It's Sunday 26th January and we have six more days of meals to find before I can break into the February food budget. Yesterday, Graham fancied steak for his main meal so spent £5.00 worth of his Nectar points on steak and two chicken portions. I can't find his receipt but it cost:
£3.50 steak (small sirloin, thin cut)
£2.60 2 x chicken breast portions
£6.10 total
£5 Nectar + £1.10 cash
I cooked the steak and served it with roast potatoes, brocolli, carrots, home grown sprouts, onion rings and yorkshire puddings, and I enjoyed a big plate of veg 👍
The chicken will be used for two more meals (4 portions) ....not sure what yet....fajita wraps maybe? Cooked and sliced with more veg?
For the forthcoming week I also have the makings of:
Cheese pie & baked beans
Quorn chilli and rice
Leftover Quorn curry
Eggs and chips
Pasta bake
The freezers are slowly emptying and by the end of the challenge I hope to defrost the garage freezer ready for re-stocking. I've used up all the odd bits of leftovers and tiny bits left in their packaging and, in doing so, freed up a lot of storage boxes for future use. It's been very satisfying 😊
Nectar points spent: Graham £15.00 Angie £25.00
Boots points 565
Cash spent: £93.08
Remaining: £5 Nectar points and £6.92 cash
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I'm also eke-ing out toiletries. I do have spares but want to make everything last as long as possible. We still seem to get through a ton of handwash (thanks to ingrained pandemic habits) and I make sure I use every drop....
I do wonder how many people throw away products because they can't get any more out of the containers, like you I cut them open.
ReplyDeleteExactly, even toothpaste tubes leave a lot inside when they appear to be empty. 😊
DeleteLike you and Poppy I cut the tops of containers to get every little bit out. You are almost at the end of the month now so not long to go now. We're having pork chops found in the bottom of the freezer along with YS parsnips and green beans. Xx
ReplyDeleteThat sounds lovely, Gill, and very frugal. Next month I need to log purchases for the freezer in my book. I got out of the habit I'm ashamed to say so I found lots of things I didn't even know I had in there 😱
DeleteAll the things that I do. I am always amazed at the sheer amount of handcream and face cream left in those squeezy tubes when you cut them in half, especially when you have been struggling for days to get any out. I have never used liquid soaps though, although Alan does. I still prefer the old fashioned bar soaps. So much less plastic packaging and they last longer if you buy them and store them unwrapped completely for months before you get around to using them.
ReplyDeleteI spent a lot of last year using up all my stash of little hotel soaps, shampoos, body washes etc that Alan had amassed over the years of staying in hotels for work. It is very satisfying to now mostly have just the things that I enjoy using that I have actually been given as gifts or bought for myself.