November 2018 Grocery Challenge

medsdemon

So much for no spending this weekend. We had a change of plan today since it’s so yucky weather wise so I’m cooking. Went to A*di and spent £15.53 on bit but that should do me for the next few days. Cooking a roast chicken today with baked onions in cream and Parmesan, some kind of potato and cavelo Nero. I have ingredients to make raspberry ricotta pancakes as a treat for tonight since it’s OH ‘s birthday. Leftover chicken will be used in the Asian salad for tomorrow’s dinner. Have lots of portions of hm soups for lunches this week. Will have to look through what else I’ve got in to decide what else to cook this week. Should be mostly okay. NSD yesterday.

flubberyzing

A £9.05 spend in Tesco, just on stuff for simple meals this week, plus a pack of printer paper.

Chloris

Nsd 9/30 today. I have a fridge full of soup and cake in the tin so we don't need to shop. Tonight's tea is jackets, veggie sausages and beans. Dd is making vegan Bolognese at school so she will have that with pasta. I think I'll bake some tofu for me and have with rice and broccoli.

Hope you all are enjoying your Monday. Xx

luckofthe_irish

Checking in after my graduation and celebratory trip to Paris! It has been spendy as I had my parents staying with me for the week but it was totally worth it! Off to Rome this weekend so no real grocery spends until next Tuesday hopefully so I am crossing all my fingers and toes that I will stay under budget. My lovely parents did a big shop on Saturday at M&S for dinner and popped in loads of yummy fruit, veg and treats for me as well as roasting a whole chicken for my lunches this week so I am feeling very lucky!

Spending since last check in:
Wilko: £2.40
Lidl: 1.40
Aldi: 20.24
Lidl: 0.49
Aldi: 28.39

Total spending: £52.92

Total for November: £92.38

Left over: £42.62

K9sandFelines

Managed to only spend just under £2 at work, cant remember what on ... if that amount is wrong, i will amend it. I know i bought ys crumpets and a pumpkin. I roasted the pumpkin yesterday and it was horrible; so i think they had gone past their best. I will tell this to the supervisor tonight, as no doubt they will still be sat there when i go in.

I also spent a £1.00 on chocs for DD1 who stayed over on Saturday night.

JingsMyBucket

Evening everyone. I did a bit of hungry / aimless shopping this evening at Delhaize, but it's all stuff we'll use over the next week.

€26.28 at Delhaize for Greek yoghurt, Activia yoghurt x2, halloumi, potatoes, broccoli, lemon, avocado, bell peppers, cheese, cold cuts, tofu, and eggs.

TOTALS SO FAR
€122.58 / €300.00
4 / 12 NSDs

We've had full RSVPs for our Thanksgiving dinner next week. I'll go order the turkey tomorrow and start planning the menu too.

I also pulled some chicken breasts out of the freezer yesterday to use for dinner tonight. I jerked about 60% of the breasts and baked them on a sheet pan with vegetables that I purchased tonight. I did the same thing for OH except using some of the tofu purchased tonight. The rest of the sliced chicken breasts were seasoned with curry and I'll cook them tomorrow for lunch. The freezer is emptying, thankfully and I'm feeling better about it emptying by the end of January.

Doom_and_Gloom

£20.35 spent today. £7.99 of that was coffee .

Coffee beans, coffee ground, 1 large persimmon, 2 pomegranates, Bonsan kofu spiced chunks with fermented kombucha, Bonsan kofu grill sausages with fermented kombucha, espresso macchiato, cappuccino and 2 pain au chocolate.

Miso soup with rice noodles and salad for dinner for me.
OH had pasta for dinner.

£98.07/£200.
£101.58 left.

pamsdish

£33.55 in Sains yesterday, decided to double up what points I had and get some shopping, got butter on offer. 2 bottles flora cuisine, love that for sauces, thyme, pate, t.rolls, cheese, came to just over £30, which I tried to pay for shopping with vouchers, declined, has to be goods, which if I had thought it through I understand, so paid for grocery and went and got a new toaster, I damaged my lift mechanism trying to force 2/4 slices of something side by side in each slot, toaster still worked just didn`t lift as well, wasted my money, time and fuel as none of anything really needed.

selloptape

Spends for the month now up to £128.14 - averaging out at apx £10.67 a day. Big-ish shop at the weekend so smaller spends across the week should even this out.

Sustainability and reducing food miles are really important to me so currently looking at veg box schemes, not sure how this would affect my ability to plan meals and budget though, would love to hear others experiences with this

medsdemon

selloptape wrote: »

Spends for the month now up to £128.14 - averaging out at apx £10.67 a day. Big-ish shop at the weekend so smaller spends across the week should even this out.

Sustainability and reducing food miles are really important to me so currently looking at veg box schemes, not sure how this would affect my ability to plan meals and budget though, would love to hear others experiences with this

I think it would be easier to meal plan when you get your box delivered as I’m presuming it varies slightly week to week. I’ve thought about doing this but nowhere delivers to my area and I worry as there’s only 2 of us that we won’t get through everything.

Small spend today buying milk, frozen raspberries, kitchen roll and wipes. Total £6.03. Will update sig. NSD yesterday.

Not sure what to make tonight for dinner. Still have more leftover chicken from Sunday’s roast so need to use that. Maybe a curry or pasta bake. Will decide when I look at veg we have in.

Actually doing okay this month so far. I’m surprised !