Thread: Frugal February

Originally Posted by Surzy

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Brillant.
I'm going to give this a go but I'm away from next Mon - Thurs.
I'm going to try £20/25 a week a go for 2 of us.Don't have much in freezer.

Just posting so I can find this later when I'm at home but so jumping on this with you guys! Money is dead tight atm and I am usually a good shopper but been a bit loose with the money and buying convenient stuff will post more info later xx

I'm going to jump in too, I've got a freezer that needs to be emptied and saving money never hurts

There's 3 of us and I have a loose budget of $100 a week for food (stuff is expensive here) right now, but I'll see if we can do $75 a week...including work lunches and breakfast.

I'd love to join this too. There are four of us - two adults and two kids and we must spend at least £500 at the supermarket (not just food, other stuff too, but still!!)

I would love to get this down to £200 for Feb. I don't think I could manage that every month, but the freezer and cupboards are rammed at the moment, so if I make a dent in them I could probably do it.

Game on!!

Would love to cut my monthly shopping bill of about £600 a month for 5 of us down but don't seem to be able to...hoping to get some inspiration here!

Count me in too! For the two of us and all the animals, I think we come in at £30 a week, but I would like to check this is true, and maybe shave a bit off too! Our freezers are so full, I have written the contents down on a white board, and now wipe off anything we use, and try my best not to replace it!
But I'm guilty of not doing a weekly shop, just popping out when I need something, like yesterday in Aldi I spent about £6 I think, then £2 in Farmfoods - it all mounts up. Our main killers are OH's addiction to cherry coca cola, and Whiskas pouches. Got the two little ones on cheaper pouches, but the big dude ain't budging from his Whiskas!

Originally Posted by kingleds

How are you going to do this hun? If i could feed me & hubby for £20 a weeki would be seriously well off!

I'll be buying tesco value stuff lol. And have mostly green days

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try this site for some cheap adaptable recipes, another tip go to shops late at night to get the bargains i work for a big food retailer and i work a couple of nights, sometimes i get brill bargains like chicken and salmon for 10p once i got 5 punnets of cherry toms for 25p :-)

to make a cheap tasty bolognese instead of using meat use red lentils and grated carrot, ceap veg soups topped with cooked pasta

i want a cheap as poss month, will have to cut out the luxuries like cereal bars - although i read a thread on making your own for the week eg out of healthy extras such as porridge oats and dried fruit may give it a whirl. i do have a full food store cupboard and freezer so i will use as much as i can from home. i will plan my meals round the food i already have in. i have a really bad tendancy to bulk buy bargains i must stop. if i think of anything else i'll be back! xx

i'm in i will set 150 quid budget, tesco have a deal this week if you spend 40 instore or online you get a 5 pounds off next week
£5 off - Tesco Groceries

also don't know if anyone knows but tesco value cottage cheese is free and the value natural yogurt is only 1.5 syns for the whole big carton. also i'm checking out the aldi super 6 and basing meals round these where i can x

a recipe with the yogurt that goes great will just plain boiled rice and sw chips and mushy peas if you like them:

syn free curry sauce

1 onion, chopped
2 garlic cloves, crushed
1 tsp ground ginger
1/2 - 1 tbsp curry powder
400g tin chopped tomatoes
2 floz veg stock
2 tbsp sweetner
yogurt 2-4 tbsp

fry onion, ginger and garlic in fry light for 2 minutes, add the curry powder, stir in the toms, stock and sweetner. simmer for 15 mins. take off heat stir in yogurt and blend.

serve with sw chips and mushy peas

I got this recipe from a sw magazine when i first did sw back in 2005, i usually add a lot more yogurt than it says. i have made it a few times for taster sessions and everyone always asks for the recipe

Originally Posted by parfittaroles

I'll be buying tesco value stuff lol. And have mostly green days

Ah right! Can't get hubby to consider a meal without meat in it to be a 'real' meal so probably explains it!

I use to be a veggie so it doesn't bother me too much. I do have a nice rare steak every once in a while though

I was looking at ebooks on Amazon and it is an American one but they must of known what we had planned.

Frugal Kitchen Tips eBook: Mary Gail Stanley: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store

I find eating much cheaper since I became vegetarian :-) off work sick for past 7 weeks and still got at least 6 to go since i shattered my ankle to pieces so any money saving tips are great! :-)

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farm foods frozen chicken 2 packs of 1kg chicken breasts or mini fillets for 8 quid, i use this all the time. you can cook it from frozen x