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February 2010 Grocery Challenge
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Oh what a fab idea, we never manage to eat bananas before they go all brown and mushy, will definitely be trying this!
Planning to do a proper food shop on Wednesday which is my half day off from work, cupboard seems pretty well stocked although will have to do proper list of what's in there, I'm always finding packets of things stuck behind tins.
Mmm loving that microwave flapjack recipe too, my oven's given up and might be a while before we can afford to get it fixed or replaced
Tonight I can't be bothered so its cheesy beans on toast for dinner.
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Purpleclutterbuck you are so right about the pasta, I'm forever buying it to find I have 4 opened packets already. And all different shapes (which means different cooking times grrr)
Bought 4kg of cat food today, usually £23, cost me £14, (a voucher plus he undercharged me even though I told him he'd under rung it, he insisted) and it's about 2 months of dry food for 2 cats so just wet food to buy. Ordered a load of that which will come through tomorrow at discount plus a load of coffee (about 3 months worth). £22 of coffee and £12 cat food for £18
Onward and upward:)
If you zhuzh them up in the food processor and turn them into breadcrumbs, then you could use them for lots of things: for example, you could make a sort of "shake and bake" mix by combining one cup of crumbs with one teaspoonful of whichever dried herb takes your fancy, and then using this to coat meat or fish. Or you can combine them with grated cheese to make it go further on top of eg macaroni cheese or a pasta bake - as long as they're not TOO salty, as the cheese also contains salt.
Or you could make stuffing for your roast (or to freeze): melt 2oz butter and a tblsp oil in a pan and add one large, chopped onion. Cook until softened, then stir in 1 tblsp chopped fresh sage (or 1 tsp dried) and 4oz breadcrumbs. Mix together and either roll into balls or put in a dish to cook with the roast for about 20-30 mins. You can make loads of stuffing balls and then flash freeze them - then you just need to take as many as you need out of the freezer for the meal you have in mind.
You can make (and freeze) HM bread sauce: 1oz butter, 1 chopped onion, 1 blade mace, 6 peppercorns, half a bayleaf - bung into half a pint of milk in a saucepan, bring to the boil, turn the heat right down and allow to simmer for 15 minutes. Strain, then stir in enough breadcrumbs to make the right consistency (sorry, how helpful is that? I usually zhuzh up 2 slices of bread - don't forget the breadcrumbs will swell in the milk, so put some in, wait 5 minutes and then add some more, otherwise you'll end up with concrete!)
If you can't be bothered with that, then you can just freeze packets of breadcrumbs and use them wherever you normally would - in a meatloaf, to make meatballs, as a topping on something - just remember not to add any more salt.
HTH
In one of my yummy things to make with kids-type things, you peel the banana, cut it in two and stick a lolly stick in each cut end. Put in the freezer. Meanwhile, melt some chocolate. Take the frozen banana out of the freezer and dip in the melted chocolate - the chocolate will set straight away. Instant banana choc ices! You can also roll them in nuts (depending on allergies) or hundreds and thousands.
Kind of stopped being such a healthy snack, did you notice?
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It's been a NSD for me today, and I've stopped even taking my purse to work now, as there is a co-op opposite and it's just too tempting to nip in for some choc at lunchtime etc. I'm going to work out how many NSDs I've had so far this month, and put an aim into my sig - i'm rubbish at keeping out of the shops, but got so much food in the house it's embarrassing!
How are you doing michierox?
Had leftover dinner from yesterday for lunch today, and children are at their dad's tomorrow night, so I'll have a 'use what's going out of date' type of dinner...
Signature updated - think i'll aim for 16 NSDs this month (23rd Jan to 22nd Feb, 31 days).
Take care all.
PG x
Frugal 2018 needed! Saving and NOT spending
Already spent £5.23.on milk and fruit:(
Declutter 1,500 things in 2021 87/1500
Total grocery spend today is £120.35.
I do that big monthly shop & then top up with the fresh stuff every few days.
My freezer & pantry are full to bursting!
Lisa
Welcome back MrsM, please put me down for £290.
Good luck everyone