March 2011 Grocery Challenge

Right have bought bread, salami and cheese to try the frozen work sandwiches for OH. If it's a success I'll join in next week

Spent £52 in Sainsbugs on the week's shop which I think is ok as it included Guinness, dog food and loo roll.

What should I be expecting to spend for 2 of us plus the dog? (I don't include toiletries, but do include household cleaning bits, dog food and alcohol).

PennyGrabber wrote: »

Stuff with too high a water content, like cucumber and tomato doesn't work overly well. I used to do this years ago, when I had a husband (!!), and he only ever had corned beef sandwiches. They freeze well, as do cheese. If I wanted any cuc or tom, I added it in when at work, or had it in a tub, took a bite of sarnie and a bite of tom or cuc!!

I did the freezing bit this week for the first time and it's been great. Just tiger rolls with ham, cheese and mustard mayo but defrosted perfectly. Matched them up with soup made on Sunday and then frozen in tubs. Took the soup out at night for the morning and the rolls out in the morning. I've saved as the canteen would be £8.80 for 4 days. I spent:

4 rolls 49p
3 sweet potatoes 35p (had been an Aldi super 6 but were still lurking in the veg basket!)
4 yoghurt 99p
1 onion 7p (out of super 6 bag)
cheese and ham pennies!
4tsp mayo/2 tsp dijon mustard (pennies)
4 bananas (54p for a 5 pack)

Saved about 2/3 - 3/4 on normal and that was just being organised (for the first time ever!):j

For salad just take it in a little bag and add at lunch.

actually I just worked that out and that will save me over £120 a year!

Have had two spends since last posting one for £7.28 and today spent
£36.81 Have just been looking through today’s receipt and have decided that I could have done without £7.97 of stuff.:( DH decided he HAD to have one particular type of kettle crisp today and they cost a whopping £1.75 :eek: and this is for just one packet, he wont be having them again that’s for sure unless they on a VERY good offer - something like buy one get 6 free!!!

Made a plate pie yesterday and it was thoroughly enjoyed by us all, DH and myself will be having the rest of it tomorrow as DS will be out for tea.

Today we have just had our first ever ‘Almost Vegetarian Curry’ I had just three small chicken thighs in the freezer so cut the meat off the bone and made a curry added onions, mushrooms, peppers, green beans, some broccoli stalks and a few left over potatoes. DH & DS both had seconds so I think it was a success even though while it was being put together I got plenty of comments to the effect of ‘you’ve forgotten the meat’ and ‘has the chicken ran off’ etc etc

Have £142 left and 14 days left of this month to get through -
'can she do it'? YES she can (I think):rotfl: :rotfl:

Good to hear so many of you are playing Te$co/A$da at their own game and long may it continue.:T Unfortunatly not including myself here cause I just know that for some reason or another I would end up doing it all wrong.

And spent another $16.53 to add.

GroinSexyPavement wrote: »

Right have bought bread, salami and cheese to try the frozen work sandwiches for OH. If it's a success I'll join in next week

Spent £52 in Sainsbugs on the week's shop which I think is ok as it included Guinness, dog food and loo roll.

What should I be expecting to spend for 2 of us plus the dog? (I don't include toiletries, but do include household cleaning bits, dog food and alcohol).

Hi GSP,

there are two of us, 1 cat and 2 dogs and this month i have a budget for £120 for us humans and £50 for the animals. This varies a bit sometimes but as i now buy up offers more than i used to it usually works.

HTH

SD