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Good suggestions re markets. I always buy my fruit and veg from the supermarket, which is not ideal as the quality is ok and the variety is fairly good, but I am sure that it is more expensive. Unfortunately it is difficult to get to any markets, unless I went at the weekend, due to where I work/ hours I work.

I think that I have been buying a few things like fry light and spices and low fat sauces which will last for ages, but have pushed up the shopping bill recently. I also realise that my boyfriend tends to pay for takeaways and that the bought sandwiches I treat as part of my spending money, rather than part of my grocery shop. So the grocery shop may be a bit higher, but overall, hopefully it is not. Thinking about it, should be at least 50p a day better off, even when buying cherries.

There don't seem to be so many BOGOF's on fruit and vegetables and all the reduced offers seem to be really good when I am trying to resist them!

laura2481

zzzLazyDaisy wrote: »

Thanks for the KFC recipe - it looks yum.... and within my limited culinary cababilities!

I tried that thai curry recipe last week. Now don't let me put anyone off, as I am not a domestic goddess by any stretch of the imagination... but....

It was a lot of faffing about, and the end result was quite bland and not worth the effort, imo. Tbh for the sake of a few syns from my allowance, I'd rather use a pack of stir fry veggies and some decent curry paste, and end up with something that tastes more like the real thing. Just my view - I'll be interested to know what other people think.

There is schwartz thai red curry packet mix which is very nice and is about 6 syns for all the lot and makes enough for about 4 people so roughly 2 syns per portion. You need to have milk as you HEA that day or it is extra syns for milk...
very tasty though... Hmmmm, might have that for dinner

zzzLazyDaisy

Thanks! Schwartz sounds like the way to go for me!!!

:-)

bettyB_2

laura2481 wrote: »

There is schwartz thai red curry packet mix which is very nice and is about 6 syns for all the lot and makes enough for about 4 people so roughly 2 syns per portion. You need to have milk as you HEA that day or it is extra syns for milk...
very tasty though... Hmmmm, might have that for dinner

Barts does a really good thai curry paste - the green one is 1 syn per tbsp and you only need that much. The price to pay is the syns in coconut milk/creamed coconut but you can always halve it and use milk, yog or similar

c_l_a_i_r_e

laura2481 wrote: »

There is schwartz thai red curry packet mix which is very nice and is about 6 syns for all the lot and makes enough for about 4 people so roughly 2 syns per portion. You need to have milk as you HEA that day or it is extra syns for milk...
very tasty though... Hmmmm, might have that for dinner

Thanks for this Laura, I'll have a look for this at the weekend. I love Thai curry as does my OH so that sachet will probably only do the two of us:rotfl:

c_l_a_i_r_e

bettyB wrote: »

Barts does a really good thai curry paste - the green one is 1 syn per tbsp and you only need that much. The price to pay is the syns in coconut milk/creamed coconut but you can always halve it and use milk, yog or similar

I read peeps over on minimins talking about using coconut essence (free) instead of coconut milk. No idea how it turned out, must remember to check it out soon and if I find it I'll post the link.

trixietoes

Brilliant, thanks for the Thai paste suggestions.. I will give them a go instead of faffing making my own. I like cooking but have to really be in the mood to go as far as wizzing up pastes etc. I think I'd be happy to spend a couple of syns on paste especially if it is nicer. I get scared of pastes and jar sauces as not all the ones I've had are IMO very nice so good to get some recommendations.

x

trixietoes

c_l_a_i_r_e wrote: »

I read peeps over on minimins talking about using coconut essence (free) instead of coconut milk. No idea how it turned out, must remember to check it out soon and if I find it I'll post the link.

That sounds interesting.. I'd love to know what you found out

c_l_a_i_r_e

Re. shopping budgets I am lucky to have all an Asda, Tesco and Lidl practically on my doorstep and I pass a M&S and Sainsburys at least once a week as well. I'm very fussy with meat, I'll mostly buy the best quality one possible ie free range chicken, organic meat, usually from M&S or a butcher and to offset this cost I do mostly green days (at least 4 a week) and the rest a mixture of red/EE. Green days are so cheap to do even factoring in the cost of fresh fruit/veg and my shopping bill has actually reduced since I started doing SW. But as I say that is in part due to me doing mostly green and having the ability to shop around for the best offers.

I sometimes think how cheap my shopping bills would be if I didn't diet. Most of the BOGOFS and miltibuy offers seem to on pizzas, ready meals,yellow food, crisps, biscuits, choccies....You get the idea:rotfl:Not saying I want to eat like that but you can see how tempting it would be if money was tight and you wanted to feel like you were getting your moneys worth.

c_l_a_i_r_e

trixietoes wrote: »

That sounds interesting.. I'd love to know what you found out

Just found the thread here