January 2020 Grocery Challenge

sarahj1986

sarahj1986 wrote: »

€13 spent

Well actually it was just under but I cannot find the receipt and it was 12 euros something so round up

We had a bad storm here over the last few days. Apparently some supermarkets were low on fresh produce but I had no issues this morning. Needed more breakfast items and bread for later.

€75.83 left

Hello all

Been a busy few days

I’ve kept receipts and we’ve spent €70.50 over the last week. Hubby stocked up on a few things which will do us well into February

€5.13 left but only bread needed over the next few days

boultdj

Another £11.26 to add on, but my new month start's Thursday, so will declare then.

Herbyme

SuffolkLass wrote, very helpfully:
1. Look at what you have in and meal-plan based on this
2. Make a list of what you need to make those meals
3. Review that list to see if you can substitute an ingredient you would buy with something you have in

(too far back to quote)

With this in mind, does anyone know i I can swap out refried beans by mashing up a tin of (eg) cannelini beans and using that instead? It's to go in a chilli (highly rated online recipe)

Suffolk_lass

carolinerunner wrote: »

SuffolkLass wrote, very helpfully:
1. Look at what you have in and meal-plan based on this
2. Make a list of what you need to make those meals
3. Review that list to see if you can substitute an ingredient you would buy with something you have in

(too far back to quote)

With this in mind, does anyone know i I can swap out refried beans by mashing up a tin of (eg) cannelini beans and using that instead? It's to go in a chilli (highly rated online recipe)

Yes you can. Done it myself - in fact, enjoyed it so much I often now add cheap baked beans (which are of course, cannelini beans in tomato sauce) to pad out my chilli (along with red lentils)

PipneyJane

carolinerunner wrote: »

SuffolkLass wrote, very helpfully:
1. Look at what you have in and meal-plan based on this
2. Make a list of what you need to make those meals
3. Review that list to see if you can substitute an ingredient you would buy with something you have in

(too far back to quote)

With this in mind, does anyone know i I can swap out refried beans by mashing up a tin of (eg) cannelini beans and using that instead? It's to go in a chilli (highly rated online recipe)

Yes. I just add cans of kidney beans and mash them slightly.

If you really want refried beans, this is my refried beans recipe:-

3 Cloves Garlic, crushed
1 onion, chopped (optional)
2 x 400g cans Kidney Beans (or Pinto beans or Cannelini)
1 beef stock cube
1 teaspoon ground chilli
1 tablespoon oil

Method

1. Heat the oil in a non-stick frying pan. Fry the onions (if using) until glassy then add the garlic and fry until it starts to catch.
2. Stir through the ground chilli. Fry until the aroma rises (this takes seconds).
3. Pour in your cans of beans and crumble the stock cube over the top. Stir well.
4. Bring to the boil, then turn down and simmer until almost all the liquid has evaporated. Stir occasionally.
5. Crush with a potato masher.

HTH

- Pip

Merlin's_Beard

£80.73 and i won't have chance to go shopping before the weekend, so that's me done.

Living a bit out of storecupboards, but still pretty pleased with that.

tessie_bear

totalled up and spent £140 in jan so quite pleased with that

Miriam the lovely calico and Arthur the handsome tabby are pleased with the tone the thread has struck re economising on cat food...an economy too far xx

see u all in feb

pamsdish

£28.98 between Morries and land of ice, nearly all stock items or y.s.

purpleybat

hooray for the end of the month!
spent £18.57 and £2.07 yesterday in lidls so with the extra coop shop that has taken me to a total of £123.58 for the month, only £3.58 over so not too bad, i did think i'd be quite a lot more over.

PipneyJane

Evening All.

Apologies, but I’m really shattered, so this post may not make much sense. Also, I can’t remember what I’ve declared and what I haven’t.

I have two spends to declare from the start of last week. £6.36 in MrT’s and £21.77 in L!dl. The latter was mainly gin (£15-ish), which was purchased in order to take advantage of a “Spend £25, get £5 off” voucher. We had run out of gin, so it wasn’t a complete extravagance, but if it’s anything like the last bottle, it’ll take me 2 years to drink it. (DH doesn’t like gin but, after a really bad day at work, he’ll present me with a G&T as I walk in the door.)

Anyway, our total for January now stands at £115.98/£132.20, leaving £16.22 in the purse. I’m certain I’ve missed a spend - or someone’s borrowed from the GC purse - because I don’t remember £16 in there.

- Pip