February 2025 Grocery Challenge

Mrs_Cheshire

Forgot to get the lamb chunks out yesterday and I'd been busy all day so got a chinese takeaway. Was enjoyed by all and we have enough for another meal for two people if I add rice. 
Today is roast beef with cauliflower cheese
Meal plan for this coming week
Mon - leftover chinese with rice (kids are eating out)
Tues - greek inspired meatball bake with roasted new potatoes
Weds - chicken pesto pasta 
Thurs - Prawn stir fry with noddles & crispy duck pancakes
Fri -  ready meals  (free from Ol!o) - (kids are out)
Sat - Garlic and herb chicken with tomato & herb risotto
Sun - pork casserole with mash and red cabbage

Total now stands at £351.19/£500

Nelliegrace

February Budget £140.

I did the second grocery shop of the month on Thursday. Milk, evap, butter and rapeseed spread, vegetables, fruit, mushrooms, mixed seeds, and fruit and nut mix. £16.42 spent.
DH bought extra milk, £2.90.

Our £6 ration of meat from the freezer was a small lamb joint, cut from a half price leg of lamb, cooked as a pot roast. That did six portions, four hot meals and two sandwiches. Some reduced price, diced beef was used for a stew made in the pressure cooker, with leftovers next day, and I defrosted some cooking bacon to make hot bacon sandwiches.  We have fish, eggs, milk, cheese, beans, seeds, nuts, and grains, so we have ample protein. 

We enjoyed the member’s free birthday voucher for hot drink and cake each at Dobbies, and took a flask of coffee and some homemade cake for an afternoon out, using our National Trust membership. 

£33.33 spent £106.67 left.

carboot_karaoke

Morning all, 

I have, a rather large spend to declare 🫣. £100.42 to be exact, trying to get lots in to cover half term. 

I spent £11 on diary and eggs, planning some baking afternoons, nearly £30 on meat, but this should see us through to the end of the month.  Another £20 on fruit and veg,  it costs so much 🙄 . We also needed, foil, cling flim, dettol spray, fairy liquid and dishwasher tabs which was £14 about £6 on beans, lentils and the rest was on bread, snacks, dried fruit, nuts, squash and condiments.  

New totals £288.46 /£500.  Remaining budget £211.54

I've spent about £40 than l had hoped for at this point of the month.  I'm going to revisit my food plan to incorporate more of what we have already. 


Ps Congratulations @EcoIntent 😊

Suffolk_lass

For those of you considering baking with your little ones, I recommend Twinks hobnobs in the recipes at the start of the thread.

Dairy free, a bit of melting, a bit of stirring, a bit of shaping and sticking on sheets to cook - and they taste too good. I reduce the sweetness a bit, but highly recommend doing half the recipe

t14cy_t

just catching up!!! spends of £64 to post, buchers, iceland, tesco and aldi were my down fall. so, budget is now £76/

£100. ouch!!! going to a community pantry on tuesady so looking forward to that. xx

Soontobeoap

Well done @ecointent. Glad you are getting a good feeling about it all.we have our ups and downs but being accountable definitely makes us think about how and what we purchase. Another £12.00 for me today in Aldi.I bought the 2 chickens that I should have bought on Saturday as well as Coco pops, milk and lactose free milk. We still have treats to go and another week!!! As 2 pensioners we can get our 5 a day from cheap veg . The GC love their fruit and snacks. I do feel for the Mums and Dad's of children trying to keep them fed on a budget.my DD does say they don't eat so much at home though so they probably take advantage of the fact that I am soft! 🤦

cheerfulness4

Spent £3 in Morrisons on cup a soups.  

Pennypincin

Blown the rest of this weeks budget picking up more bits and bobs.
I will start again with the new monthly budget.

Mrs_Cheshire

Spent £4.16 in Her0N foods on flapjacks, milkshake and lunchables. Spent £54.34 in Ald! on drinks for trips out (we do take squash in reusable bottles but this saves the expense of the cafe if they want something different), bananas, cereal, crackers, bbq sauce x4 (to save hubby spending over £4 on a bottle), apple juice, tissues, ice cream, yogurts, sweets to put away for Easter, latte sachets, dips, chocolate/biscoff spreads, fruit snacks and some pickled red onions. 
I've done a click and collect order for Friday from Mr M's which should be enough for the following week/end of the month. 
£409.69/£500

diminua

I've been away a few days - a longish canal walk from Birmingham (luckily not the day it rained) and then a day wandering Leamington Spa (when it did). That food came out of holiday budget as I was away, but not counting that I have spent £114.68 so far this month.