February 2011 Grocery Challenge

SavingJane

I made my first ever home made chicken pie last night using recipe off page 1 the cheesy chicken 1 but did ours with carrots and peas and Oh My it was just so yummy.

OH has said we need a bigger round dish so i can make a bigger one next time....he had 2nds of the pie I had made so wasn't small lol

Shall be doing brownies this afternoon, from recipe posted on here not long ago.....loves cakes ect but there so expensive so if i can bake them even better and they will be handy extras to fill out OH's lunch as I've stopped buying cakes ect for it and feel tad bad he doesn't have as many treats in there. This week he has home made heart shaped cookies to keep him going thou

Had a NSD yesterday it rained all day so we just stayed in, might get away with another today as 2mora we have baby group so will be a few £s spent then but still only a small spend

I've been really good this month and very impressed with myself

Quick Question.

We used to buy lot of potato croquetts, waffles, ect and now I'm not buying them wonder what different things I can do with freash pot's to go with meals. Other then roast, sliced and diced. We don't like mash so that's out...thanks

WelshWoofer

Hello all!
Just been taking stock of what we have in and I think that I can get away with buying just the bare minimum this weekend. We need things like squash, sandwich stuff, bread, tinned tuna, some fruit and veg, cereal, milk and cheese and biscuits and as far as I can tell that's about it :j

I need to do a proper meal plan to really see what we need - I'm betting I'll need a few more bits that I can think of now but hopefully the spend won't be much more than £20 ish. I have £7 in Clubcard vouchers too so will use them towards the shop.

I usually spend £50 ish so a £20 spend woulld be a big saving for me. Famous last words!

WelshWoofer

SavingJane - what about chopping them up into wedges adding some spices like cajun/bbq and a teeny bit of oil and chucking them in the oven? We do this quite often and it makes a nice change.

Long_tall_sally

Just updated signature with spends from the Co op, Mr Ts & Sainsbu*ys. 10 days to payout but I know I will go over as I have some spend & save vouchers along with till spits that I intend to use in the next week even if it is only to stock up on things that are on offer. Next month should be a shorter month for me as I go from the 26-26 so hopefully that will be better.

SavingJane

Great idea, might try them 2mora if I don't do burgers 2nite. Thanks

cat_smith

savingjane can I just ask why you like croquettes and waffles and not mashed potato? Aren't they are virtually the same thing rolled in breadcrumbs or shaped and deep fried?

OrkneyStar

OrkneyStar wrote: »

Our new month started yesterday. Off to do some shopping at T***o today....mainly fresh veg (really into veggies just now and going off meat!), bread, fruit etc.
Will let you all know how I get on later.
Hope everyone doing ok.
x

Well we survived!
I was good and got mainly veg, bread, milk and a few other bits and bobs we needed....came in well under budget so money left if we run out of anything before next shop. I ended up paying more for a some veg from the 'finer' range- just looked so much better and am really trying to get decent veg into me these days (if value looks better I get that lol, just depends!). Only 'treat' really was a tub of ice-cream (cherry ripple chosen by DS) and some lemon curd yogurt (droooool).
x

SavingJane

cat_smith wrote: »

savingjane can I just ask why you like croquettes and waffles and not mashed potato? Aren't they are virtually the same thing rolled in breadcrumbs or shaped and deep fried?

I know it's crazy but I don't like the texture of it on it's own

Thou will be making a little bit soon for LO to try as don't want him to grow up with our fussy habits

cat_smith

How about making your own croquettes? Could also try a version of dauphinoise I do. Slice thinly and boil for about 10 min. Intersperse with some fried off onions and and butter. Bake in the oven for about 1/2 hr. Can add cream and top with cheese if wanted. I do this in bulk and freeze leftovers for later.

SavingJane

Sounds interesting, will add it to my word doc of food info, thanks