January 2010 Grocery Challenge

jkc wrote: »

whats the cheapest recipe any ones found so far? how many potions do you get? curently on 30 to 40 pounds grocery but would really like to cut back, with out nutritiant depravaition.
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you'll find useful links in Pink's list on the front page - try this one - and also in the front page recipe list (see Top Tips) and more in the Complete Indexed Collection in post #3

there are lots of ways of stretching meals, like rubber chicken, adding chopped vegetable and/or lentils to recipes; also take note of how much you throw out, reducing waste is another way of saving money.

If you're including cleaning stuff in your budget, it might be worth checking out the Save zillions on cleaning index

If you need any specific help please ask and someone will help. Good luck!.

God I need this thread.

I probably spend more on food than anyone on this board <cringes>

I don't know exactly how much (I don't yet keep receipts!) but each week at Morrison's I spend about £80 plus I pop to the local shops once or twice and spend maybe £5 to £10 and sometimes have the butcher deliver about £50 worth of meat. So, about £90 to £100 pw --- for one person and one cat!

As I am on a very low carb diet I eat about a pound of meat a day. From January 1st I am switching to a vegetarian low fat diet. Hopefully that will be a lot cheaper!

So my goals are

1. Keep all receipts just to find out what I spend

2. Halve my food bill from £100 pw to £50.

Okay, I'm gonna put my two penny worth in, turning 40 next year so I determined to finally get organised.......so this is my first step. Please could you put me down for £275, that's for 2 adults and 3 boys (6, 4 & 2 years) and all cleaning products.

Good morning everyone,

hope you all had a lovely Christmas. I would like to drop my GC budget a little this month so could you please put Highland Fling down for £160.Nice to see lots of new new people joining us and also others returning. Especially glad to see Cranky40 returning.

Like some others I started really well in Dec and then blew it in the last week before Christmas. Don't honestly know how much I spent as it all became a bit frantic at the end but I plan to be more in control this month.
Received a great many gifts of chocs, biscuits and sweets so I don't think I will need to buy any treats for a long time.

Last night made a lovely Carbonara dish with cream I had left over. In the distant past that same cream would just sit until it went sour or would have been washed down the sink. By the way does anyone know if you can freeze cream? I freeze milk and butter but I am unsure about cream.

Good luck to everyone in January.

highland_fling wrote: »

Last night made a lovely Carbonara dish with cream I had left over. In the distant past that same cream would just sit until it went sour or would have been washed down the sink. By the way does anyone know if you can freeze cream? I freeze milk and butter but I am unsure about cream.

Good luck to everyone in January.

Hi, yes you can freeze cream, there is a thread all about it here
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=105416



HTH