November 2008 Grocery Challenge

angelnikki

mummy2mygirls wrote: »

i have heard a lot about on the 'oldstyle' about recepies etc...how do i get there to look it all up?? sorry im new to mse.
would love to learn some new easy soups i can make out of left overs etc and chicken bones?? also some lovely flapjacks/fruit bar things for dds lunch, she takes in tesco kids strewberry ones at the moe but im sure it would be better if i made home made ones...also some yummy bananah muffins, i have heard them mentioned on here and they sound yummy. so would love any of your recepies or where to look them up if anyone fancies helping me??:A

Money Saving Old Style is here. Read Welcome to Old Style for info about OS.

There are a lot of recipes on the Recipe Index on the first page of this thread

I use this recipe for muffins and they are v yummy.

This thread has help on how to make chicken soup Or there's more soup recipes here.

The tray bakes thread has lots of good flapjack and cereal bar recipes.

HTH :A

Nikki x

Barneysmom

Hi everyone I popped in to update my sig but can't at the moment,it's going to take few days for me to get the balance from MR.T.
I did an online order which was delivered last night.
When driver knocked the door he looked quite upset.
seems his back door of his truck came open and evryone's frozen stuff ended up in the middle of the road! :eek:
We offered him a cup of tea but he said no thanks, as he had to get his round finished.
so we've got no pies, froz fish etc etc, and we have to wait for Mr.T to refund for what we didn't get.

We're 'on' for Gold Blend though, now £3.00 so I ordered 8 jars, should last a couple of months the way my DH gets through it, he has at least 10 cups a day!
I'm going to have a goat the muffin recipe in a bit, with choc chips, thanks :T

rosieben

cw18, I'm so sorry to hear your sad news, sending lots of positive thoughts your way. I hope you'll keep visiting here and please post now and then to let us know how things are with you. I'll be keeping you and your family in my thoughts.

rosieben

mummy2mygirls wrote: »

... i have heard a lot about on the 'oldstyle' about recepies etc...how do i get there to look it all up?? ...

Hi Mel, angelnikki has given you some great recipe threads, there is also the Complete Cookery Collection (not up to date I'm afraid, but I'm working on it slowly )

As for cutting down spends in other areas than food, if you look through the Old Style Indexed Collections you'll find loads of ideas for saving money on cleaning, laundry etc.

Good luck!

KITTY_2-2

Just popping in to update signature with this week's spend. My son's back in hospital again so don't have time to read all the thread this month. I'll keep up as best I can, but no promises - lol

Catch you soon, K x

mummy2mygirls

angelnikki wrote: »

Money Saving Old Style is here. Read Welcome to Old Style for info about OS.

There are a lot of recipes on the Recipe Index on the first page of this thread

I use this recipe for muffins and they are v yummy.

This thread has help on how to make chicken soup Or there's more soup recipes here.

The tray bakes thread has lots of good flapjack and cereal bar recipes.

HTH :A

Nikki x

thank you so much! just going to put little one to bed and have a good read! hope to get loads of ideas and helpful bits
thanks

frugalswan

Back from looking around the continental market, and oh boy was I tempted by some of the cured hams they had there! Still, instead I made my way to Tesco and got some value noodles (4 x 7p, while they're still that cheap ), a loaf of bread, an energy drink (I know, I shouldn't...) and some mushrooms, and it came to the grand total of £2.31. Which means tomorrow should be a no-spend day all being well. I had planned to do a roast, but we're going to use stuff up from the freezer to make room for some of the Christmas stuff as we're hosting it at our place this year.

Going to have a go at roasting some wrinkly peppers later today to make little party snacks with - pressing them flat into a square tin and chilling it, then spreading with soft cheese and rolling it up like a swiss roll. Chilled, then cut into little slices on top of bits of crusty bread.

Have a good day everyone

mummy2mygirls

rosieben wrote: »

Hi Mel, angelnikki has given you some great recipe threads, there is also the Complete Cookery Collection (not up to date I'm afraid, but I'm working on it slowly )

As for cutting down spends in other areas than food, if you look through the Old Style Indexed Collections you'll find loads of ideas for saving money on cleaning, laundry etc.

Good luck!

thank you so much ill go and have a look at it all in a bit.
its great to get some good ideas on how to help
thanks xx

rosieben

[quote=mummy2mygirls;15881719.. its great to get some good ideas on how to help
thanks xx[/quote]

I forgot to say in my last post, there's so much information and so many good ideas here that its easy to get overwhelmed by it all; as squeaky says in the Welcome to Old Style thread, the best approach is to pick one thing and work on that, then move on to the next. Good luck :cool:

Sunny_Donny

hi
just posting my totals - Did well - visited all three Tesco, Lidl and Asda so got all the best bargains!!!£25.21 in total so still in budget for the month. Any money saved will go towards December and Xmas.
Not planing on doing any shopping til Wednesday for fruit and veg (hopes)