August 2008 Grocery Challenge

KAAT_LADY

angelnikki wrote: »

Current offers at MrT

Hovis best of both £1 ends 19th Aug

hovis white bread mix 29p/ hovis granary bread mix 35p

4pck burger buns/ 6pck hotdog rolls 50p ends 19th aug

mcdougalls puff pastry mix 7p********

minute maid OJ NFC BOGOF

Del monte OJ 54p

8 alaskan salmon fillets half price £5 ends 12th Aug

lakeland chicken breast fillets 650g half price £3.29 ends 12th aug

Lynx shower gel BOGOF


Nikki x

they never have mcdougalls puff pastry mix when I go I think they have run out and are not stocking the shelves,,, have tried four times now,, and I love puff pastry, but its not to be ..

KAAT

kittynortheast

Little question.... My home made bread is lovely, the only problen is slicing difficulties I'm only getting a fraction of slices per loaf -lovely wonky doorsteps but I would like nice thin even ones, any tips pleeeease! Off to bake a cake and some bread buns for a picnic tomorrow weather permitting.

mandy_moo_1

*BigBird* wrote: »

Can I ask where you got your money tins from? I want to get something to save £2 coins in to go towards the wedding, that I can't open easily. I like the look of those terramundi jars, but they are SOOOOO expensive!

hi bigbird

they sell them in the pound shops usually...it's a metal tin with just a slot in the top, and the only way you can get into it is by using a tin opener!! they're about 10" tall. oh you can also get them in B&M if you have one near you

KAAT_LADY

kittynortheast wrote: »

Little question.... My home made bread is lovely, the only problen is slicing difficulties I'm only getting a fraction of slices per loaf -lovely wonky doorsteps but I would like nice thin even ones, any tips pleeeease! Off to bake a cake and some bread buns for a picnic tomorrow weather permitting.

hi there kittynortheast


I make bread one day for eating the next day

as it slices better the second day

I can even slice it quite thin


ALWAYS BETTER TO SLICE THE DAY AFTER

kaat

OrkneyStar

angelnikki wrote: »

You could do a similar thing to sausage rolls, but put some tuna and cheese in the middle to make tuna parcels yummy yummy

SFT theres about 305 doing the GC this month :cool:

Thanks ZOE (PS I wasnt having a go at u b4 everyone on here goes OT at some point, it was just that you mentioned my name so I felt the need to reply. :grouphug: glad you're still posting)

welcome all newbies :hello:


Current offers at MrT

Hovis best of both £1 ends 19th Aug

hovis white bread mix 29p/ hovis granary bread mix 35p

4pck burger buns/ 6pck hotdog rolls 50p ends 19th aug

mcdougalls puff pastry mix 7p

minute maid OJ NFC BOGOF

Del monte OJ 54p

8 alaskan salmon fillets half price £5 ends 12th Aug

lakeland chicken breast fillets 650g half price £3.29 ends 12th aug

Lynx shower gel BOGOF


Nikki x

Have used this a few times and its actually pretty good- in fact it's on tonight's steak pie!
Thanks nikki.
Wonder how many offers will be on in our MrT ?
Although not needing to get much really as away on hols soon.
x

Blairweech

Okay, I am declaring my July budget for...

£119.72 :mad:

MUST TRY HARDER!!!!!!

I did spend £12 at the Julian Graves sale, but that total does not include the £5 I spent on butter (someone else paid for it for me). I have been keeping a food waste diary and I have thrown away a lot of stuff this month.

Made some Weetabix brownies but they all fell apart :rolleyes: I melted the chocolate and added a bit of milk. That was probably why. Don't think I will melt the chocolate again, I prefer the texture of choc chips.

Anyway, I have the *whole* weekend off, so am planning on doing some batch cooking - chilli, yoghurt cake...etc

Think I will have to buy a blender for soup - I actually have 3 Kenwood Chefs with attachments but ex-OH will not let me have them!!!! I would not mind that much but one of them is specifically MINE and has been in my family for 50 years, so I'm pretty upset about it.

OrkneyStar

kittynortheast wrote: »

Little question.... My home made bread is lovely, the only problen is slicing difficulties I'm only getting a fraction of slices per loaf -lovely wonky doorsteps but I would like nice thin even ones, any tips pleeeease! Off to bake a cake and some bread buns for a picnic tomorrow weather permitting.

We have started using an electric knife.
I figure the amount of power it uses is made up by the fact that we get more slices.
Also leave to cool before slicing (even if the warm bread smell is so tempting!).
hth

jackiegibbo

£47.40 in asdas for me today which was a bit more than i intended but i did get the dog a new toy(he loves the squeeky toy chicken they do) and washing powder

good luck everyone:beer:

SuziQ

I spent £5.49 in Iceland and £8.56 in Mr A-but that included a big sack of onions for £1.98! I love onions. Am annoyed that Asda seems to have stopped making the really good cheap handwash I used to buy,they only had 1 choice of the antibacterial stuff in today which was 3 times the price. I liked the stuff I was using as it didn'r make my hands sore like a lot of the cheap stuff.

Sian_the_Green

I know it is hideously unhealthy but when buying prizes for a kids club I am running I stocked up on sweets in Mr A's. My local seems to have reduced lots of the 'pocket money' sweets to the prices they were when I was younger, 10p curly wurlys, 4p mini haribo packets.

Is it worth getting a Kenwood Chef? I am looking for an investment present to put on my Christmas list (my grandma will be requesting a list shortly...)