It's too hot outside today, so after pegging my washing out on the line, to take advantage of this free heat, I did a stocktake indoors.

We shopped at Costco at the weekend, we do this every 3 to 4 months, and spent £150 on food, so £50 or less a month. This ensures enough meat and fish to keep us going until the next visit. We have a good supply of pulses and we bulk buy tinned tuna, tomatoes, sardines etc.

For this we got:-
5lb minced beef,
2 large chickens,
11 large chicken breasts, (1 enough for 2-3 portions)
4 huge gammon steaks, (thinking quiches etc)
18 thick sausages,
big bag of cod loin fillets,
big bag of salmon fillets,
big bag of fish fingers,
Large tub of hommous (it freezes)
Mozzarella,
Cheese spreads,
Babybels,
huge block of mature cheddar,
so lots of protein, also:-
6 large mixed peppers,
large bunch bananas,
lg bag of salad potatoes,
Butternut squash wedges,
lg bag of sliced mushrooms,
18 fr eggs,
1 kg yogurt,
2 x 500g bags of gnocci,
very large jar of tiptree marmalade,
3 large bottles pissata,
2 large bottles black olives,
6 pkts wm pittas,
2 seeded batch loaves,
18 bags of tyrrells crisps (a naughty treat)
1 big bag of sweet potatoes (costco ones are larger and nicer than the ones in the supermarkets)

Most of this has been packed into portion size packs and frozen down for later use. I can feel the wolf running far away from the door!

We have 2 organic fruit and veg boxes delivered a month @ £14 each and shop only for essentials to a max of £30 a week. This should total £198 for the month and includes dog food and treats. I am going to try to cut the weekly shop down to £20 if I can to make some more savings. Time to use up all the old stores!