Food planning, budgeting, shopping & cooking - Part 2

Well....this is going well isn't it?

Hmmm.....can you hear the sarcasm?

I think this saga should be a whole blog all of its own because its turning into a tall tale rather than a brief, matter of fact account of how it goes here!

The culprit........

Husband.

Oh dear....*shakes head in desperation*

You know that whole shopping list thing?  Yeah, that....what a crock of poop that whole idea is!  Take the list, then totally ignore it and buy what the hell you like whilst we still have a house full of food!

OK, rant over.

This is how it went....husband is given a shopping list......just a couple of bits to grab on the way home.  Nothing major.

Six things on the list were not required!  Not too bad....but that is the second time this week!  If he carries on like this we'll spend more on what we don't need than the things we do! Hahaha!

Bless him.....

They will get used, but, I'm really trying to see how much we can save by planning and budgeting!

Never mind.

Our week continued with the menu on the previous food & shopping post and we ate up the last of the soup and fish pie as lunches on Saturday.  Little lady had Friday off school ill, so we had fish-finger sandwiches by her choice using more bread and bits from the freezer - it is still full!

On Sunday I used the remainder of the white bread and eggs with some apricot jam and sultanas and made bread and butter pudding.....

Very nice....haven't had that for years!

The other job of the week was to take all the frozen bread crusts, plus those from the roll-ups and make breadcrumbs ready for treacle tart or fishcake making....

They'll go into the freezer for whenever that particular 'making' happens.

So meal planning.....this week we are trying to reduce the amount in the freezer.  The plan for this week is:

                         Monday - Vegetable Curry, Homemade Naans and nibbles (all from the
                                          freezer) and rice (always bought by the 5kg bag!)
                         Tuesday - Jamie Olivers Sausage Tagliatelli superfood (chosen by Little
                                          Lady because he is her hero....and its sausages!  It will use the
                                          rest of the pasta from Fridays meal, some frozen sausages and
                                          some veg from the fridge)
                         Wednesday - Soup and Homemade Bread (minestrone from the freezer)
                         Thursday - Lentil Bolognese & Garlic Bread (from the freezer)
                         Friday - Greek feta parcels (Jamie Olivers 15 Minute Meals), will use filo from
                                       the freezer and feta and spinach from the fridge....dont know what
                                       else we need just yet.
                         Saturday - Fajitas which will use up all the salad, yoghurt & cheese from                                                                the fridge and some chicken breasts from the freezer.
                         Sunday - Roast chicken (need to go to the butcher for this and it will cost around
                                        £8-10)

We also need more milk, eggs, some bread for monday lunch as the loaf will be in the machine!  We also need fruit for lunches and snacks and Little Lady has requested malt loaf for breakfast.  All I need for Tuesdays meal is a head of broccoli.

So todays shopping bill looks like this......

Let's hope hubby doesn't blow it later in the week! Tee-hee....

We think we are going for a vegetarian week after that, we have loads of lentils, beans and pulses as these are normal purchases for us and we usually get them a few kilos at a time.  Would be horrendous in this house if all our store cupboard stuff ran out at once...imagine the expense in one hit!  But we do need something to run out so that we can show the cost of replacements.

So until we meet again...bye!

Nora xxx