Challenge Shopping, Menus and HEAT!

 We had run out of a few things by Monday so we had to make the effort to go into town to run a few errands and do a top-up shop.  

Gray's shopping was simple; a loaf 75p and some salmon fillets at £4.50.   He used his £5.00 Nectar points plus 25p cash on the actual 'shopping' and paid for the coffee himself as a treat......

My shopping was a bit more of what was needed plus a treat of some ice cream as the weather is so unbearably hot at the moment.  I bought the usual staples of eggs, milk, cheese, two ready meals (for the microwave), some cooked chicken slices for sandwiches, and two pizza bases which I will add toppings to myself.  The apple pie is a lazy purchase but at £2.15 and no oven needed, it will make easy desserts with a drizzle of cream or scoop of ice cream.  Two bananas, two baking size potatoes, and a yellow pepper , plus a TV guide......

The total was £29.96 so I used my  £10.00 Nectar points plus £19.96 from the remainder of the food budget........

As you can see below, we still have a bit of cash left for a weekend top-up if needed.  With it being so hot we aren't that hungry so the salad stuff left in the fridge is being used up nicely.

Menu so far:

Monday: Beef stew from freezer (fish fingers for me)

Tuesday: Tinned salmon & mixed salad

Wednesday:  Ready meals (cod in parsley sauce, mash, peas)

Thursday: Home topped pizza with more salad from allotment & fridge

Friday: Salmon fillet with new potatoes and veg

 Saturday: Baked potatoes with cheese and (yet more!) salad

Gray: £5.00  nil

Ange: £12.33  £2.33

Cash: £2.65  £2.40

Left in Budget: £35.00 £15.04

Not an exciting post but it's all I can come up with at the moment 😋My brain is too hot to think straight !

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I hope you are all well and coping with the UK heat.

Stay safe and well wherever you happen to be,

Angie 💗