July 2008 Grocery Challenge

wendy_ann1983

oooh, you can freeze kiplings apple pies? what do they come out like, i thought they would have been soggy?

mouche

Hi all...page 13 and July hasn't even started yet! Angelnikki, please count me in for £100 for July. Though I do not believe I will make it. Got our Asda delivery (approx. £60) on Saturday and thanks to me buying all kinds of baking ingredients (have never baked properly before), I forgot some of the basic ingredients we use. So we went to the local Asda and bought approximately £16 worth of top up stuff on Saturday (though about £4.50 of that was treats that my husband bought for us and so will not be counted in the grocery budget - unless I have budget left over at the end!). There is absolutely no place in the kitchen to put anything anymore! Saturday is our bulk cooking day but there wasn't enough room in the freezer to put many cooked meals.

Still, I made a veg pie (ok, but the crust was a diet one made of bran and tasted awful and stuck to the dish), meatloaf with turkey mince (quite nice actually), cheesy biscuits (my husband and neighbour love them!) and golden syrup oat cookies (I love them). Plus, OH made chicken curry and egg curry. And we have leftover bulk cooking from last week. So I think we'll go quite a while without needing to cook again!

Still 3/4ths of the budget gone before the month starts - not good.

jackk_2

They come out just fine wendy. They were whoopsies of course, i'm not in the habit of buying Mr Kiplin .

Jackie x

angelnikki

fertyskids

I use breadcrumbs when I make meatballs. (Angelnikki’s Chilli & Angelnikki's Meatballs )
You could also use them to coat strips of chicken or fish to make goujons. (Dip the strips in flour then in egg then in bread crumbs, cook in the oven/under the grill for about 20mins turning half way thru the time.)
Or you could put the breadcrumbs with some cheese on top of lasagne/fish pie/pasta bake/etc... to make a nice topping.

Red split lentils can be added to mince dishes to s-t-r-e-t-c-h them further. They dont need to be soaked first but you need to make sure they are cooked for 30-40 mins. You can add oats too.

Nikki
x

annelouise_2

FFM maybe I should've said they were a little well done for the kids likes and I'm on the last blast to get my 8lbs off till target.....

Oats,lentils and grated courgette can bulk out most mince based meals.Try it.

Have just cleaned and staged the house to within a sweaty inch of it's life for the agent to call and rearrange for tomorrow!!!!!!!!!!!!!azaggghhh

So sat in my bikini and sarong - not too pretty but v cool.

Called into Aldi and bought mozzarella,1 1/2 litres of pineapple and apple juices,cheapest bananas around,onions,family size crisps,12 litres of milk,bags of mini croissants,pepper,carrot ,sugar ,cereal,flour for 34 euros.

So fairly well stocked up.

Have a good day everyone.

annelouise

jackk_2

fertyskids wrote: »

Good morning everyone. help again please.

the bread i made on sat, everyone except me refused to eat as they had to cut it. instead of throwing it i made breadcrumbs, but i dont know what dishes you can use them in. i know you clever lot use them for everything can someone please enlighten me.

also i peeled and blanched out of date carrots x3 bags. all in the freezer now !! Thnks to this thread....

also spag bol on - includes mince, tomatoes and red kidney beans also a bit of grated carrot. what else can i use to bulk it out and i think i can use the same reciepe for cottage pie/chilli - again how can i do this?

thank you so much for all your support i feel a bit better today, this is my 2nd NSD...Hooray!!!!

karen

My lot are the opposite, if i don't slice the loaf before putting it in the bread bin, they can use a loaf up in about 8 slices :rolleyes: :rotfl: .

Jackie x

wendy_ann1983

lol, might give it a go with a few of the lidls ones i brought the other day, see how it goes, though they may be safest in my tummy....

fertyskids

Denise fowler - thanks for the site. some great ideas will try to save some.

thanks for the quick respons. i have oats,but no lentils or grated courgette so will try them in a mo. thanxs anna-loiuse.

ive just printed out the chilli and meatballs reciepe. so thanxs again nikki.

how can i use boxes to thank you kind ol lot for all your ideas? sorry to be asking for something again...

karen

ifonlyitwaseasier

i have the same problem Jackk, have loads of food in and no need to spend anything else, also my freezer is going to be emptied (famous last words) and defrosted before i go on honeymoon, but the amount in it does scare me a little

annelouise_2

Fertyskids

I cook off a big pan of lentils the cool and dispense into ziploc bags and just bung in frozen straight from freezer,I also grate off a couple of lbs of courgettes and do the same (uncooked in bags )

So realistically I can get and defrost almost all bolognese ingredients from the freezer - mince,passata,lentil,courgettes,poss peppers and mushrooms for a very quick meal or do as most do and make a selection of mince based meals and rotate on your menu - bolognese,lasagna,cannelloni,chili,shep pie.

annelouise