I cant stop buying food (it is getting ridiculous)

Penelope_Penguin

elly2 wrote: »

Would it be ok if i posted a list here just to get some ideas, there is a whole lot of stuff though so the list would go on for a bit, i think part of the problem is there is just too much of it if that makes sense i open the freezer and think where do i start i went through a small phase of making soup in the slow cooker and then lost interest in it when the kids wouldn't eat it so i gave it away to a mate who really enjoyed it, but i think she became a bit sick of soup tbh lol.

Please do :T :T :T We like nothing better than planning meals for other people :T :T :T

Also tell us what you like to eat, and what you won't.

If I can be blunt - your 4 and 2 yos will eat what you give them. They may have preferences, but they're of an age where they'll try most things.

I had a major freezer clear out recently. Didn't buy anything apart from fruit and veg, milk for several weeks. We just ate what we had. Had to meal plan carefully, but it worked well.

Penny. x

elly2

First cupboard we have
Atora 3 1/2 boxes
stock cubes and oxo cubes (chicken (3 boxes) , veg (2) and beef (1)
condiments (sauces white wine vin brown vin mint sauce soy sauce etc etc)
tin of coconut milk
2 tins of condensed milk
stuffing x 3
curry paste
macaroni x 3
pasta
gravy granuals (beef and chicken)
biscuits and treats for the kids

Bread bin
4 baguettes
crumpets
buns
bread cakes

tins
12 toms
12 tuna
1 each of ravioli, spagetti, mc cheese
2 x corned beef
2 x chicken soup (condensed)
4 x other soup
2 x peas

baking stuff
this is bad considering i dont bake (bf does when he is here)
caster sugar
brown sugar
plain flour x 4
sr flour x 5
and everything else needed from golden syrup to walnuts vanilla essence to lemon juice herbs spices etc etc there is really too much to list

Fridge
eggs (30)
7 blocks of cheese (mature)
block of mild cheese
cheese triangles
toms
mayo
marge (3 kilo) for baking
marge for spreading (3 kilo)
lard x2
butter x 1
cooking choc (plain milk and white and cake covering)15 bars all in
and all the kids stuff yogurts choc biscuits etc etc

freezer
stork x 5
6 bags of frozen veg
bag peppers
78 sausages
pork joint
6 x huge lots of peppered ham
4 x bacon
mince x 1
6 chicken legs
4 x beef joint
4 boxes of fish fingers
cubed beef x 3
turkey burgers 2 x 4 packs
findus pancakes x 3
pastry
20 beef burgers
2 x crab sticks
2 bags prawns
hm steak pie
shop bought steak pie
bag of cod
30 battered chicken steaks
aprox 15 chicken breasts
3 deserts
3 x cooking bacon

i think that is it.

megpen

I used to be a it like this, but since I make a menu plan first, then do my shopping online, it keeps the budget down and I am not fussing about what we are going to have for tea.

megpen

elly,

how much food have you got??? 78 sausages!!!!:T

patchwork_cat

Hi
Your budget is very tight for 51/2 of you plus cleaning and nappies. I do know where you are coming from on the cupboards full but nothing for dinner. I think with me it is I don't fancy what I have planned or just general disorganisation due to lack of time or inclination. Yes I know the key to money saving is organisation - that is part of my problem. I will have to learn to work with my impulses - any suggestions as there are somethings I can't change about myself.

Are you the same - is it not fancying what you had planned or not fancying the planning?

gunsandbanjos

How about opening a shop?? You could give Tesco a run for their money:rotfl:

newlywed

How big is your freezer!!! Mine wouldn't hold even a third of that!!!

You really do have loads of food!! Stop buying anything other than milk and bread for now! - Wait and see how many meals these guys magic up

elly2

megpen wrote: »

elly,

how much food have you got??? 78 sausages!!!!:T

lol the sausage are pork and beef, plain pork and honey and mustard (i blame the local meat man he is so cheap)
also have a sack of pots as well oh and a bag of baking pots and a bag of parsips.
2 of my children will not eat veg at all one wont eat fruit but all love pasta. I usually make things like roasts or pasta bakes but am seriously running out of ideas.

elly2

newlywed wrote: »

How big is your freezer!!! Mine wouldn't hold even a third of that!!!

You really do have loads of food!! Stop buying anything other than milk and bread for now! - Wait and see how many meals these guys magic up

have 8 loafs of bread in the freezer lol and milk tokens for aprox 48 pints i just dont seem to be able to stop buying .
Have a large chest freezer and a fridge freezer, my bf thinks i have issues that stem from childhood and he is probably right, i just need to buy food it doesent matter if i dont use it or even give it away(which happens quite a lot)

gunsandbanjos

Well its obviously not due to you not being money savvy, looking at your signature you know what you are doing moneywise so maybe your OH is right??