June 2014 Grocery Challenge

she_who_can_not_cook

Please can you put me down for
85 pound please
Thank you to everyone that runs and take part

supersaver1000

Popped out earlier and bought a pack of Thorntons chocs £1, birthday wrap £1 and freezer bags £1. So now have £2.78 for the rest of the week.

lynneee

spent £4.51 in te$co so im off the mark Should be fine til Thursday without spending any more on food, as I baked lots of biscuits as lunch box fillers and have some sausage rolls in the freezer that will be fine for the kids too. Also my lettuce has finally grown so just had my first homegrown salad of the year, yummy! Just need the spring onions to have a growth spurt now!! Also should be able to have our first potatoes from the garden by the end of the week too. It makes such a huge difference to the food budget!
Have a good day everyone

atolaas

I'd like to up my budget...been crunching the numbers and I don't think I'll be able to keep to the £200 that I originally set myself. Please set my new budget at £250. Thank you & good luck to everyone!

recovering_spendaholic

Good afternoon everyone - hope you are all having a good Sunday!

I am just about to go to Aldi for my first big shop of the month - I have the DM voucher and need to get cleaning stuff and bin bags etc. as well as meat and cheese and fruit and a bit of veg.

Do many of you have breakfast cereal? I tend to not buy it as I think it is a bit unhealthy, but last month I bought some shredded wheat and we all thought it was beyond horrible!! So I now have a load of it left - any recipe ideas?

xspender can you post the recipe for the butternut squash dish on your meal plan? It sounds lovely and I have a BNS in the fridge.

annie99 what kind of bike did you get? I would really like one but I am really tall and find that most kinds are too small framed for me and I feel daft!

Oh well - off to Aldi - it's really busy these days since the TV ad campaign.

Solstice_3

Hey everyone I'm still in May but will be following this thread until May finishes, might post over here if May goes too quiet! I'm seeing some yummy soup recipes/ideas which I might try

I haven't finished my meal plan as the weather keeps changing grrrr, when it's gloomy/rainy I just don't feel like eating salad so need to try and plan a sunny and gloomy menu without spending any extra.

marris

could u put me down for £100 again please

Florenceem

Small spend of £1.27 - milk + whoops plums.
Last night's meal was this -


Today we had another stir fry to use up veggies.

recovering_spendaholic

Went to Aldi and spent £55 (would have been £60 but had the £5 coupon). When I got home I entered all the items on my receipt into Tescos online grocery, using Tescos own brand as comparisons and to my amazement the cost (not including delivery) at Tesco would have been £92. That is really amazing!

Frizzle_2

First spend today for June challenge. Went to aldi and used the second voucher from the paper. I stocked up on cereal and cat food! So spent £42.43. Pleased with that. Just realised that it is a 5 week month so going to have to be really careful to come within budget.