£50 February? A Post That's Hung Around For Months!

Do you remember No/Low Spend November? (probably not). Then came Decadent December(which wasn't) followed by Just Stay In January(which was) and during Just Stay in January I had a brilliant idea for good alliteration for  February ................£50 February!

I worked out a shopping list and menus................

Shopping List Aldi   

1.5Kg Strong White bread Flour £1.09 (Makes 3 loaves using 400g each and pizza bases using 300g)

2 wholemeal sliced -Bread @47p  94p 

Pasta 41p                                                                                                                                                      

2 x 4 pt milk@ £1.45. £2.90                                                                         

2.5kg wonky potatoes £1.49 

1kg carrots 49p

Cucumber 89p

1 fresh pepper 59p                                                                   

12 chipolatas 1.79   

Fresh medium chicken £4.15. Breasts and one leg removed and frozen. Rest roasted  and carcass used for stock for soup and meat bits for chicken and veg pie.

2 x tin sardines @52p £1.04                                                                   

2 x tin toms @39p 78p

500g Essentials grated cheese 2.99

250g Mature grated cheddar £2.19                                                             

4 x 6 mini apples @ 99p £3.96

Basics mini Plum toms 69p

4 x pineapple tins @  79p  £3.16

4 tins cheap peaches @ 39p  £1.36

Tomato puree tube 59p

1 tin baked beans 28p

Stuffing mix 45p

2 sachets yeast 45p

Frozen peas 99p

Frozen Broccolli £1.19

Marmalade 79p

Gravy mix 62p

Mozzarella Ball 69p

2 x 35p instant noodles 70p

1 stir fry sauce 55p

                                                                          

Asda

1.5kg Plain Flour 80p  

Willow spd 1.10

Baking spread £1 

Lard 50p

2 x Half dozen Eggs @£1 = 2.00 (roadside stall)

Tesco

onion 5x 11p 

Sainsburys cheap 'cooking' bacon 500g. divided  4 portions £1

Which adds up to just over £46.....I think, I didn't double check.

Main Meals

2    warm pasta salad fish ( pasta, 2 tin fish, fresh toms, cucumber)

2    pasta with tom & onion sauce (1 tin toms, 1onion, part pepper) +cheese

2    pizza (flour, yeast, Topping = 1 tin toms strained , onion, tom puree, cheese, mozzerella) 

 8   two quiche  ( 6 eggs/ 2 bacon, fresh toms, grated cheese, milk)

8   chicken (2 roasts legs, 2 breasts -stir fry (carrot, onion, pepper, noodles), 2 soup, 2 chicken and veg pie)

2   Toad in hole (1 egg) flour, 4 chipolatas

2   scotch eggs (6 chipolatas 2 eggs + 1 to coat)

1   egg, bacon, fresh tomatoes

1   tom soup( juice from 1 tin toms, grated carrot, onion, tom puree)

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Breakfast -  toast home made bread

Other meal

Sandwich and fruit

I even bought a couple of things and took some photos of items from the list that I had in the cupboard anyway...............

                                                                                  

BUT.............. I had lots of meals I'd batch made in the freezer that needed be used, and things left from Christmas that really needed eating. Then I used half  the packet of stuffing mix plus nuts that were in the cupboard which needed using PDQ to make a nut loaf.

And THEN it was the end of February and in the freezer there were still chipolatas from Christmas, some of the last of the chicken breast meat bought months ago and my home made veg curry and a couple of pizza toppings.

And the freezer really needed emptying and defrosting before the weather warmed up.

So...............it just never seemed the right time to get started!

Which is why £50  February  became  Maybe March? (didn't happen!) or even Attempt in April? (no) or Might be May!! (doubt it) but more likely it is Just Give Up in June!

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