January 2021 Grocery Challenge

joedenise

I managed to get a couple of aubergines on Thursday @Hild0 from Mr Ts but they were 75p each and not very big - I would normally have only need one of the usual sized ones!  I'm making a butternut squash and auberine tagine for dinner tonight - a new to me recipe so hoping it's OK.

cw18

Florenceem said:

Really trying hard to be low spend this week. Just 50p on shopping today - demi baguette for lunch filled with gammon from an al.. joint - cheaper than buying packaged cold meat.

You seem to buy a fair number of those demi-baguettes.   Wouldn't it be cheaper to buy part baked baguettes and cook them at home?    I buy twin packs from A!di (42p), and if I don't intend to use the second in the following fews days it does fine in the freezer until I need it.    I cook them in my combi oven, which is a lot cheaper than using my full oven.   Can't remember the costing my OH mentioned after doing some 'tests'. but it wasn't a lot.    I actually have a fancy socket that would let me do the calculation here, so I may have to do so at some point

I realised they're not exactly the same beast (yours is probably thicker and shorter), but the price difference would swing it for me.

joedenise

joedenise said:

I managed to get a couple of aubergines on Thursday @Hild0 from Mr Ts but they were 75p each and not very big - I would normally have only need one of the usual sized ones!  I'm making a butternut squash and auberine tagine for dinner tonight - a new to me recipe so hoping it's OK.

Only actually used one in the end - by the time I'd chopped it into small pieces there was plenty in the pan!  So now have a small aubergine to use.  Just need to think of something else to use it for!

Any ideas - will need to include meat otherwise DH will be complaining.  I can get away with veggie once a week!

Katie_j

Well my shopping budget has gone down the pan as the kids being home have eaten me out of house and home. 

Pixiehouse55

Payday tomorrow for us, so January shop starts tomorrow.malready done asde shop and being delivered tomorrow between 1900 and 2100 and they will take the £139(i think) out tomorrow.  Iceland shop done just got to click pay at midnight and then our wages will be in the bank and thats £35.23.  Not brought any food since last week so that's good.  Happy January food shop challenge to you all and keep safe everyone X 

VickyV

Hi all,
The spends feel like they are coming thick and fast at the minute. Spent £8.69 in T0sco after work today. Mainly on cat food but treated myself to some Diet Peps1 and some rubicon spring as they were free/50p using Shopmium. Will add the money back in once it’s in the account. Picked some tiger bread and oven bottom muffins up from an Olio fwh too! Total spend £67.88/£200 but hopefully won’t need anything much til the weekend!

I’m feeling a bit frugal, made a couple of gorgeous soups over the last week or so using the last of the new year ham and sad veg/store cupboard items. 😋. I’m now waiting for a giant vat of (reduced) Turkey mince and lentil chilli to cook a bit. Bit of an experiment but It should do at least 4 meals for us for about £3 in total. 

Vicky x

VickyV

@Hild0 try copying and pasting this. It’s the only way I can make it work, if I try to type it in it says no!

[COLOR="Magenta"] Grocery challenge January 2021 £67.88/£200[/COLOR].

Although it doesn’t seem to work in here...hmm.

BelleBaluu

Morning all, spends now at £84.34/£360, had to go out for another small shop on Sunday, as had parents coming for tea, so that ended up with £24.58 spent in A5da, also had to top up fridge, as with kids being at home more, they are going through supplies fast!  Off to try and work out how to do a signature!

Suffolk_lass

Hild0 said:

Top-up shops today in L1dl £5.93, Mozzers £6.16 and a local shop £2.65. This should do me until the weekend. Couldn't find an aubergine anywhere for my crispy aubergine dhal recipe. Think it must be Brexit supply chains. 
Taking a rucksack with me is absolutely fine it turns out, so no need for the extra expense of a shopping trolley.
Using Monzo app and a spreadsheet to monitor my grocery spend. I'm embarassed at how big it was in the before times.
Tried to add red colour to my signature with [COLOR=Red] and  [/COLOR], but it didn't work.

@Hild0 this is the string from my signature (copied and pasted) - just change teal to red - I also use red, light grey and green in mine. It looks as though you missed the inverted commas round the colour and inserted a space after the "and" (which is the word that would be red)

- as others have said previously - fine in your signature but not in the thread comments

[COLOR="teal"]£0/£3k 0%[/COLOR]

pamsdish

£30.48 Between, W1Ikos, T0sco, and £Iand, mostly baskets and trays as overhauling the bathroom and kitchen cupboards.