January 2008 Grocery Challenge

Mollymop5

Spent £2.30 on milk and coke.I sent my son to save it from being more.I knew i'd see some bargains so resisted temptation lol

miecherox

Hello all,

Thankyou to singlemum for the banana loaf recipe - will be trying that one!

Orchid-96 - here is a recipe for spaghetti carbonara which will use some of your ham up. I love this recipe, its actually a slimming world recipe.

Should serve 2

Pot of fromage frais
parmesan cheese (i use the stuff in a plastic tub - it's cheaper!!) use as much or as little as you like
2 eggs
ham or bacon chopped up
Cooked spaghetti

mix/whisk together eggs, fromage frais and cheese in a bowl (you can add chopped chives, onion or spring onion to this too)
Cook spaghetti, return to pan with heat turned off, add mixture stir it in and replace lid - the heat from the spaghetti will warm the sauce through. If it's heated too much the egg will scramble!! Add ham and serve. Yummy!!

Had a no spend day today so really pleased!!

NEgirl

i got my banana loaf recipe from the bero book - my mum use to have one of these books when i was little and its been a life saver many a time!! :rotfl:

orchid-96

Wow this thread moves fast, managed to stay away from the shops today and for tea we had ham and pea risotto (with just long grain rice) which someone on here mentioned as something to do with what I had in...anyway it was really nice and even dh said it was nice - well he can't really tast properly at the moment as he has a problem with his ear and a cold, but he said "I can't really taste it properly, but from what I can taste it seems nice" so I will take that as a compliment :rolleyes: I have even got some leftovers for the twins to try for lunch tomorrow but its a guess as to whether they will entertain it! worth a try though...

Re the milk thing (watering down) my twins have to have full fat and I like skimmed (ds and dh are happy with full fat) so I tend to pick up some skimmed for myself but then when I don't have it in I top up the bottle with watered down full fat and find it is fine, I only really have it with tea though, but have had it with cereal and it was fine..

So a nsd today (apart from £2 for a cuppa at the local toddler group but that comes out of a different budget)

In my grocery budget I include all the housey stuff as well as food and also toiletries, but not petrol / ds dinner money / outings etc.

MRSMCAWBER

NE girl

My mum always had a BERO book when i was little... and i spotted one in Morrisons not so long ago..i had to get one as it has all the old faves.... butter tartlets and coconut tartlets for a start :drool: ... i have over 80 cook books -but that is one of my faves.... and don't get me started on banana bread (cake);)
If i could only keep 1 cook book -that 1 might be it

kbl

Sunnyday wrote: »

and i`ve just returned from reading the buying for christmas 2008 page (can`t remember the exact name) where you posted last.

#Good grief!!!! Did I even make any sense? Am pretty rushed, knackered and distracted, so not sure whether I'm coming or going this week to be honest, still, sure it can only get better, can't it?????:rolleyes:

Frugaldom

Hello everyone, just playing early evening catch-up in the forums. End of week one and my grocery spend for the week was only £17.58 This included today's Co-op additions as follow:
2 x Co-op wholemeal loaves (2 x 65p)
1 x Dairylea (on special at 67p again)
2 x Walkers Crisps multipacks (I think I've been overcharged! Receipt says £1.35 per bag, shop shelf said 2 for something... watch this space! I'm away to the Co-op now to check.)

BRB

kbl

Forgot to say, went to lidl today for tins of chopped tomatoes and bananas, bought the bananas, gammon joint, some bits and peices of stationary, chocolate bar and diet coke, it all came to €15.10:eek: and I ended up forgetting the tomatoes:rotfl: . Just goes to show, keep me away from the shops (even food shopping) when my mind is elsewhere. Off to update my sig (sighhhhhhhh).

singlemum_4

MRSMCAWBER wrote: »

NE girl

My mum always had a BERO book when i was little... and i spotted one in Morrisons not so long ago..i had to get one as it has all the old faves.... butter tartlets and coconut tartlets for a start :drool: ... i have over 80 cook books -but that is one of my faves.... and don't get me started on banana bread (cake);)
If i could only keep 1 cook book -that 1 might be it

You sound like a girl after my own heart, have all my mums old cookbooks and prefer them to my newer ones. Could never part with any of them though have a weakness for cookbooks lol:rotfl: suppose there are worse things!!
Anyway been really good today and kept away from the shops, am so pleased with myself for coming in way under budget last week a first for me, long may it last:TAnyway off to watch masterchef........ah cookery shows another weakness.......

georgiasmum

I will reach the end of week two in my grocery challenge and £5200 a year on Friday 11th. So far grocery bill this week has been £36.05 from £50 per week budget. I have done an online shop which comes to £38 including delivery for next week. I was well stocked before Christmas so it's topping up and won't need to buy cleaning products for a few weeks as I have loads. Any unused money at the end of the month will go to savings or to topping up the cupboard for supplies. Am I doing this correctly? £200 per month is my goal (£50 per week) and so far it seems doable? I am cooking from scratch and mixing vegetarian options as well as meat. We don't really eat puddings as such so yoghurts will have to suffice. How is everyone else doing?