January 2020 Grocery Challenge

purpleybat

hello all,

still trying to eat from freezer and stores but did pop into lidl for their super weekend ham on sunday .... which of course turned into a few other bits of veg and fruit added to my basket, so a total of £5.79 being spent.
was at the hospital this morning for my 6 monthly blood tests to check how my vit D problem is going, they had a bit of a job getting me to part with any blood prompting me to ask if i was dead
once home i consoled myself by making some slowcooker chocofudge (hope it sets), i've had the ingredients since before crimble and kept side tracking myself from making it.

my actual weeks shopping i think i will be doing tomorrow or weds. i don't think my list will be very long, so far it's just got bin bags and tissues on it. i need to look in the freezer to see what UFOs i will be using up over the next week, i think there's a lot of tomato pasta sauce in there from the end of summer that i made from home-grown tomatoes that had gone a bit passed their best.

nannygladys

Hi everyone
Another spend free day, and eating out of cupboards. Im hoping to be able to put my grocery money into my efund to build it up,.
Nannyg

Doom_and_Gloom

We needed a few fresh items; £6.62 spent.
1 Litre whole milk, 1kg sweet corn, 1.8kg peas, 475g brambly apples, 475g carrots, 435g red onions, 390g onions and 2 Litres lemonade (jumped into the basket it seems ).

Vegetable stew for my dinner tonight.
Soup (chicken or oxtail) and bread for OHs dinner tonight.

£97.88/£240.
£142.12 left.

Bingbunny

So another £12.35 spent today on veg and a small ham joint as I used it all yesterday.

Total £65.77/£250

Hettyhound

Well I’ve spent £35.10 today in Aldee but won’t be supermarket shopping for another 10 days. Will probably have to get some fruit and milk at the weekend but that’s all. The freezer is jammed packed, but it is a small one. I’ve got loads of food for main meals so I’m hoping just to get a bit of fresh stuff between now and payday; fingers crossed anyway :T

lantanna

Minimal top up in Asda today, tomatoes, rocket, bread, ham, crisps £6.17

Saver.The.Taste

Managed to do quite well on groceries so far, unfortunately bread seems to be the killer for me I eat too much of it!! And as soon as I go out for bread another few things make their way in, all get used though so there are some pros. Total spent today £3.42 taking me to £20.98

Mrs_Cheshire

Hi all, since I last updated I've had a couple of spends
£4 at the local co-*p for a meal when I was babysitting on saturday evening.
Today I've been to a couple of shops I wouldn't usually and picked up some reduced christmas bits as well as some other offers.
Asd* - £9.80 - bulbs for the bedside lamps £5!!!!, then christmas pud, panetone, 2 different flavoured maltloaves, garlic bread and 3 mini l!ndt bears for the kids.
Farmfoods - £3 on 3 buckets of maltes*r buttons 400g each
Co-*p, went for the £5 freezer deal and a loaf of bread, came out with all sorts for the freezer including caramel roulade, asian style veggie snacks, caramel profiteroles, melt in the middle chocolate puds, tempura prawns, mozzarella sticks, veggie spring rolls, indian style snacks. I also brought 2 packs of mini gingerbread men, some sour cream crisps and some honey carrot and parsnip crisps. Spent £15.83


I've got no room in the freezer now, so need to eat some things up before I purchase more. I also need to do an inventory of one of the freezers as it's got lots of unidentifiable items in it.

I've got quite a bit of frozen berries in the freezer, which I need to use (mostly raspberries but also some mixed berries). does anyone have any recipes to include them in?


Just added everything up - £125.68/£380

olaf2014

Just done a list of items in cupboards and freezer was shocked with what I had one of them was 27 tins of tuna yes 27 ��

Im now starting my meal planner for the next 4 weeks going to try something new each week instead of the same meals all the time getting stuck in a rut with meals any suggestions? IV a 7 year old won't eat alot of meat and a 2 year old (milk free)

Hayze1980

A £16.68 spend for me at Mr T’s yesterday. I was in the area of one and knew I at least needed nappies. Bought a few crisps for the party and some yoghurts for the little ones. I hate how nappies inflate an otherwise sensible shop.