April 2020 Grocery Challenge

boultdj

Glad to hear your starting to recover elsiepac.

snowbird20

i'm glad, too, elsiepac.  Covid is sooo frightening.  A friend of mine lost both of his sisters. 

pamsdish

Wishing you a speedy recovery Elsiepac, and to any other of our fellow G.C. members who may be suffering similar.
£15.53 in Aldi today with a quick top up. 

elsiepac

Doom_and_Gloom based on my experience it definitely sounds like you guys have it, so take it easy
zafiro1984 sorry you are having to bow out but don't be a stranger, you're still more than welcome to drop by for a chat!
My budget was actually high this month at £350 - I'm now splitting into two which is my food shopping and then what I'm calling household shopping - this includes all things like lightbulbs, batteries, cleaning stuff, any bulk offers etc.  I have £8.18 left in Household and £63.27 left in Food.  I'm actually staying at my parents at the moment while I finish recovering so I've just been giving my mum £20 here and there for groceries even though she's insisting I don't need to, but I don't want them to be out of pocket either!
Sadly I wasted a heck of a lot of food this month, I'd just done a big food shop when I fell ill and lost my appetite completely, then of course ended up in hospital... 2.5 weeks later let's just say when mum and I went to my house to feed my animals we cleaned out the fridges and it was unpleasant at the least!

Rowan9

Take care of yourself elsiepac. Glad you are recovering 

elsiepac

Hey guys, bit early but the May GC is up and ready

PipneyJane

elsiepac said:

Hello everyone!  I'll be catching up on the thread over the next couple of days... I've been really quite unwell with Covid-19 (coronavirus) for over 2 weeks and ended up in hospital for 8 nights.  I came home yesterday and I'm still pretty knocked out to be honest, so I'll catch up slowly!  Hope you are all doing very well and staying healthy

Oh!  @elsiepac , That must have been very scary for you.  I hope you are feeling considerably better now.

Hugs,

Pip

Hettyhound

I am so happy that you are starting to recover.  It is scarey, I never thought I would feel apprehensive about going to buy food.  I’m just doing a mid month update with £114.71 spent out of £200 budget.  My cupboards are full so it will be another couple of fresh fruit and veg shopping trips for the rest of the month and then I should be done.

Merlin's_Beard

Glad to hear you are on the mend @elsiepac, hope you gets lots of rest and feel a bit better soon x

elsiepac

Thanks for the well wishes everyone, I am on the road to recovery; I've been signed off for another couple of weeks to allow me time to recover before I start work again (from home).  It was absolutely terrifying in the hospital, a lot of people on my ward died.  I can't stress enough to try and not catch it!

I'm staying at my parents for a few days (who have both had it mildly) while I recuperate enough to go home so I've been doing the evening meals for us all.

Last night I used up some vegan fish fingers that had been in my fridge at home and were a day past their BBE - for my dad I made some chips for him to go with them and broad beans which are his favourite!  Me and mum had a mix of sauteed veggies with loads of garlic, that I mixed quinoa cooked in stock through, and lemon juice, and then plated on some salad leaves and topped with the fish fingers - it worked quite well!

Dinner today is a stir fry - I'm doing sriracha-soy tofu baked in the oven in cubes (or else my dad won't eat it if it's in bigger pieces lol), and I'm using up a load of veg we have in including mixed peppers, loads of mushrooms, some mange tout and baby corn, broccoli and spring onions, so I'll stir fry those and add teriyaki sauce, and serve with wholewheat noodles and the tofu, topped with some toasted sesame seeds and fresh coriander (no coriander for dad!)