March 2011 Grocery Challenge

nessie216 · 1 March 2011 at 4:02PM

BrownGun86 wrote: »

Thanks for your advice. Think I will give wraps a go this week and see how I get on. Any ideas for un-soggy (:p) fillings that would be ok on the wrap for a day or two? I like the soup idea too, as I've got a slow-cooker so could possibly make a week's batch at the weekend. Will invest in a thermos when I next go shopping I think.

Ham and cheese would work & you could take some sachets/bottle of mayo/salad cream to moisten it up at work?

I used to do DH wraps for the whole week using ham, cheese and mayo - though he didn't mind them soggy!

Best thing if you looking for 'healthier' lunches is to make a batch of pasta with some tomato sauce with lots of veg on Sunday - enough for the week & keep in fridge - thats if you don't mind eating it cold (could always warm up in micro - if one is available)

Worse comes to worse - get your OH to prepare it for you???

I take a whole variety of lunches to work, today i had a 'stew' of cannelini beans, chicken, bacon, chopped toms, bacon, mushrooms, peppers, cauli & broc - i eat it cold mind you!

Kitchenbunny · 1 March 2011 at 4:25PM

Adding my first spend for March (day one, thought I could do better than that) but had to change plans as we've got guests coming over for food tonight and I had no idea. So, shopping a day earlier, but hopefully that means tomorrow will be an NSD. At any rate, I spent £33.40. I'll update my signature.

That means my mealplan has changed, but I'll be doing the jambalaya so hopefully it won't be too much extra effort. I was looking forward to a sit down!

Keep up the good work, everyone.

KB xx

OrkneyStar · 1 March 2011 at 4:43PM

So today is the 3/4 shop for us (we run 15th-14th of next month), managed to get some different things to have for dinner but still sensible!
Went mainly to Tesco, and then popped into Lidl but only got some plums, kiwis and treats (from separate budget) such as chocolate for the end of a hard day looking after DS lol! Roast chicken for tea but having with salad and chips, then tomorrow and next day will be some of the chicken used for stirfry and for a caul/brocc pasta bake.......DH will have a drumstick for work too

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Hope all are well and happy new GC month!

slbhill · 1 March 2011 at 4:58PM

I just declared my total on the February thread and posted March's target, then realised I should have posted that here - sorry

. So, as I said "last month" LOL could slbhill be put down for £150 again please. And of course a big thank you to all the people who put in the effort to keep this thread so running, I never guessed how useful it would be :T :A

I might be starting to get the hang of this (famous last words?), and making some interesting discoveries about things we eat which are cheap or expensive - often not the ones I thought!

sazzledazzle · 1 March 2011 at 5:21PM

Well went and did a shop in Mr T today and before money off vouchers bill came to £22.12 with a multibuy saving of £2.03. Had a £4 off a £20 spend and a Mr S £2 off £20 spend which they took both off so total bill down to £16.12, which is a saving of £8.03 :j
finding things much easier now a days by doing a food plan and so not tempting to buy things we dont need. Enough food now for this week and most of next.

Billie-jo · 1 March 2011 at 6:06PM

Welcome to all the newbies joining I hope you do well and can make some substanial savings. Wonder if Mr. Te$co ever reads this thread if so he must be runing scared lately and weeping into his wallet what with so many of us on the money saving wagon. :rotfl:

Happy St. Davids day to everyone by the way - Dydd Gwŷl Dewi Sant hapus !
Oh dear I DO hope thats right. Blame the t'internet if it isnt.

Have just made a saucepan full of leek, potato and swede soup. Added the swede mainly because it needed using up and trying very hard not to waste anything. Just had a small sample and it is delicious and much needed as been out most of day and its freezing here today. Dry but bitterly cold again.

Have got home made pork burgers for tea tonight and will have them with a few chips. We were going to have pancakes after as I thought it was pancake day today but then realised its next week. :rotfl: Oh well there's no law to say we cant have them two weeks in a row. Will count today as a practice day then.

Best of luck to everyone.

mandco · 1 March 2011 at 6:48PM

thanks to everyone who keep this tread going
could you put me down for £225 for march please

was mia last month so really need to get back on track.
Today is a NSD but gonna have to go shopping tommorrow as the fridge/cupboards are bare :eek:

goodluck everyone with this month challenge

rosieben · 1 March 2011 at 7:42PM

Pork Pastie recipe is in the index (post 4 temporarily), thanks cutiepieabf

M0neysav3r · 1 March 2011 at 7:56PM

Very impressed with this weeks shopping total - £39.33 and that includes 3 bottles of wine

I've a question for those who make their own bread - I got a morphy richards bread maker from freecycle which didn't come with instructions but on the oven tells you which buttons to push etc anyway, i followed the recipe on the yeast packet last week and the bread tasted awful and came out only 5cm high

But the yeast was a year out of date so put it down to that. I've now just added bread flour 500g, butter 25g, salt, sugar, yeast and warm water - again the recipe on the yeast packet, the bread maker is making some noises and appears to be working but I'm wondering if i'm doing something wrong? When I used to make my own rolls (a few years ago) I used my conventional oven and it took hours to leave them to rise and divide them up how comes the bread maker can do it all in less than 3 hours?

JayJay14 · 1 March 2011 at 8:15PM

M0neysav3r wrote: »

Very impressed with this weeks shopping total - £39.33 and that includes 3 bottles of wine

I've a question for those who make their own bread - I got a morphy richards bread maker from freecycle which didn't come with instructions but on the oven tells you which buttons to push etc anyway, i followed the recipe on the yeast packet last week and the bread tasted awful and came out only 5cm high But the yeast was a year out of date so put it down to that. I've now just added bread flour 500g, butter 25g, salt, sugar, yeast and warm water - again the recipe on the yeast packet, the bread maker is making some noises and appears to be working but I'm wondering if i'm doing something wrong? When I used to make my own rolls (a few years ago) I used my conventional oven and it took hours to leave them to rise and divide them up how comes the bread maker can do it all in less than 3 hours?

Breadmakers usually say put the liquid at the bottom, with salt and sugar and butter/oil, then flour on top of that with the yeast on the top. Old yeast is not really recomended.

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