January 2023 Grocery Challenge

LLM2018

Another 5.85 spent

Declaring 115.65/100 so only 15.65 over budget but not bad going for a first attempt in a long while

LLM

Bluegreen143

Declaring for January - family of two adults and two young kids (7 and 4). 

£400.46	Groceries (Food)
£57.08	Household supplies
£13.99	Over the counter medication
£6.99	Tesco delivery saver

Happy with that! Not sure if I’ll realistically be able to reduce further but I can try 🤞🏼

Doom_and_Gloom

Doom_and_Gloom said:

£242.86/£248. 
£5.14 left.

Didn't spend any more money so this is the declaration post.

While under budget we were hoping to be much more under given the food my parents gave us.

Oh well. Hope to see you over on the February thread.

JingsMyBucket

Declaring one last spend for January earlier this afternoon. £39.45 online at a local fishmonger for smoked kippers, smoked mussels, Arbroath smokies, smoked salmon, garlic butter, assorted fish pieces, smoked haddock, and some chopped bacon. 

£380.62/ £300.00 spent so far. £80.62 over budget

I’m going to try focusing our minds even more in February even though we did really well eating out of the freezer and pantry. It’s the last few days that really did us in. 

SausageDogSandwich

Had a few more spends here, 7,55 at coop yesterday getting bits for my daughter as she was poorly again and husband spent 1.25 at work on muscle spray. 

Declaring at £196.42/250 spent. Will put the couple of pound towards a bottle of wine and the £50 to my daughters party in march! 

barole

Well, I came in at £187.41. So I make that £12.59 under budget

But I thought that as I had so much left after Christmas it would be lower, but hey ho.

what have I learned.....
 the fewer times I go to the supermarket the less I spend.
And, it can take some effort to chase down really marked down YS items.

NSD achieved 22. Now on to February.

K9sandFelines

I will read back on the thread in a minute, but I came in at £108, and some pennies of £120. However, in my head I like to try and get it to a £100.

Bear in mind, there's generally only me, and it includes only food and drink items. Not cleaning, toiletries and pet food.

K9sandFelines

MissRikkiC said:

The blueberries at almost gone, some of the condensed milk is in a fridge bake of 15s as are the cherries.

Do you have the recipe for the 15s please? Have condensed milk in the cupboard, and I would be interested to try this.

PipneyJane

Chelleybee said:

This week has been difficult after I've been diagnosed with a stress fracture in my right foot. I'm on crutches for at least 4 weeks so it's tough at work even in an office based job.

Someone asked how the Crockpot Cashew chicken recipe turned out. It was really tasty and we would make it again. It's from a FB slow cooker group. 

2lbs chicken thighs chopped

1/4 cup plain flour 

1/2 teaspoon pepper

1/4 cup soy

2 tablespoons of rice wine vinegar 

2 tablespoons of ketchup 

1 tablespoon of brown sugar (used demerara)

1 minced garlic clove

1/2 teaspoon ginger

1/4 teaspoon chilli flakes.

1/2 cup cashew nuts

1. Mix flour with pepper and coat the chopped chicken in it. Brown in a pan.

2. Mix all the other ingredients in a bowlm (EXCEPT THE CASHEWS).

3. Bung the chicken and the contents of your bowl ingredients into the slow cooker. Mix well.

4. Cook on low for 3 to 4 hours.

5. Just before serving stir through the cashews

6. Serve with noodles or rice. 

@Chelleybee. Thank you, that was me asking for the recipe.  I’ve saved it to my “MSE recipes” word document.  

So sorry to hear about your foot. Have they given you a boot to wear while walking around?  I broke a bone in my right foot nearly 7 years ago and have vivid memories about how awkward it could be to get around just on crutches.  Making a cup of coffee turned into a seven stage process, because you can’t carry and walk with crutches.  (I work in engineering and got nobbled to write it up for the staff newsletter.)  The hospital gave me a boot after the first 2 weeks, which made things so much easier. Luckily, I was able to work from couch for 6 weeks.

I am declaring for January at £146.40/£148.40 leaving £2 to roll into February.

No idea where I got to with declaring shops, but I have tracked everything.  Now to catch up on posts, because I’m over 100 behind.

- Pip