July 2020 Grocery Challenge

lantanna

Change of plan, ended up being drawn into Lidl to see if I could get a Salter Airfryer @ £39.99. Decided to do the big shop when I was there so will now not need to go to Tesco next week. Spent £47.16 included red wine, 2 lots of chicken thighs, ice lollies,ice,Heinz beans, biscuits and snacks, veg, eggs and cleaning stuff. 

on a plus I’ve now emptied out enuf room in the freezer to accommodate a large bag of ice and some lollies. Going to have to work out spends for last 3 weeks now.

lantanna

 Forgot to say I got the Airfryer, looking forward to using it as I’ve never had one before.  Target now for next week will be under £40. Hopefully will be under as shudnt need much it will be the wants that take me to the shops. I will have to restock on the gin next week though.

Dia_Pita

Hi elsipac, thank you for the new thread.
Please could you put me down for £180 again for July.
Month started on 24th June until 23rd July.
Many thanks

MazzieD

MazzieD said

The plan for the rest  of the month is to only take advantage of fresh fruit and veg offers

Ooops! Think I meant to say " take advantage of fresh fruit and veg offers where possible ". 

Bit of a slip up with my big shop, forgot to put onions on the list, forgot to get, went to the shops again this morning and forgot again! 

However, I went to Asd* and managed to get a YS  fresh chicken and 2 packs of YS sausages reduced.  Popped in to Lid1  to stock up on more Butternut Squash @ 79p per kg, total £7.64  

Luckily I am still using up some batch cooked meals from June so can manage without onions for a few days. Might buy an extra kg and peel/chop to pop in the freezer in case I leave my brain at home again. rofl.  

Quite pleased with the savings made so far,  £6.02 on full prices.

Total so far £48.82 so £51.18 for rest of month.

Chloris

Hey, I'm in for July. Going to try for £550 again. Hoping to avoid making the same mistakes. Aiming for healthy eating in July, so plenty of veg and pulses, and filling the freezer with batch cooked curries. I'm going to try and make some falafel too, if someone has a good recipe please share. X

joedenise

I use a falafel recipe by Tori Avery which uses dried chickpeas rather than tinned and I find they make really good falafel.  I bake mine rather than fry though - website here:  https://toriavey.com/?s=falafel.  Using dried chickpeas means you have to think ahead as they need soaking overnight but I think it's worth it for the result.  Also means they're cheaper to make so very MSE!

pamsdish

Thanks @joedenise that may use up that jar of dried chick peas I have.

PipneyJane

joedenise said:

I use a falafel recipe by Tori Avery which uses dried chickpeas rather than tinned and I find they make really good falafel.  I bake mine rather than fry though - website here:  https://toriavey.com/?s=falafel.  Using dried chickpeas means you have to think ahead as they need soaking overnight but I think it's worth it for the result.  Also means they're cheaper to make so very MSE!

@pamsdish - the recipe I’ve used in the past also used dried chickpeas.  Sadly, I can’t find the recipe book - it’s been years since I made them.  What I can remember is that you grind the soaked chickpeas in the food processor, spice them and fry that mixture.

Having grown up with Lebanese and Greek neighbours and Israeli friends, I will say that using soaked, dried chickpeas is the most authentic version, followed by a version the Egyptians do with soaked, dried broad beans. (I’m sure I don’t have a recipe for that version.)

HTH

- Pip

candygirl

Can you put me down for £150 again please ELSIE ? X

zcrat41

Hello. Can I join please. I used to be great with my grocery budget but it's crept up these last two months to a whopping £600. 

Please put me down for £433 (I.e £100 per week). 

That's for 2 adults and 2 kids age 7 and 5.