March 2008 Grocery Challenge

mumofjusttwo

ooppps sorry didn't realise we were meant to do it in red so......monthly spend £200.00

icandream

The Bees: your spaghetti bake sounds interesting, do post a recipe later.

Mrs M: inspired by the idea of popping sausages on top of a potato bake. Hadn't thought of that, and it'll be easy and cheap. Thank you.

izoomzomm: do you add water and breadcrumbs. I always add a tblspn of water, and this seems to bind them. Mind you the grated apple and carrot probably help as well. They don't fall apart.

Mooky: I just throw everything I've got into my chicken risotto (chopped onions and leeks, yellow pepper, peas, chicken, and chicken stock). I don't use risotto rice anymore as they kids don't like the stickiness. It's an easy, and cheap meal.

betterlatethannever

icandream....my DD doesn't like the stickiness either..does it work just as well with normal rice then? for some reason i've never thought of using it.

mumzyof2

Hi all I went shopping today at morrisons and i got :

Reduced bag and in it was grapes and 3 bananas - £0.23
Fresh Eggs - £0.99
Reduced Carrots - £0.25
Reduced Nan bread - £0.39
Tomato ketchup - £0.24
Finger rolls - £0.59
Yeast - £0.67
Cheese Pizza - £0.53
Reduced Cabbage - £0.25
Cup a soup BOGOF - £0.95
Cordial - £0.16
soft spread x 2 - £0.48
cravendale milk, 2 for £2
Bread flour x 2 - £1.26

With the bread flour she charged me twice and i only got one, so rang up morrions and have to keep reciept and they will refund me when im next in store

Total - £8.99

lil_me

JayJay14 wrote: »

Edit- lil-me I'ts Natco brand and I saw it tonight and it is now 96p!! bar code no 5 013531 212939

Thanks - I tried there today, couldn't find it, asked at the customer service they said they don't stock it have had issues before when our store stocks things others don't etc. I will try again next time I go asking about that brand & bar code etc. They only had 'White Maize Meal', I also just tried the Natco website and haven't been able to find it on there so far, wonder if they have stopped making it hence the 96p?

icandream

betterlatethannever wrote: »

icandream....my DD doesn't like the stickiness either..does it work just as well with normal rice then? for some reason i've never thought of using it.

Well, the kids prefer it with normal rice (basmati), and I have to say, I do too. It's delicious, though I say so myself, but I do use the stock I make up from the roast, so this makes the rice very tasty. The problem is, I have a packet of risotto rice I now cannot use. Grrrr.

jackie_w

Well I had to go out today to Asda & Aldi.

Spent £8.62 in Aldi. Bought:-

Cucumber £0.61
Spring Onions £0.53
Butternut Squash £0.99
Bag of carrots £0.56
Grapes £0.49
Green Beans £0.49
Bag of Inions £0.66
Sweet Potatos £0.99
3 pkts of biscuits £3.27 (cant seem to get a proper hang of the baking at the minute, and am looking for recipes for biscuits).

In asda I was £1.96 for 6 pints of milk.

So that takes my total up to £25.86

Does anyone use powdered milk in their cooking/baking? Does it taste okay?

Jackie xx

savingfortravel

Hi everyone.
Great to hear of such good progress. Keep it up everyone...
We've just spent another £2 in Tesco today (Cravendale 2 litres -Semi Skimmed -for £2-do I dare water it down??)

Mookybargirl-Could you direct me to the recipe for Mushroom Rissotto?
Have eaten it once or twice (in restaurants) and loved it but never cooked it myself.

Is there a recipe thread somewhere......?????????????

Many Thanks SFT

searching_me

:hello: everybody hope your having a good evening... spent £2.54 on something to eat and drink... quiet annoyed at myself as i have plenty in... but my stomache hurt... so just updated my sig... i need to be tighter with my purse strings lol xx

chewy62

:rolleyes: have managed to spend over half of my monthly budget in a week! Got a new double door American fridge freezer yesterday, so went to Mr. T's this morning to try and find things to fill it! Def not very OS!
Not sure how I"m going to manage with only £140 left, but I do have a lot of meat so I'm going to really try hard!
I also have a separate budget of £50 a week for trips out, take-aways etc, does anybody else have an entertainment budget? How much do you all allow for fun?Cheers!:beer: