Thread: Share your weekly shopping

Hi Britmum..............just being nosey, but why do you go over to the US to buy your food?
Also, looking at everyones lists, they are all very similar food items lol !

I live close to the US border. I don't go every week to the US to buy my food lol.

We do a shop there about once a month, mainly to stock up on foods you can't get in Canada and to pop to places like Trader Joes and Whole Foods which I love.

Originally Posted by BritMumInCanada

I live close to the US border. I don't go every week to the US to buy my food lol.

We do a shop there about once a month, mainly to stock up on foods you can't get in Canada and to pop to places like Trader Joes and Whole Foods which I love.

I'm so jealous Trader Joes and Wholefoods are my idea of heaven. Lol. Also jealous of your low syn chocolate pretzels.


Sometimes I miss the states (not that I've ever been there for long stretches).

Hmm I think its about time I added my list so here goes!
(this is a typical list, not any week in particular)

Fruit & Veg:
Apples
Bananas
Lemons
Grapes & Nectarines (too expensive at the moment, but when they're in season)
Carrots
Potatoes
Swede
Celeriac
Cucumber
Baby corn
Courgette
Cauli & Broc
Spinach
Mushrooms (eat loads of these, they feel like cheats veg because they're so quick and easy!)

Meat:
Frozen chicken breasts
Whole chicken
Low fat sausages
Cheap sausages (for OH)
Bacon/Gamon
Mince (beef/pork)
Pork chops

Chilled:
Muller lights
Grated cheese
1% milk
Cottage cheese
Margerine
Eggs

Cupboard Essentials:
Tinned tomatoes
Baked beans
Tinned Kidney beans
EL mayo
Gerkins
Alpen light bars/snacky stuff
Bread
Herbs and spices as and when they run out
Fry light (again as and when it runs out)
Bread crumbs
Diet cola/lemonade



That's about all I can think of at the moment, but looking through that I can see why I'm not doing very well... where are my syns?!!

Great thread...am planning to visit farm shop today to stock up on veg and fruit, but i can guarantee there will be no exotic fruits or veg in my shopping lol! love the idea of photos, will try to remember to take one xxx

Here is my shop I have just done online with Sainsbury's. We get a new fridge freezer on saturday too so cant wait

2 x Batchelor's Savoury Rice, Chicken
1 x Sainsbury's Spring Onions Bunch
1 x Sainsbury's Cucumber
1 x Sainsbury's Cherry Tomatoes
1 x Sainsbury's Little Gem Lettuce
1 x Weetabix Cereal x24
1 x Sainsbury's Yellow Pepper
10 x Sainsbury's Beans In Tomato Sauce
10 x Sainsbury's Chopped Tomatoes
1 x Happy Egg Large Free Range Eggs x6
1 x Sainsbury's Blue Cheese, Basics
1 x Sainsbury's Breaded Ham
1 x Diet Coke 330ml 24 Pack
1 x Sainsbury's Hot Chilli Powder
1 x Sainsbury's Hot Curry Powder
1 x Activia Fat Free Mixed Yellow Fruits 8x125g
2 x Muller Light 6 Pack Toffee & Vanilla
2 x Sainsbury's White Potatoes 2.5kg
1 x Sainsbury's Carrots, Basics 1kg
1 x Cadbury's Time Out 9x16g
1 x Cadbury's Fudge 6 Pack
1 x Cadbury's Curly Wurly x5 135g
1 x Low Low Mature Cheese Slices 160g
1 x Cathedral City Lighter 350g
1 x Sainsbury's Quark, Be Good To Yourself 250g
1 x Sainsbury's Macaroni 500g -
1 x Sainsbury's Onions 1kg
1 x Sainsbury's Super Sweet Pineapple
1 x Sainsbury's Yellow Melon, Medium
1 x Breville VHB029 Hand Blender Set
2 x Sainsbury's Red Pepper

I have not ordered any meat as of yet with the new fridge coming at the weekend I will stock up then when it arrives. xxx

Here's my shopping list from Asda which I did today. We have a lot of frozen Quorn in at the moment (Pieces/Burgers/Sausages) and we have quite a few things in the cupboards like Beans/Egg Noodles/Tinned Tomatoes. The milk is mainly for our 2 year old.

1 Chopped Tomatoes in Tomato Juice £0.33

1 Special K Sustain £2.81

1 Müllerlight® Orange Yogurt Sprinkled with Dark Chocolate £0.50

1 Müllerlight® Vanilla £0.50

1 Müllerlight® Toffee £0.50

1 Müllerlight® Banana & Custard £0.50

1 Garden Peas £0.30

2 Golden Savoury Rice £1.12

1 Wholemeal Pitta Bread £0.54

2 Cheese triangles light £1.00

1 Wholewheat Lasagne £0.68

1 Pittas halloumi £2.18

1 Hot & Spicy pork sausage - smoked £1.30

1 Fresh milk - whole £1.00

2 Alpen Light Bars Chocolate & Fudge £3.00

0.7
kg Bananas £0.54

2 Satsumas £2.00

1 Fruit Salad Double Strength No Added Sugar Squash £1.50

3 Still Water £0.51

4 Sparkling Water £0.68

1 Fillets £1.97

1 Wholewheat Tortillas £0.92

1 Hot Sweet Chilli £1.67

1 Sweet chilli soft cheese £1.34

1 Chives £0.84

1 Wholegrain Crackerbread £0.90

1 Thyme £0.54

1 2 Peppered Steaks £2.32

1 Freerange eggs-medium £1.46

1 Vegetable Stock Pot £1.38

1 Arborio Risotto Rice £0.93

1 LowLow Freshly Grated Mature Cheese £1.50

1 Firey cheese mix - grated £1.50

1 Pepper Sauce £1.12

1 Wholemeal loaf - thick sliced £0.64

1 Semi skimmed fresh milk £0.86

1 Fresh milk - semi skimmed £1.00

1 Sliced leeks £1.00

1 White Potatoes £1.37

1 Big Saver Fine cut salad £1.00

1 Garlic £0.24

1 Peppers £1.35

1.0
kg Butternut Squash £0.97

1 Jumbo mushrooms £1.00

1 Rainbow stirfry mix £1.00

1 Mixed Chillies £0.47

1 Closed cup mushrooms £0.83

1 Braeburn Apples £1.43

I like my trolley to like a rainbow, here a list of my shopping- a mental trip round morrisons lol

Crabsticks
Apples
Pears
Satsumas or similar
Melon
Bluberries
Stirfry mix
Mushrooms

Potatoes
Cucumber
Tomatoes
Carrots
Parsnips
Broccali
Bananas
onions

Sparkling flavoured spring water
Diet coke cans

Baked beans
Tinned tomatoes- whole and chopped
Egg noodles
Pasta of some description
Eggs

Pink and whites
Ryvita Fruit Crunch
All bran cereal

Red milk
'Free' yogs on offer
Extra lean mince beef
Minced turkey
Either a pork joint or whole chicken
Bacon
Cottage cheese
Mozorella cheese
Frozen chicken breasts
Frozen steam bags of veg
Frozen steam bags of rice
Frozen aunt bessies pancakes
Frozen berries

Here's our list from Morrisons today, we don't usually shop there but I was pleased! The meat especially was great value:

Potatoes
Red onions
Leeks
Brocolli
Carrot
White cabbage
Spring onions
Sweetcorn
Green beans
Banana's
Pineapple

800g lean mince
Beef steaks
Pork steaks (the above 3 were on 3 for £10!)
Joint pork
2 packs smoked bacon
Chicken breasts ( half price £3.20 for 5 big breasts!) BARGAIN!

Ramen noodles
Thyme
Paprika
4 cartons passata
NAS squash
8 pints semi skimmed milk
Eggs
1 loaf bread
Net of 20g cathedral cheddar cheese (on offer £1!) thought this would be great for HEA portion
12 muller lights
2 fat free natural yoghurt

and with this little lot I plan to make:

*Beef Stroganoff- 4 portions
*Pork casserole with onion, peppers and tomatoes- 4 portions
*Paprika Chicken- 6 portions
*Big vat of bolognise mince- one 800g pack makes 8 portions for us!
*Chicken ramen- 2 portions
*Roast pork dinner-4 portions
*Home made coleslaw
*Cheese, onion and leek potato pie- 4 portions
*Vegetable soup

And obviously anything else I can chuck together!!

This is the start of a very economical year for us so was really pleased at home many meals I will get out of all that!!

32 portions between the two of us is 16 meals! So that's great

Be good to see what other people are planning on making from their lists!

Claire xx

My tesco delivery came today:

Veg:
Green beans
Salad veg-leaves, spring onions, cucumber, peppers, tomatoes
Chillies
Already had-broccoli, red and brown onions, shallots, carrots, parsnips, new potatoes & big potatoes, garlic, frozen peas & cauliflower

Fruit:
Melon
Pineapple
Apples
Pears
Satsumas

Meat:
Bacon
Pork steaks
Chicken breast (all 3 for £10)
Beef joint
Already had quorn sausages, lamb mince, low fat sausages

Cupboard:
Passatta
Tinned toms
Tinned cherry toms
Extra light Mayo
Extra light salad cream
Spaghetti
Already had baked beans, haricot beans, kidney beans, herbs & spices, sauces, pasta, rice, Cous Cous

Dairy:
Semi skimmed milk
Already had rf cheddar, rf creme fraiche,

I love this thread!!!
Here's my shop from today:

Fruit:
Apples
Bananas (more for the kids)
Grapes
Blueberries
Kiwis

Veg:
Maris piper spuds
Carrots
Easy swede (as I hate chopping swede)
Courgettes
Onions (red and White)
Tomatoes
Cucumber
Peppers
Frozen broccoli
Tenderstem broccoli
Family pack of stir fry veg

Meat
Huuuge piece of gammon
Chicken
Quorn mince
Healthy living mince
Quorn bacon
Bacon

Store cupboard:
Passata
Worcester sauce
Soy sauce
Baked beans

Dairy:
Muller lights
Quark
Fromage frais
Extra light laughing cow
Eggs
Onion and chive cottage cheese
Milk

Drinks:
Coke zero
Sugar free squash

I also bought other stuff that I won't have (crisps, biccies, bread, cheese)
I keep a wholemeal loaf in the freezer and if I reaaaaaaally need a slice of toast I whack a bit in the toaster straight from the freezer but I try not to. Also (luckily) DH and the kids like mild cheese whereas I like really strong cheddar so their rubber junk doesn't tempt me!

This week I am planning on cooking:

Cottage pie
Spag bol
Chicken curry
SW quiche with broccoli and bacon
Gammon and swede (me) gammon and SW chips (everyone else)
SW quiche with herbs, tuna and baked beans (beans in the mixture)
Stir fry veg with gammon (cold for lunch at work)

Here's mine

Veg/Fruit

Potatoes
Baking potatoes
Onions
Broccoli
Cauliflower
White Cabbage
Peas
Sweetcorn
Bananas
Carrots
Swede
Leeks

Cupboard

7 mugshots - all free flavours
4 pasta n sauce - all free flavours
Crackerbread
Hovis 400g
Wholemeal rolls
Wholemeal pitta
Baked beans x4
Chopped tomatoes x4
Big bag of dried pasta
Tinned peas
Tinned sweetcorn
Tinned spaghetti
Oatiflakes cereal
Smash
Basmati rice
Frylite
Red lentils
Mushy peas
Sprouts

Flavour

marmite
veg oxos
aromat
garam masala
cumin
turmeric
coriander
ketchup
soy sauce
chives
tom puree
Cajun seasoning
Veg bisto gravy

fridge/freezer

24x cans diet coke
4 big bottles fizzy water
big bottle no added sugar squash
fat free natural yogurt
Activia x16
free range eggs
semi skimmed milk
quorn ham slices
tivall sausage slice
half fat cheese slices
half fat grated cheddar
spicy bean burgers
extra light salad cream
Quorn burgers
Quorn pieces
Quorn sausages
Quorn mince
Quorn peppered steaks
McCain rustic oven chips

Planning on a quorn & potato curry and a leek and potato soup but not thought ahead much more than that.

Here's my shopping:



now to convert it into meals...

I did a top up shop today of some veggies etc I needed and totally forgot to photograph.

Will try to remember for my next shop. Although I don't really need much for a while now, apart from top up's of fruit/veg.

Donnajt, that's a beautiful pic of all the veggoes and free food! I totally forgot to take a pic of my groceries (sigh) must remember to take a pic next shop! I ordered online from Ocado because I can't carry too many heavy bags (hee hee) Here's this week's shopping list!

Cupboard
1 Blackeye Beans In Water essential Waitrose
4 Italian Plum Tomatoes in Natural Juice essential Waitrose

Fruit & Veg
2 Medium Oranges essential Waitrose
2 Mixed Peppers essential Waitrose
1 Chestnut Mushrooms Waitrose
1 Coriander Waitrose
1 Romaine Heart Lettuce essential Waitrose
1 Sugar Snap Peas Waitrose
1 Tomatoes Baby Plum Waitrose
1 Mini Frozen Supersweet Corn Cobs essential Waitrose
1 Home Ripening Nectarines essential Waitrose
2 Bags Jazz Apples Waitrose
1 Fairtrade Small Bananas Waitrose
1 Ocado Broccoli
1 Organic Blueberries Waitrose

Meat/Fish
1 2 Select Farm Lightly Smoked Salmon Fillets Waitrose
1 Select Farm Salmon Fillets - 4 Pack Waitrose
1 Extra Lean Ground British Beef 5% Fat Twinpack Waitrose
1 Large Free Range Whole Chicken Waitrose

Dairy
1 Cravendale Skimmed Milk
6 Total 0% Fat Greek Yoghurt