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July 2025 Grocery Challenge

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  • carboot_karaoke
    carboot_karaoke Posts: 283 Forumite
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    wishus said:
    Budget creamy chicken and tarragon pasta sounds delish @wishus l need some new ideas can you post the recipe please.

    I have another 3 spends to declare...l know :/. Constantly buying fresh salad, fruit to manage the heat is making me spend more. Total of £22.13 from our normal grocery budget for chicken thighs, baked potatoes, drinks, yoghurts and salad that's already been eaten. A further £8.65 was spent from the entertaining budget on garlic baguettes, sweetcorn,mozzarella cheese for nachos, BBQ sauce and fizzy pop.

    New totals 
    Grocery Budget £159.82 / £450
    Entertaining £28.47 / £120
    Grand total £188.29 / £570

    Recipe

    Here you go!

    Creamy Tarragon Chicken Pasta - Pinch Of Nom - is just the pics and reviews but it's basically this recipe:
    Creamy Tarragon Chicken - Pinch Of Nom + pasta + reduced fat cheddar cheese.
    Only you use chicken pieces rather than whole chicken breasts, and cook the pasta while the chicken, onion, garlic and mushrooms are simmering in the stock, then add to the dish and stir in the cheese and tarragon. To finish, it says add on grated reduced fat cheddar cheese and pop under the grill, but I didn't bother grilling it.

    Another pinch of nom one tonight, also very good - gingered pork Gingered Pork - Pinch Of Nom

    Disaster as I was retrieving sugar from the shelf and the bag split - it went everywhere! Luckily it's bin night.
    Thanks @wishus 😊. 

    Good idea @naturelover22 I will have a look on the library website to see if l can reserve it. 

    MFW
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    16/06/2024 - £99569.04 term remaining 80 months (Feb 2031) 

    Current Balance £39,100

    MFW 2025 #31 £23,900 / £28,000 OP

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    0%CC May 2027-  £2,400

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    Jan £387.89 / Feb £ 355.67 / Mar £418.63 / Apr £478.37 / May £426.52 / June £376.18 

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  • Suffolk_lass
    Suffolk_lass Posts: 10,258 Forumite
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    GSDMum said:

    Today I spent £76.69 / £275 = leaving £198.31 for the rest of the month. I'm topped up with laundry stuff, dishwater tablets, loo rolls, and cleaning stuff.... except I'll need some Calgon type tables soon. I'll need to investigate which tablets are more economical.


    @GSDMum you could try a cup of washing soda crystals (Dri-pac) in the green bags in most sm - if you put white towels or T-Towels in (without other detergents) and use a hot wash at the same time it works really well. As does white (clear) vinegar as a water softener, to stop the limescale building up. I buy the white vinegar in 5L container as it is my go-to cleaning product, with soda crystals, and a bit of citric acid (de-furs kettles) and lemon
    Save £12k in 2025 #2 I am at £4863.32 out of £6000 after May (81.05%)
    OS Grocery Challenge in 2025 I am at £1286.68/£3000 or 42.89% of my annual spend so far
    I also Reverse Meal Plan on that thread and grow much of our own premium price fruit and veg, joining in on the Grow your own thread
    My new diary is here
  • TravelCrystal
    TravelCrystal Posts: 119 Forumite
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    Love the chicken recipe @wishus will definitely give this a go, I have 2 large chicken breasts in the freezer that can be chopped up and used and plenty of dried tarragon. Just need the cream cheese, will add to next week’s shopping list. Trying to stall shopping for as long as possible and making salads at the moment in this heat

    T.C
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