June 2008 Grocery Challenge

teedy23

fluffysox wrote: »

Wow- good luck sounds like it'll be an expensive month, what will you do for gifts? I have two wedding anniversaries this month, a first and a fortieth. I'm giving the newlyweds are getting a bottle of wine from the island they honeymooned on but stuck for ideas for the fortieth, might just give a nice card- definitely too skint to buy rubies:eek: .

If they have a garden an annivesary rose bush is a nice idea, get one called ruby something and it,ll match in with the occasion;) . Hope someone else hasnt suggested this I havent read through all the thread yet.
My skint daughter gave my brother and his new wife a packet of joo-joo berries (spelling?) on their wedding day, they are not 16 anymore.

mandy_moo_1

evening all :wave:

i've just sat and done a meal plan for the next couple of weeks, and for this week, i've reckoned i should only need to buy carrots, mushrooms, tomatoes, and mint aeros......wonder if I can keep to that?? :rolleyes:

i always start the week with really good intentions, and then there's always something i've forgotten .......oh, damn! i've just remembered.... DS14 has told me he wants some new socks and they have to come out of my grocery money as i don't have enough for another budget. he said i have to get the TopMan ones, but he's getting Peacocks and can lump it !!

don't suppose anyone has a foolhardy recipe for bread that i can make the dough in the BM then bake in the oven do they? every time i try, its a disaster, and i don't really like it baked in the BM....we usually stick to HM rolls, but i fancy beans on toast sometimes :rotfl:

Moniker

Le_Foot wrote: »

Don't forget you are on the 'Old Style' website. Why don't you have a go at making bread by hand. The only extra time needed is the 10 min. kneading time..otherwise it takes no longer than a BM...do have a go...you might just enjoy the sense of satisfaction it gives (and get rid of a few 'aggressions' on the dough

I have tried this (in fact yesterday I had to finish it off by hand as I discovered that the machine was broken after I had set it going!) but a) I have arthritus so it makes my hands/wrists ache a lot and b) it's ok at the weekends but in the week I work full time and don't have time in the day.When I get home from work I cook our meal and do the chores and at the weekends I cook(including baking cakes and biscuits and preparing as much as I can for the week ahead) and clean and iron and cut the grass etc etc etc , so I don't have time for bread making too.

Honeyapple

Had my first no shopping day today. Also had Sunday lunch at MIL so no cooking for me.

Nessa56

mandy_moo_1 wrote: »

evening all :wave:

i've just sat and done a meal plan for the next couple of weeks, and for this week, i've reckoned i should only need to buy carrots, mushrooms, tomatoes, and mint aeros......wonder if I can keep to that?? :rolleyes:

Just cos it's small doesn't mean it's there and mint aeros.... :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

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cherie1122

I spent nothing on shopping today but had to spend £2 on a car park when we went out for a walk.

I'm pleased with that!

annie123

no chance to spend money today, been chained to the cooker!

1.5 kg mince made

• 9 portions of chili con carne with rice
• 5 individual cottage pies
• 10 spicy meat balls

also made

• 12 microwave flap jacks
• left over mash from cottage pies used to make 20 small Thai style fish cakes
• 2 turkey breasts turned into fajitas
• 6 roasted chicken legs/thighs....lunches for DH

then mowed the lawn and pottered in the garden for an hour and finished off with an hours ironing:rolleyes: Dont you just love a day off work!!

At least I won't have to cook much after work for a while, the freezer is now overstocked!!

boredofbeingathome

Annie021063 wrote: »

We have an Aldi opened near us, I have had a quick look but was wondering if anyone could recommend some good value products from them?

I found the best way was to buy everything that was the same as my normal shop.
I have found the fruit and veg very good, the wholemeal bread, flour, columbian coffee, biccys..although i make a lot of homemade as well.Jams are good value, and lots of special offers. Too many to list.

huxley

Hi everyone well my month started today, I started with good intentions of getting prepared for the week, made cookies dh and ds2 took them to work with them none left:o made 2 boiled fruit cakes just been the kitchen 1 whole one and 1 slice left:o , ds1 and gs popped in so more supplies went into sandwiches, mmmmmmmm I'm starting to think the only way to succeed at a challenge here is if there was a door on the kitchen that I could put a lock on! But i haven't spent anything yet:rotfl:

Judellie

Popped into mrA today and spent £13.25.
Got some fruit and veg, some whoopsied sandwich meat, orange juice cartons for kids lunches and crisps. Went in about 20mins before closing and hardly any whoopsied things at all. Those that were still seemed alot. I used to get whoopsied sandwiches for about 20p, the ones today were only down to 90p, so didn't bother.

Got tea ready before I went to work at about 6. The kids had sausage casserole using up some left over veg and sausages. For OH and me I cooked a whoopsied quiche. I told him when I went to work that all he had to do was get himself a baked potato and beans to go with it. I got back at 10.30 looking forward to some quiche to find he'd eaten it all because he couldn't be bothered to bake himself a potato. I'm livid as was going to take some to work tomorrow for lunch as well..

That just about sums him up!!
Rant over

Jude xx