November 2018 Grocery Challenge

Another food spend yesterday as my in laws came for tea which I hadn't planned for so another £11.45 at Mr T :mad:

Did a butter chicken curry so bought chicken thighs, butter and Greek yoghurt. Also stocked up on canned tomatoes as they were 4 for £1, olive oil as it was on offer and on my list anyway, and needed some bleach so picked that up.

Now on £60.17/£300.00 for the month, but there is lots of curry left so will put that in the freezer for later in the month.

Hello All.
I'd love to join in this month. It's been a while and I've sort of lost the will with the food budget. My efforts are often undermined by other members of the household. We are a household of five, 2 adults, 2 teens and 1 nearly teen. Budget includes all food, non-alcoholic drinks, school meals, packed lunches, cleaning and household expenses. I am aiming to keep it to/under £625 this month. This is a horribly large amount but unfortunately it would be a major success. I have already spent £153, which included catering a family visit. As I don't drive I have 'company' when doing the weekly shop, so I may look at an online shop to reduce the trolley interference.I
I will need some expensive items this month, nutritional yeast, wheat gluten and coconut aminos. I probably need to pop to the health food shop for these.
I can claim 3 nsd!!! The nsd may be my secret weapon.
Tonight will be jackets, veggie sausages and beans for the others. I attempt to eat wfpb, so I'll cook a batch of quinoa (extra for packed lunch bases), garlic mushrooms and black beans.
Thank you for running the thread. I'm looking forward to having my mind blown by you guys financial dexterity. (And to hanging head in shame!)
Xx

Bought some beer and a couple of bits at the weekend so total is now £103.37/£320

Does anyone know where stocks GF Quorn sausages? I have seen them in Morrisons but wondered if anywhere else did them.

carolinerunner wrote: »

Pipney Jane, I was trying to work out what rude word you were trying to spell (Giggly Pig***) til I read to the bottom :rotfl:

Ha ha! :rotfl:

carolinerunner wrote: »

Zafiro, what kind of milk do you freeze? When it defrosts, is it exactly as before it was frozen? We get through so much milk, if we could freeze and use it would be a big help

I’m not Zafiro, but i freeze milk regularly. If it is homogenised, I find that it splits so that the cream rises to the top when it is defrosted. I normally buy skimmed, in the 2L bottles and freeze half; it’s cheaper to buy that way. It take 2-3 days to defrost in the fridge.

We also keep a stock of long-life skimmed milk in the cupboard. Long-life skimmed milk does not have the horrible aftertaste that long-life semi-skimmed or full-cream milk has. That taste comes from the cream. Long-life skimmed milk tastes almost the same as fresh, it’s cheap and it keeps for ages.

That reminds me... I totally forgot to mention yesterday that because MrT is rebranding all of their value products, they had long-life skimmed milk at 28p/litre instead of 55p. We bought 9. BBE date is 29 March 2019.

HTH

Pip

Today was an accidental NSD. I couldn't be bothered to go to the store plus I wasn't feeling well. I was able to do a bit of cooking this evening though so made a red and yellow lentil dhal for OH. My beef yellow lentil dhal/curry is finishing up in the pressure cooker now. OH boiled some eggs to put into his for lunch tomorrow and I'll be eating mine for breakfast and lunch tomorrow. I'll try to put some directly into the freezer after cooling because there's no way I'll be able to eat all of it for the rest of the week.

I'm slowly using up the stocks in the freezer. There are a few nice fatty ribs in the freezer that I'll use to make a white beans and pork dish later this week. Tomorrow definitely holds a trip to Delhaize since we're down to our last drops in olive and a few other things.

TOTALS SO FAR
€40.66 / €300.00
2 / 12 NSDs