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July 2011 Grocery Challenge

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  • OrangeFairy
    OrangeFairy Posts: 2,630
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    OH has bougth rols for tonights dinner! Our cheap meal for the week

    Quorn burger 25p, roll 25p and half a can of beans 9p

    59p meal each :j

    Eating out the next 3 nights at various gatherings so a cheap few days! x
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  • emmad5689
    emmad5689 Posts: 1,117 Forumite
    Another NSD however this weekend is gonna be lots of spending to replenish all stocks of food, basics, animals and baby so trying not to go too mad
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  • freakyogre
    freakyogre Posts: 1,465 Forumite
    £4.97 spent yesterday in Tesco on milk, spread, mayonnaise, garlic and 2 x newspapers. That should be all I need for a while, although I will need/want some fruit in the next few days.
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  • Hi folks. Well I discovered Aldi today :j. I had been in before for fruit and veg but never really looked at the stuff in it. Today though I had priced my shopping on my supermarket and written a list of what I needed so when I went into Aldi for fruit I thought I would check the prices in there. I'm sure no-one will be surprised at the difference I found. I am astonished. They didn't have everything I wanted so I still went to Asda and also butchers but OMG I will definitely be back there. I spent £26.03 in there but had a full trolley of shopping. I also went to butchers and spent £11.03 on mince and their yummy burgers but that will provide us with 8 meals. I spent £11.03 in ASDA so all in all I have spent £194.52 of my £250 budget this month :eek:. I think I should have given myself a higher budget considering the kids sre off school and are like termites :rotfl:but I will carry on and see how it goes. I am not giving up yet :o
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  • Tracey.32
    Tracey.32 Posts: 75 Forumite
    Rosieben - you're a star hun

    helen x
    ditto :D

    :j:j:j:j:j
    sistercas wrote: »
    thanks Rosieben :T

    :D And from me too Rosieben! :D
    Grocery challenge: Jun£134.15/£120; Jul £60.90/£120
  • 69chick
    69chick Posts: 544 Forumite
    Tracey.32 wrote: »
    :D And from me too Rosieben! :D

    Thanks from me too rosieben :T


    Spent £8 today, popped into co-op to pick up a treat of their prawn salad that I like that they do for 2 for £3 which was lunch today and one for tomorrow (I know not cheap but I treat myself to bought lunch now and again when not organised enough at home, whilst there picked up cheese thats on offer for £2 and a big pack of walkers crisps on offer for £3..

    not too bad as I would have definitely had to buy the cheese and crisps this weekend...

    will update sig, am pleased so far this month....dh is away next week, I did think of trying slim fast as I feel I could do with losing a few pounds but ds has said I don't need to lose any so am gonna take his word for it bless him :D

    need to really plan as if dh is home I always feel we have to have a proper dinner so am hoping to get away with a few cheaper eats like jacket potato etc..

    Hope everyone is ok this evening..
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  • allym464
    allym464 Posts: 106
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    ditto :D

    :j:j:j:j:j

    what ever the third time version of ditto is from me! Ditto x two!
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  • Pinwheel
    Pinwheel Posts: 90
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    Hi everyone,

    I have just updated my signature £31.54 spent in S**nsburys on my weekly top up of fruit, veg, yoghurts, frozen peas, and lots of other bits I need for my meal plan. We needed honey and I always have basics or value depending on where I shop, it was 99p which I thought was a lot? I'm sure it was 60 something last time I bought it.

    Anyway we had jacket potatoes, sausages and beans for tea and I made a chocolate cake to make the most of the oven being on, so that's a nice treat for the weekends sorted.

    Thank you all for your posts, have a nice evening.

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  • fedupandskint
    fedupandskint Posts: 10,358
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    Just popping on to say I had a piece of the reduced salmon fillet and used the recipe on the front page for Thai steamed salmon - gorgeous! Will definitely have this again and at last a use for that old bottle of fish sauce I've had for a very very long time!

    No more spends yet until tomorrow which is top up shopping day - in fact I'd better put my list together now
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  • 69chick
    69chick Posts: 544 Forumite
    Hi again all. was just wondering if I can pick your brains.. I am trying to get into the habit of more baking and cooking of deserts for my lot who are pud lovers (and I don't like keep buying the ready stuff all the time) have had some success but I want to be able to just bung some cakes in the oven like a lot of people on here seem to do rather than make a big deal of it iyswim.. anyway am wanting to get a recipe for chocolate cake that I can either do in a round tin or maybe in a fairy cake tin. Can any of you give me any ideas? I have searched a bit around the net and on here but there seem to be so many different variations...

    Any recipes/tips would be appreciated
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