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October 2024 Grocery Challenge

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  • October budget: Put me down for £400 on groceries and £180 for coffee/lunch/takeout spends please?
    We are already on £104.98/£400 as we had a Mr T order today - so we wont need anything in for a week now hopefully :)
    Groceries remains as per my last post as we have not had to buy anything in since the last order. :smile:

    £54.67 on coffee/lunch/takeout this week. I'm off work next week and so wont be spending anything on this area unless we have a takeout, but unlikely as we'll be able to cook a lot of stuff from the freezer. :)
  • Evening all,

    Just a couple of small spends to declare £4.92 at Asda on squash and potatoes and £1.88 on cauliflower and rocket at Lidl. 

    Hopefully no more spending until Wednesday 

    New total is £248.44/£650 


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  • I've lost the plot this week and have lost track of the spending on food.
    I will start again tomorrow though.
    I'm still trying to run the freezer down.
    I will also need to do an online delivery, mainly for tinned, heavy or awkward items to restock the cupboards.
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  • @Suffolk_lass which open jars of fruit are you using? Are they whole fruit or more like jams? I’m just wondering if I could repurpose some strawberry jam / preserves into a crumble but probably not. Maybe if I add some old apples to the mix?
  • LadyWithAPlan
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    @LadyWithAPlan - when using dried beans, you may find them more digestible if, after soaking, you freeze them overnight before cooking.  It breaks down the cell walls.  It should also cut down the cooking time.  I don’t bother defrosting the frozen beans; I just peal them out of the (recycled) bread bag in which I froze them, dump them into my pressure cooker, pour over boiling water from the kettle and pressure cook as normal.  (NB:  I always cook at least 500g of dried beans in a batch, freezing cooked beans in 450g-500g tubs, which is the equivalent of two tins.  When I make a chilli, I’d normally use two tins-worth.)
    ...
    - Pip
    This is super useful tx - I will try as it will help with the budget and time, far easier to grab ready from the freezer
    I am managing to get tins from Morries/Aldi at 49p-55p and my fav el paso refried  2 for £3 which I then add more beans in. I am just soaking red lentils - i know they dont need soaking but again I get more gassy if  even they are dried (sorry for the lack of feminine language)

    I need to hunt out some more beans recipes as I am eating them daily - i have with avocado, coriander, salsa, lime,hot sauce (love Cholula`) and some protein and loads veg.

    Grocery   £57 so far  and £4.90 junk 
    3 x £1.59 - just gone up from £1.,50  5 L still water - I live in London so this for the coffee machine/kettle and drinking
    My freezer is jammed packed with YS protein - added 2kg  YS chicken breast apportioned out and  some YS ostrich  gf meatballs
    I do need to buy some dried beans to try this freezer experiment ...




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