May 2008 Grocery Challenge

Frugaldom

Afternoon to you all, hello and welcome to all the newbies and good luck to all with this latest grocery challenge. I just scraped in last month because of the last minute bulk-buy splurge on pasta & rice. My month runs 1st to last day and there are 3 adults to feed in our household and I haven't reduced the budget as none of the veggies are grown enough to eat yet.

6 pages worth here already, wow! I can never keep up with the posts on here. :rotfl:

Sharon_1970_2

I have set my budget for £400 but I think I am going to aim for £300 in the vain hope that the difference will allow me to buy one of those Panasonic breadmakers that you guys all rave about.

I have a MR one which is really old, got it when BMs first came out and I am not that impressed with the loaves they are a bit bricklike in shape. I do use it to make dough and then bake rolls. What are the loaves shaped like on the Panasonic ones? Do you use them mostly for making dough then rolls? or do you prefer to make loaves with them? Just curious

nessquic80

LEMON MADERIA
4oz marg
6 oz caster sugar
8oz sr flour
2 eggs
1 lemon juice and zest

cream marg and sugar add eggs one at a time as not to curdle, add zest and juice then sifted flour mix well, (the mix will look a bit thick)i used to put it into two seperate tins one loaf and one round but yesterday i put it all in a loaf tin(well greased with marg and baking paper) and cook on 180 gas 5 for twenty mintues then turn down to 150 until cooked, approx 15 min...put a knife through itto see if its cooked there shouldnt be any mix on it when you pull it out,then leave on a cooling rack....if you can wait that long our lot never can...............enjoy!!

carolt2

:hello: Good afternoon all and welcome to all NEWBIES.

Found the new thread and we are already up to page 6 :eek: .

I went to Asda today for the 1st time in a year. OH went with me and we were both surprised by the price rises. OH used to regularly shop there before we moved in together.

However they did have some good offers
18 free range eggs for £2
5 mullerrice/lights for £1
2 x 400g mature minced beef for £2

Spent £12 in total. signature updated.

victory

Sainsburys today has some great bargains BOGOF on mullerlight yogs packs of 6, seriously strong cheese BOGOF ,diet coke BOGOF(keep them for the party)snack a jacks pack of 6 BOGOF but they only had 4 pack otherwise would have stocked up a lot on them because me and the kids eat them rather than crisps since the weight loss...lots of bargains, the toms had gone up to 99p for 6:eek: I thought it was 58p but when i got to the cash desk it was 99p:rolleyes:

Lots of biscuits BOGOF but I bought a lot of 24 pack of custard creams and 58p jaffa cakes saisburys own brand no fancy packaging for the kids birthday party at the end of the month, also lots of own brand toffees 54p, midget gems 54p etc once the packaging comes off the kids don't care...the full price for the kids party was (paid seperate for it as wanted to know how much) £3.63, the other was £30.14

SAVVYMUMMY_2

nessquic80 wrote: »

LEMON MADERIA
4oz marg
6 oz caster sugar
8oz sr flour
2 eggs
1 lemon juice and zest

cream marg and sugar add eggs one at a time as not to curdle, add zest and juice then sifted flour mix well, (the mix will look a bit thick)i used to put it into two seperate tins one loaf and one round but yesterday i put it all in a loaf tin(well greased with marg and baking paper) and cook on 180 gas 5 for twenty mintues then turn down to 150 until cooked, approx 15 min...put a knife through itto see if its cooked there shouldnt be any mix on it when you pull it out,then leave on a cooling rack....if you can wait that long our lot never can...............enjoy!!

Sounds Yummmmy!. will have to try this tomorrow, maybe. In the middle of doing carrot soup at the mo, as brought large bag of value carrots the other day(We all snack on these as well, so go through a fair bit).

mrs-moneypenny

put me down for £400 this month please.

its getting to be like my school reports, 'must try harder' seems to be my thought every month.:o

Had a major find at the car boot on sunday found someone selling school catering type tins (you know the big oblong aluminum ones with lids, i gt a shallow one and a deep one. the shallow one is ideal for flap jacks etc and the deeper one will be great for sponge cakes that can be cut into squares and tucked in the freezer. Even the lids will come in as baking trays It only cost £5 for the two:T .

Sosh

My first ever Mr T delivery arrived today, late :mad: , I wanted to do a lot of baking, while ds was asleep, but suffice to say, Mr T woke him up so I only managed to make some fruit muffins, with the "help" of dd.

Mr T came to £102.43, but included a crate of beer for DH which was on special. He has agreed to try to cut down to 1 packet of biscuits a day :rolleyes: (He makes me sick, he looks like a whippet, yet puts away twice the amount I do. If I so much as look at a cream cake, I put on half a stone.)

I still have around £60 pw, but I'm hoping to only have to spend around £25. I only need fruit and milk once the cravendale runs out, plus some nappies for ds towards the end of the month.

While putting away my shopping, I did notice some items that I could easily get away without, but slipped into my basket out of sheer laziness. I must try better next month :embarasse

jinky67

I am joining in again
I will do better this month
I wish to declare my budget at £225 for May (2 adults DS 15 and DD 7)
will be checking in more regularly for ideas
xx

superspam

Just a quickie - first shop of the month came to £22.20 and included a couple of offers so I think it went ok! Going to update my sig and start a running total for the month. GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!!