Anyone want to join me on my $100 per week food challenge

[judydawn]

Chookie, are you planning your next overseas holiday with all these savings 

[achookwoman]

Hally,  tell me more about the dairy week.

Judy,  have booked our trip to Turkey for next year.  Going to need all I can save between now and then.. Would love to visit CC while over there.    Anyone want to have a sticky,  it is Captains Choice,   Ancient Wonders of the Black Sea.

Well blew it today.  $114 .  Back to some bad habits ,  got sucked in with some specials.  2 tins of Pineapple  Thins (on special)  for a lovely sweet  where you fill the hole with dates and lemon juice and cover with meringue and bake. A very large chicken for $10.  A large packet of English Breakfast Tea.  2 Bags of quick sale pumpkin,  which I am turning into soup,  mash and bake.  2 lots of visitors,  (that I know about)  this week,  so still pretty good.

[Halex]

It is so easy to get sucked in

Dairy Challenge, the idea is to try & use freezer frozen veg & fruit & more importantly pantry items. My pantry doesnt seem to go down, just as busy.

So the only items we can buy this week are dairy, milk, cream, butter, cheese etc.

H

[achookwoman]

OK,  i'm in.   

[mcmich]

Count me in. My pantry is just about where I want it but the freezer just don't seems to budge.
Was hoping to defrost it this weekend, will aim for next weekend.

[Halex]

Great there is a few of us doing ths

Very pleased since yesterday I have used, 1 creamed corn, 1 tin of tomatoes (my last) but i have puree, paste & dolmios & passata , 1 tin of spaghetti- talked the boys intto having some with toast & 1 coconut cream. 4 tins in 2 days, yay, 

 

[jeninwa]

It is so easy to get sucked in

Dairy Challenge, the idea is to try & use freezer frozen veg & fruit & more importantly pantry items. My pantry doesnt seem to go down, just as busy.

So the only items we can buy this week are dairy, milk, cream, butter, cheese etc.

H

I wont be joining this challenge, I can only have a small amount of dairy.

[Halex]

I wont be joining this challenge, I can only have a small amount of dairy.

It diesnt sound like you have cupboards of food where you cant  find anything or it all falls out on top of you

 

[obbie]

I shopped friday instead of today, for kids party.  This week, I wont spend much, just dairy, fruit..

[Halex]

Was very happy used 4 tins yesterday. Will be making soup for the freezer today, so another tin of creamed corn. Yay. Probably shifting food from pantry to freezer,  LOL

Soups good in portions in freezer, wished I had sie ast week
H

[mcmich]

I have one huge 800gm can of peach halves in the pantry. This can will be my first port of call.
I don't buy a lot of tinned fruit, although have half a kilo of raspberries in the freezer and apart from the peaches only have a tin of fruit salad.

[Halex]

I wonder if peaches & chicken works like apricot chicken.

My menu plan out of the window as I left meat out of the freezer whilst looking for a chicken to make butter chicken.

However instead of buying a few items for my Harira soup I used from pantry. Needed dry chickpeas, used tinned but obviously didnt  soak & pre-cook. Needed a tin of tomatoes, used dolmio jar. Used green lentil instead of black. Normally I would have bought all these items.

Spent $12.89 with aussie farmers, 5 litres of milk & 1 spreadable butter. Have cancelled the rest of the weeks orders,  but will need milk by the weeend with eb coming again.

Really hoping to stay in dairy only. Might need a few veg but not much

Used frozen veg yesterday, nothing wrong them

H

[gertbysea]

Well done H. I am working on my pantry too. I am amazing myself when shopping .this challenge has really changed  a lifetime of poor shopping habits.

Thank you for thinking of it and for getting us motivated.

Gert

[KathD11]

I have been reading this thread with interest, as I really need to start shopping within a budget. I thought before I post anything saying "I'm in" I would give it a trial run and see how close to $100 I could get at my last supermarket shop. I did my menu plan for 2 adults 1 toddler 1 baby and tried to use mostly things from the pantry & freezer, but still managed to spend $227!!    What the! That did include $60 worth of nappies, but still nowhere near 

Will attempt again this week, fingers crossed for a better result.

[obbie]

I am good, spent nothing since Friday, and not shopping till Sunday..