October 2014 Grocery Challenge

Smoosh

Spent £1.50 yesterday on some yoghurts.

Loving the look of Aldi's new super 6 (plums, satsumas, cox apples, mixed peppers, butternut squash & mushrooms for anyone that hasn't seen!) so may well do some meal planning around some of that next week

joedenise

K9sandFelines wrote: »

Quick question. I have some melons and carrots that i cannot fit in the fridge. Would it be ok to store them in my cellar like they did in the olden days? Normally if i put bottles, cans, tins down there they are freezing cold like they have been in the fridge.

K9 - I'm sure they'll be fine in the cellar. I keep my veg in an unheated room on a bit of bare concrete floor (the carpet was cut round a cupboard that used to be there, LOL!) and we haven't got round to decorating that room yet. It was a garage before the previous owners converted it into a spare bedroom (although we've never used it as one).

I've done my final shop for October today and have spent £29.01, split between Icel*nd, Ald! & Morries. Total for the month £184.44/£250.

I'm sticking with £250 for next month but the extra from this month will be put towards Christmas stuff.

Denise

CountingPennies

Haven't been to shops yet but mother called in with 2 loafs of bread and 4 pints of milk. Gave her £2.50..... Might as well avoid going to the shops now till tomorrow. Can't think of anything else I desperatly need. No cereal left but plenty of bread for toast for breakfast for the kids in the morning. Will check they don't want cereal first tho before deciding!

CP xx

Change4Life

lynnejk wrote: »

Thanks but I agree with the others - £5 ?? :eek:

Most of the Change4Life recipes cost around £5 to make (to feed four people), which is based on the average cost of ingredients used.

In cases where it is cheaper/necessary to buy certain items in bulk, remember that you can use these in multiple recipes. This is where it comes in handy to plan your meals for the week and do your shopping around this.

GS, Change4Life

Billie-jo

Went to A!di this morning and spent £18.64 that came out of the grocery budget. I did spend more but got a few stocking fillers and bits for Christmas which haven't included.
Last night we had some home made curry that had been lo and frozen from a previous meal with some rice, salad and poppadoms done in the microwave (less calories)


Tonight we are having hm fish & chips, bread and butter and a cuppa to wash it down :rotfl:
Have taken mum some turkey casserole out of the freezer for tomorrow so will take that down in the morning for her.

MandM90

Another NSD for me! Have enough yeast and flour til the end of the month. I'm going to pop to the SM this weekend for my last shop. I'm very pleased with how well I've done this month

Mrs_Cheshire

99p spent today on 2 copies of the mirror for the Aldi vouchers. Should have been £1.10 but hubby gets discount.

Smoosh

Went to Tesco to get some nice teas, got tempted by the YS things I also forgot to pick up the receipt but I know it was £15-16.

We got 2x flowers (YS), a pack of BBQ smoked pulled pork (YS), go ahead fruit bar things (YS), big tub of natural yoghurt (YS), small packet of apple & wensleydale cheese (YS), a BBQ beef & mustard slaw sandwich (YS), a tub of onion rings (YS), a lentil salad with beetroot & goats' cheese (YS), 5 foil pie dishes, a packet of vanilla & camomile tea (RTC), 2x 410g evaporated milk, a tin of beans (YS), a block of vegetable fat, a packet of apple & ginger tea (RTC), a bottle of vanilla extract, a packet of camomile & spearmint tea, a packet of winter spice tea, 2x egg fried rice.

A lot of it was bought to make pumpkin pie which is currently in the oven

I'll add £15.50 to my total since I'm not sure.

CH27

I've all NSDs this week.
Today needs to be but i'm taking dad shopping so will find it hard.

MandM90

Change4Life wrote: »

Most of the Change4Life recipes cost around £5 to make (to feed four people), which is based on the average cost of ingredients used.

In cases where it is cheaper/necessary to buy certain items in bulk, remember that you can use these in multiple recipes. This is where it comes in handy to plan your meals for the week and do your shopping around this.

GS, Change4Life

I think you might be preaching to the converted here :rotfl:

Today will be another NSD. Today we'll have leftover bean casserole, veggie sausages and some herby quinoa. I'm tempted to try and bring it in under £100 this month - see what I can get away with feeding everyone Or this might be a good time to start chucking a few Xmassy bits in the basket!