July 2008 Grocery Challenge

greent

KAAT_LADY wrote: »

Hey guys ,,,
I have a lot of mushrooms and wondered if you had any ideas for dinner

other than him

Thanks Kaat

Yum!!!! (not to the mushrooms!)

M'room risotto? M'room stroganoff? Chop em up up & freeze em for future use?

Not much help I know!:rotfl:

Not at all relevant, but we're having tacos - yum ! (not fro a kit, either)

GTx

dink1

been out today to Mr A and spent £22!!!!!!! so much for keeping things down but will try to be better from now on. (Have to as only have less than £10 till the end of the month!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) oh well! Dink1

Herewegoagain – Hope you feel better soon hun keep us up to date
Newlywed – add them receipts up! Things are seldom as bad as you think
However even if they are you do know where you stand. Things will
Get better.

KAAT_LADY

greent wrote: »

Yum!!!! (not to the mushrooms!)

M'room risotto? M'room stroganoff? Chop em up up & freeze em for future use?

Not much help I know!:rotfl:

Not at all relevant, but we're having tacos - yum ! (not fro a kit, either)

GTx

I think I may freeze them as I have just put them in my soup and really dont want any more at the moment
thanks again

zoe260373

hi all,hope your all well /getting better:D ive spent the day washing and backing cookies and choc crispies etc for kids to take into school for their last day to share between teachers and other pupils.another NSD for me,having hm chilli with rice and also hm spicy bean salsa over tortilla chips topped with grated cheese for tea...yum!
got a question too...i was always taught that rice should never be re-heated,as its a breeding ground for salmonella,however,having read loads of posts on here,many of you seem to cook and freeze it to no ill effect..is that right? am i safe to try that cause i hate cooking rice fresh if the chilli is already done,seems to take ages,thanks everyone.x

zoe260373

KAAT_LADY wrote: »

I think I may freeze them as I have just put them in my soup and really dont want any more at the moment
thanks again

what you doing for tea tonight? how about omlettes? of stuff them? or add to a curry?erm will add other ideas as ithink of them.x

angelnikki

zoe260373 wrote: »

got a question too...i was always taught that rice should never be re-heated,as its a breeding ground for salmonella,however,having read loads of posts on here,many of you seem to cook and freeze it to no ill effect..is that right? am i safe to try that cause i hate cooking rice fresh if the chilli is already done,seems to take ages,thanks everyone.x

Zoe If you want to cook and freeze rice you have to make sure that you cool it as quickly as possible and refridgerate/freeze it within an hour of cooking. Always reheat it thoroughly.


"It's true that you could get food poisoning from eating reheated rice. But it's not actually the reheating that's the problem – it's the way the rice has been stored before reheating.

Uncooked rice can contain spores of Bacillus cereus, bacteria that can cause food poisoning. When the rice is cooked, the spores can survive. Then, if the rice is left standing at room temperature, the spores will germinate into bacteria. These bacteria will multiply and may produce toxins (poisons) that cause vomiting or diarrhoea. Reheating the rice won't get rid of these toxins.

So, the longer cooked rice is left at room temperature, the more likely it is that bacteria, or the toxins they produce, could stop the rice being safe to eat.

It's best to serve rice when it has just been cooked. If that isn't possible, cool the rice as quickly as possible (ideally within one hour) and keep it in the fridge for no more than one day until reheating.

Remember that when you reheat any food, you should always check that it's piping hot all the way through, and avoid reheating more than once."

Quote from: http://www.eatwell.gov.uk/asksam/keepingfoodsafe/asksamcooking/

newlywed

dink1 wrote: »

Newlywed – add them receipts up! Things are seldom as bad as you think
However even if they are you do know where you stand. Things will
Get better.

Erm.:undecided Ok. I've added them up :shocked: :shocked:
Um they are quite bad Like about £95 quid bad :eek: - no wonder I've got no blinkin money :wall::doh:

gunsandbanjos

Dont know if everyone has had Martins Email yet, but there is a code in it for £15 off a £50 spent at waitrose:D And you can use it twice!! Is valid til 31st august. I have now officially blown my budget for July using it but i only bought store cupboard ingredients that will last. They also have a fairly decent offer on chicken.

MissPin

Garlic mushrooms? Maybe with a baked potato??

yum!

xredwebx

Hi All,

room for one more? Me and H2B always overspend so I'm going to try budgetting better from now on. (well start Friday when he gets paid!)

Any ideas for cheap but heathly meals would go down well, as we're desperate to lose a few pounds too (a bit more than a few!)

No idea what is a good amount of money, and as we do weekly shops i'm going to £50 per week for now. Once we move house in August i'm determined to do either biweekly or monthly shops, with only popping out for fresh veg and fruit every week. wish me luck and good luck to everyone else!

xredwebx