Grocery challenge end of the week update

I called in at the local Co-op on the way to pick up the EFG to go to gym this afternoon, and I bought the fruit and veg that we needed, as well as a few other bits.

Rounding up the week:

Orange squash £1.55

Baking margerine 2 @ 0.89 = £1.78

Sliced white loaf 0.83

Iceberg lettuce (reduced) 0.50

Bananas £1.26

Clementines £1.20

Grapes £2.00

Carrots 0.70

That all comes to £9.62 so added to the earlier spend of £6.60, we have a total spend for this week of £16.22, leaving a little lunch of £4.78 for the sealed pot this week.

We still had some apples, and there are plenty of green vegetables (broccoli, asparagus, green beans, sprouting broccoli or calabrese, etc) in the freezer, along with a bag of frozen mixed peppers which I find far more economical than fresh ones. We also have some potatoes and onions left, and plenty of tinned beans and tinned tomatoes, so please don't think that we aren't eating healthily on this challenge! We have frozen cooked apples, pears and peaches in the stores as well, so they make great crumbles now and again.

Meals we have eaten this week have included Shepherd's pie, boiled ham joint with veg, home made pizza, curry, tuna pasta bake - there hasn't been a lot of chicken this week, but there is plenty in the freezer so that is bound to be on the menu this next week.

If you are doing this sort of challenge, do let us know how you are getting on!