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  • weezl74
    weezl74 Posts: 8,701 Forumite
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    Hi all,

    Weezl's new year's resolution: I have just started a cash only challenge (just the cash in the house- £68) plus store cupboard to cover all non-bills spends for as long as we can, so food, fun, pocket money and fuel.

    The best possible I think I can do is 9 weeks but that will be major :)

    Hiya to Mooloo, and happpy new house! Hope 2011 is a great year for you :)

    Potty so sorry to read your sad news but am glad things sound better than they could have been, IYSWIM?

    CFR-news, we have been given several vouchers, ready for our recipe challenge competition, so if people would like to have a think about what the competition might entail, that'd be great, we need the rules to be carefully thought about, I think...

    So far I think a main meal for 4 people at no more than 50p per person and containing at least 2 of your 5 a day?

    Happy new money-saving year to you all :)

    :hello:Jonathan 'Fergie' Fergus William, born 05/03/09, 7lb 4.4oz:hello:
    :)Benjamin 'Kezzie' Kester Jacob, born 18/03/10, 7lb 5oz:)
    cash neutral gifts 2011, value of purchased gifts/actual paid/amount earnt to cover it £67/£3.60/£0
    january grocery challenge, feed 4 of us for £40
  • domesticgoddess789
    domesticgoddess789 Posts: 524 Forumite
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    weezl74 wrote: »
    Hi all,

    Weezl's new year's resolution: I have just started a cash only challenge (just the cash in the house- £68) plus store cupboard to cover all non-bills spends for as long as we can, so food, fun, pocket money and fuel.

    Wow impressive challenge Weezl- Keep us updated on how you are getting on if you can. I love reading your challenges :) Goodluck!

    Our freezer is ridiculously full so I am trying to eat out of the freezer to make some space at the moment. Some of our meals have certainly been interesting combinations! :eek:
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  • weezl74
    weezl74 Posts: 8,701 Forumite
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    the next few weeks meals I have planned (and made most of!)



    cottage pie + beans
    slo-cooker curry
     potato gratin
     spaghetti marmite
    pasta funghi (wild mushroom)
    chicken and mushroom slice
     pasta amatriciana
     cottage pie
     mushroom pizza
     TITH
    meatballs
     pasta amatriciana
     spaghetti marmite
     potato gratin
     mushroom pizza
    TITH
    pasta amatriciana
     shepless pie
     pasta funghi (wild mushroom)
     meatballs
    TITH
     shepless pie
     puy lentil lasagne
     potato gratin
     spaghetti marmite

    I think I can go til mid-feb on £34.02 for the 4 of us having made my current plans :D

    good luck to all of you with your thrifty plans :)

    :hello:Jonathan 'Fergie' Fergus William, born 05/03/09, 7lb 4.4oz:hello:
    :)Benjamin 'Kezzie' Kester Jacob, born 18/03/10, 7lb 5oz:)
    cash neutral gifts 2011, value of purchased gifts/actual paid/amount earnt to cover it £67/£3.60/£0
    january grocery challenge, feed 4 of us for £40
  • poohbear59
    poohbear59 Posts: 4,866 Forumite
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    I have to find an extra £50 a month so will be doing a relatively frugal few months too. Food budget is the only place to make savings unless DH gives up smoking.
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  • weezl74
    weezl74 Posts: 8,701 Forumite
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    poohbear59 wrote: »
    I have to find an extra £50 a month so will be doing a relatively frugal few months too. Food budget is the only place to make savings unless DH gives up smoking.
    PB if the smoking is a non-negotiable for DH, I wonder what you think of the idea of growing and drying tobacco?

    One of the old-style threads discusses it I think and says it's around a third of the price of regular cigarettes even on your first 'batch' IYSWIM?

    I'll be interested to read more about your frugal challenge! Is your freezer well-stocked? xxx

    :hello:Jonathan 'Fergie' Fergus William, born 05/03/09, 7lb 4.4oz:hello:
    :)Benjamin 'Kezzie' Kester Jacob, born 18/03/10, 7lb 5oz:)
    cash neutral gifts 2011, value of purchased gifts/actual paid/amount earnt to cover it £67/£3.60/£0
    january grocery challenge, feed 4 of us for £40
  • nopot2pin
    nopot2pin Posts: 5,721 Forumite
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    weezl74 wrote: »
    spaghetti marmite

    Do you have a recipe for this Weezl ?
    Or is it just literally cooked spaghetti and marmite ?
    It does sound very interesting .... I love marmite
    :D
  • cheerfulness4
    cheerfulness4 Posts: 2,874 Forumite
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    I recall Nigella doing the spaghetti and marmite thing. I'm sure she just mixed the marmite in some melted butter and then run it through the pasta with a litte of the cooking water.
    Plan to try this myself. :)
  • nopot2pin
    nopot2pin Posts: 5,721 Forumite
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    Thanks Cheerfulness :D
    I have just googled it, and found the recipe
    It might be dinner tonight
    :D
  • weezl74
    weezl74 Posts: 8,701 Forumite
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    it is lovely! And a further frugalisation is to do half and half oil to butter and it also works with 'can't believe it's not butter' type spreads too, for extra cheapness :)

    :hello:Jonathan 'Fergie' Fergus William, born 05/03/09, 7lb 4.4oz:hello:
    :)Benjamin 'Kezzie' Kester Jacob, born 18/03/10, 7lb 5oz:)
    cash neutral gifts 2011, value of purchased gifts/actual paid/amount earnt to cover it £67/£3.60/£0
    january grocery challenge, feed 4 of us for £40
  • nopot2pin
    nopot2pin Posts: 5,721 Forumite
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    weezl74 wrote: »
    it is lovely! And a further frugalisation is to do half and half oil to butter and it also works with 'can't believe it's not butter' type spreads too, for extra cheapness :)

    Aye... thats what I have in anyway ;)
    And a wee sprinkle of parmesan :o
    Oh, I think I'm sold
    :D
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