January 2018 Grocery Challenge

Grannymolly

Save_Dosh wrote: »

It doesn't look like you are doing awful, if you last 'till Monday, you will have £100 left for the last week - that's amazing.

I am trying to only buy fridge stuff and use up ingredients here. I have made up a large batch of soup for freezing and am in the process of using nearly the last of the veg on making some veggie burgers, have also made some spicy lentil dip, which is just brown lentils, fried onions, garlic and some curry paste (blitzed). I have done a meal plan, so I 'hopefully' stick to trying to use stuff up.

BREAKFASTS - Veggie Smoothies With Green Powders OR Overnight Oats OR Breakfast Muffins
LUNCHES – Soup, Onion & Garlic Or Spicy Red Lentil & Tomato
DINNER
Mon - Charcoal Noodles, Mushrooms, Courgettes, Onions, Meat-Free Sausage & Mushroom Sauce
Tue – Same as Above (leftovers)
Wed - Veggie Casserole
Thu - Spicy Veggie Mince Wraps With Salad
Fri – Meat Free Meatballs in a Creamy Mustard Sauce & Pumpkin Noodles
Fri - Veggie Mince With Cauliflower Rice

Thankyou, you’re right.
It just seems like so much effort constantly thinking about what we’re going to eat, planning and cooking everything from scratch all the time, but needs must.
I know it’s what should be done and I know we are healthier but sometimes I just want to lay in bed haha

Your menu sounds lovely especially the charcoal noodles? Very interesting!

MadamMim2013

Picked up a few items in Ice*nds this morning (had my eldest with me so he helped carry!) and a trio of sausage rolls for a treat (local butcher makes them & they are so worth it )
Total spent £23..
Sausages, roasties and various veg with Yorkshires was for tea tonight and we finished off the banana cake!
Oh & freezer is stuffed so that should tide us over for a while!

ceb1995

Forgot to take something out of the freezer for dinner so bought YS pizzas, pudding and milk for £5.20 so our total is now £74.69/£190

XSpender

£5.00 spent on a kebab for DH and £2.39 spent on dog food and crisps for me. The crisps are for me not the dog food!:rotfl:

Still under budget for the week and nothing needed before the next week starts on Friday

£176.85/£240 for the month so far

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Grannymolly wrote: »

Thankyou, you’re right.
It just seems like so much effort constantly thinking about what we’re going to eat, planning and cooking everything from scratch all the time, but needs must.

I get what you mean. I'm a very lazy cook at times, which is why I batch cook, so when I come in late, I can just zap something in the microwave. I try to meal plan, so I can use up ingredients and not have to think what to have. The mushroom sauce, was from mushroom soup I made, I froze some of it in ice-cube trays, then bagged, so I could use as a sauce (laziness).

Grannymolly wrote: »

Your menu sounds lovely especially the charcoal noodles? Very interesting!

They look interesting, they are black, but to be honest, they taste just like any noodles.

Take care. x

Mrs_Cheshire

Small spend of £2.70 today on gravy granules, ended up changing my meal plan around as I had a small amount of time and didn't think I'd have time to make Cottage pie so had tomorrow's planned meal instead and I'll make the cottage pie tomorrow.

ma-ri-ella

32p spend today. A little bit over for the month but only really need milk and any fruit/veg i decide to pick up

meal plans
breakfast - porridge/Weetabix
lunch - salad /soups/sandwiches
tea- soup/pasta .pizza

plenty of choices :P

starting_again_in_the_sun

We have spent 25.91 over the last couple of days. No need to go to the shop until Monday.

Only 39.69 euros left until the end of the month!

Grannymolly

starting_again_in_the_sun wrote: »

We have spent 25.91 over the last couple of days. No need to go to the shop until Monday.

Only 39.69 euros left until the end of the month!

Good luck! If you look at it by Monday we’re pretty close to the end of the month. I didn’t even realise we were so close to the end already! :T

PennyGrabber

Hi all,

I am off work again, this time with laryngitis! That's the second time this year I've been ill, and we're only halfway through the first month!!

Anyway, I've been totting up my spends for this month, and I'm at £54.12. I'm happy with that, as it's only just over £1pppd. I have two more shops to do this month, and generally a weekly shop is £17-£24 so I'm looking ok.

My appetite has gone again, so I'll need to watch the stuff in the fridge and freeze if needed. I've already wasted a couple of things this month, so need to watch this carefully.

PG x