Thursday 19 September 2024

My £2 a Day Shopping Challenge - Day Three



The Plan

With yesterday's 1p overspend there was just £1.99 available.



Day Three Shopping - Total Cost £1.12

If I had gone to Sainsbury's, as was the original plan it would have cost me £1.11, but Alan was going to Aldi and I decided to go with him and get their versions of the things I needed.  I had originally thought that I would need to buy another onion to make the pasta sauce that I had planned for today, but having the carried forward onion and carrot meant that I saved some money, and of course meant that shopping at Aldi was possible.  It's a shame that Aldi sell so little of their produce loose, but I understand why they can't.



Meals


Breakfast 
- 1 slice of Toast with Jam, one with spread and a Banana

A simple breakfast but with the added banana, very satisfying.



Lunch - Jacket Potato with Spread
I had to use the same photo from yesterday as I forgot to take another one before I got stuck in.


Tea 
- Pasta and Sauce

I made the sauce with the tinned tomatoes, onion, carrot, mixed herbs and seasonings.  Simply cooked for a long time together and then whizzed up with my stick blender.  As you can see I manged to make three good portions from the ingredients that I had.



Leftovers Carried Forward:

14 slices of Bread

400g SR Flour

 Jam

 DF Spread

375g Pasta

2 portions of Pasta Sauce

2 Potatoes

1 Banana




87p




Sue xx