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

[Halex]

Well I am going to be over this week if I keep my 2 aussie farmers delivery. Too late to cancel fruit & veg, the other is milk, sausages & sour cream. If I dont count the sausages I will be in budget. Sausages are meat, so maybe I dont have to include them. Buyi g them to replace the acket we are eating tonight.

H

[gertbysea]

Well I am going to be over this week if I keep my 2 aussie farmers delivery. Too late to cancel fruit & veg, the other is milk, sausages & sour cream. If I dont count the sausages I will be in budget. Sausages are meat, so maybe I dont have to include them. Buyi g them to replace the acket we are eating tonight.

H

Waddya mean you do not have to include meat!!!!!!  Are you not including meat!!!!!!!

Gert

[Katiej]

I think you have to include meat. Maybe Hally is making up the rules as she goes along!! 😄

[CreamPuff63]

H you have been watching too much Border Security  sausages are meat, and meat is food. Points for trying

[Halex]

No I normally buy my meat in bulk spending around $600.

I have included sausages, bacon, chorizios in the past. I still have enough meat in the freezer to last me for 3 weeks then I domy bulk order.

If you read through an earlier post you will read that i did include my sausages & bacon, but I like Obbie buy it in bulk.

No .i am not changing the rules or making them up. Read all posts

H

[gertbysea]

H we are just kidding ya.   

[deedub]

I do include meat in my budget but then again 500g of meat can last us for up to 3 meals - I think it's a different story in H's household!

[EmeraldSue]

We had sausages for dinner tonight H . DH bought them yesterday and they weren't in my plan, but he got them for a really good price, and they were really tasty and  meaty.
I have got to the end of the first week and have spent a total of $122.20. (including the sausages he bought). I AM UNDER BUDGET!!!
Normally I would do the supermarket on Friday, but I will go late night shopping tomorrow as I have a hair appointment at the shopping centre. It will mean that next week will cover 8 days!

[Jude59]

I've been including meat and cleaners in my budget but apart from Sunday's it's just the two of us here.  I have wondered about buying bulk meat but it would last us forever.  My family will eat pretty much all meats but I personally only eat seafood.  Sometimes I buy a whole salmon and that works out quite a lot cheaper.

[Jude59]

Hally, how long does your $600 meat last you?

[obbie]

We are waiting on a friend to give us 1/2 cow, cut up and packed of course. That lasts us about 6 months..

[keiramax]

Well, I'm not going shopping today as it's wet and cold in Melb today.  So my total for the week is $68.00.  Very happy with that.  Will need to sit down and work out the meals for the next week.  It will be a potato inspired week as I picked up a 5kg bag of spuds for $2.00

[obbie]

what a bargain

[Halex]

Jude, I bought my last side if cow in Jan,  so 6 months shared it with a friend &  1 1/2 lamb, 10 kgs chicken breast & 4 chickens.

So 1/4 of a cow, 1 1/2 lambs, 10 kgs chicken breast & 4 chickens. This s what I have left in the freezer

Beef
1 beef stir fry
1 beef rib
1  silverside
6 osso bucco

Lamb
2 x rack of lamb
1 pkt lamb chop
 2 roast lamb plus 1 we are having tonight

H

[mcmich]

I've haven't shopped since Sunday and that was $16.45.
That gives me $80.00 to spend at the food and wine fair tomorrow.