July 2008 Grocery Challenge

mandy_moo_1

gunsandbanjos wrote: »

MMM, iced buns were yummy! Half with plain icing, half with cinnamon icing:D

eeee hope you didn't eat them all how many did you get out of the batch? i'm gonna have a go at these in the morning after i've done the bread buns in the BM

gunsandbanjos

mandy_moo_1 wrote: »

eeee hope you didn't eat them all how many did you get out of the batch? i'm gonna have a go at these in the morning after i've done the bread buns in the BM

Not eaten them all yet, i made 16 as the recipe said but [STRIKE]if[/STRIKE] when i make them again i'll make them smaller, i'll try 20 or 24 probably.

annelouise_2

hello

made bounty into a slab and will pour choc over whole thing before cutting I think.Will keep in fridge I think as its 84 degrees here tomorrow - beaut.

annelouise

Aril

I think my OH must have signed up to the GC without my knowledge....got in from work today to find he'd needed to pick up something from Mr T and had been rummaging around in the reduced fridge...I now have some whoopsied sausages, stewing steak and a joint of pork:D
Just wanted to thank DeniseFowler for the recommendation of the book by Gill Holcombe over on Memory Girls Make Do and Mend thread. I have now borrowed a copy from the library and it looks very useful and more important for someone like me who can cook but only enjoys baking tbh:D:D it looks very straightforward. For anyone not familiar with it it comes with the rather catchy title:D as follows:
"How to feed your whole family a healthy, balanced diet with very little money and hardly any time, even if you have a tiny kitchen, only three saucepans [one with an ill-fitting lid] and no fancy gadgets- unless you count the garlic crusher..."
Thought it well worth repeating for anyone who's missed it.
Aril

Rowan9

Aril wrote: »

I think my OH must have signed up to the GC without my knowledge....got in from work today to find he'd needed to pick up something from Mr T and had been rummaging around in the reduced fridge...I now have some whoopsied sausages, stewing steak and a joint of pork:D
Just wanted to thank DeniseFowler for the recommendation of the book by Gill Holcombe over on Memory Girls Make Do and Mend thread. I have now borrowed a copy from the library and it looks very useful and more important for someone like me who can cook but only enjoys baking tbh:D:D it looks very straightforward. For anyone not familiar with it it comes with the rather catchy title:D as follows:
"How to feed your whole family a healthy, balanced diet with very little money and hardly any time, even if you have a tiny kitchen, only three saucepans [one with an ill-fitting lid] and no fancy gadgets- unless you count the garlic crusher..."
Thought it well worth repeating for anyone who's missed it.
Aril

Just logging in to record my spends and to say this book sounds fab so will log off in a minute and do a library catalogue search for it.

Organic delivery today so that was £14-ish. Spent £12 in Morrisons so that's my first £26 of the month. Have food in for the weekend now as well as the remaining pack lunches. Tonight's tea was a veggie stirfry from the glorious veg box. |I get so excited when I come in from work and peek into the garage, where it sits in all its glory. How sad am I??? (no answers)
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perrywinkle

gunsandbanjos wrote: »

MMM, iced buns were yummy! Half with plain icing, half with cinnamon icing:D

tried these today for the first time and have to agree that they are really good - sprinkled some dessicated coconut onto the icing and they were far better than anything I've ever had from a bakers and the kids agreed. Looks like I'll be making these again ...... and again ......

Perrywinkle

WendysWorld

Lord this thread moves fast! I've fallen foul of my grocery bill for a couple of months so need to get back on track.
If you do manage to see this message,

Can I be put down for £350 this month please!

Thanks!

BM

annelouise_2

can I be cheeky/lazy and ask for iced buns recipe.ds4 is off tomorrow so we could make those and share with dd8 and dd9 for tea.

have a 2 for 1 voucher at a very expensive butchers so after asking neighbour we are going halves on 2kg of best mince and 4kg of award winning sausages - yippee a bargain to be had.

told OH on skype tonight to get a chick breast out for his tea tomorrow and make extra pasta with cheese and bacon for tea t'nite and packup tomorrow,long reaching money saving is difficult when we are apart for long periods of time.He thinks hes doing well when he spends £40.00 on food...... and I spend that a fortnight for 4 of us!!!!! gee whizz

roll on him getting on over here fulltime September.

annelouise

angelnikki

annelouise wrote: »

can I be cheeky/lazy and ask for iced buns recipe.ds4 is off tomorrow so we could make those and share with dd8 and dd9 for tea.

Its on the Recipe Index on the first page

scotsaver

Forgot to mention earlier that when I was in Lidl's they have posters up saying they have won "best value for money Retailer for 2008" from Which Magazine - maybe my friends will believe me now when I say they are good and try for themselves.:p

Off to watch the rest of Marco Pierre White.;)