June 2025 Grocery Challenge

C_J

Well the nectarine and chilli chutney was a triumph! 

Two punnets of nectarines made two jars of chutney, one to keep and one to give to my daughter who was desperate to try some.  You are right @K9sandFelines it is quite hot - I like spicy things, but anyone trying the recipe who likes their chutneys a little milder may want to really reduce the chilli content. I used one large red chilli, grated into the mix from frozen including the seeds. I might omit the seeds next time.

I couldn’t find my yellow mustard seeds in the spice cupboard (odd, I know I have some!) so I substituted half a teaspoon of Colman’s yellow mustard powder but otherwise followed the recipe. I would definitely make this again, it will be fab in sandwiches or alongside cold meats. It’s similar to mango chutney but not nearly as sweet.

Pennypincin

I have 50p left this week.
I've bought bits and bobs including salad, potatoes, coffee substitute and pasta sauce.

carboot_karaoke

Hi All 

I just thought I'd say thank you for your all of your suggestions for our impending gathering next week. I've decided on the following;

Pulled chicken
Baps
Home made wedges
Homemade Coleslaw 
Salad 
Nachos 
Mexican rice with beans / Pesto Pasta - for the vegetarians /vegans 

Brought the chicken, pasta, pesto, tortilla crisps and seasonings today. Noted the prices of other things I'll buy next week. I think it should come to £50 /£2 per head all in.  I'll update on the July thread. 

CK x 

K9sandFelines

£10.84 spent at Tesc@.
£10.00 in clubcard vouchers and the rest on my card. 
Mostly gluten free pasta, free from ice-cream, free from pesto and frozen chips ( DGD won't eat home made)

K9sandFelines

C_J said:

Well the nectarine and chilli chutney was a triumph! 

Two punnets of nectarines made two jars of chutney, one to keep and one to give to my daughter who was desperate to try some.  You are right @K9sandFelines it is quite hot - I like spicy things, but anyone trying the recipe who likes their chutneys a little milder may want to really reduce the chilli content. I used one large red chilli, grated into the mix from frozen including the seeds. I might omit the seeds next time.

I couldn’t find my yellow mustard seeds in the spice cupboard (odd, I know I have some!) so I substituted half a teaspoon of Colman’s yellow mustard powder but otherwise followed the recipe. I would definitely make this again, it will be fab in sandwiches or alongside cold meats. It’s similar to mango chutney but not nearly as sweet.

That's exactly what I thought, very close to mango. So glad I omitted the heat.i added black mustard seeds, but I'm sure anything similar works 
I wonder if there are some other flavour profiles I've not thought of yet for chutney?

PipneyJane

I’m declaring for June at £162.50/£165.

We’ll roll the £2.50 over to July.

- Pip

K9sandFelines

Another few spends here 🫣
£2.55 from my own stores
£6.32 in Aldi! On basic, rice cakes, tofu, toilet gel and sweet potatoes
£2.47 in H@me Bargains on toothbrushes and Spring onions 

Nelliegrace

Grocery Budget for June for Two £150

We had our free hot drinks at the garden centre and the 2 for 1 strawberry, cream and jam scones. We had a free hot drink left for June, so we treated an old gentleman to his coffee.

We got a tin of treacle half price at £1.15 from the small Wrose there. I use a teaspoon of treacle with white sugar when the recipe says brown. I have been given a 10kg sack of sugar in return for the newish landline phones we had stopped using. 

Shopped at Asda on the way home. They had offers on the melon £1.99 £1.28, clementines  £1.19 98p, and nectarines £1.48 98p. The sardines in brine were 52p, there were still no budget range ones.The wholemeal bread flour was £1.05 for 1.5 kg, we use 400g in a loaf. 

£21.77 spent 



14 eggs from the old hens this week.
It is too hot to cook, dinner tonight will be tinned chickpeas and salad. I am not going shopping again until it is cooler.

June Total for Groceries £99.65

AnotherNewDay

@elsiepac is there a link for July GC yet?

moginstein

elsiepac said:

July GC Now Live!

Hope everyone is surviving the heat so far, gonna be another hot weekend...(bring on winter, 
I hate the warm weather lol)

Hi @AnotherNewDay it was on the previous page
Been awake myself for about an hour, too hot...