January 2014 Grocery Challenge

Suffolk_lass

Coxy11 wrote: »

Annual 2013
Angelatgraceland £3000
bicuitmad £
DanielleNic87 £
dreamywings1 £
elizabunny £
fedupandskint £1200
freysamum £
hamish222 £3500
huston_kw £5000
Kameleon £
katholicos £
Kitchenbunny £
Living proof £
njk2125 £
new leaf 88 £
optimistic-mummy £
Risingfromtheashes £
Ruby789 £
Russetred £
SilverBird £2500
Suffolk lass £
the_cat £5200
Wentthedaywell? £

Hi Coxy (and everyone else),
Please can I be included again? I will try £3600 for the year and I will keep a separate "pot" to save for Christmas 2014. I am hoping I can keep at the same as last year by shopping smarter and eating more simply.

Good luck everyone and especially Zip - fingers crossed for a good year for you
SL

rubber_duc

62p spent today on a pasty because I was starving on my break, but that's it for today.

Tomorrow I might take a walk to the shops with the offspring for some veg but don't plan on doing too much as I went and fainted this morning! Shouldn't be in work now but needs must, have pulled pork and rice when I get home later, can't wait.

Xxx

mooomin

Chicken & Chorizo Gratin

400g diced chicken breast (I used less, and you could easily use leftovers from a roast
100g chorizo diced
Breadcrumbs made from 2 slices bread (I use low-cal bread, any bread would be fine)
1 Courgette
1 yellow or orange pepper
400g tin of chopped tomatoes
1 onion diced
1 clove garlic crushed (I used garlic powder)
1 tsp Oregano
1 tsp Basil (I didn't have the individual herbs so used Italian mixed herbs)
1 tsp paprika
Salt & pepper
20g grated cheddar cheese (This is a WW recipe, which is why the portion of cheese is so small! You could add more if you wanted. I used strong cheese, so the small amount was plenty)
1 tbs tomato puree
1 tsp olive oil

1. Fry the chicken & chorizo in the olive oil until browned

2. Remove from the pan, using a slotted spoon, and put an oven proof dish

3. Fry the onion & garlic in the chorizo oil until soft, add the courgette, pepper, tomato puree and herbs.

4. Then add the tinned tomatoes, bring to boil and simmer for a few minutes until reduced.

5. Remove from heat and stir over the chicken and chorizo

6. Sprinkle the breadcrumbs & cheese over mixture and bake in the oven at 180 for about 25 mins

islandhoppa

NSD number 3, took lunch to work and had fish and chips from freezer with mushy peas. Big shop in Mr M on the cards for tomorrow though

Faete

rubber_duc wrote: »

Tomorrow I might take a walk to the shops with the offspring for some veg but don't plan on doing too much as I went and fainted this morning!

Oh gosh, that doesn't sound good - do you need to see your GP? (hugs)

Fae xx

Upsy_Staffordshire

mooomin wrote: »

Chicken & Chorizo Gratin

400g diced chicken breast (I used less, and you could easily use leftovers from a roast
100g chorizo diced
Breadcrumbs made from 2 slices bread (I use low-cal bread, any bread would be fine)
1 Courgette
1 yellow or orange pepper
400g tin of chopped tomatoes
1 onion diced
1 clove garlic crushed (I used garlic powder)
1 tsp Oregano
1 tsp Basil (I didn't have the individual herbs so used Italian mixed herbs)
1 tsp paprika
Salt & pepper
20g grated cheddar cheese (This is a WW recipe, which is why the portion of cheese is so small! You could add more if you wanted. I used strong cheese, so the small amount was plenty)
1 tbs tomato puree
1 tsp olive oil

1. Fry the chicken & chorizo in the olive oil until browned

2. Remove from the pan, using a slotted spoon, and put an oven proof dish

3. Fry the onion & garlic in the chorizo oil until soft, add the courgette, pepper, tomato puree and herbs.

4. Then add the tinned tomatoes, bring to boil and simmer for a few minutes until reduced.

5. Remove from heat and stir over the chicken and chorizo

6. Sprinkle the breadcrumbs & cheese over mixture and bake in the oven at 180 for about 25 mins

I like the sounds of this, might have to try it this week, as bought some courgettes today.

flyinggiraffe_2

mooomin wrote: »

Chicken & Chorizo Gratin

400g diced chicken breast (I used less, and you could easily use leftovers from a roast
100g chorizo diced
Breadcrumbs made from 2 slices bread (I use low-cal bread, any bread would be fine)
1 Courgette
1 yellow or orange pepper
400g tin of chopped tomatoes
1 onion diced
1 clove garlic crushed (I used garlic powder)
1 tsp Oregano
1 tsp Basil (I didn't have the individual herbs so used Italian mixed herbs)
1 tsp paprika
Salt & pepper
20g grated cheddar cheese (This is a WW recipe, which is why the portion of cheese is so small! You could add more if you wanted. I used strong cheese, so the small amount was plenty)
1 tbs tomato puree
1 tsp olive oil

1. Fry the chicken & chorizo in the olive oil until browned

2. Remove from the pan, using a slotted spoon, and put an oven proof dish

3. Fry the onion & garlic in the chorizo oil until soft, add the courgette, pepper, tomato puree and herbs.

4. Then add the tinned tomatoes, bring to boil and simmer for a few minutes until reduced.

5. Remove from heat and stir over the chicken and chorizo

6. Sprinkle the breadcrumbs & cheese over mixture and bake in the oven at 180 for about 25 mins

Tanks for posting, mooomin. I'm doing SW and this is can be amended to suit that to a T.

flyinggiraffe_2

Just done a shop based on my meal plan for the month. £23.10 in l1dl and £11.59 in t3scos.

I'm hoping the bulk of this will last a fortnight and I only need extra fruit and veg next week. Surprised I managed it though, they had hardly anything on the shelves in either place!

XSpender

XSpender wrote: »

I have a short list for Mr S:

Fruit - apples, bananas, oranges, basics grapes
Dishwasher salt
Basics eggs
Yogurts - going to check to see if the basics are GF
Skimmed milk
Basics tissues
Basics sandwich bags
Wholemeal wheat loaf

Let's see if I can stick to my list.

I spent just under £20 in Mr S got everything on my list but did get crisps and some YS GF rolls for lunches over the next 2 weeks as well. I used to buy the big bags of Tyre11s crisps and pork crackling for DH at a cost of £4+ but got 12 bags for £2 which will last us the week instead of one night:)

We had the sundried tomato and chorizo recipe from the index for tea tonight. This is a favourite in our house and we have it often.

I have just remembered a net of lemons in the fridge leftover from Christmas so I will be baking this weekend after all; lemon drizzle DH favourite.

I am not planning to spend any more money on food until Thursday when the fruit will run out.

helencal80

Another NSD here, 2 so far this month! That's amazing for me, usually I get a choccie bar virtually every day if nothing else, and so far had no chocolate either. I've eked out the milk, and got a loaf of bread out of the freezer for the kids brekkie tomorrow specifically so I didn't have to go to the shop.