I'm eating out of the freezer and cupboards challenge

Edwardia

smegcat hope your husband gets well soon.

just trying am chuckling here, you've got your family trained to hunt bargains like bloodhounds on a trail and then this week you confuse em all by saying nope no bargains today.

Tried the Grumme Gron Sapa cleaner today (Ocado offer) and blimey it works really well. Not so keen on the smell - it reminds me of weak Swarfega !

Usually have Moo organic semi-skimmed UHT milk but bought some of the Sainsbury's SO organic fresh semi-skimmed 4 pints x2 for £3 and it's not bad. Trying Abel & Cole organic fresh semi-skimmed non-homogenised milk Monday 2 litres for 1.92 as I don't want to be going to the supermarket for milk if I can avoid it.

Sainsbury's SO organic dwarf beans 250g are on offer, 2 packs for 2.50 to 22/01 and they are the toughest flippin beans I've ever attempted to eat. Think I may whinge at Sainsbos tomorrow. The org lamb steak was nice size, didn't shrink and full of flavour. two in pack for £6 is a bit on expensive side.

NSD for me today but Ocado tomorrow. Still got half a pack of the yummy 250g Sainsbos org chestnut mushrooms (on offer atm £1) to go with my bacon

Tried out the new non stick Tefal frying pan today (Christmas prez). Compared to Le Creuset I'm used to it's soo light and it's soo non-stick that when I came to plate up my breakfast I was chasing the eggs round the frying pan.

Jellybaby

Evening everyone, not long home after spending new year with mum and dad and LOADED with goodies!! I've discovered my dad is a real bargain hunter and has taken to visiting their local Mr T's at 9pm every night, what bargains he gets!

I've come home with
8 packs of two chicken breasts at 60p per pack
4 packs of raspberries at 10p each
6 bananas for 20p
tiger loaf for 10p
6 doughnuts for 10p
pack of 8 mini muller corner yoghurts for 50p

Also the crisps, nuts, shortbread, biscuits that were left over or unopened! A nice wee stash for DS2 for the next few months.

I'm going to put the kettle on and have a coffee while I read back and catch up on what everyone's been up to.

Catch you all soon x

recovering_spendaholic

hello everyone and Happy New Year to you all!!

I'm back, fatter and poorer but determined to keep to the straight and narrow and use up my "rather large" stash of stuff which I have in the fridge and freezers!!

I was poorly over Christmas with a flu-type virus (cough and cold etc) so didn't actually eat that much, and I had not felt well enough to go out and get too much shopping in.

I have made some turkey soup, which is in the freezer in portions and tonight have used the last of the Christmas ham to make some lentil soup in the slow cooker - it is really delicious - I just had a taste!!

My cupboards are all full up but largely with healthy type stuff and we have no cakes or biscuits in, which is how I want to keep it.

I am also going to draw money out of the bank only once a month and try and make it last - leaving my cards at home when I go out etc.

I have about £300 to last to the end of January for groceries and other house stuff which should be enough I hope. I will need to get milk, toilet rolls, kitchen roll and butter over the weekend, and possibly a bit of fresh veg, but I am determined not to buy loads of stuff, particularly staying away from the post-christmas reduced stuff!!

Will now go back and have a read over the thread and see what you have all been up to.

Smegcat - hope your OH is okay.

Kitty_Ears

Edwardia wrote: »

Tried out the new non stick Tefal frying pan today (Christmas prez). Compared to Le Creuset I'm used to it's soo light and it's soo non-stick that when I came to plate up my breakfast I was chasing the eggs round the frying pan.

I really want Tefal pans, I think I may treat myself to them when we move. We still have the pans from when we were students, imagine the state they are in now!

Night shift tonight, so I went to bed at 1am, woke up at 5am... hopefully I can sleep the day away. Finished off the rice krispies for breakfast so now back onto 'proper' cereal! Quorn BBq fillets and wraps for lunch and for my 3am 'lunch', just put some chicken, lemon, garlic and peppers in the slow cooker for my tea tonight. This is the first meat I have ever bought from a butcher, so I am interested in how much better it tastes. I'm cooking 4 of them so I can use the fillets for wraps in my lunch this week.

Phew! Right, back to putting the washing away and then to bed with my Nintendo DS. The joys of nights!

donnajt

gailey wrote: »

Nearly out of crisps-kids worst
chocs all gone


ohh lynsey not sure if you still have meatball fetish but 12pack fresh meat balls 1/price £1.25 is that as good as lidls half price? with co-op the deals are nearly always reduced:)

gailey - we've all had flu over xmas so we have loads of crisps and choc....would swap for fruit lol

LIDLs do meatballs???? how did I now know this? are they frozen or fresh and how many in a pack?

donnajt

Morning all - I honestly cannot believe the yellow sticker bargains - my tesco never reduce like that regardless of time

can't decide what to cook today, want to make sausage rolls, quiche and a victoria sponge...however, if i make the sausrolls and quiche today they will be gone by teatime..also in laws due over no idea what time but no doubt they will expect feeding....hubby woke me up far too early today...feeling grumpy

has anyone got a good carrot and coriander soup recipe pls?

donnajt

forgot to add ordered thru Approved Foods ... delivery is monday can't wait...i feel like xmas when their orders arrive lol

Lip_Stick

Morning all. Will be having lunch with ds, but then he's off to pantomime with his dad and nanna. He'll be sleeping out so won't see him again til tomorrow evening. Mind you, will get some jobs done!

Will put some bread in the maker for lunch. Tea for me will be paella from out the freezer. Not going to bother with the shops until middle of next week.

Had a weird dream where I was on the roady bus with the winner from The Great British Bake Off :huh: I still think James was robbed of the title!

smegcat - wishing your hubby a speedy recovery.

Lynsey

Morning all and nice to see loads posting - hope it keeps up.

Jane - lovely to see you posting, hope you are feeling better. I was just "talking" about you and your "kids" the other day!!

gailey - fetish??!! :eek:
I'm still waiting for the Lidl meatballs (fresh) @ approx 70p when half-price. I've been using Tesco mini-burgers and they have been very good in meatball pasta - cut them in half and roll them into balls.

smegcat - special wishes to your hubby. Wishes to everyone else suffering.

Some great bargains bagged there - well done. Jellybaby, excellent finds.
I'm being frugal throughout January, so not really looking for bargains - just pick the odd one now and then.
I don't know why I'm being frugal, apart from trying to clear a freezer, but still frightened to let go and spend - though I've never been a big grocery spender anyway.
Food prices are supposed to be on the up according to the news, so those reduced items will really help those that grab them.

NSD yesterday (whoohoo), but out to Lidl later for Brother mainly and I'll get some juice. I'll need veg, only got 1 1/2 carrots, a few potatoes, frozen peas and tinned sweetcorn. See what Lidl have and might visit a cheap fruit and veg shop??

Only day 5 of 2013, but I'm impressed so far - hope it keeps up. Fingers crossed for an excellent year and ironic a year with 13 in it!!

blackandwhitebunny - £8k to find. :eek:
Maybe we'll start a blackandwhitebunny fund?? lol
Good luck and wishes for 2013.

Toasted hot cross bun for breakfast and fish out for later - not much space created though!!

Lynsey

Lynsey

donnajt wrote: »

hubby woke me up far too early today...feeling grumpy

has anyone got a good carrot and coriander soup recipe pls?

Would you like to elaborate on that.

Soup, I make a simple recipe:
Large onion softened in a little oil, 1kg carrots sliced and added to onion, add 2 stock cubes and approx 25g ground coriander (mine is pretty mild), a handful of red lentils and 1 litre of water.
When carrots are soft, blend with hand-blender and adjust liquid and seasoning.
I'm guessing at the coriander as I use a little jar and know how much to toss in. lol
Adding a parsnip or 2 changes the flavour and colour a little, if you don't mind parsnips

Lynsey