May 2008 Grocery Challenge

mandy_moo_1

dink1 wrote: »

hi guys, another no spend day, but tomorrow will have to go to supermarket. The worst thing is that I feel kinda panicky that we would run out of food when in actual fact the freezer is still half full. Its just fruit and stuff I really need of that and chocolate lol. Am I the only one that feels like that?

lol!! i feel exactly the same as you!! i have 3 freezers absolutely chocka-ful of stuff, and its only me and DD17 & DS14 that i feed out of there!! i make sure i ALWAYS have at least a dozen HM rolls in there. i think i'm terrified of running out of food cos when i was married H would barely give us enough money to feed me and the children...it all went on his golfing and socialising. i suppose thats why i panic about not having enough food so i over compensate

mandy_moo_1

sorry posted same post twice x

shaz_mum_of__2

dink1 wrote: »

hi guys, another no spend day, but tomorrow will have to go to supermarket. The worst thing is that I feel kinda panicky that we would run out of food when in actual fact the freezer is still half full. Its just fruit and stuff I really need of that and chocolate lol. Am I the only one that feels like that?

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me too start panicking if i can see the backs of cupboards!!!

Shaz

Tashja

mandy_moo_1 wrote: »

lol!! i feel exactly the same as you!! i have 3 freezers absolutely chocka-ful of stuff, and its only me and DD17 & DS14 that i feed out of there!! i make sure i ALWAYS have at least a dozen HM rolls in there. i think i'm terrified of running out of food cos when i was married H would barely give us enough money to feed me and the children...it all went on his golfing and socialising. i suppose thats why i panic about not having enough food so i over compensate

I think this is a little bit like me - we have had times where we have had to beg and borrow money just so we could buy baby milk for N when he was a baby.

Obviousley things are better now but I just keep buying - I hsve always got a little nervous over having no food in but since getting PND I have got worse

T xx

catnap53

I think the personal experiences go some way to explaining the panic, but I really believe it goes back in our ancestry to the days of the hunter/gatherer when early man needed to get what he could when it was available or the family would starve.

Not that I am a psychologist or anything, but I like to believe that it isn't my fault when I overbuy!

Or is this an excuse?

Moniker

Sharon_1970 wrote: »

You have started me off on something now. Ok the box of mushrooms I bought for £2.50 from the market atthe weekend and now mostly sliced and in the freezer. It was a huge box, about the size of a lettuce box. So if I can freeze mushrooms can I do the same with carrots? I know you have to top/tail and peel them then blanch. If I cut them into rounds and blanch them and freeze them what do I do when I come to use them? I always steam my veg, can I just steam them from frozen and how long would they take to cook?

I am sure you can just steam them from frozen. I steam all my veg including frozen peas which take about 8-10mins.

fallen_angel_shelley

evening all. another £8.21p spent in mr t's today:rolleyes:. i'm just waighting for DS to come home and then we are having fish cakes, salad and potato salad. DS did his GCSE maths exam today and said it went well:T and found it easy:rolleyes: , i wish i new who he got his brains of:rotfl:. i don't know if any of you have tried mr t's value mandarins (11p a tin), they are yummy with a dollop of natural yogurt (value one is about 35-ish-p). i have not had time to start looking for a frezzer yet, been to busy with college work, but i will be on the case by the end of the week. big hugs for all that need one.

shelley xx

Moniker

clair2305 wrote: »

moniker, switch switch switch....or ask for your credit back, they are earning interest on this amount, when it could be in your account earning interest for you...just switch to quarterly bill rather than payment plan and then put the £8 per week into another account (or if you think you will dip, into a tin or ask family/friend to hold onto it)

I did switch about 12 months ago after following advice on here. I have been really busy at work recently, but will be off in a few weeks for the summer so I intend to have another go at the comparison websites then. I have already managed to cut down on my water bill (from £20 to £13 per month - we have a water meter), by being extra careful and also we have had a blitz on switching stuff off which is why we are in credit for gas and elec now - usually we still have about £60 to pay this time of the year. What really annoyed me was that they wanted to put my payment up by so much when I was in credit and likely to be until the end of the summer. Better to have the money in my account than theirs! Sorry if this is off post. Rant over!

Moniker

sandy2_2

Originally Posted by Sharon_1970
You have started me off on something now. Ok the box of mushrooms I bought for £2.50 from the market atthe weekend and now mostly sliced and in the freezer. It was a huge box, about the size of a lettuce box.

Do you have to do anything to the mushrooms before freezing them

candygirl

I surrender this month.I have gone waaaaaay over my £120 target, mainly due to working FT and visiting my Dad who is v ill at the mo.I haven't been doing much cooking, but am off next week so will be able to do some then:o