We recommend shopping weekly, to ensure your fresh vegetables are in top condition, please refer to our original lists for how much you will need each week.

SHOPPING FOR MONTH        cost

Fruit and vegetables

1 x Asda spinach leaves     £1.00

300g fresh ginger £0.63

1 x Smart Price mushrooms (400g)    £0.84

700g swede           £0.59

5 x Smart Price peanuts 200g             £1.90

1.6kg Butternut squash       £1.36

2 x Brazil nuts (200g)           £3.28

3 x walnut pieces (150g)     £4.26

6 x pumpkin seeds (150g)   £3.36

4 x Smart Price onions (2kg)               £4.72

5 x Smart Mixed Fruit (500g)               £3.20

4.9 kg carrots loose             £3.43

5 x Smart Price potatoes (2.5kg)        £4.85

Frozen

1 x Smart Price sweetcorn   £0.94

1 x frozen roasting parsnips              £0.94

5 x Smart Price peas            £4.25

Tins, Jars and Cooking

1 x Aleyana peppers                             £1.47

1 x oregano (12g)  £0.50

2 x tomato puree (142g)      £0.50

1 x ASDA coconuts                £0.50

1 x ASDA olives garlic stuffed(340g) £0.78

1 x Rocca balsamic vinegar (250ml)  £0.98

1 x Smart Price baked beans (420g)  £0.27

6 x Smart Price red kidney beans (400g)          £0.96

1 x vegetable oil (3l)           £3.98

3 x yeast extract (240g)        £5.61

15 x Smart Price Passata *  £3.75

1 x Colmans mustard powder            £1.34

2 x KTC lemon juice*            £0.66

1 x Asda dried tomatoes    £1.19

Packets and cereals

1 x Whitworths Great Scot green lentils (500g)              £0.74

3 x Smart Price pasta shapes (500g) £1.23

1 x Natco brown lentils(500g)*          £0.98

1 x Allinson dried active yeast (125g)              £1.28

1 x 2 kg silver spoon sugar £1.29

2 x NATCO chana dal beans(500g)*   £2.00

5 x Smart Price plain flour (1.5kg)     £2,60

4 x Smart Price rice (1kg)     £1.96

11 x strong bread flour (1.5kg)           £7.48

7 x ASDA ready oats (750g) £9.24

Total       £86.86

*Some items on this list differ from the original on the website for example passata instead of chopped tomatoes, brown lentils instead of red, chana dal beans instead of chickpeas and lemon juice instead of lemons. This is due to these products being cheaper now than the original ingredients. These can all be used in the same manner as the original ingredients so there is no need to change your cooking methods.

CFR are grateful for reader R.H. in N. Yorkshire for this tip.

500g rowanberries

800g sugar

1. put fruit in big microwaveable bowl, micro for 5mins (650watt) cool and pulverise in your food processor

2. add sugar and stir, micro 12mins

3. check its consistency by either dropping a spoonful into a bowl of ice water or spreading on to a cooled plate if it is still runny after about 20 seconds put it back in for a bit, if it sets then its done!

4. pour into jars

Don’t forget the nutritional gem that is rosehip syrup. It has 20 times more vitamin C than oranges!

1 kilo rosehips, washed and chopped in your food processor

1.75 litres water

boil together for 15 mins then strain through a muslin or jelly bag. Put the strained juice back in a pan, add 750g sugar, and boil for just 2 mins til the sugar dissolves. Bottle or jar.

We were noticing how many apple trees are brimming with fruit right now, so wanted to recommend to our users that the CFR apple curd recipe is delightful made with all types of apple (even windfalls!) an early small apple will need a touch more sugar (maybe 5% more) whereas sweet eating apples like a pink lady or golden delicious will need around 10% less sugar.

Enjoy!

1lb fruit

1lb sugar

1. put fruit in big microwaveable bowl, micro for 5mins (650watt)

2. add sugar and stir, micro 12mins

3. check its consistency by either dropping a spoonful into a bowl of ice water or spreading on to a cooled plate if it is still runny after about 20 seconds put it back in for a bit, if it sets then its done!

4. stick in jars

Watch this space for more CFR planner savings.

1/2 loaf of CFR bread thinly sliced

approx 1 kilo of foraged fruits

approx 400g sugar (add to taste depending on the sharpness of your fruits)

1) stew fruits until they are soft, in 200 ml of water and the sugar

2) slice the bread and arrange it like a bread and butter pudding (you can line a pudding basin the conventional way if you wish.)

3)pour the stewed fruits over the bread and leave to cool.

makes 12 servings, 2.5p per portion (assuming foraged fruits)

we know that food price inflation has hit lots of us at the moment. We just wanted to let you know that we are currently working on getting you the cheapest ways to still do the planners, and will be publishing it shortly.

A couple of relevant tips: Do check out 2kg bags of red lentils at Tesco for half price- £1.99 and also 5litres of oil for £4.80.

Every little helps as they say!

edited to add megan’s tip: ‘And don’t forget buy-one-get-TWO-free 400g blocks of cheddar, too!!’