a couple of friends over for dinner tomorrow night so will be grocery shopping for that, but other than that I'm planning a no-spend week next week while I use up a huge amount of food I still have on hand. :j

mrs-moneypenny

morning all
jammy dodger those scones look lovely.

just spent £2.60 in sains on a bag of walnuts, going to try a butternut squash, stilton and walnut bake if i can find the recipie card DH picked up in co op last week.