May 2008 Grocery Challenge

angelatgraceland

MrDT wrote: »

Hiya Funky, I only saw strawberry sorry, that's my favourite though I think they have choccy ones in morrisons for about 8p if that helps at all. Not as cheap as strawberry in tesco/asda, but still a lot less than 40p for angel delight branded ones

Asda only do strawberry too I use it to top trifle instead of cream-I make it with a little less milk.

I must try morrisons if Im near and look for the choccy ones-no problems with 8p!
Didn't do any shopping at all today so yes ive run out of milk but I can manage until tomorrow. Some weeks, rather than saying I have £75 to spend I may just allow myself ten or elevn pounds per day intead. If I do this I wil need to just put the daily allowance in my purse. Ive done this before and if you are going through a phase of multiple shopping trips this restricts the spending and keeps you in budget.

funkyfunkymonkey

A few posters have asked in the past about how many oats/lentils to add when bulking out mince. As an example I bulked out my chilli with lentils and oats, 2kg mince, 200g lentils, 200g oats. Everyone said it was good - not that they knew anything about the lentils or oats :shhh: . Made 12 meals for 4 in total for £5 mince (Tesco buy 2 x 1kg for £5)

FFM

jak

Do you just use ordinary porrige oats? Which lentils do you use? I need some ideas as dh likes his meat!

I have spent 9.77 at ASDA -dh went and didn't use coupons!!!!!!!
Also today I spend 1.52 in Tescos.
Do you include you toilet roll and stuff in food and groceries or do you have a seperate budget for that?

shelley1977

i tried adding oats for the first time and instead of just having enough for 1 meal for the 6 of us plus a little extra i ended up with 2 meals and extra for lunch the next day for my boys.my eldest who hasn't been keen on mince recently said it was the best ive ever made.

MRSMCAWBER

Morning all

Another NSD for me today:j .... i keep telling myself that i can go out tomorrow and get some bits n bobs -but i know i don't NEED anything -so im trying to talk some sense into myself
Have checked and i have plenty of salad stuff and i have enough oranges and yogurts..so as im only supposed to be getting fruit, veg, yogurts and the like this month...I have no excuse as the cupboards, fridges and freezers are packed to capacity ...... will have to make myself wait until i need fruit..then i will go

I took some hm sausages out of the freezer last night so will be making hubby some sausage rolls later, and took out some meat to make meatballs with caramalised veg in tortillas and salad for dinner tonight mmmmm
Hubby is away from tues morning until Wed evening this week playing golf..so thats another 2 days worth of food saved :rotfl:

Im off out in the garden in a moment..get some more planting done and set more seeds.... in fact THAT is how i can keep myself out of the shops for the next few days..by busying myself in the garden instead :T

right i had better get off and get out whilst its lovely and sunny
Have a great day everyone

mandy_moo_1

Mrs._Irwin wrote: »

I've seen mention of meatloaf (sorry, can't remember who!) and have been meaning to give this a try - can we have a recipe?
Mrs. Irwin
xx

it was meee!!
here's the link for the one i made, its one of mrbadexamples, so if you have time, you HAVE to read the whole thread!!

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=374115&page=7&highlight=meatloaf

i don't know how to shorten a link, you know when someone does one and it says look here, and you just click on that one word? anyone know please?

well i'm off to mr M's soon to see if there're any whoopsies, then i'm going on the sunbeds cos i need warming up!! its freezing here today!! :snow_grin

hope everyone has a good day xx

moo2moo

Ran out of milk so drove 4 miles to the nearest shop where I parted with £2.87 for 4 pints of milk and 2 bogof milkshakes for my littlest as a treat. She spent yesterday sweeping the garden paths and cleaning out the hen houses whilst her elder sibling sat in the sun reading a book and ordering her around. I did promise her a trip to the park as a reward but its heaving down and we've had thunderstorms on and off all night. Shes over the moon.

I was vaguely considering a trip to Tesco for a few other bits and pieces but there isn't any space in the freezer, I have 4 kg of cheese in the fridge (more bogofs) the cupboards are heaving, the wine rack is 3 layers deeper than it was designed to be and I can't get into the cupboard under the stairs for washing liquid (1/3rd off) or fabric conditioner (2/3rds off). Other than needing fruit (fruit bowl is empty) and veg (down to frozen) there really doesn't seem much point in going. That and I'm in a lazy slob about doing nowt in my PJs frame of mind.

weezl74

Hi Mandymoo,

D'you see the icon above where you write your message, with a globe and a link in front of it? You highlight your word, like here click that icon, then paste the full url like: http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/newreply.html?do=postreply&t=889477 in the box that pops up.

Hope that helps!

SAVVYMUMMY_2

:hello: Hi everyone, just a quick update.

NSD yesterday as we were treated to a bar-b-cue, and also today as I am hoping to make the beery bacon pie(fingers crossed)and already have the ingrediants for that.

Victory-glad to hear you received a £20 voucher(and so they should)
Taplady- big huggs for your sad news

Anyway today hoping to sort out some free wood for our fire, for next winter.

Catch you all later.

juliejim

Morning All

I haven't caught up for a couple of days and don't know whether I'll manage to read all the thread so hope everyone's doing okay.

So far this month I've spent £20.59 - £17.60 was for dinner in BHS yesterday! DH promised the kids they could go McDs for dinner but it was absolutely packed so we ended up in BHS.

Just posted my total for April on the April thread - ended up going over by £56.40!

Hope everyone has a good day

Jue