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January 2014 Grocery Challenge
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This sounds lovely! As a fairly new veggie, I struggle with inspiration for recipes. If you have time, can you point me in the direction of a recipe?
Hopefully my 3rd NSD in a row today!
Its not so much a recipe as a throw in what you have! But loosely; in olive oil or a knob of butter fry about 3 cloves of garlic and 10 sliced mushrooms until soft. Then wilt in fresh spinach or today I am going to make with frozen spinach (cheaper!). Then layer up as a usual lasagne with sheets and white sauce. Top with grated cheese! Bake in oven 30 mins approx. If you get a good deal on mushrooms or spinach this recipe is great frozen in those foil trays. But use a very big pan if batch cooking and using fresh spinach as it takes up so much space before it wilts! HTH x0 -
Michelle-some of the shops deliver free if you order £100 worth. asda and Sainsburys do. However-I think that is a very generous allowance and if you mealplan I think you will cut it down to £80 pw easily! Don't miss out on thos free delivery slots!Annual Grocery budget 2018 is £1500 pa £125 calendar month £28.84 pw for 3 adults0
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This sounds lovely! As a fairly new veggie, I struggle with inspiration for recipes. If you have time, can you point me in the direction of a recipe?
Hopefully my 3rd NSD in a row today!
Hi CherryPie, we sometimes have Creamy courgette lasagne, which is yummy.
Ingredients (serves 4): 9 dried lasagne sheets, 1 tbsp sunflower oil, 1 onion finely chopped, 700g courgettes (about 6) coursely grated, 2 garlic cloves crushed, 250g ricotta, 50g cheddar, 350g jar tomato sauce for pasta (or make your own).
Method: heat oven to 220. Put a pan of water on to boil and cook lasagne sheets for about 5 mins until softened. Rinse in cold water, drizzle with a little oil to stop them sticking together. Heat the oil in a large frying pan, fry the onion. After 3 mins, add courgettes and garlic and fry until courgette has softened and turned bright green. Stir in 2/3 of ricotta and cheddar, season. Heat the tomato sauce. In a large baking dish, layer up the lasagne, starting with half the courgette mix, then pasta, then tomato sauce. Repeat, top with blobs of remaining ricotta, scatter the rest of the cheddar. Bake on the top shelf for about 10 mins until pasta is tender and cheese is golden.Thank you to everyone who posts on here
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Upsy Staffordshire - your Creamy Courgette Lasagne is in the index (under 'L') Part time working mum | Married in 2014 | DS born 2015 & DD born 2018
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6542225/stopping-the-backsliding-a-family-of-four-no-longer-living-beyond-their-means/p1?new=1
Consumer debt free!
Mortgage: -£128,033
Savings: £6,050
- Emergency fund £1,515
- New kitchen £556
- December £420
- Holiday £3,427
- Bills £132
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Chloris - I've also added your Mushroom and Spinach Lasagne (again under 'L') Part time working mum | Married in 2014 | DS born 2015 & DD born 2018
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6542225/stopping-the-backsliding-a-family-of-four-no-longer-living-beyond-their-means/p1?new=1
Consumer debt free!
Mortgage: -£128,033
Savings: £6,050
- Emergency fund £1,515
- New kitchen £556
- December £420
- Holiday £3,427
- Bills £132
Total joint pension savings: £55,4250 -
Spent £10.64 in lidl on;
Reduced mozzarella with the 7th on!?
Cucumber
Apples
Cauliflower
Puff pastry
Ham
15 eggs
Bread
Nappies.
That should be it now until well into next week as I have a lot of cupboard freezer stock!
We had hm chicken and veg soup for lunch with dregs of veggies and some chicken stock from freezer and I used some LO mash to thicken it. Was lovely I'm C, Mummy to DS 29/11/2010 and DD 02/11/2013
Overdraft PAID OFF
CC PAID OFFGC Sept £141.17/2000 -
My Dad went to pay my rent for me so no need for me to go out the house. I will need nappies tomorrow though I think.
So today is NSD #3
Pizza for tea tonight
Chicken breast and noodles tomorrow
Pie on Sunday then I really need to get meal planning and order Mr A for Monday216/2018 (make ££ in 2018)
Grocery challenge
Jan 227/400
swagbucks target 2018 1452/273750 -
Can I join in too please?
I get paid on the 10th Jan this month and usually spend £200 per month on food and household goods for my husband, me and our 2 cats. I menu plan, cook from scratch and use old style cleaning products like star drops, vinegar etc but I've been finding over the last 3-4 months I'm slipping over budget. We also spend too much on alcohol (not in that £200). Time to tighten the budget up and make our lifestyle better.
I will aim for £180 spend this Jan pay-month.
Think we eat too many meat based meals, so I'm going to try to up meat-free meals to 3-4 times a week and reduce portion sizes. Hubby will hate it...0 -
Can I join in too please?
Think we eat too many meat based meals, so I'm going to try to up meat-free meals to 3-4 times a week and reduce portion sizes. Hubby will hate it...
Welcome Katkin - and I agree - even with cheapish things like bacon and corned beef hash we would be better eating veggie more often. My DH is also a meat and veg kinda guy so probably not going to make much of a difference in our household. perhaps I'll try just one!!! Does anyone have any ideas please?July 16 £95/£200
Nov 16 £0/£200
"To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don't need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself." Thich Nhat Hahn0 -
After 2 glorious NSDs had the spaniels clipped today. It's their first clipping. £50 so that's a tenth of my monthly budget, but they should be ok now for a couple of months.MrsSD declutter medals 2023 🏅🏅🏅⭐⭐ 2025
25 for 25: 127 / 625
declutter: 173 / 2025
frogs eaten: 60
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