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

[achookwoman]

Still within Budget.  Love this thread.  Inspired by what everyone does.  Obbie that was me before I started to save.  My biggest problem is the Farmers Market.  Last Sat . Bought 2 Ks of Apples to make Apple Cake,  used only 2 .  GC coming so they will eat lots.  Bought Goat Sausages,  beautiful, and 2 loins of rolled Goat.   Have been using Eat Your Books almost daily.  Great resource.
The Goat recipes would also suit the Venison.  I have selected one for braising with waxy potatoes,  black olives and rosemary. 

[RosieB]

Whoops,   Last week was over again.  My big monthly shop at the Natural food store ($79,65) to stock up with basics.
But we managed to keep it to just over ($123.60) as not much other than milk and fruit from supermarket.
So far have stayed home this week.  Hope to last til Friday with the last of the LL milk  and emptying the freezer.
Even DH commented that the pantry and freezer were looking a bit bare.   

[obbie]

My ww online delivery comes today.

I had to order last Friday to get delivery today.
Yes, i filled the pantry though.

[droverjess]

£100 today split between Aldi and Morrisons for A2 milk now in freezer.
Whole family home and more family visiting Sunday.

[obbie]

happy it was all the big heavy stuff, lots of 2 for 1 special, to last month..

I should come in under budget for the month now.

[Halex]

I too did a w on line order & got sucked in to /2 price deals. $133 this week.  I have a lot of crackers & rice crackers. Kids eat rice crackers as snacks & I get through heaps. I think yesterday was the first day in a long time when I only had my child & not other kids.

Tonight foster boy arrives until sunday night.

Oh well saturday is the start if a new week

Chookie, I refer to eat your books daily too

 

[obbie]

I have at least 5-6 kids with me after school every day to feed at work. so lots of baking...

I am only buying veges tomorrow..

[judydawn]

Another good week here, just over $14 - that was just buying enough ingredients to get me through to the start of my next shopping week which starts tomorrow.

[jo_nz]

Gaah!!  I thought I was doing well, but I have forgotten EGGS!  And I have less carrots than I thought.  So might need to do an extra mini-shop this week. 

[obbie]

Jo I have 11 dozen. must cook another cake, to use them

[jo_nz]

Too bad our stray chicken didn't hang around and lay a few last week!   

[Halex]

Obbie woud love some of your eggs.

This week $112, so in budget as we have loveabe rogue fri-sun again.

Mmmmm I seem to have been pulled in with specials, back to 8 tins of tomatoes, 10 boxes of pasta. I only buy Barilla pasta & when its on special.

Next week hopefully ont spend too much

[RosieB]

Last week I blew the budget.  No matter how I try to add up the numbers, $153.26 is well over the $100.00   

And there is nothing unusual.  No boxes of icecreams or other strange items in the cart.
$10.00 for baking flour and $10.00 for pure vanilla essence didn't help but the rest was just staples.

This week I made amends a bit tho.  I haven't left the house so we are having a $0.00 week.  Even tho we are not meant to carry totals over I do feel a bit better about it   

Next week we have some important meetings that we have to go out for so will have to try to keep the purse strings tied up tight during the outings.

[EmeraldSue]

I haven't added things up recently, but I feel as if I having been keeping to budget, although I did pay $8 for a packet of organic ginger yesterday.

[achookwoman]

spent $63 on fruit and veg,  should last 2 weeks.  Shop tomorrow,  only 3 things on the list so should be OK.   Must check that I have enough fruit for the H x buns.