August 2008 Grocery Challenge

angelnikki

yellowmonkey wrote: »

Looks tasty. Well done. Made my first HM toad in the hole last night and the batter mix worked lovely. Not up to making bread yet :eek:

Thanks. Its really easy with the mix - just add water, knead till smooth, leave for 2hrs then bung in the oven for 20-30mins. If I can do it then anyone can

Nikki x

yellowmonkey

Oh I thought you needed a breadmaker and everything . Going to Mr M tomorrow so that will be on my list. Thanks :T

Barneysmom

Hello everyone, I've had a few nsd's and tonight am going to cook liver and bacon in onion gravy with mash. I can't wait :j yummy!

findingmyfeet

hello everyone,
nsd for me, quite miraculous really need allsorts of bits and pieces that i forget to get yesterday. Couldnt be bothered to go in to town though and didnt want to use my petrol either. (too far to walk or cycle and bus is 5 quid) . Starting to lump together as many journeys as possible in to one or two a week.

Tonight for tea jacket potato , salad and hm quiche. Just picked my first cherry tomatoes and loads of normal tomatoes almost ready. so guess what we are eating for next few weeks...........tomatoes a la ?????? whatever i can come up with... suggestions welcome.

Moniker

Well it's my 4th NSD in a row and I won't be going near a shop until Thursday when my Waitrose Delivery comes and then I am taking MIL to Sainsbury's where I will get the things I forgot in my Waitrose order! Both DDs coming home at the weekend, but we are eating out on Sunday (a different budget) and DH requested spaghetti carbonara for his 'birthday' treat on Saturday - so he's cheap to run! (It's his birthday today but he's still working too hard and I have given him an ultimatum - he's to stop at 6pm so I can cook his dinner and we can open a bottle of wine!)

Spent the morning making 7lbs of marmelade (from tinned prepared oranges, so a bit of a cheat, but costs less than 50 p a jar and tastes delicious even if I say so myself!). Also did 44 hobnobs, which were a bit disappointing as they have turned out a bit soft. I think I bought the Stork which comes in a tub and which I now see says for cakes, rather than the foil wrapped stuff which is for pastry. I used this last time and they were fantastic. Oh, well never mind they will still get eaten. I also made Duchesse potatoes -16 pieces - 4 of which we will have with salmon (from the freezer) for tea tonight and the rest are in the freezer. They freeze really well and take minutes to reheat in the oven. They look posh and are the kind of fast food I approve of - even if they are a bit fiddly to make.

Was please I managed to do a couple of hours in the garden this afternoon too despite the heavy rain last night - it's amazing how quickly it drains away here.

Well that's all folks. Have a nice evening.

Moniker

Moniker

Meant to say Angelnikki that I declared on the July challenge but you may not have seen it as I notice that my result isn't in the list on the first page. I'll put it again here:

£291.74 total for July for Moniker - £8.26 under budget.

Thanks.

angelnikki

Moniker wrote: »

Meant to say Angelnikki that I declared on the July challenge but you may not have seen it as I notice that my result isn't in the list on the first page. I'll put it again here:

£291.74 total for July for Moniker - £8.26 under budget.

Thanks.

I posted on the July challenge that I am noting down everyone's final figures but I'm having problems updating the list at the moment - it keeps saying there's a 500 error when I try to save the edited post I'm not having problems editing any other posts so not sure what's going on.

I'll keep trying to update it, but if it doesn't let me I will post the list again at the end of the challenge or on my other post on the first page. HTH

Nikki x

Essex-girl_2

Helloooo All

My word but this thread is so long already.

OK I havnt done the Grocery Challenge for yonks but I really need to get a grip on all our spending again so here I am.

Havnt been keeping a record lately and someweeks spend next to nothing then I do a large Tesco shop when things run out. So basically this month I am going for £300, am hoping this is generous but time will tell. Our month runs from 1st - 30th.

x

OrkneyStar

Herbaholic wrote: »

Noo hadn't tried that, thanks Orkneystar Will try it in the future, first time I've just chucked everything in the SC, usually follow recipes. Didn't realise you could cook with the lid off!

I have another culinary disaster about to happen, put the BM on for a normal white loaf with seeds in (linseed, pumpkin, sesame & sunflower) it's done its first mix. now resting and I just realised that I've selected programme 2 FRENCH bread not programme 1 for BASIC :eek: Nothing I can do now but hope the basic bread recipe will work out okay for french bread, where is my head today :eek: :eek: :eek:

Me neither but my book that came with mine suggests doing this at the end if you want a thicker sauce. Or you could turn it off and transfer to a pot to reduce a bit.

OrkneyStar

angelnikki wrote: »

Hi everyone :hello:

Just wanted to post to show you my first attempt at HM bread.

I used the Hovis white bread mix which is 29p @ MrT (Hovis granary mix 35p) and made 1 1lb loaf and 4 bread rolls with it.

Gonna have HM butternut squash soup and HM bread rolls for dinner tonight yummy yummy :drool:

Nikki x

Not in our Tesco
Your bread looks good though