My $100 A Month Grocery Budget – Week 5 of 52 {UK Edition}

My big strategy last week was to use up the groceries I had previously purchased before leaving. 

I was planning on staying a few more days on Fair Isle but once I decided to fly out early, I quickly realized I wasn’t going to need to buy any more groceries {although I did load up on a bunch of treats to bring home because HELLO… you can’t go somewhere and not come home with some tasty loot}. 😉

Self sealing ice cube bags!? Have you seen these before? They are very popular in the UK and everytime I see them they make me smile and I have no idea why.

Here are the meals I made last week:

I finally finished the pot of chicken soup I made!

Beans, rice, eggs and bacon. What more do you need? {Okay, so a little avocado would have been nice}. 😉

When I made the roasted chicken last week, I knew I wouldn’t be able to use all the meat in a few days so I popped what I wasn’t able to use in the freezer. 

The store had a ton of Indian sauces to choose from so I bought a sweet chili pepper sauce and sauteed a few peppers in a pan along with some of the chicken and poured the sauce over the top. 

The sauce was so good, I wish I would have tried it earlier because I think I would have been making this dish every other day. 

Shortly after I was invited to tea with Tommy, I was invited to tea again by another Fair Isle resident for later that same day. 

The person who invited me was another creative soul and when I asked if I should bring a sample of what I was working on so that they could see, they said yes. And so I did. 

What started as an invitation to tea, in the end turned out to be a secret knitting circle with a few other people. 

There was tea and biscuits and we sat around a candlelit table and talked about all sorts of things for 3 hours. I had to swear that I wouldn’t name drop though … So I won’t.

But anyway, it was really the first time in my life that I had sat around a table like that, casually working on a project {and others doing the same} and it all felt so comfortable, welcoming and cozy. 

It was the perfect way to spend my last bit of time on Fair Isle and I’m so glad I said yes.

An interesting lunch at The Shetland Museum of Archives. 

The highlight was the cake! Which of course was Victoria sponge.

An early morning breakfast at Aberdeen Airport. The menu said tea and toast. But what I received was basically croutons and marmalade. I may have chipped a tooth.

British Airways London to Boston Meal #1 

Cauliflower mac and cheese, salad, roll, spreadable laughing cow cheese {I loved it!} oatcakes and a dessert bar.

British Airways London to Boston Meal #2

Grilled eggplant with a pasta salad, fresh fruit, pot of chocolate and breadsticks. Chocolate ice cream was served about halfway through the flight. 

I watched 3 movies and worked on a rug during the 6 ½ hour flight.

When I finally made it home I basically drank a large glass of water, got my pjs on and crashed. 

The next day though we made roast chicken for dinner and it was fantastic. I’m going to miss Fair Isle… But it’s also so good to be home. 🙂

So how did YOU do this past week? Did you make anything exciting? 

Have a good one, 

~Mavis

Total Spent This Past Week on Groceries £0

• Total Spent on Groceries in January $167.33
• Total Spent on Groceries in 2023 $167.33

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