May 2022 Grocery Challenge

pamsdish

£6.65 in Ald1.

nannygladys

Blackcats -  thank you for the kind comment ref canopy saving. I follow a zero balance budget, I take sinking funds and direct debits out and what's left is what I live on, I was worried I wouldn't be able to save as much with the costs of bills rising but I've adjusted all of them up and at the moment its still working. I must point out though although I only get a state pension I don't have any debt and own my house so that really helps, and I have learnt to be frugal by necessity years ago when I had both debt and mortgage!!!

tykemum

£41.95 at MrT - top up shop for the week, a few fresh bits and milk etc. Hoping to stretch it to Monday but will likely need more bread over the weekend. Does anyone else go through loaves of bread in the blink of an eye? 

Current;
Food - £52.19
Eating out - £51.24 (OH had a course and got lunch/coffee from coffee shop)

nannygladys

Did a couple of 'big' shops for me to get some stocks in, it will all be eaten and doesn't include treats, all basics like Tom's, pasta, rice, cleaning products etc so total has jumped up. I had a mini meltdown when I saw the total but it's fine, at least I have enough to last me a few months. I will still need things like milk, yogurt, cheese and other bits and pieces. I'm not use to seeing a pantry stuffed with so much food so another challenge will be have to use it sensibly now!
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joedenise

Have only been doing odd bits of shopping as trying to use stuff from the freezer and cupboards.  Have spent less than £15/£200  of the grocery budget so far but have spent most of the bulk fund as needed coffee beans and in order to get a good price we have to order 6 Kgs, means we get them for less than £10/Kg rather than the £12 they are to buy individually.  That should last for about 5-6 months so plenty of time to build the bulk fund up again!

K9sandFelines

Just wanted to pop in to share my meal plan (Vegan) even though I am still in April. Just because i am nosey myself and like to see what others are eating. I've tried three times to post it and lost the post . I've managed to plan right up to the 13th when my new budget starts, so should now be minimal to no spends. All depends what DD2 consumes whilst she is here at the weekend .

Sunday 1st: Grill up
Monday 2nd: Hoisin pork and rice
Tuesday 3rd: Fishless fillet, chips and peas
Wednesday 4th: Meat free hotdog and hm soup and rolls
Last night : Hawaaian style fried tofu and coconut rice
Tonight : Hoppin John (new recipe so not sure if you serve with anything)? 
Tomorrow : Baked Sesame Tofu, Peanut sauce and kale
Sunday 8th: Burger, chips and corn
Monday 9th: Savoury lentils, cauli, red cabbage and mash
Tuesday 10th: Freezer meal
Wed 11th: Jacket potato with coronation or pulled (bbq) jackfruit
Thursday 12th: Spicy dhal (from freezer) and naan 

Start of new month, so will post rest of meal plan and totals then. 

Greying_Pilgrim

K9sandFelines said:

Just wanted to pop in to share my meal plan (Vegan) even though I am still in April......

Tonight : Hoppin John (new recipe so not sure if you serve with anything)? 

K9andFelines - I usually make Hoppin' John on New Year's day.  As it's a rice & beans 'all in 1' dish, it is quite filling.  But if I have it, I usually put some sort of green veg with, eg broccoli, savoy or spring cabbage.  But that's just me.

Greying X

elsiepac

Greying_Pilgrim said:

Ranking tea as 'successful'.   LG munched their plant-based 'meat' balls and declared them delish (whilst the adults silently recalled the first few times these spheres were met with suspicious sniffs and tears...🙄🤣).  I bought the dough balls from MrA's YS'd section back in March.  They were that Xpress pizza restaurant brand.  Mea culpa, I thought they were dough balls with the garlic butter already inside, but they had a garlic dip in the pack with them.  Can't say as I'm sold - although LG gamely munched them (without the garlic dip), and liked them.  But I'm glad I only paid 53p for 8 of them, as they are alot more expensive normally 😬 There was dip left over, so that was mopped up with an inexpensive slice of MrL wholemeal bread 😊

I made sponge cake with a handful of sultanas and the last of the glace cherries chopped up into it to fill the oven.  LG had a slice of HM lemon cake and some greek yoghurt for pud.  The doughballs won't be appearing in my shopping basket again - YS'd or otherwise - I'll stick with conventional garlic bread in future.  The sponge cake is cooling, and then will be sliced up and put into the cake tin for snacks this week.

Lunch was pea soup - made with 3 tins of MrL marrowfat peas.  2 tins were blitzed with onion, garlic and stock and then the 3rd tin was added towards the end of cooking to add interest and 'heft' 😉A spoonful of mint sauce was swirled through with seasoning at the end.  Just the job on such a cold, dreich day. LG had a cheese sandwich.

No shopping done/no money spent today.

Greying X

I really do love your posts! And the fact that you made your experience with the balls into a little rhyme - made me chuckle very much!  I love the idea of that pea soup - think I'll be trying that one!

peb

First shop of the month yesterday, was really hoping to wait until Saturday or Sunday but no milk and no lettuce.  I spent £16.33 in Lidl and £5.05  in Sainsbury on things Lidl didn't have (milk, cream, parsnips, kitchen roll,, beetroot, cabbage, lime cordial).   I also got face wash and clothes pegs which I'm not including in the grocery budget although I have included kitchen roll (it'll last for years - chips maybe once every other month and occasionally pakora).   I have loads in stock so didn't need much in the way of cheese, meat etc but did get some rtc sausage as have friends at breakfast tomorrow so will offer sausage and mushroom baguettes.  I've never seen a f&v box at Lidl!



So, £21.38 spent. £103. 62 left.

K9sandFelines

Greying_Pilgrim said:

K9sandFelines said:

Just wanted to pop in to share my meal plan (Vegan) even though I am still in April......

Tonight : Hoppin John (new recipe so not sure if you serve with anything)? 

K9andFelines - I usually make Hoppin' John on New Year's day.  As it's a rice & beans 'all in 1' dish, it is quite filling.  But if I have it, I usually put some sort of green veg with, eg broccoli, savoy or spring cabbage.  But that's just me.

Greying X

I've never made it before but thought it sounded nice. I bought kale for it, but have no celery😒, so might carry the recipe over or omit the celery. I had rice last night and forgot it had rice in it, so don't really want it again. @Greying_Pilgrim With having mostly paprika in, is it a bit like Goulash? 
I might wait and see what DD2 wants and start cooking then, it depends how late she is going to get here
I quite fancy fajita style wraps now