September 2010 Grocery Challenge

Hippeechiq

Long_tall_sally wrote: »

but am still struggling to find an easy lemon cheesecake recipe to use up all my lemons. i also have two thirds of a pot of double cream which typically I bought for something that I now cant remember what and would like to not waste it so any help would be greatly appreciated.
Good luck everyone.

Hi Long tall sally

This is not a Lemon Cheesecake, but it's very easy to make and will use up a couple of your lemons and your double cream

Lemon Flan

4oz Digestive Biscuits, crushed
2oz Margarine
1 Tablespoon Sugar
¼ pint Double Cream
6oz Tin Condensed Milk
2 Large Lemons

Pre-heat oven to 150°C
Combine crushed Digestives and sugar in a bowl
Melt margarine and add to biscuit and sugar mixture and stir well to coat
Press into an 8" loose bottomed flan dish and bake for 8 minutes

Mix cream, condensed milk and grated lemon rind together in a bowl and whisk in lemon juice

Pour into flan case and chill until firm

Sorry it's not in metric. I've had the recipe for 20 odd years and haven't ever bothered to convert it, but it shouldn't be to difficult

Sue14

Can I please be put down for £135 for September, thanks!

pipersky

Hello everyone! Me again

Once again I have failed MISERABLY at keeping tabs of what I spent on groceries in August, however I'm nothing if not stubborn so I'm in again for £200 please Mrs M (but hoping for less - I can start batch cooking as my lovely parents have just donated their chest freezer in my direction :j:j:j).

Now the school hols are nearly over, I'll have a little more time to keep up with everyone on here, so see you all in a few days ...

PS. Thanks to Mrs M, rosieben and Pink for the thread

Long_tall_sally

Thanks a lot Rosieben & Hippichiq for the recipes to use my lemons etc. Hippichiq - sorry to be a bit thick but is a flan case made of pastry or sponge?

Thanks

looie

hiya all, can you put me down for £80 for September please.

I have some expensive bills to pay this month so the less I spend on groceries the better. Going to eat more veggies from the allotment.

I am also going to do a spending diary too for the first time I need to know where our money is going. Think I might get a few surprises

Herbyme

I feel a bit uncomfortable saying it as some of you guys seem to be much better at this than I am - but am going to aim for £600 again for Sept. Should be easier this month as kids are back at school, more of a routine, no guests. Freezer is well stocked, and I think I am getting better at it, OH too. Other bits of life will be high cost as there's DS's birthday but groceries I might have a chance of controlling.

Good luck to all and thanks for the thread!

Hippeechiq

carolinerunner Please don't feel uncomfortable about how much your own grocery challenge is. It's not a competition and we're not here to judge each other.

We're all trying to reduce our spending to suit our own needs, or are simply trying to be less wasteful.

There are people who live on their own taking part in the challenge and there are people who have several children, couples with high mortgages, couples without, families with several pets, families with none, single parents and so on.

Some people include all toiletries, some people don't, some people include eating out and others don't. We're all different

And this isn't about "who can survive on the smallest amount of money per month" - it's a about whatever it means to each individual who takes part, but above all, it's about doing it together and giving each other a little support along the way

Long_tall_sally wrote: »

Thanks a lot Rosieben & Hippichiq for the recipes to use my lemons etc. Hippichiq - sorry to be a bit thick but is a flan case made of pastry or sponge?

Thanks

Not thick at all hun It was a recipe given to me by my then SIL, and that's what she called it. It hasn't ever occurred to me that it's not an actual "flan", which, you're quite right, would normally have a pastry or sponge base - but in this case, the crushed digestives, sugar and melted margarine mixed together and pressed into the bottom of the tin make the base....a bit like a cheesecake base really only not quite as thick/deep IYKWIM.

Hope that helps, and sorry for any confusion

Charlie_H

Hiya Everyone,


Thanks for organising this thread. Please can you add me for £150 grocery challenge for September? It's an over estimate as my first time. Not sure whether will include my cat's food too.

Good luck everyone
Charlie

dizzydolly

hello , could I join the challenge please as ive really been overspending in the last few months and it cant go on .
please put me down for £220 , this is for 3 of us , myself , my son 12 and daughter 8 plus a cocker spaniel .

elf06

Good morning everyone - well I had my first spend which I will count as September (guess my sept GC will go a bit over a month so fingers crossed I will still manage it!
I spent a total of £7.05
This included a bit of salad, a tube of garlic (I always use the tube in oil and it lasts me YEARS!! Last one split and leaked before it was finished:rotfl:), some cheese spread for DS, beansprouts and juice for DS
Not too bad for a start and should only need to buy milk to get to the end of the week
Off to update my sig...........