My £2 a Day Shopping Challenge - Day Four

Day Four Shopping - Total Cost £2.64

Going so far over my £2 was possible because there was an 87p underspend yesterday so I had £2.87 to play with.  It's good to try and have some cheaper days when you know that there's something 'expensive' that you want to buy on another day.  The eggs cost me £1.35, which would be cheap in any other scenario.

Meals

Breakfast - 1 slice of  toast and a banana

Lunch - Egg Mayo Sandwiches, made with 3 slices of bread and 2 eggs.

Tea - Potato Wedges and Mayo

I wasn't overly hungry after my filling lunch so I just a plate of wedges with a dollop of the mayo for dunking purposes.  It was a very simple days food, but very satisfying and I enjoyed it.

Leftovers Carried Forward:

400g SR Flour

 DF Spread

Jam

375g Pasta

2 portions of Pasta Sauce

Mayo

10 slices of bread

4 Eggs

Tin of Peaches

Cash - 23p

Sue xx

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