I'm eating out of the freezer and cupboards challenge

Lynsey

Got my ground coriander from Tesco (Natco 400g) for £1.45.


Picked up my Fire Bowl from Home Bargains and got some lemon juice for 29p (250ml).
Just bits and bobs bought and £3.74 spent so far, might get to Morries later for some veg and cheap bread, more so the veg as offer ends tomorrow (30p stuff).

That weight loss is very impressive Jane, well done.

Lynsey

Kirri

Lynsey wrote: »

It's been a 100% veggie day, mainly down to snacking. Impressed Kirri??

Impressive till you mentioned the sirloin lol! It should be cheaper to fit in a veggie meal or two though maybe not given the bargains you find!!

Re all the WW/SW comments, is there a link between over-shopping and weight?!

I'm still in the middle of making my pasties but keep getting distracted by the live 3 hr broadcast of the WH funeral..

Lip_Stick

I think my computer is dying. It's being powering off in an instant and this morning I could only get online for a minute at a time. I'm hoping that was due to my ISP but it happened straight after it cut off so who knows.

I went to Morrisons after the party and spent way more than I meant to. £18 in total although a fiver was for alcohol. Did manage to get a couple of the mushroom pate. YUMMMM.

Ended up having tea at mam's which was steak and chips yummm. Talked her into making a peppercorn sauce. Heading to the folks for dinner tomorrow.

I really need to do a soup or something next week with that damn parsnip.

Lynsey

Kirri, once my meat stash goes down, I think I'll start eating less meat - never vegetarian, but maybe 50/50'ish. Not this year though!
It's a pity Lidl don't have a vegetarian option every week on their half-price deals, maybe time to email them??
I love stir fry recipes and I often have vegetable pasta meals in restaurants (Italian Groupon deals).

Back from Morries and bought only the Organic bloomers (3 at 15p each) - great Guy who reduces the bread on a Saturday night, very helpful and friendly. Bought a pack of 4 pasties (reduced to 39p) and my veg (90p) - smallish swede though!! Total spend, £1.74 and total for the day was £5.48. Total for the week was £19.32, pretty good and lower than expected. Good thing is though, I've got almost everything I need for next week, very little needed until the back-end, depends what Lidl have - they do have the 17p milk chocolate back on though!! No 30 bars this time.....................maybe just 25!!!!!

Lynsey

Kirri

Morrisons have just launched a new ready meals range in veggie meals - they may come up on the reduced counter, don't normally buy ready meals as find them rather salty and small but I would try them if I see them cheap, they actually sound tempting. Talking of emailing, when Morries had the meal deal the other xmas, the one with the soup and veg, think it was Dec 2010 ish, I did email them to complain there was no veggie option (I did pop in and get the meat meal for my parents though as it was such a bargain price!).

That bread guy must know you by now! My swede weighed about 800g I think, I noticed a guy behind me the other day had nothing but 30p veg, I always have a good nose at what the others in the queue are buying, some is quite shocking!

Lipstick, hope you get your pc fixed, I can't cope without mine, I do everything online! You could blanch the parsnip in large 'chips' and eat it at a later date, I froze a load and they seem to roast up ok after with a bit of honey on.

Lynsey

Lip_Stick wrote: »

I really need to do a soup or something next week with that damn parsnip.

Parsnip soup is nice, it can be a bit strong tasting and I normally do 2/3 parsnips to 1/3 carrots. It softens the taste and gives a nicer colour. lol

Good luck with your pc - have you been over-doing the coupons??

Kirri, are you going to email Lidl or do you want to leave it to me??
I'm a bit too soft.
BTW, the bread reducer Guy now knows what I want and if the bread is not fully reduced right down (ie, only half-price), he'll reduce it right down - top Guy, a pleasure to do business with.

Lynsey

Kirri

Lynsey wrote: »

Kirri, are you going to email Lidl or do you want to leave it to me??

Well if you happen to be emailing them about anything that would be handy lol, I don't really know Lidl enough to know what deal they normally do that doesn't come without meat I am usually the first to complain otherwise!

Lynsey

They don't do a lot of veggie stuff Kirri, but things like quiches and quorn stuff etc wouldn't be bad. They would only need say 10 items and rotate them, 5 times per year??
Maybe they should add more lines??

Lynsey

VfM4meplse

Went to Sainsbury's today, bought some milk, bananas, bread (unnecessary, there's plenty of whoopsied bread in the freezer) and chocolate - again an indulgence, but just for today! I spent £5.37, but could have got away with £2.86 if I had stuck to the milk and bananas!

Still have loads of apples, kiwis and grapes left over that are keeping well in the fridge so am now not planning to enter the supermarket again until next weekend. Freezer foods, cereal, smoothies and fruit should get me through the week no problem.

ETA: Lip_Stick - I would make baked vegetable crisps out of your parsnip (use a potato peeler), so moreish you will find they disappear fast.

Kirri

Lynsey wrote: »

They don't do a lot of veggie stuff Kirri, but things like quiches and quorn stuff etc wouldn't be bad. They would only need say 10 items and rotate them, 5 times per year??
Maybe they should add more lines??

Lynsey

I'd definitely use it more if they did, especially with Quorn - the only thing I have bought in Lidl is the fruit and veg I think.