January 2017 Grocery Challenge. NEW BEGINNINGS!

missyp123

sue and coxy, so sorry for the loss of your loved ones. xxx

dobs

Hi I tried to join last year and failed straight away! I'm now on my own with three ravenous boys and also pets and shopping has been out of control so I need to rein in as all my savings are now gone. My budget I'm aiming for this month is £350[/COLOR][/which is nearly half what I've been spending ! Back to home baking and trying to cook one meal not different for the fussy eaters , happy new year!

Nicki_Sue

Happy New Money-Saving Year!

Just popping on to add a £6.58 spend from Lidl yesterday on fresh items. Also, I used contactless payment for the first time. That was WAY too easy!

debbym

Not been visiting MSE for a while but with a new year comes a new resolve:-)

Can you put me down £ 750 for the month please, that's food toiletries etc. for 5 adults and 2 cats with 4 of us with dietary issues.

gill5blue

Hi,
Could I join please £60 per week
Gill5blue

NewShadow

Battling on with getting back into the habit of meal planning...

I've made a list of the perishables - cheese, eggs, bread, spring onions, mushrooms, spinach, cucumber, baby toms, potatoes, yogurts...

And I've kinda come up with a plan to use them:

Cheese and spring onion buttie for lunch today, Jacket potato with tuna mayo, wilted spinach and spring onion for dinner

Cheesey beans with toast for lunch tomorrow, mushroom omelette for dinner

Then back to work on Tuesday with breakfast being bircher oats with frozen fruit and lunches being half a tub of soft cheese with baby toms and cucumber.

Still no plan for evening meals for the week, but getting there.

NSD today (so far at least).

Slowly57

Can you put me down for £200 for Jan please - my Jan spend will start on 25th. I've got a little bit left from December - but tons in my freezer/cupboards that need eating down. I'll probably go over a tad - but I've only fresh food to buy. Some of my December spend was on recipe/cooking basics that had run down/out.

craigywv

hi all i aiming for 30 a week for three of us two adults and a 13 yr old bin boy that eats everything.went yesterdayto tescos and spent 18 pounds got 3 lean mince or 50p some fancy sweet chilli sausages for 35p andloads of veg for pennies. i was very suprised that ys was reduced so much at eight in the morning,there was three fridges crammed with all ys usually only 1 fridge.then went to lidls and got more reduced stuff so spent 7 pounds in there.that me for this week hopefully stretch it into next week as need to start with school and work pack lunches starting up good luck allxxx

Soworried

NewShadow wrote: »

Battling on with getting back into the habit of meal planning...

I've made a list of the perishables - cheese, eggs, bread, spring onions, mushrooms, spinach, cucumber, baby toms, potatoes, yogurts...

And I've kinda come up with a plan to use them:

Cheese and spring onion buttie for lunch today, Jacket potato with tuna mayo, wilted spinach and spring onion for dinner

Cheesey beans with toast for lunch tomorrow, mushroom omelette for dinner

Then back to work on Tuesday with breakfast being bircher oats with frozen fruit and lunches being half a tub of soft cheese with baby toms and cucumber.

Still no plan for evening meals for the week, but getting there.

NSD today (so far at least).

I need to do this TODAY! I have a fridge groaning with left overs and a cupboard groaning with left over snacks etc.
Going to list it all later then plan a way to use it all up.

The thing that concerns me the most is the amount of left over cheese so need to start thinking about that, everything from Edam to pickled onion cheddars to brie and boisan (sp?)
I'd normally grate it and freeze it but my freezer is groaning too :rotfl:

NewShadow

Soworried wrote: »

I need to do this TODAY! I have a fridge groaning with left overs and a cupboard groaning with left over snacks etc.
Going to list it all later then plan a way to use it all up.

The thing that concerns me the most is the amount of left over cheese so need to start thinking about that, everything from Edam to pickled onion cheddars to brie and boisan (sp?)
I'd normally grate it and freeze it but my freezer is groaning too :rotfl:

Don't you just love our first world problems :rotfl:

Hope these help - http://www.realsimple.com/food-recipes/shopping-storing/food/how-store-cheese - how to store the different cheeses so they keep as long as possible.

http://www.britishcheese.com/recipes - many ways with cheese