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Hello everyone,
Welcome to the fourth Grocery Challenge of 2010. :hello:
If your new month starts early feel free to join this thread, or if you're still working on your March budget, then keep on posting in the March 2010 Grocery Challenge
As always this challenge is to reduce your own grocery budget to levels that you will be pleased with, not forgetting that we always recommend that you stay inside your own comfort levels and take things gently one step at a time. Remember that this is not a competition....it's designed to take you and your grocery spending to a level you are happy with.
If you are new to the challenge I have quoted the advice from Galtizz below which will help you get started.
Please post into this thread for help and advice and support at any time. Good luck to everyone taking part!
For guidelines on posting in this thread please read the second post in this thread.
For everyone's targets and totals for the month please read posts #3 on this thread.
For the Grocery challenge Recipe Index please see posts #4 and #5 on this thread.
Wishing you all a great Moneysaving Month!
Welcome to the fourth Grocery Challenge of 2010. :hello:
If your new month starts early feel free to join this thread, or if you're still working on your March budget, then keep on posting in the March 2010 Grocery Challenge
As always this challenge is to reduce your own grocery budget to levels that you will be pleased with, not forgetting that we always recommend that you stay inside your own comfort levels and take things gently one step at a time. Remember that this is not a competition....it's designed to take you and your grocery spending to a level you are happy with.
If you are new to the challenge I have quoted the advice from Galtizz below which will help you get started.
Please post into this thread for help and advice and support at any time. Good luck to everyone taking part!
I have said this before, but for all the newbies to the challenge;
For the first month I took a guess at the budget but I really had no idea how much I was spending.
I found the best thing is to have a guess the first month but SAVE ALL OF YOUR RECEIPTS (and yes, that does include the ones from the local shop when you run out of milk ), then at the end of the month add them all up and have a look if you were on budget, if not, it doesn't matter because your budget was a guess. For the next month you can use the total of your receipts and take a bit off to get a realistic budget, just shave off as much as you think you can, it could be £1 a week or £20 a week.
If you are currently spending £200 a month don't suddenly drop it to £100 - you'll never do it but if you cut £20 a month off for a few months you'll get there eventually without feeling you're missing out on anything.
You might think you've done everything you can in the first month but someone always comes up with a new idea and, if you try it you often find you save a bit more (unless you are SarahSaver who is an expert at this and could only save more if she turned her back garden into a paddy field and lived on rice ) In the first month I thought, I'm planning meals, I couldn't possibly save any more, but then I started double cooking and freezing, and making soup instead of buying it in tins.
I've been doing this since Feb but only saved ALL of my receipts last month, it has given me a much better idea of where it is all going. Budget for next month is £80 for 2 of us, I'll start on 30/4. I could probably save more, by eating different foods but I can afford to live on £80, I have saved a lot of money since Feb. and I don't waste food or money any more. So I'm happy with my budget.
For guidelines on posting in this thread please read the second post in this thread.
For everyone's targets and totals for the month please read posts #3 on this thread.
For the Grocery challenge Recipe Index please see posts #4 and #5 on this thread.
Wishing you all a great Moneysaving Month!
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Guidelines for posting on the Grocery Challenge thread.
What is the Grocery Challenge thread?
This is a thread where people who are taking part in the Grocery Challenge can post for help encouragement and support and talk about anything related to grocery shopping. We ask that you try to keep on topic and post things that are relevant to the challenge.
Posting grocery budgets and spends for the month
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No Spend days (NSD’s)
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Annie123 £3000 £410
Baileysbabe £5200
Carolt2 £1800
Dizzyk £4500
Elizabunny £1300 £582
Ellemm £1440 £356.38
gillst £2400
Hamish £3000
Huxley £2650
JayneC £3000
Kezlou £2000
Lainz £1200
mama67 £2700 £690
Miss-Cosmo £1450
MoneyQueen £1200
Mrsmcawber €1200 €116
MrsMoneyPenny £2700 £350.24
Mummy2mygirls £3000
Mummzyof2 £1200
Pip-Squeak £1250
Puddle glum £1895
Purlpe-Angel £1200
Rosieben £960
Russetred £5200
SLM6002 £1800
Sylvan £3000
Taka £1080
TheBees £4200
Toonie £1850
X Spender £2864 £758.45
Yummymummy05 -£2800
Monthly
**sde** £250
4kids4cats £450 £566.32
83Rachel £450
Albacookie £60 £61.10
Aliadds £
AlisonFunnell £
Alipops1986 £90
Allegra £
Andrinaperry £275
Angela30 £
AngelFeathers £
Annieb30 £
Aplaceinthesun £
Babymother £
Banwa £380
BargainHunterss £216
Barneydee £
Becky170 £155
BenW £
BigMummaF £195
Billie-Jo £300 £293.22
BlimusOreilly £220 £222.86
BlueFire £90 £88.67
Botany £210 £203.08
Brodie1 £240 £292.94
Budgeteer £150
Bunny_Lover £
Burntfingers £200
Butdoineedit £70
Casperthefriendlyghost £
Catznine £
Charyze2 £250 £199.79
Cheap and cheerful £400
Cheapskate £400
Cherrypie £110
Chewy62 £400
ChocClare £
Chocolate Bum £
Cleos mum £260
Coffeeholic £160
Cookie9 £70
cookiemum £350
Coxy11 £400
Cranky40 £
Cuffey £
CW18 £95
DanielleNic87 £80
Dazzle21 £350
Disdisbiff £
Doom and Gloom £108 £125.19
DreamingofMoney £300 £270
DreamyWings1 £400 £596.37
Earthmother £350
EC12345 £145.30
emilyka £100
Empy £
esmf73 £
Evie189 £350
Fabforty £
Fi27 £225
Franby64 £500
Freakyogre £70 £64.45
Gemma Buckle £150
Gillian576 £
Gillir2000 £
Gin £300
Girl least likely to £
Glamazon £
Goldfinch68 £
gonnabedebtfree £
greent £475 £474.52
guccigoo £230
Hazel673 £
Hart44 £
HelenHelen £300
Herewegoagain2010 £
Hex2 £450
Highland fling £160
Hilly123 £
Holly44 £375
Howlinwolf £200
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Jacey53 £
Jackie Glasgow £300
JackieO £120
Jay20043 £80
JayJay14 £160 £154.48
Jedilibrarian £
Jintyb £210
Jollmummy£360
Julie67 £380
Kadeeae £250 £261
Kalojac £400
Katenut £170
Keiss21 £400
Kimmee £280 £262.70
Kitchen Bunny £200
Kitschy £30
KITTY £300 £25.46
KittyNortEast £400 520.81
Kornish Kat £320
Kpw76 £
Laurasavon £150
Linda32 £300
Linkypie2009 £300
Lisa26 £150
LittleKel £240
Little_Miss_moneysaver £
LizBob £180 £205
Lizziebabe £175
Lizzyshep £80
Loadsabob £
LongTallSally £450
Looie £100
Loopychriss £200
Losingpatience £200
LouLou0327 £220
MaisieM £200
Maitane £100
MancMillyMolly £430
Meanmarie €160 £163.03
Mellyd £
Miecherox £
millieJo £
Millyscarlett £230
Missydee £140 £149
Miss_Cupcake £
Miss Saveapenny £360
Mollythewestie £
MoneyFritter £100
MoneySavingDiva 160
Moniker £250
Monks £300
MookiePook £100
Moonbabe58 £
Moremoneythansense £150
MotherShipton £300
MrsBsBlog £400
Mrs McLaren £80
Mrs-Moneypenny £400
Mrssnowy £180
Multipleincs £
Mum26 £400
Mummy2Jack £180
Mummygems £375
MummyLeads £230
mumto2monkeys £
Nakashima Miharu £100
Natsing £140 £144
Newlywed £350
New2themoneygame £
Nickynoo08 £
NJW69 £200 £190.05
Nmlc £375
Noodle84 £
Oceanspirit £
On an Avon mission £
Pammyj74 £120
patent girl £240
Peetzil39 £411.67 £620.67
Penny Grabber £120
Perriwinkle £
Peskie Pixie £80 £87.15
Philsmum £140
Phoolgrrrl £
Polesalot £
Poohbear59 £240
Poppy-glos £220
PositivelyPurple £340
Purpleclutterbuck £275
PurpleFran £
PurpleJay £
Purpletent £
Rachelmk £220
Ragz £350
Remmie £125
Rowsew £
Saffouri £
Savvyshe £160 £123.34
Saving for Oz £70
Scotdebs £
ScotSaver £250
Shell2001 £
Shopsalot £200
Sistercas £400 £486
Skaps £150
Skilly £350
Skint-Catt £150
Slowandsteady £140 £270
SlowlyFading £100
Slscarborough £
SnowAngel £100
Souk08 £50
Spendaholic £160
Spiggle £260
Spirit £400
Sunaddict £280
Sunnyday £200 £228.78
SunnyDonny £150
Sunnygirl £320
Superflygal £
S_Wales_Saver £250 £243.64
Taadaa £
Taffy1969 £
Tallullahbelle £500 £498.48
TessaMum £300
THE4WHINGERS £250 £232
TheBees £360
TheWestFive £
Tiamai_d £240
Topsyturphy £160
Tranquil £400
Triggles £200
Trinny £150
Turbo5019 £200
Vodkawitch1 £160
WelshKaz £
WelshPoppy £235
WinChelsea £120
Winged one €450 £445
Winterfrost £150
Wssla00 £250 £177.18
wmf £150
Zend £200
weekly
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Nicifer noonoo £30
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Main Meals & Side Dishes (Soups now listed separately, below)
Bacon and Cheese Fritatta with Tomato Salsa
Bacon and potato salad -Warm
Baked potato pizza
Baked Beans (home made)
Baked Bean Tart
Bean Curry (Slow Cooker)
Beef - Brisket
Beef Casserole
Beef Curry Dopiaza (Delia recipe)
Beef Stifado (Jamie Olive recipe)
Beef Stroganoff
Beef and Root Veg Curry
Belly Pork
Bolognaise (Remoska)
Brie Burgers
Broad Bean Burgers
Burgers
Cheese and Onion Flan
Cheese Pie - School days recipes tread
Chicken Cannelloni
Chicken - Cheat's Chicken Cassoulet
Chicken and broccoli bake
Chicken - Cheat's Chicken Lasagne in the SC - Here and Here
Chicken Fried Rice
Chicken, leek and bacon pie / pasties
Chicken - Monker's Honey and Orange Chicken
Chicken - Parmesan Chicken
Chicken - Sticky Chicken
Chicken with Cannellini Beans
Chicken with Garlic, Cider & Cream
Chicken and Potato Curry
Chicken and Vegetable Slice
Chilli
Chilli (Remoska)
Chilli Bean Tortillas
Chilli Chicken Ramen
Chilli Cheese Crostini
Chilli chicken with jasmine rice (BBC food)
Chinese Pork Balls & Sweet & Sour Sauce
Chinese style cabbage
Cobbler (topping) see below for Minced Beef with Cobbler Topping
Coconut Rice
Coleslaw
Corned Beef Hash - MrsMCawber's recipe
Corned Beef Pasties
Courgette Fritters (1) Courgette Fritters (2)
Courgette Pie
Courgette and Tomato Layer Bake
Cranberry & Soy glazed cocktail sausages
Creamy Chicken and Potato casserole
Creamy Lentil and Rice Dish (Khircheri) (BBC website)
Curry Sauce
Diet Coke Chicken
Duchesse potatoes
Easy cheese biscuits
Faggoty Pea Stew
Fajita Seasoning
Falafel burgers
Fishcakes
Fish Pie and Fish Pie
Fusilli with Broccoli
Haddock - Grilled haddock on lemon leek and pea rice
Ham Hock (slow cooker)
Ham Salad (sandwich filling) external link
Hummus and Garlic Pitta Breads
Individual chicken pies
Keema and spinach pilau
Lamb curry and paratha
Lamb Hotpot
Lamb Tikka
Lasagne
Lemon Chicken
Lemon chicken with basil and tagliatelle
Lemon potatoes
Liver and onions stir fry
Macaroni Cheese
Marrow - Veggie stuffed marrow
Meatballs
Meatloaf (1) Meatloaf (2) Meatloaf (3)
Mediterranean Mince and Potato 'Pie'
Mediterranean Vegetable Pasta
Mince & onion pie
Minced Beef Curry
Mince - Mexican Style Mince
Minced Beef with Cobbler Topping
Mini Goat's Cheese, Pear & Walnut Quiche
Monday Pie
Moussaka
Onion Bhaji
Open top 'pizza' pie
Pasta with Tomato Sauce
Pasta Cheese and Onion Bake
Pease pudding
Pizza / Pizza Base Recipe
Pork Burgers with Salad
Pork and Beef Meatballs
Pork Steaks in Mustard and Cider Sauce
Potatoes - Slow Cooker Jacket Potatoes
Potato bake
Potato Kebabs
Potato layer bake - with cheese, leeks and stock
Potato layer bake - with cheese, onion and white sauce
Potato layer bake - with chorizo and bacon
Potato layer bake (Teisen datws)
Potatoes - Lemon Potatoes
Potatoes - Roast Potato Rosti
Potatoes - Twice Baked Potatoes
Potato Wedges, Home Made
Quiche Lorraine
Refried Beans
Risotto - Easy Risotto with Bacon and Peas Risotto - oven baked
Russian Salad and Russian Salad
Salmon and Dill Fishcakes
Salmon - Thai steamed salmon
Sausage and Rice bake
Sausage and Stuffing Plait
Sausage and Tomato Spaghetti
Sausage Bean Stew
Sausage Casserole or Sausage Casserole
Sausage Meat Patties
Savoury tarts - pastry-less
Smoked salmon soda breads
Smoked Salmon - Tagliatelle with Smoked Salmon
Spaghetti Bolognaise
Spaghetti with courgettes, tomato and brie
Spicy Bacon and Tomato Pasta
Spicy Bean and Lentil Loaf
Spicy Bean & Sweet Potato Stew
Spinach pancakes
Steak and Kidney stew/pie filling
Steamed Oriental Buns
Stifado - Beef Stew With Tiny Onions Recipe
Stuffing - MrsMcawber's recipe
Suet crust pie with quorn
Super Tasty Bacon, Bean and Sausage
Sweet & Sour Chicken/Pork
TexMex Skillett
Thai green curry
Toad in the Hole
Tofu burgers
Tomato paste (external link)
Tomato sauce for pasta - batch cook recipe
Tuna Fish Mousse
Tuna Fishcakes
Tuna Lasagne
Turkey and Bubble and Squeak Pie
Turkey Pasta
Turkey Pasta Cacciatore
Vegetable Casserole
Veggie Chilli and some variations
Veggie Haggis
Yorkshire puddings
Soups
Bacon and Carrot Soup
Broccoli and Cheese Soup
Carrot, parsnip and lentil soup
Celery Soup
Cheats Minestrone
Chicken & Sweetcorn Soup
Cream of Tomato Soup
Curried Parsnip Soup
Gammon and lentil soup
Ham and Lentil Soup
Iced cucumber soup
Leek and Lentil Soup
Leek and Potato Soup
Moniker’s Leek and Potato Soup
Leek and sweet potato soup
Moroccan Chickpea and Broad Bean Soup
Onion Soup
Oxtail Stew + Oxtail Soup
Parsnip & Apple Soup
Pea & Ham Soup
Real Tomato Soup
Slow Cooker French Onion Soup
Soup - Red pepper, carrot & lentil soup
Spicy Carrot and Tomato Soup
Spinach Soup
Split Pea and Courgette Soup
Vegetable Soup
... don't throw the string away. You always need string!
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Bread
Bagels
Baguettes
Bara Brith (Welsh Tea Bread) Bara brith teabread
Basic white bread recipe (makes a 2lb loaf)
Bread - Mrs McC's recipe for Remoska
Breadsticks MrsM's / angelnikki's (No Salt Recipe)
Chapatis
Cheese & Potato Bread
Cheesy Bread Rolls
Chewy Soft Flour Tortilla
Chocolate Bread
Courgette Flatbread
Focaccia
Garlic Dough Balls
Herb Quick bread
HM Bread
Irish Soda Bread
Lahmachun
Malt Bread
Naan Bread .. see also .. Curry Queen's ...... Mrs McCawber's ...... OrkneyStar's
Oatmeal bread
soft bread rolls
Super Seedy Bread
Dips, Jams & Chutneys and Drinks
Alioli / Traditional allioli
Bean Pickle
Beetroot and Apple Chutney
Brown Sauce
Chilli Jam
Elderberry cordial
Feisty Rhubarb Relish
Jams & Preserves
Lemon Squash
Miser's Marmalade
Onion - Caramelised Onion chutney
Onion Marmalade
Pineapple Salsa
Riata - Mint, yoghurt and Cucumber Dip
Tomato/Chili Salsa
Red Tomato Chutney
Tomato Chutney
Mango Chutney
Xmas Chutney
Cakes, Biscuits, Sweets, Snacks & Desserts
Apple Braid
Apple delight
Apple Charlotte
Apple - Microwave Autumn Apple Cake
Apricot Flapjack bars
Baileys Chocolate Truffles
Bakewell Tart
Banana and Honey bread pudding
Banana Cake (bread)
Banana and lemon drizzle cake
Banana Muffins (wholemeal)
Banana Muffins
Banana and Walnut cake
Banana Ginger Parkin
Blackberries - Grated Blackberry Bake
Branflake cake
Brownies
Bounty Balls
Bran Fruit Loaf
Bread & Butter Pudding
Bulk pancake mix
Buttercream topping
Butterscotch squares
Caramel Shortbread (Millionaire's Shortbread)
Cheese n marmite twists
Chocolate Biscuit Thins
Cheesy Biscuits
Chocolate Concrete
Chocolate Coookies - Cheap and Easy
Chocolate fudge
Chocolate Fudge Cake
Chocolate Krackolates
Chocolate Log - gluten free
Chocolate pudding (microwave)
Chocolate pudding - self-saucing
Chocolate Trifle
Chocolate yoghurt cake
Coconut Cake
Coconut Flapjacks
Coffee Fudge Frosting
Cookie Dough
Cornflake Tart
Courgette Tea Bread/Muffins
Cranberry And Chocolate Brownies
Currant Loaf
Custard Cookies
D&DD’s Apple Braid
Date, Nut and Oat biscuits
Easy Syrup Sponge Pudding
Eggless Chocolate Cake
Fifteens
Flaky Bars
Flapjacks and Flapjacks and Microwave Flapjacks
Fudge Tart
Fruit and Mascarpone dessert
Gingerbread Men
Ginger Raisin Crunches
Golden Syrup Tart
Gluten-free Chocolate Log
Healthy Snack Bars
Honey Frosted Buns
Ice Cream - slimmers world
Iced Buns
Impossible Coconut Pie
Jam Buns
Jammy Buns Jammy Buns
Key lime pie
Krispie marshmallow bars
Lemon cakes
Lemon Curd Cake
Lemon Curd Ice-Cream JeniD's / MoneySavingDiva's
Magic Lemon Pudding
Malt Bread
Marshmallow Squares
Mascarpone and Lime Torte
Mascarpone Ice-cream
Millies Cookies
Mince Squares
Miini Krispie Christmas Puddings
Muffins: Basic Recipe / Chocolate Orange Muffins (1) / Chocolate Orange Muffins (2) / Gingerbread Muffins / Kiwi Muffins / Sticky Date Muffins / Strawberry Muffins / Toffee Apple Muffins
No fat sponge
Oaty Pancakes
Oaty Shortbread Biscuits
Orange and Poppy Seed Cake
Peanut Butter Cookies
Petits Pots au Citron (Little pots of lemon)
Pineapple, Fried
Pineapple Sponge Cake (using tinned pineapple)
Rhubarb and Orange Jelly
Rock Buns
Scones
Scotch pancakes
Spiced Apple Bars
St Peter's Mud Pie (no cooking required)
Sticky gingerbread
Sticky toffee apple crumble
Teacakes
Twink’s Hobnobs
Weetabix Brownies
Weetabix Cake
Weetabix Fruit Loaf
Wonderbites
Yoghurt: Homemade yoghurt, Slow Cooker Yoghurt
Yoghurt Cake (the easy way)
Pastry
The best mince pie pastry ever
Pastry economics
Making pastry
Basic pastry
Flaky Pastry (BBC Food)
Home Made Dog Biscuits
Home Made Dog Biscuits (2)
Top Tips (OS threads)
Batch cooking ideas
Cheapest recipes? links to various OS threads, thanks Pink!
Complete Menu Plans Collection
Cooking for the Freezer
Frozen food safety - misconceptions
Grocery Challenge Top Tips
Laundry Washing Gel/ Gloop, Fab conditioner, vinegar.....
Meal building blocks for the freezer
Microwave Recipes
Mr Badexamples Cooking Index
External links
Batch Bake Minced Beef Recipe
Easy and Cheap Biscuits (DowntoEarth forum)
How to feed your whole family a healthy, balanced diet... (Webook)
List of conversions
Love Food Hate Waste website
Show Jamie How To Cook On A Budget Champagne Contest
Homemade Play Dough... don't throw the string away. You always need string!
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Hello all,another month already, it is a lovely day just right for plotting and planning April GC.
Haven't finished March yet so will catch up again.
mrssYou can't stay young for ever,but you can be immature for the rest of your life.0 -
Hi peeps :wave:
nice shiny new thread for April
I`ve been to MrA this morning and was just about to update my siggy but have found that i`ve left my new piece of paper at home, i`ve printed a calendar off on a sheet of A4 to help me keep track of this months spends and i`ve filled it in this morning.
Never mind, it will give me an excuse to pop back later.
Special thanks to Rosieben, MrsM & Pink :T
Good luck for April everyone!
SDPlanning on starting the GC again soon0 -
Although I don't officially declare until Wednesday I am going to post my April budget now. I have spent the afternoon on Mysupermarket and have printed off my list for Thursday. It comes to £150 - but I usually do less than that on the real shop. This is for the bulk buys - cleaning materials and toiletries etc and the meat, fish, and dried goods for the month as well as one week's dairy and F&V. There are only two 'big shop' days after that for me in April as we go on holiday on 23rd and won't be back till 2nd May. Also, I am going to see if I qualify for the free £10 bonus on my Boots card and if I do I will use that to buy the toiletries in stead of getting them at the supermarket. So all things considered I think that a budget of £250 for April should see me through, fingers crossed! Any holiday purchases will come out of the holiday budget and won't count against the GC.
Good luck everyone for a successful month!
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Hi all, last month went pearshaped but can I sign up for trying again to keep under £350 this month please Thanksworking on clearing the clutterDo I want the stuff or the space?0
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Uhhhh.... my March challenge isn't actually over yet, but I could not resist the shiny-shiny new thread, so please put me down for ...
.... £210...
for April.
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