April 2014 Grocery Challenge

Doris65_2

Hi All

We tend to shop monthly for the freezer, and store cupboard, and buy fresh weekly, so ive tried to menu plan for the month, really difficult!! any way have made a list and i am going to stick to it. will update with spends later

Dx

Soworried

Ladyluck1 wrote: »

Can I join for April please, dropped out of march but I'm feeling a lot better so should be ok to start 1st April.
£120 for me please
Spent £10.20 in mr m just things like tuna for next month as it's 20% off staff discount

I'm glad your back and feeling better ladyluck :T

My month is almost 1 week over but I'm more t half way through my budget :eek::eek:
I need to do a small top up shop today and I'm etting a £5 maximum for it, fingers crossed:o

Mrs_T_M

Kinda off topic, but it has to do with food, so not completely.

I had 11 grapefruits. I now have 10. I've learned two important things this morning. One, a grapefruit contains about a cup of juice. Second, I do not like grapefruits.

I've dumped the one cup of juice I got from the one grapefruit earlier into the remainder of my super strong limeade. It's barely helping, and it's full of sugar! Any suggestions on how I can keep from wasting them?

Won't be much of a waste, granted. They were 4p each from Mr. T, but I still don't want to waste them.

Thanks in advance!

Ladyluck1

Grapefruit Sorbet? With lots of icing sugar in!

meg72

Grapefruit marmalade.

Coxy11

Hi everyone,

Budgets done to here

Welcome/welcome back to:
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Good luck all.

I am officially joining the April GC today as DH's new job pays on 25th of the month. Keeping it simple.....

Spent £9.84 in Tesco on ingredients for DDs food tech lesson. She is making cereal bars and needed dried fruit, nuts etc. So expensive :eek: Also went to Costco this morning with DS2 (whose teacher is on strike) and spent £66.56. This included pork chops and sausages plus brioche/crumpets drinks etc. to (hopefully) last the month.

Dinner tonight is chicken curry with rice and naan. Tomorrow is DH's birthday and he is running Scouts so his signature pasta dish will need to wait until Friday. We will have pork chops with potatoes and veg. Will probably go to Aldi tomorrow to get other bits and bobs for the week.

Raining here (boo). Hope all are well.
Coxy

newthrift

Hi All.
I have just realised that I have not included the fact me and OH are hosting mothering sunday lunch at our house for both our parents - thought we best not leave the dad's out :rotfl: So I am going to be a little naughty and add an extra £20.00 on to my budget this month to include the extra food for Sunday. So I am now in for £220.00.
Food shop day tomorrow so just doing my meal plan & food list!

sillyinthepast

I really need to get the grocery budget under control. Please can I be put down for £300. This doesn't include dog food and the extras for my sons birthday tea.

WhiteSnowdrop

Did ok in March, it was right up to the wire but I'm declaring a victory! £300 again for this month but will try and include cat food and nappies for kids. Spent £91 already but have meals planned for two weeks so fingers crossed for a small shop next week.:j

Florenceem

NSD.
For dinner we had HM Egg & Bacon Pie + roast potatoes + carrot + cabbage + swede + gravy.
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