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Re: Anyone want to join me on my $100 per week food challenge
« Reply #1275 on: August 09, 2012, 01:07:01 pm »
Well one ES . I will add up my shopping tomorrow and think I am under.

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Re: Anyone want to join me on my $100 per week food challenge
« Reply #1276 on: August 09, 2012, 10:54:12 pm »
Am going to try and not go shopping this week.  We can use LL milk as we always keep some.  Out for lunch tomorrow and visitors on Sunday.  Visitors covered,Maggie  Beer pate,  from freezer,roast beef from freezer, Potato and celeriac gratin,  silver beet from garden, carrots.  For Pud  ,Queen of Pud.Plenty of wine available for those who drink and soda water  for those who don't.  Cantucci to have with coffee.  Made bread sticks.  Like ES,  I have run out of some tins,  but will work around this for another week.  May even try not shopping the next week also as we will be heading for WA.  Love this Challange.   Thanks Hally.

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Re: Anyone want to join me on my $100 per week food challenge
« Reply #1277 on: August 10, 2012, 04:45:50 am »
My total for the week is 84.13. Not bad. No shopping next week or very little..

Save my pennies for my trip.

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Re: Anyone want to join me on my $100 per week food challenge
« Reply #1278 on: August 11, 2012, 12:58:45 am »
My total for the week was $106.70, which included an extra trip to the shops thursday to buy extra bits to cook for 6 people instead of 3.

Who cooks for 6 & what is your budget? For a while I will be cooking for 4 adults & my ds & a teenager.

11 tins used, yay but still have a few tinned curry tins. Down to one packet of spaghetti :) still have lots of other types of pasta.

Will be doing my meal plan today for next week.

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Re: Anyone want to join me on my $100 per week food challenge
« Reply #1279 on: August 11, 2012, 01:01:54 am »
After a $0 week last week, I was happy with a $60.31 spend this week.
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Re: Anyone want to join me on my $100 per week food challenge
« Reply #1280 on: August 11, 2012, 05:53:00 am »
Ok my new budget while I am cooking for my friend & family is $150. I think this is reasonabe, I am doing main meals & lunches. I didnt want to make it too high as I ddnt want to get back to old habits.

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Re: Anyone want to join me on my $100 per week food challenge
« Reply #1281 on: August 11, 2012, 06:20:07 am »
I think that is very reasonable Hally. If you go over you go over. It's a lovely thing you are doing for your friend.

Well this week I spent $79.06c. Which brings my average to $100.93.

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Re: Anyone want to join me on my $100 per week food challenge
« Reply #1282 on: August 11, 2012, 09:46:34 am »
Avoided the supermarket but bought $5 tomatoes at farmers market.  Like Gert,  saving my money for Grace town.  Very pleased.

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Re: Anyone want to join me on my $100 per week food challenge
« Reply #1283 on: August 11, 2012, 10:26:52 am »
I spent $120 yesterday, but that was lollies for party stuff too. have just bought a quarter of a beef for $400, so that is cheap.

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Re: Re: Anyone want to join me on my $100 per week food challenge
« Reply #1284 on: August 11, 2012, 02:54:49 pm »
Hi not sure where to ask this question, so I'll start here. pre TMX I stocked up on lots of tinned soup,some concentrate some just heat and pour, now we only eat home made.  any ideas on how I may use up these tins of soup??

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Re: Anyone want to join me on my $100 per week food challenge
« Reply #1285 on: August 11, 2012, 03:12:03 pm »
Greyhound mum - you could use chicken based ones in chicken pies? Otherwise no idea, never eaten canned soup really. Hopefully someone more skilled than me has a better answer.

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Re: Anyone want to join me on my $100 per week food challenge
« Reply #1286 on: August 11, 2012, 03:23:57 pm »
GHM, a lot of American recipes call for canned soups.  How about listing what your cans of soup are and see if anyone has a recipe to suit.  I have used them in the past but it's something you soon change once you are a TMX owner. 
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Re: Anyone want to join me on my $100 per week food challenge
« Reply #1287 on: August 11, 2012, 09:46:55 pm »
Lots of the 3 and4 ingredient recipes use canned soup.  Mostly chicken, mushroom and tomato.

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Re: Anyone want to join me on my $100 per week food challenge
« Reply #1288 on: August 11, 2012, 10:25:58 pm »
Theres an app called big oven, lots of recipes on there used canned soup. I havent made any recioes from the app because each recipe I have been interested in requires canned soup!!LOL

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Re: Anyone want to join me on my $100 per week food challenge
« Reply #1289 on: August 11, 2012, 10:51:51 pm »
This weeks menu plan

Sunday  Moroccan Lamb Rack, cous cous, flat breads & salad
Monday.  Creamy chicken pasta,  2 batches
Tuesday chicken& sweetcorn soup & minestrone soup, divide between families
Wednesday. Silverside & veg,
Thursday   curried lamb in yoghurt, 2 batches, pilau rice
Friday     pizza, extra dough
Saturday freezer food

Lunches & extras
Quiches, asian chicken broth wih pork dumplings, fried rice, pies & mjs pasties breads
Plus a mince dish for friend, any suggestions, they had 1kg if mince made into to spag bol last time.

I figure my friends dh can buy a bbq chicken 1 night & a bag of salad

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