IA's 'Does my bum look big in this Debt?' Diary

immoral_angeluk

tigzem wrote: »

IA - need your help..... as you know I'm moving into my own place with DD on Saturday (eek) now I've budgeted for food @ £100 per month, but at the moment I only have £50 to spend on a months supply of food.... now I know you're good at this so thought could help out with ideas. Oh and it needs to healthy for me and suitable for a 2yr old. I have no inspiration whatsover and am dreading it.... x

ok.... give me 15 mins to come up with a plan and do a virtual tesco shop and I'll be back.. is your 2yr old in nappies still?

tigzem

Yes she is, only just turned 2. I've got 80+ pampers nappies as bought them a week or so ago when they were £8. Got plenty of shampoo/shower gel etc also, it's really just food.

I was thinking of making some spag bol with quorn mince (good for the diet) but don't know if I can freeze it once cooked? I have a few bits here I could use, will get a list and be back in a mo xx

Stuff I've got...

2 boxes of sage & onion Paxo
Jar of Classic Chasseur - Chicken Tonight
Uncle Ben's Cantonese sauce
Black Bean stir fry sauce
Dolmio red lasagne sauce
500g bag of pasta
Tin of condensed milk...??
Half a packet of easy cook rice
Various spices....

Snaggles

You can definitely freeze quorn mince spag bol Tigz, it freezes well. And quorn chilli, quorn curry etc.

immoral_angeluk

Right well this is my shopping list so far.... bare in mind this is based on stuff we'd buy and would use. This is stuff both Ash and K eat reguarly and really like.. I've tried to add a bit of everything plus 'essentials'

• 1 Tesco Tuna Chunks In S/Flwroil 4x185g1.97
• 2 Tesco Value New Potatoes 567g0.52
• 1 Tesco Tomato Puree Tube 200g0.24
• 3 Tesco Value Sweetcorn 325g0.51
• 1 Bernard Matthews Frozen Turkey Breast Roast 567g Joint1.94
• 1 Tesco Mild Chilli Powder 50g0.83
• 1 Colmans Casserole Mix Sausage 40g0.81
• 1 Tesco 10 Value Beef Stock Cubes97g0.29
• 1 Tesco 10 Value Chicken Stock Cubes 97g0.19
• 1 Tesco 10 Value Vegetable Stock Cubes 97g0.19
• 1 Tesco Instant Cheese Sauce Mix 50g0.32
• 1 Tesco Cauliflower Extra Large Each1.00
• 1 Tesco Broccoli Loose0.68
• 1 Tesco Mild Onion3 Pack Class 20.88
• 1 Tesco Value Peas 1.5kg0.95
• 2 T Special Offer Whole Chicken 1.40kg6.00
• 1 Fresh Value Beef Quick Fry Steak 180g - 260g1.24
• 1 Pork 5 Loin Steaks Thin Cut 240g - 360g2.33
• 1 Mccain Oven Chips 907g1.00
• 4 Tesco Value Baked Beans In Tomt/Sauce 420g0.68
• 2 Tesco Value Chopped Tomatoes 400g0.30
• 1 Tesco Value Long Grain Rice 1kg0.47
• 1 Tesco Premium 80 Teabags 250g0.99
• 1 Miscellaneous Granulated Sugar500g Packet0.45
• 1 Daisy Lemon & Lime Apc1 Ltr0.65
• 3 Tesco Value Baby Wipes 802.55
• 1 Tesco Value Kitchen Towel White 4 Roll0.98
• 1 Tesco Value Toilet Tissue 12 Roll 2400 Sht1.12
• 1 Tesco Value Refuse Sacks 30 Pack0.74
• 1 Tesco Value Wash Up Liquid 1 Ltr0.13
• 1 White Potatoes 2.5kg Pack0.82
• 3 Tesco Parsnips Loose Class 10.84
• 2 Tesco Carrots 500g Pack Class 10.68
• 1 Ragu Red Sauce For Lasagne 500g1.23
• 1 Tesco White Lasagne Sauce 460g0.89
• 1 Tesco Value Lasagne Sheets 250g0.32
• 1 Tesco Value Mild White Cheese Small1.10
• 1 Tesco Conchiglie Pastashells 3kg1.48
• 1 Tesco Value 24 Sausages 1.2kg1.02
• 1 Tesco Value Mince 1kg1.40

Guide price£40.73
This excludes savings from multi-save offers. Don't worry, they'll be taken off your final bill from your driver.

Meal plan..

Lasagne (lasagne sheets, mince, cheese and lasagne sauces)
Chili con carne (mince, chopped tomatoes, carrots, tomato puree, chili powder served with rice)
Spaghetti bolognaise(same as chili con carne without the chili powder and with spaghetti instead of rice)
Tuna mayo sweetcorn pasta
Sausage casserole (sausages, veg, chopped potatoes with casserole mix)
sausages chips and beans
Roast dinner with chicken and veg (whole chicken with veg and roast potatoes using chicken stock)
Beef stir fry
broccoli and cauliflower cheese
steak and chips
roast turkey with mash and peas
Jacket potatoes with cheese and beans

Then that extra £10 should do for anything essential such as bread milk etc...

Hope that helps a bit...

immoral_angeluk

oh and I freeze everything if it doesn't get eaten.. lol. Not had any problems so far! We put an extra toddler size portion aside and put it in the fridge if it's going to be eaten within a day or the freezer if not...

tigzem

Thank you soooo much..... that look fab!!! I'm going to print it off at work 2moro and go to Tesco on Sat. I really appreciate you doing this for me.... thank you :beer:

spud30

I'm being cheeky and trying to copy and paste your shopping list and meal planner, so I can use it myself - but it wont flippin work :rolleyes:

supersavershal

Thats a brilliant meal plan and shopping list.I wish you had put it on sooner.Im crap at shopping have been to Asda today and spent £36, will only last a few days and still need loads of stuff, I think il copy it too they are all things my family like but I just cant seem to pull it together, I am tempted by "special offers" too much.I think il try internet shopping I just always feel like il miss out if I dont go out shopping.I suppose im still trying to get used to all this mse, im much better than I used to be but there is still room for improvement.

Snaggles

Spud, I'm doing the same! :rotfl:

spud30

Snaggles wrote: »

Spud, I'm doing the same! :rotfl:

Let me know if you manage it, I still havent been able to do it :rolleyes: