March 2008 Grocery Challenge

Morning all

NYK-in our house "pullit" is sauce/ketchup..not sure if its the same for MikeD

Purplevamp... do you have a Home Bargains near you? only hubby can only use head n shoulders and out here it costs about €8 for a big bottle :eek: .. when i was back at home over xmas they had the 200ml bottle for 99p :T so i got 14 :rotfl:

Icandream.... i slice bread and freeze it in small plastic bags in 2s and take it out the night before (if i remember:p ) and can't tell that it has been frozen..

Here you go JaneC managed to find and copy it

CHEWY SOFT FLOUR TORTILLA
2 CUPS PLAIN FLOUR about 240g
1 ½ TSP BAKING POWDER
1TSP SALT
2TSP VEG OIL
¾ CUP WARM MILK -180ml

Sift flour and baking powder into a bowl
Whisk milk, oil and salt
Pour into flour -stirring to mix
Once mixed -turned out onto a lightly floured worktop and knead for 2 mins
Cover and leave for 15 mins -it won’t rise but needs to relax
Cut into 8 balls (approx 50g each)
Cover and leave to relax for 10 mins
Roll each one out into a round -approx 8”
Heat a heavy frying pan (preferably cast iron)
Drop in one tortilla and turn after about 2 mins -the surface should bubble -press down with a teatowel (watch you don't steam your fingers;) )
Place inside a dry tea towel to keep warm whilst you cook the rest

You can freeze the balls of dough -but they will be a little stickier once defrosted -but as a bonus they roll out bigger too :T

Well day 10 of NSDs in a row :j ..but am going to have to go for fruit n veg top up on Thursday now not friday or possibly monday:mad: ... forgot it was good friday this week and everywhere will be closed :rolleyes: good job hubby told me :rotfl: so i will get to 12 NSDs in a row :T ..... hubby also announced that he is on duty friday morning through to saturday morning but then he breaks up on leave , did'nt see that coming either -not sure how long he is off-he hasn't decided yet .... So next week will be a bit different on the food front.. but it just means i will have an extra weeks worth of lunchtime soups saved for April
right i had better get off... im in search of recipes for some of the strange ingredients i came across in my baking cupboard :eek:

annie123 wrote: »

Oh dear.....
I have been transfered to a new office at work, first day today, and this now means I am 4 doors down from Marks and spencer foodhall:eek: Had to have a quick look in there and came out with one carrier bag costing £28:eek:

I knew they were gonna start charging for 'em, but that is a bit excessive:rotfl:

Thought I was being clever buying a pot of paprika off the market at 60p then called into MrT for bread & saw it for 48p:mad: Didn't stop me spending another £8:33, but my panny BM should be here soon:j Can't wait!!!!Just hope the offspring don't play with it if it comes while I'm away--I know they're paying for it, but it's MY new toy & I wunna play first:o

RedSquirrel, when you said a "...quick spinach, garlic, butter & parmasan 'sauce'..."did you just wilt the spinach in the butter then add the cheese? It sounds devine & something I could do just for me while the offspring have their carnivore tendancies fullfilled:p

Re: the muffins.....is it worth investing in the silicone trays, or just carry on with the paper cases do you think? So sorry to be a thicite but like I said---I'm stuck in the dark ages with a lot of the food ways now:o

I'm making those crispie cakes today--bought the blue-stripe crispies thinking they'd be OK but no-one likes them, not even Pup!--so wish me luck cuz I always end up with a sticky blob.

Very often for Sunday tea, we would have bread & dripping.....that was in the days when you were allowed to have fat on yer meat! Used to make the best roasties too....pass the kitchen roll--I'm drooling!!!!

BigMummaF wrote: »

RedSquirrel, when you said a "...quick spinach, garlic, butter & parmasan 'sauce'..."did you just wilt the spinach in the butter then add the cheese? It sounds devine & something I could do just for me while the offspring have their carnivore tendancies fullfilled:p

I melted butter and fried some chopped garlic in it, once that was slightly golden added spinach (frozen this time but have done it with fresh), gently heated until spinach is cooked, then added parmesan and a bit more butter and stirred it together. Then just chucked spaghetti in and mixed it altogether.. very quick and tasty

This my first post; please can you put me down for 150 (can't find the pound sign) please, for one adult, two teenagers and a cat?