I challenged myself to buy nothing this week. No groceries or takeout food! The struggle was real .. watch till the end to see whether I made it without spending!
Love this!!! I have been doing this more and more lately. I have just being saying to myself “do I have something at home I can eat, do I need to buy it?” It’s been working and walking by instead of going into shops I normally would ❤
If i have eggs and flour i then make American pancakes - 2 eggs and 8oz of flour = 16 ish pancakes. Serve with yogurt and fruit ( i now only use frozen berries - until mine arrive in the garden) If i only have flour then i make my own flat breads ( Hugh Farnley Whittingstall's recipie) rather than chocolate mug cake ( ok a comfort food is necessary 😂). Also, not to be rude but you do seem to shop at very expensive supermarkets. I think a once a month shop at Aldi or Lidil's might save you quite a bit. Afterall they keep on winning taste test awards! But if they are very far away i quite unerstand. Please accept these comments in the spirit intended - as friendly, helpful suggestions.
Thank you 😊.. yes all taken on board. Actually I find the places I shop to be no more expensive than anywhere else .. I discovered that some things in places like M&S could actually be as cheap or cheaper than Aldi. My experience with Aldi has not been good at all .. our local Aldi is disorganised, noisy and I can never find exactly what I want. Its a shame because I'd really hoped Aldi would be good. We don't have a Lidl nearby but I do love their stuff. For me, I choose our small morrisons as its not loud and bustling, and my local coop because its just the right walk for my ability. I'm hoping to start trying all these places like Aldi and Lidl again and I'll do some comparisons.. im generally interested in that but I also put my wellbeing first which sometimes means when I finish work I need to just call somewhere local. I love your pancake idea and I'd love to see a recipe? A mug cake worked well as I can take that to work and eat while I drive if I need to (I can't eat breakfast before leaving for work) Anyway thanks so much for your wonderful suggestions 😊 x
That was amazing well done!! That would not be possible in my house, I literally have a few tins, longlife milk and fruit, veg, cheese, peanut butter and cereal as I tend to buy what I need day to day, 😕
I love this challenge and do it myself on a fairly regular basis. (Currently living alone as husband is working overseas). In fact I have done this challenge on numerous occasions and really enjoy it! It does mean that I have sometimes ended up with strange food combos by the end of the week. The strangest one so far - fish fingers, cous cous and sweetcorn. It was actually really tasty. 😂
@@MoneyMadeMagic Yes, that is definitely the downside and not something I would choose to do for longer than a week as you could find yourself living on lots of processed, store cupboard ingredients.
True in terms of what I bought and ate at home, plus ive not shown all the meals here. I decided to use this method rather than shop as I didn't want to waste money on food that would sit in the cupboards going off when I went away. I still didn't spend anything on food for a whole week 🙃
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