April 2011 Grocery Challenge

rosieben

Cakes, Biscuits, Sweets, Snacks & Desserts
All in One Apple Cake
Apple Braid
Apple Charlotte
Apple Cinnamon Cake
Apple Delight
Apple - Microwave Autumn Apple Cake
Apricot Flapjack bars
Baileys Chocolate Truffles
Bakewell Tart
Banana and Honey bread pudding
Banana Cake (bread)
Banana Ice Cream
Banana and lemon drizzle cake
Banana Muffins (wholemeal) (1)
Banana Muffins (2)
Banana Muffins (3)
Banana and Walnut cake
Banana and Walnut loaf (Gluten Free)
Banana Ginger Parkin
Biscuit recipes (Owens3116 thread)
Blackberries - Grated Blackberry Bake
Branflake cake
Brownies
Bottom of the Cupboard Bars
Bounty Balls
Bran Fruit Loaf
Bread & Butter Pudding ... Bread Pudding
Bulk pancake mix
Buttercream topping
Butterscotch squares
Caramel Shortbread (Millionaire's Shortbread)
Carrot Cake
Cheesecake - Misers white chocolate cheesecake
Cheese n marmite twists
Chocolate Beetroot Cake
Chocolate Biscuit Thins
Cheesy Biscuits
Chocolate and Pear Upside Down Pudding
Chocolate Brownies
Chocolate Concrete
Chocolate Coookies - Cheap and Easy
Chocolate Courgette Cake
Chocolate Crispies
Chocolate Custard (easy)
Chocolate fudge
Chocolate Fudge Cake
Chocolate Krackolates
Chocolate Log - gluten free
Chocolate orange muffins see also Muffins
Chocolate Pots
Chocolate pudding (microwave)
Chocolate pudding - self-saucing
Chocolate Stuff (see also Tiffin)
Chocolate Trifle
Chocolate yoghurt cake
Christmas cake - baked bean tin size
Coconut Balls
Coconut Cake
Coconut Flapjacks
Coconut ice
Coffee Cake
Coffee Fudge Frosting
Cookie Dough
Cornflake Tart
Courgette Tea Bread/Muffins
Cranberry And Chocolate Brownies
Currant Loaf
Custard Cookies
D&DD’s Apple Braid
Date, Nut and Oat biscuits
Easy Syrup Sponge Pudding
Eggless Chocolate Cake
Fifteens
Flaky Bars
Flapjacks and Flapjacks and Microwave Flapjacks
Fruit Cake .... Fruit Cake
Fruit and Mascarpone dessert
Fudge Tart
Ginger Biscuits (ext link)
Ginger nut biscuits (ext link)
Gingerbread Men (1)....Gingerbread Men (2)
Ginger Raisin Crunches
Ginger Refrigerator Biscuits
Golden Syrup Tart
Gluten-free Chocolate Log
Healthy Snack Bars
Honey Frosted Buns
Honey Crunch Bars
Ice Cream - slimmers world - Mint Ice Cream
Iced Buns
Impossible Coconut Pie
Jam Buns
Jammy Buns (1) ...Jammy Buns (2)
Jam Roly Poly
Key lime pie
Krispie marshmallow bars
Lemon and Cranberry Muffins
Lemon cakes
Lemon Curd Cake
Lemon Curd Ice-Cream jenid's / MoneySavingDiva's
Lemon Drizzle Cake
Lemon Flan
Lemon Madiera Cake (easy and cheap)
Magic Lemon Pudding
Malt Bread
Mango Cake
Marshmallow Crunch Bars
Marshmallow Squares
Mascarpone and Lime Torte
Mascarpone Ice-cream
Meringues
Microwave sponge puddings(Spotted !!!!!!) Microwave sponge puddings
Millies Cookies
Mince Squares
Miini Krispie Christmas Puddings
Muffins: Basic Recipe / Chocolate Orange Muffins (1) / Chocolate Orange Muffins (2) / Fool proof Muffins Gingerbread Muffins / Kiwi Muffins / Sticky Date Muffins / Strawberry Muffins / Toffee Apple Muffins
No fat sponge
Nut, Apricot & Choc Chip Biscuits
Oatmeal Biscuits (Be-ro Website)
Oaty Pancakes
Oaty Shortbread Biscuits
Orange and Poppy Seed Cake
Palmiers
Parkin
Peach Cobbler (Slow Cooker recipe)
Peanut Butter Cookies .... Peanut Butter Cookies (without flour)
Peanut Butter Fudge
Peppermint Creams
Petits Pots au Citron (Little pots of lemon)
Pineapple, Fried
Pineapple Sponge Cake (using tinned pineapple)
Raspberry Frozen Yoghurt Ice Cream
Rhubarb and Orange Jelly
Rice Pudding ....Rice Pudding in the Slow Cooker
Rock Buns
Scones ... Scones
Scotch pancakes
Spiced Apple Bars
Spiced Marmalade Cake
St Peter's Mud Pie (no cooking required)
Sticky gingerbread
Sticky toffee apple crumble
Teacakes
Tiffin (1) Tiffin (2) (see also Chocolate Stuff)
Treacle Toffee
Twink’s Hobnobs
Weetabix Brownies
Weetabix Cake
Weetabix Fruit Loaf
Welsh Cakes
Wonderbites
Xmas Pudding Loaf
Xmas Pudding Scones
Yoghurt: Homemade yoghurt, Slow Cooker Yoghurt
Yoghurt Cake (the easy way)

rosieben

Soups
12 speed/trumpy soup (SW)
Bacon and Carrot Soup
Broccoli and Cheese Soup
Brocolli and Stilton Soup
Carrot, leek and butterbean soup
Carrot, parsnip and lentil soup
Celery Soup
Cheats Minestrone
Chicken & Sweetcorn Soup ... Chicken and Sweetcorn Soup
Courgette & Tomato Soup
Cream of Tomato Soup
Curried Parsnip Soup
Gammon and lentil soup
Ham and Lentil Soup
Iced cucumber soup
Leek and Lentil Soup ... Leek and Lentil Soup
Leek and Potato Soup
Lentil - Golden Lentil Soup
Moniker’s Leek and Potato Soup
Leek and sweet potato soup
Moroccan Chickpea and Broad Bean Soup
Onion Soup
Oxtail Stew + Oxtail Soup
Parsnip & Apple Soup
Pea Soup
Pea & Ham Soup
Pumpkin Soup
Red Lentil Soup
Real Tomato Soup
Red pepper, carrot & lentil soup
Slow Cooker French Onion Soup
Spicy Carrot and Tomato Soup
Spicy Lentil Soup
Spinach Soup
Spinach and Avocado Soup
Split Pea and Courgette Soup
Sweet Potato and Butternut Squash
Sweet Potato and Carrot Soup
Vegetable Soup .... Vegetable Soup


Bread
Bagels
Baguettes
Banana Bread
Bara Brith (Welsh Tea Bread) Bara brith teabread
Basic white bread recipe (makes a 2lb loaf)
Bread - Mrs McC's recipe for Remoska
Breadsticks MrsM's / angelnikki's (No Salt Recipe)
Chapatis
Cheese, Onion and Herb Bread
Cheese and Parsnip Loaf
Cheese & Potato Bread
Cheesy Bread Rolls
Chewy Soft Flour Tortilla
Chocolate Bread
Chollah
Ciabatta
Courgette Flatbread
Focaccia
Garlic Dough Balls
Herb Quick bread
HM Bread
Irish Soda Bread
Lahmachun
Malt Bread
Malt Loaf
Naan Bread .. see also .. Curry Queen's ...... Mrs McCawber's ...... OrkneyStar's
Oatmeal bread
soft bread rolls
Soft white baps (ext link)
Super Seedy Bread
White Bread with plain flour
Bread Recipes for Bread Machines (ext link)


Pastry
The best mince pie pastry ever
Pastry economics
Making pastry
Basic pastry
Flaky Pastry (BBC Food)


Dips, Jams & Chutneys and Drinks
Alioli / Traditional allioli
Apple - No cook Apple Chutney
Bean Pickle
Beetroot and Apple Chutney
Broad Bean Dip
Brown Sauce
Chilli Jam
Compost Heap Jelly (using fruit peelings)
Elderberry cordial
Feisty Rhubarb Relish
Jams & Preserves
Lemon Squash
Miser's Marmalade
Onion - Caramelised Onion chutney
Onion Marmalade
Piccalilli - Diva's pick a lilly
Pineapple Salsa
Riata - Mint, yoghurt and Cucumber Dip
Tomato/Chili Salsa
Red Tomato Chutney
Spiced Apple Chutney
Tomato Chutney
Mango Chutney
Wine .. Wine
Xmas Chutney
and last but by no means least: How NOT to make marmalade


Top Tips (OS threads)
Batch cooking ideas
Cheapest recipes? links to various OS threads, thanks Pink!
Complete Menu Plans Collection
Cooking for the Freezer
Frozen food safety - misconceptions
Grocery Challenge Top Tips
Laundry Washing Gel/ Gloop, Fab conditioner, vinegar.....
Meal building blocks for the freezer
Microwave Recipes
Mr Badexamples Cooking Index
Store Cupboard Lists/Ideas threads


External links
Baking Mad (includes loads of bread maker recipes
Batch Bake Minced Beef Recipe
Easy and Cheap Biscuits (DowntoEarth forum)
Cheap Family Recipes (our own Weezl's excellent site) and the Christmas Menu here
How to feed your whole family a healthy, balanced diet... (Webook)
List of conversions
Love Food Hate Waste website
Jamie Oliver Recipes
Show Jamie How To Cook On A Budget Champagne Contest
10 Great Tips for starting out with meal planning
Sprouting Seeds and Beans - Free Guide (PDF)

Home Made Dog Biscuits
Home Made Dog Biscuits (2)

Homemade Play Dough

Long_tall_sally

Just updated signature with spends today at Home Bargains, Farm Foods & the Co Op. I got to the Co Op just as they were doing their reductions which was surprising really as it was only about 2 o'clock. I managed to get 800g of good mince for £2 & 4 Elmwood chicken breasts for £3, a whole cucumber for 40p, a packet of Rolo cookies for 60p & a box of Special k for 60p (cos the box was a bit damaged). Only thing is I forgot to get my 6 1st class stamps that I requested & paid for so will have to try going back tomorrow to see if I can sort that out!

Thanks Mothership & Spiggle for the advice re the tomato fertiliser. I will definitely get some. Both my kids seem to be keen to water the plants at the moment which is nice & helps to remind them where a lot of the food actually comes from!

I hadn't realised Spiggle that it is tomorrow that you go in, so wishing you lots of luck there.) You may well be right about what my true budget figure should be & no of course, I don't mind you suggesting it but I am going to persevere with the £450 for now because firstly my DS is now on a different insulin regime & in theory doesn't need all the snacks that he used to need and secondly the eldest SS is actually having dinner less & less now at our house (he prefers to be at his GF's!) so really I am no longer feeding 6 people half of the week so there is kind of no excuse now for not meeting target!

quintwins

just been to te$co again and spent a massive 47p on stuff, i did have a dtd voucher for £18.50 odd tho, mainly got toilet roll and coke with a few reduced bits thats all my supermarket spends done for this month i won't be in te$co again now til next weekend, still not declaring yet tho gonna wait til monday

helen_jelly

Spiggle - luck and hugs for tomorrow x

Dawning

Newbie to the thread.
Can I have £120 for May please?
I'm averaging about £200 a month but I really must reduce this. I'll be away for several days at the end of May so although the drop is £80 it shouldnt be too painful.
I'm going to be keeping a spending diary in May, hopefully that will help me stick to target. I also have a full freezer/fridge so it's a positive start.

Hippeechiq

Have I missed something? I didn't realise Spiggles op had been re-scheduled for tomorrow?

If it has, I wish you all the best hun :kisses3:

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boysma

Hi guys

Declaring at 342.70 for April. Can you please put me down for 300.00 again (stubborn or what) for May to see if i can come under budget this time?:D

Good luck to everyone else. Roll on bank holiday weekend:j

looie

I am declaring at £67.10 for April and can you put me down for £100 for May please.

Having another day on our allotment - hoping to sow some beetroot, plant out some broad beans and marigolds. The weather is not that great this morning but I think it's going to be a better afternoon.... here's hoping

MRSMCAWBER

Annual 2011

2joanne £4680 £377.75
Angelatgraceland £5000
Baileysbabe £5200
Billie-Jo £3000
Carolt2 £1500
Cat04 £3650
Chloris £4200 £1169.92
elf06 £1400
EllieA £3000
GeorgiGirl2012 £2500/£250
Huxley £3000
JackieGlasgow £3000
Jintyb £2300
Jmf76 £4000
Julie Georgiana £2560 £526.75
Katenut £1500
Kezlou £2000
Laurent1369 £2400
Lifeintermoil £4680
Lola76 £2500
Moniker £4200
Mrsmcawber €1800 €475
Nickynoo08 £2000
Pavlovs-dog £1920
pepsi-kins £2400
Pip-Squeak £1200
Puss14 $3000
Rosieben £1200
Russetred £4300 £704.13
Sammyellen £4000
Savingforarainyday £2300
Seductivesmile £912.50
sharonej £3380
Skilly £3700
Snowy Owl £2600
Sueika £1000
Tazzyb £1500
The_Cat £3120 £375.69
youngmummy £2800

Monthly

01001011 €
123budget £450
4weeladdies £
666Paw £
*spike* £
Adelight £
Aliwali £
Allie123 £200
AlwaysHappy £
aussiemum $
Barneydee £
beemuzed £
Bexstars £150
BillieJo £
BlimusOreilly £
Bluecat £
Boultdj $
boysma £300
brassic £400
Burge23 £
Candy Belle £235
Castri09 £
Catslovelycats £
Cat_Smith £
CherryPie £90
Chloris £
ChocClare £
Chocolateteddy £
Chopper5 £
Cleggie £
Cookiemum £
Craftyscholar £
CRANKY40 £
Cup of Chai £
Curlytop40 £
cutiepieabf £100
Dansmum £
Dawning £120
destroyerofdebt2011 £
Determined New Ms £
EbayQueen £
ebsaver £
elfen £
elmo1985 £140
esmer £
espresso21 £70
eveie189 £
Failinghappily £
Fancypottery £500
Farmers-Marketeer £
Fedupandskint £100
Fizzy702 £
FlatEric £
funnyflipp £
Freakyogre £
Gigglepig £250
gintotmelinda £400
Goodgirl80 £
GoodLifeWannabes £
Gracie_1827 £
greent £
GroinSexyPavement £360
Guccigoo £
Halia £
Hamish222 £
HelenJelly £300
Hex2 £
Highland fling £
Hippeechiq £
ieimimiai £130
ifonlyitwaseasier £
IHaveNoMoney.com £
Inthered £200