April 2012 Grocery Challenge
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FrugalLina wrote: »
I have great things to report - I have CLEARED MY CREDIT CARD!! It was over £2,000 at the beginning of the year and by selling and reducing and selling some more, I have paid the last installment off today. I am so blinkin pleased. Thanks so much for the help here on OS and on the GC thread.Make £2020 in 2020 £178.81/£2020
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FrugalLina- Well done on clearing your CC!! What a fab achievement!!0
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euronorris wrote: »I made the Baked Bean Pasties yesterday! Could've done with a little longer in the oven to crisp the pastry a tad more, but otherwise lovely! For 2 of them, I separately pan fried some small pieces of chicken, and added them for OH (only did 2 to make sure he liked them first and this was cos he complains about no meat otherwise). Anyway......they were a success! The taste was lovely! Almost exactly like the pasties we're used to back home, which is a real treat for us! OH didn't even notice the lentils (I didn't tell him about them until after he'd given his verdict).
So, we'll be making those again! I think it would be quite easy to substitue out the lentils and add minced meat instead, if you wanted. OH said the chicken also worked well with it.
I have one with me for lunch today! AND...OH said he'd gladly take pasties into work with him for lunch. So I've finally found something he likes enough to take with him! At last!
Sorry, a lot of rambling about the pasties. I thought I'd make a mess of them, so I'm dead chuffed they came out OK.
Also managed home made bread that's actually edible!!! Been working on that one a while. Multigrain it was too. Bl00dy lovely. And guess what? Made from EuroShopper value flour! Oh, and I made rice pudding too. I have a very, very nice lunch today!
I tried some Polish Jelly type thing we had at home. One of OH's colleagues gave it to him to try (she's Polish). It wasn't very nice. Tasted kinda waxy. Which is a real shame, as they're Cherry flavour, and I was really looking forward to them.
What a brilliant post:T
It's great when a day ends so well. Well done you.
Is the recipe on page 1?
Tessiebear, How much will your 2for1 order be? £13? £10?
Why not, just this once, nip to Tesco, buy the strong flour 1.5kg, at 60p, easy yeast sachets (around 65p), a small jar of pasta sauce for the topping, a value mozzarella (about 45p), and a few other bits that you may like as toppings: a jalapeño pepper, ham, value pineapple chunks, a cooked chicken portion from the deli (around 60p), etc and have a bash at making your own?
I guarantee you will feel proud as Punch:T
The ingredients will only cost around £5 tops. Probably MUCH less than that AND you will have leftover store cupboard ingredients for next time!
If you make a large batch of pizza dough (using 1 Kilo of flour), you can portion it into 8 sections. Use 2 tonight and freeze the other half a dozen in food bags. Whenever you have a pizza hankering, just pull a couple out of the freezer and they are ready to roll within the hour and take minutes in the oven when you've topped em.
Go on.... You know it makes sense.
We will all be so proud of you:A Every moment is a gift. That's why we call it the present.!:A
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MrAs home delivery came yesterday so will add the £55.50 to my sig...forgot catfood though so will have to get some today...off to Meadowhall today so will pick some up from W***kos on my way back through town..have 2 teen sons with me so will get 2 six packs..will last the week then
Florenceem ..that pie looks delish..
Frugallina..well done on clearing the CC xxFeeding 6 Adults 1 Teen a 8 year old with hollow legs and a very fussy 5 year old. Also 3 cats and 3 fishies
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Tessiebear
Look how easy the basic recipe is:
Basic Pizza Dough Recipe Ingredients
1kilo flour (strong flour is best but plain flour will work too)
Tablespoon salt
Tablespoon sugar
2 sachets of Tesco easy yeast
650ml warm water
Easy method to prepare:
Mix the yeast and sugar into hand hot water.
Leave for a couple of minutes.
Sieve flour and salt into a BIG bowl,
Make a hole in the flour and pour in the yeast solution.
Using a fork, mix as well as you can from the sides to the centre.
Then use your hands to form into a ball.
Plop it onto a floured surface and knead for 5 minutes until it goes elastic.
(You can use it as it is without rising if you are in a rush but otherwise.....)
Pop into an oiled bowl and place somewhere warm for an hour to rise.
Then knead again for a minute or 2 and cut into 8 sections.
Unused pizza dough can be chilled to use the next day or frozen individually to roll when needed.
Easy peasy.
Even I can do it;):A Every moment is a gift. That's why we call it the present.!:A
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Well, Im up to £161.28 :mad::eek:
I mean honestly, there is TWO of us plus a small dog. TWO OF US!! That's a shocking amount of cash to have spent since 30th March.
Don't get me wrong, cupboards fridge and freezer are all full, so all I need is maybe a bit of fresh veg later in the month, but still
We went to the local chinese supermarket on Sunday, spent £28 odds. I had taken my bagged 1p's and 2p's etc to the local shop and cashed them in, had £30, so this paid for that shop. Still counting it in my budget though. Did get some cheap noodles and a nice big bottle of sweet chilli sauce, can use for dipping or for cooking with. And we got some nice dim sum type things.
Dog food and coffee, another £12 for that. DH bought us a takeaway from the chippie on Sat night (naughty) and then we bought pizza's for dinner last night (another £4 for two of them)
Which is ridiculous, as I could have easily have made dinners from what I had both nights. I'm just sick of being the only one that ever cooks. I'm the only one that shops, I try to meal plan, but..... I don't know. Sometimes I deliberately don't make dinner, don't plan anything, don't defrost any meat, just to make a point to DH. Not that it ever works. We had 'words' about the cooking/meal planning etc at the weekend. He says that I have taken control of it all, he doesn't want to interfere with my plans. My point was that the only reason I do everything is because he does nothing :mad: Last time he went shopping on his own he spent over £25 on ONE meal :mad:
Rant over lolCan't think of anything smart to put here...0 -
I am hoping for another NSD......if I can avoid going out to buy milk......
I have a phobia about running out of milk!
Honey nut shredded wheat for brekkie.
LO sweet and sour pork for lunch - which was left over from yesterday and that was made from the left overs from the previous Sunday joint :rotfl:
Tea is planned to be sausage pasta bake with whoopsied posh sausages from the freezer. I usually make chicken pasta bake but toddler DGS is with me and he likes sausages best
I really have the munchies today......desperate for something sweet or crunchy or just generally naughty!!
Wonder if it's the sugar in my brekkie cereal causing it????
When I have granola and greek yogurt I dont feel like this, I assume because the fat in the yog keeps me feeling full for longer.
I have shredded wheat AND shreddies to use up, but if they cause me to stuff my face all day, it will be false economy to finish them up and cheaper to chuck them out! :mad:0 -
Can't wait for my lunch.
I've got a tomato soup simmering away in readiness of the blender.
I hauled 1.5kilos of ripened vine tomatoes yesterday at whoopsie time for 20p.
Just did the kids a cookery lesson making a soup. We have also put a celery stick and carrot in there too with a few herbs from the garden.
We did a taste test of vine ripened and cheap salad tomatoes. The kids rated the depth of taste in a blind testing and couldn't believe the difference! They were also amazed by the difference in colour and fragrance too.
Can't wait. There was so much juice released that we haven't had to add any liquid at all, just a wee bit of boullion.
Not sure what we are doing for tea. More than likely a veggie curry as OH isn't in so a meat free day for us again. Got LOADS of fresh veggies to use up again.:A Every moment is a gift. That's why we call it the present.!:A
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Which is ridiculous, as I could have easily have made dinners from what I had both nights. I'm just sick of being the only one that ever cooks. I'm the only one that shops, I try to meal plan, but..... I don't know. Sometimes I deliberately don't make dinner, don't plan anything, don't defrost any meat, just to make a point to DH. Not that it ever works. We had 'words' about the cooking/meal planning etc at the weekend. He says that I have taken control of it all, he doesn't want to interfere with my plans. My point was that the only reason I do everything is because he does nothing :mad:
I've done this before, and it's pointless. The man will even sit there and complain that he's hungry!! :mad: To which I reply 'Well make some dinner then.', and he replies 'There's nothing to eat!'!! Infuriating. There's plenty to eat. What he means is 'There are no ready meals that I can stick in the microwave for five minutes, and then eat out of the plastic pot it came in so I can also avoid washing up!'. :mad::mad:
Drives me nuts!!! After quite a few arguments about it though, we've come to a small compromise in that, if I don't feel like cooking, he'll pay for us to order a takeaway that night (we can usually make it last 3 nights! They send so much stuff!). This is what I did on Saturday, but with McDonald's. I needed to go out and get a few bits, but my stomach was cramping and I was generally feeling low and down and irritable. So I just asked OH if he would treat us to a McDonald's as i was not going to cook. And he did.
I do wish he'd just cook more often though. Firstly, the number of meals cooked by me, and paid for/ordered in by him, is not split equally. I still do most of the work on that front. And secondly, I don't want to have to eat junk food, just to get a night off from cooking!! Though, he does sometimes make scrambled eggs on toast, or beans on toast too, but usually after I've moaned at him for ages and made it clear he'll go hungry if he doesn't cook!February wins: Theatre tickets0 -
I am sooooo late this month - really sorry everyone Had little time for anything since last week in March - lots of reasons and no reasons if you get my meaning.
Anyway Aprils budget will be £225 and even though I have not been posting (or reading,got loads to catch up I know) I have kept a record so at least I can update siggy in a minute.
Had a horrible financial week last week - and even worse this week as car goes in for it's MOT tomorrow:eek: Easter weekend shop was done partially in Mr M's and Al$i,which was great -DD's at moment massively into cheese toasties at moment so am buying more cheese than I ever did!Crazy Clothes Challenge 2012 £57.20/£100,CCC 2013 £68.67/£100 ,CCC 2014 £94.32/£100
*Frugal Living Challenge 2012, 2013, 2014*
GC 2014 Jan £154.14/£180;Feb £103.49/£180;Mar 117.63/£1600
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