January 2012 Grocery Challenge

Florenceem · 4 January 2012 at 3:51PM

lemmings1986 wrote: »

hi all hope everyone is well,
im not too sure about the carrots lush i would say no but really not sure someone will be a long in a minute to help.
just a quick update went to a**i today for mushroom and onions and two jars of pasta bake so spent £3.22
then went to mrt's and bought 2 bags of reduced stirfry for tea 2moro for£1 some finest chorizo £2.50 and some ham 61p and garlic bread 64p im not counting the tesco shop as i got a money card this morning from them sent in the post i rang head office the other week about a indian takeaway meal thing i got it was half eaten :mad::eek: couldnt believe it so they sent me a £6 giftcard
and the money had been taken out from other weeks budget so not counting it twice if that makes sense.
were having pasta bake for tea with chorizo,onion,mushrooms a bit of garlic and lots of cheese on top and garlic bread i have made this before but just wondering can i freeze it if theres any left???
so £3.22 to add so spent a total of £7.74 since friday :j:jso £7.26 left to last til friday very doable as i dont need anything but not sure what to do with the money left over each week?? what does every1 else do when theyve got money left over ??

I have been saving left over shopping money - started twelve weeks ago - got £130.29 so far in a pot.

majjak · 4 January 2012 at 3:56PM

Going to have a NSD here, mainly due to the fact that this darn cold won't go !

Need to stay in the warm so no whoopsie hunts for me tonight.

Had porridge here too for brekki. Got a fair bit of the oat so simple honey to use after I stocked up when it was on offer and combined it with a coupon. :money:

Lunch was crackers with philly and some fruit. Not very hungry so just trying to eat to keep strength up.

Dinner is meatballs and spaghetti (whoopsied meatballs were 44p per pack of 12

) total cost for 6 of us is approx £2.50, would be less but I've used up all my H/M tomato sauce so had to buy one. Plan to grow lots more this year to reduce food bill further. Can't wait for Spring planting time :j

bupster · 4 January 2012 at 4:21PM

Needed fruit and didn't want to go to hugely expensive Tesco Express near work (City of London - I think they must have an extra 'they won't even notice the price' banding for my nearest) so I went to my big Tescos on the way back from picking up some freecycled stuff (hanging files - dead expensive to buy). Spent £3.54 on six apples, five bananas (why are bananas so cheap?) and four whoopsied yoghurts, plus a lettuce to bulk out dinners with a bit of salad, and two value mozzarella things to freeze.

I need to stop going into supermarkets though. I know I'm not spending much, but I don't really need to spend anything - the sky wouldn't have fallen if I'd gone without apples for a couple of days.

Now sitting wrapped in two blankets while I wait for the heating to kick in - fed up of being frugal and freezing :rotfl:

franby64 · 4 January 2012 at 4:22PM

Hi

I haven't bought too much this year but now the post-Christmas eating up has (finally

) stopped I'll have to take stock.
I had an As*a shop today for basics and will make a plan for January tonight - I'll have to get back into the habit of cooking after a week of being either cooked for or eating turkey/ham/pate/camembert sandwiches!

tracey12_2 · 4 January 2012 at 4:44PM

LondonDreamer wrote: »

I would love to see the banana bread recipe. My usual one has milk so I can't eat it. Not entirely a bad thing, but it would be nice to indulge sometimes! :j

Gluten-free, egg-free and dairy-free banana bread

Makes 1 loaf

225g gluten-free white bread flour
2 level tsp baking powder
50g margarine
50g demerara sugar
3-4 ripe bananas, mashed

Preheat oven to 180ºc/gas mark 4.

Sift the flour and baking powder into a large bowl, then use your fingertips to rub in the marg.

Add the sugar and mashed bananas and beat together to add some air. Pour the mixture into a well greased and floured loaf tin.

Bake for 45 mins. Leave to cool in the tin for 10 mins then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.

rosieben · 4 January 2012 at 4:47PM

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elly2 · 4 January 2012 at 4:49PM

Small spend today of £11 (rounded up figure the change goes in my pot) this also included 2 boxes of terrys all gold chocs (reduced in ic*land so £1.79 each all thier xmas stock is reduced) these are for birthday presents in feb (bbd is 06/12). Forgot i needed some milk so have asked my dad to pick some up (dont need to pay him for this as he picks the odd bits up for me but not sure if i should add it to my total ?? is it cheating if i dont

. Tea tonight is chicken kiev and new pots with coleslaw and tomorrow we are having hm lasagna so hopefully a NSD tomorrow.

tracey12_2 · 4 January 2012 at 4:50PM

lemmings1986 wrote: »

£7.26 left to last til friday very doable as i dont need anything but not sure what to do with the money left over each week?? what does every1 else do when theyve got money left over ??

If I have any money left at the end of the month I put into a separate bank account towards a holiday fund. I know some people save it towards bulk buying purchases.

Tracey

Florenceem · 4 January 2012 at 4:55PM

elly2 wrote: »

Small spend today of £11 (rounded up figure the change goes in my pot) this also included 2 boxes of terrys all gold chocs (reduced in ic*land so £1.79 each all thier xmas stock is reduced) these are for birthday presents in feb (bbd is 06/12). Forgot i needed some milk so have asked my dad to pick some up (dont need to pay him for this as he picks the odd bits up for me but not sure if i should add it to my total ?? is it cheating if i dont . Tea tonight is chicken kiev and new pots with coleslaw and tomorrow we are having hm lasagna so hopefully a NSD tomorrow.

Can I ask - what is the personal challenge please?

rosieben · 4 January 2012 at 4:55PM

Justamum, I've added your Banana Bread recipe to the index :T

tracey, I've added your Gluten-free, egg-free and dairy-free banana bread recipe too :T

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