January 2014 Grocery Challenge

sharronej

A bit disappointed I had to nip back to MrT today;


93p Eggs
64p on ys 3 sandwiches and a yogurt
2.00 on Ice cream for dh and ds
£3.57 total to add to signature

cheerfulness4

jammy_dodger wrote: »

thank you ever so much for that website cheerfulness4
its bookmarked as i make my own jams chutneys etc:T
do you just print them off on paper and cut them out sticking the paper on with milk or do you print onto actual sticky labels and use milk to wet the jar ?

You're welcome Jammy

I just print them off on paper and pour a tiny bit of milk in an egg cup and use my fingertip to wipe all round the back of the label. I then place it on the jar and press gently with a clean tea towel.
Cheap and cheerful and sticks a treat!

meg72 wrote: »

Really love your labels where did you get them please.

http://www.jamlabelizer.com/ There you go Meg.

Florenceem wrote: »

No photo tonight - I have asked Mr F for new camera batteries - no joy so far.
I went to take photos tonight - camera did not want to know.
Told Mr F - the thread won't be happy with him.

No photo! :eek:
I hope Mr F prioritises them tomorrow or there'll be groans all round.

How do you freeze your quiche, Florence? In the past mines come out a little wet after just bagging it. Do you wrap it in foil or something?

cheerfulness4

I forgot my 'ins and outs.'

Out: HM Creamy leek sauce, 3x YS scones,

IN: 5x slices of pizza.

Lunch today was tinned beans & sausage on toast.

Dinner was LO Roast Beef, HM Yorkshire Pud, YS Brussels, carrots, parsnip and spinach with creamy leek sauce and onion gravy.

HM flapjacks were also had. I'm so full now!

she_who_can_not_cook

kayester wrote: »

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my meal last night, Jamie Olivers mothership roast chicken and all the sides. (lot of gravy but I LOVE it!!)

You can never have too much gravy yum yum

WantAnOrange

I'm down to £96.50 for the rest of the month. It only needs to cover fresh stuff as I've got plenty of flour/sugar/dried stuff/tins etc and the freezer is full of home-made ready meals BUT I am seriously struggling with fruit. We get through so much of it. I buy from local fruit and veg shop which is dirt cheap but still don't see how I'm going to make it last the month. There are 4 of us and if we each have an apple a day, that's 24 apples a week! Then there's packed lunches, not sure if this is actually working out cheaper than school dinners or not considering I don't want to feed them crap. My 7 year old eats a lot but is thin as a rake so he definitely needs it and my 15 month old is BLW so has lots (if small portions) of fresh fruit.

Is this actually doable? I am panicking a bit!

Faete

Good article in yesterday's Guardian - Jack Munroe's ready meal challenge
http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/jan/07/jack-monroe-ready-meal-challenge

Fae xx

Billie-jo

No spends since 4th Jan but have made a list for tomorrow. Hope to come under £25 going off the list but we will see.


Another one here who loves the labels thanks for the link have also book marked it.

angelatgraceland

My daughter asked me tonight why the kitchen scraps were in a pan on the stove! I told her-that is going to be soup! I used cauliflower.leaves,chicory, water and skins from beetroot,carrots onions garlic jerk seasoning stock cubes and half a leftover jar of value curry sauce. It was an experiment with the beetroot but it was lovely-I ate 2 bowls of it! DS bought mincepies in Co-Op this morning-packs of 4 flaky ones(their bakery type) for 25p so desert was one of those with some brandy sauce I bought in a big tub for 10p last week! Soup cost 60p for approx 4 litres, My tea cost approx 25p total!!!

Ali-OK

I took a trip to Morries tonight on a YS hunt and spent £9.69.

Pork mince, bread rolls, rye bread, cathedral city cheese, Ardenes Pate, a family blackcurrant pie and double cream were all YS. Picked up a couple of offers on braising steak and bacon, plus more milk.

Weekly shop will be tomorrow, but it'll include a big bag of dog food and I'll meal plan for next week before I go.

Wilkos have got Flash Liquid 1.3L on offer at £1.50 a bottle, so will be grabbing a stock of that, as currently on the last one.

An expensive week in prospect compared to normal, but after that, hopefully alot less.

angelatgraceland

I've done an online shop with Waitrose tonight to get a lot of their offers and the free bottle of champagne. Having it delivered on 21st Jan as I really do not need anything yet!