October 2017 Grocery Challenge

CRANKY40

I budget £50 a week for food for the house troll (aged 12 - takes packed lunch to school) and myself. I also budget £20 a week for pet food. October is a 5 week month for me so I'm in for £350.

I did try to stick to budget throughout the school holidays but any leftover funds seemed to just get sucked into our days out and treats funds so I have no real idea of what went where. I have a separate grocery shopping purse again from this month, and the pet food money stays in the bank for now as I get the pet supplies delivered every 2 weeks (Asda minimum order £40 for delivery and it saves me loading/unloading it and carrying it all indoors).

I've also joined JackieO's love food hate waste thread. I am determined that what I buy will be eaten not thrown away. I have a bad habit of buying some things with a vague idea of what to make with them then not fancying whatever it was so the stuff doesn't get used. If it can be frozen then that isn't a problem but still...... I'm not working at the moment but I am having a wound on my leg dressed every day so I am out of the house daily. I know that a lot of people here aspire to No Spend Days, but for me I'm hoping for the opposite. If I really want to make something and I am missing an item or two then I will buy it on the day that I need it when I am really sure that I am going to make/eat whatever I have in mind. I can't stand for very long because of my sore leg and I can't batch cook because the freezer is already full (luckily there's already some batch cooked stuff in there which should make the leg problem easier).

butterfly2507

I'm joining in again this month Please put me down for 200 € !

purpleybat

I did another morries online shop this week, I got a huge list of stuff for £34.74. I've taken off the cost of a cauli cos they sent me one seriously on the turn, really wasn't impressed with that but it happens and they're refunding it for me.
back to work for me, I think Thursday, and am aware it's top up shops I do on my way home that adds to my monthly bill. will have to wear blinkers as I walk home as travel to hospital for me and Aged P and prescriptions for me have been rather expensive over the last few weeks.
started on crimble preserves and as soon as I have more jars I need to make jam with the fruit in the freezer.

PipneyJane

Count me in, please. We finished last month with £23.30 left in the purse so my budget for October is £143.30.


- Pip

Need2bthrifty

First shop of the month this morning, eggs, ground almonds, jam (been craving bakewell sponge since someone on the CFO thread mentioned it) milk, cheese, frozen green beans, curry sauce (just cause I cba and P@taks are reduced in Mr T at the moment) and cheap fizzy water = Total so far of £8.63

My menu plans start on a Fri so the rest of the week goes as follows:-
Tues - D = Fish Fingers, cauliflower cheese, sweetcorn
Wed - D = Turkey meatballs in curry sauce, rice, green salad
Thurs - D = Spag Bol, green beans & slice of garlic bread
Breakfasts will be yoghurt or porridge with fruit of some sort.
Lunches mostly soups in the freezer, salads or sandwiches.

sweetpea26

Decided to start getting a weekly delivery as I have spent a small fortune popping into shops, way too often.

Delivery .... £81.99

cheese on offer in local shop £1.49 and some fresh local bread £1

going to go to Lidl tomorrow for cereal and some specials.

£84.48 today

Dinner tonight Lamb for hubby with potatoes/chips fresh veg and yoghurt..1 at home and I, grilled chicken roast veg with fruit to follow.

I am trying to lose weight and exercise more too.

MEAL PLAN for rest of week

Wednesday........ Roast Pork and mashed potatoes, Cabbage with bacon, chicken for me, fresh veg.
Thursday............ Home made spag bol, mince carrots onions gravy potatoes (hubby hates spag bol )
Friday................ Steak mushroom onions fresh veg and chips for family I will have turkey or chicken with same sides.
Saturday........... Pizza ( Homemade dough etc) and salad
Sunday.............. Indian Curry homemade with Naan, Poppodums, Salad.
Monday............. Left overs from Sunday plus use up what meat and veg left in fridge for those who dont fancy curry 2 days in a row

Breakfasts .... porridge, cereal, bagels, fruit.

Feeding 4/6 depending from Thursday to Sunday.
2/3 during week.

PipneyJane

CattyCatX wrote: »

Hi, I'd like to join in, if I may?

Out of interest - I have around 640 g of beef mince. I'm planning on making some spag bol, lasagna and chili con carne out of that - padded out with chick peas, kidney beans and other veg I think this will make quite a lot but the OH is adamant that it would only cover 6 portions max... I think it will end up being more (and he's not doing the cooking :rotfl:)... how many portions/meals would you get out of that amount of mince?
!

I would get between 2 and 3 meals out of that quantity of mince, each meal consisting of 4 generous portions. My standard "recipe's worth" of mince is 250g.


I pad it with veggies, lentils (today's lunch of Spaghetti Bolognese included a quarter cup of split red lentils), or beans depending on what I'm making. If you look at my blog, you'll find a post called "Minced (Ground) Beef and Other Possibilities" - that contains my basic recipe but, after a glut, I now add 250-ish grams of grated courgette instead of microwaved aubergine. The post is from May 2007. (Are we still not allowed to link directly to our blogs?)

Coxy11

Hello lovely people! I'm back after my laptop died......
Budgets list updated to here - hopefully I've captured everyone's budget but let me know if I've missed anything.
Please post budgets in red if you can as it helps me to spot them!!
Good luck everyone!
Coxy x

Zoelikesjam

Evening you beautiful lot

Payday today so a food shop done.

£6.70 in Mr T
£58.56 in L*dl...but £tenner of that was for alcohol, so can be taken off.. So in total £244.74/£300

Cherry_Burton

Hi all,

My first spend this was is £16.77, a combination of ALDI and ASDA for the things I can't get at ALDI.I forgot to get mushrooms but this is the only thing currently on my list. The meal plan for this week, (starting last Sunday) is

Sunday - Tomato and veg stew
Monday - Beef stew & lots of veg
Tuesday - Stuffed peppers
Wednesday - Beef stew and loads of veg
Thursday - Eating out
Friday - Salmon stir fry

Lunch is leftovers or HM soup

Quite a meat and fish heavy week this week which is unusual. Next big shop will be Saturday 7th. I did not commit to NSD at the beginning of the month but I think I will start now and try to commit to tomorrow being a NSD