September 2012 Grocery Challenge

I have lost track for the last 2 months....oops

Aiming for £300 again in September.

And failing meeting my target, I will be happy if I can just keep tracking right through September! :rotfl:

Can anyone remember if they sell mixed spice (or any spices) in Lidl????

I know their herbs are good and cheap, but need mixed spice for my Weetabix cake......

And if I go to Sainsbugs (which definitely sells it) I will struggle to just buy that......I am much more restrained if I just go to Lidl.

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Was really impressed with the lunch that i managed to produce out of 'thin air' (i.e. what i already have in the cupboards) today, pizza pinwheels.

The kids went mad for them! The recipe i have is enough to make 12 and we all had 2 each, so there is 6 left for another day. Have been meaning to make them for ages, and am really glad i did

hi all could someone please tell me do i cook sausages before i pour over yorkshire pudding mix for toad in the hole, i have never made this but hear you all talking about it and would love to try it thank-you.

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My GC doesnt start until the 31st but I have spent the last week frantically planning and now have a meal plan and shopping lists for two months that i might just rotate and change the odd thing on for the rest of the year (saving me a lot of whats for dinner aggro!). I have also been checking out prices in the shops I have available and think I have worked out whats best to buy where, I do need to find nice sausages that dont cost a fortune tho.
So Friday I am going to do a big shop and get most of what we are going to need for the month and then decide on a tiny amount of cash to keep in my purse just in case I have forgotten something important or have got my quantities wrong and run out of something...both those things I might easily do!
I would love your pizza pinwheels recipe WantToBeSE it sounds like the kind of thing my kids would love

Pizza wheels

(Either make your 0wn puff pastry, or do what i did and buy the pre-rolled puff pastry )

Ingredients:
puff pastry
6tbsp pasta sauce ( i normally save some from when i have made my own pasta sauce the night before for dinner)
100g sliced ham (wafer thin is best)
100g grated cheese
1 beaten egg
1tsp dried herbs

1- Put oven on 180c. Unroll pastry onto floured surface, roll out to the size of about 40x32cm. Spread the pasta sauce over it, leaving a small border around the edges. Scatter the ham and cheese over it.

2-Starting at one end (starting from the shorter end,if there is one, is easier), roll up the pastry as tightly as possible. Then chill in the fridge for 10-15mins.

3- Using a sharp knife, cut the roll into 12 equally sized pieces, lay them on baking trays, brushh with beaten egg, sprinkle over herbs.

Bake for 12-15mins

They are morish- beware

Thats OK lollyfin