January 2012 Grocery Challenge

elizabunny

tigerfeet2006 wrote: »

Please can we have the recipes for the risotto and lemon sponge

Yes of course, I have added the links below:- As they were not my own creations:rotfl: Wish I was that clever!

We love the Cauliflower Risotto and have made it several times
http://www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/risotto/cauliflower-risotto-risotto-ai-cavolfior

and we think this is gorgeous:)
http://www.joyofbaking.com/LemonSpongePudding.html

Enjoy

kj*daisy

Declaring at £273 out of £300So very pleased with that..
I will leave the budget the same for Feb. We are 2 adults and 2 kids, this includes all spends in the supermarket including cleaning products.

PolkaDotsAndLace

Declaring at £200.41 or thereabouts, since I shouldn't need to buy anything tomorrow. Over due to that ruddy takeaway! Planning new tactics for February...time to hop off to that thread now.

TheThriftyScrumpers

Winchelsea wrote: »

Hello all, I'm not declaring for this month as it has not been at all typical. As some of you may know, my DH Bill died of bronchopneumonia on 7th January. Our fantastic family and I are beginning to get back to normal a bit now, but as you can imagine, spending has been all over the place.

So I'll be back on track for February.

Well done everyone else on January efforts.

I am so sorry for your loss. You are in my thoughts and prayers xx

hazzie123

My budget for the rest of the year is £3070,so far I've spent £230.Hoping only to need milk and veg for the next couple of weeks.

ModestyB

Winchelsea wrote: »

Hello all, I'm not declaring for this month as it has not been at all typical. As some of you may know, my DH Bill died of bronchopneumonia on 7th January. Our fantastic family and I are beginning to get back to normal a bit now, but as you can imagine, spending has been all over the place.

So I'll be back on track for February.

Well done everyone else on January efforts.

I'm so sorry for your loss. Thinking of you and your family.
Hugs to you and yours.

DundeeDoll

Winchelsea so sorry to hear your news. Hugs.

freyasmum

NickJW wrote: »

Haha! I sound so sad don't I! :rotfl:

Your recipe with chicken, bacon and Philadelphia has seriously tempted me to go and get some chicken and philly from Mr W - but that will definately result in an overspend....

I'll just have force myself to give my concoction a go! Must.Stay.Away.From.Supermarket!

You don't need cream - it's an English addition Same as cheese and most other stuff as well.

This recipe, if you want one, doesn't have cream in it. And not too much bacon either.

It's not exactly easy though, is it :rotfl:

elizabunny wrote: »

We love the Cauliflower Risotto and have made it several times
http://www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/risotto/cauliflower-risotto-risotto-ai-cavolfior

Thanks for that!!

I'm having a bit of a love affair with cauliflower right now. I cauliflower biryani - it's a favourite in this house now :T

I'm also gonna try a cauliflower tart. A bit like cauliflower cheese in a quiche :drool: I think it'd be lovely as a meal in the slightly warmer, but not quite cold food and salad weather months :think:

ModestyB

Hi all, after doing so well and nearly coming in under budget, I've had a relapse and gone over by £17.67. There were small shops in Ald! and the fruit shop and then I spent £22.50 on puppy food. I suppose I could take that out of Feb's budget as it won't be opened for a few days. Nope! I'll declare it on Jan's. So that's £217.67/£200.00 which I'm quite happy about.
If anyone's interested, the dry puppy food is in a 15kg bag, comes from Just for Pets and is on offer, down from £35.80 to £25.00. I had an in-house voucher for £2.50 that knocked it down for me.
See you all over on the Feb thread.
Hugs.

dreamingofmoney

Would like to declare at £290.00 . Please will post on Feb my new budget

Many Thanks to all who tirelessly work on this forum

Dreamer