February 2011 Grocery Challenge

martafdz

Just read about that chicken sweetcorn soup and thought it would be nice to have the recipe
Good idea on the shower caps Mothership! I might try this weekend again, I don't understand my oven and my last attempts were disasters. I managed to do a nice Lemon madeira cake yesterday, which turned out good but was ready 20-30min before my recipe said, even though I put the exact temperature they said. Idk. I think it is the assisted fan that overcooks the outside quickly and the inside is still undercooked. Idk if it would be better to put a lower temperature and leave it for longer or try to cover it so the outside does not burn and the inside keeps cooking. Anyone out there has a fan assisted combi oven?

weezl74

mandco wrote: »

anyone seen any good offers on eggs? scrambled egg seems to be the in thing at the mo and using about a dozen a day :eek: & thats making a huge dent in the budget.

Costco eggs are 6p each which is the cheapest I've been able to source anywhere. Do you have a local store?

Thank you to Mrs M for popping me on the list, and woweee! To your big success with healthy eating :beer:

We stocked up on more of the cheap pasta today, £16.60 is now my running total. I think it's the best price it's been these last 3 years I've been keeping records, so I'm glad a few items are helping out with food price inflation

ebayqueen_2

Mothership wrote: »

Sorry about that, having a really hard time with very ill family member. Had to get that out, trying to hold back the tears, if I start I wont stop. Don't keep too well myself which isn't helping. I'm really glad to be able to escape to here now and again, it really helps. So thank you all of you for all your posts reading them takes my mind off things. Got my wee 5 month old grand daughter tomorrow for the day to give her mum a wee rest. So roll on tomorrow.

Too cold for the garden so... There's only one thing for it COOK!

I popped out for bread flour, yeast , milk, macaroni, cream and managed to spend £10 from my GC Feb budget.

Came down to have a wee look through the recipe's to see if I could find a nice one for bread. Not made bread for years (used to do it all the time) till I stuffed my (proving place full of groceries). Then I read on here that someone puts a plastic shower cap over the bowl to prove the bread, I got loads of those (I do B&B they don't get used much, about 4 in 9 yrs).
Over the radiator in the kitchen would be a great place for proving, if I put the covered bowl in a bag and hang it there, it should work.

If anyone wants a disposable shower cap to try it PM me and I will send you some. I helped with a mail shot recently and got loads of stamps left over as a reward.

Hi mothership
Sorry to hear that life is tough and you sound a wee bit down. You always have company here if you feel like a chat. Life is rough sometimes but as you know we always come out the other end though battered we may be. We all enjoy your posts here so I am sending you sincere regards and prayers.
God bless:)

ebayqueen_2

HI Zippy ... good luck for the coming month. Please include me with usual budget of £400. I beat it well during Jan and hope to do just as well this coming month. Take care and good luck to all.

helen_jelly

Fan Assisted Oven - I always turn the temp down by 20, ie if the cooking instructions say 30 mins at 200, I cook at 180 and check after 20-25 mins - HTH

Mothership - big hugs, I have a very very poorly Dad at the mo and it isn't looking good so I kinda know how you are feeling, share with us if you want to or know that we are here for you if and when you want us x

Shopping - no spend day today - yeah - go me

Helen x

mummyroysof3

hubby bought beer and nappies so another £27 ish spent, ill go update my total

scotsaver

Hi everyone - firstly hugs to those that need them.

A NSD for me today and dinner tonight is Sweet & Sour pork using pork left from last night's roast, serving it with egg noodles. Not got Pud planned for tonight as dinner should be filling enough.

Must try and get some baking done tomorrow as supplies running low. Have a good evening everyone.;)

mrs_baggins

Can you put me down for £70 please?? I have not got a clue how much I spend so will try to make a supreme effort to write everything down just to see how much I do actually spend

sistercas

just popped back on to say weezls pasta amatriciana is FAB!!
sooo tasty a real hit with the family

heres the link to the recipe :
http://www.cheap-family-recipes.org.uk/recipe-pastaamatriciana.html?opt=rdinner

definitely worth trying

lotti379

Please can I put a target of £200? No change from last month's target, which we went over (need to add up the final bits later) BUT I had an idea for an experiment. Since I know exactly how much we have spent in a month buying everything from T*sco, I am going to try and buy meat, fish, eggs, veg and fruit from the shops in the market or the greengrocer down the road, and only what I have to at the supermarket. Then I can actually make a comparison... And since we didn't buy anything in January till the 6th, I can't claim Feb will only be cheaper as it's a shorter month!