Good and bad buys from Aldi and Lidl

Eliza_2

Feral_Moon wrote: »

Some of us take our health more seriously than considering where to buy the cheapest junk food items

Thankfully, Aldi has very few compared to the larger supermarkets.

Happy Christmas!!:xmastree:

...........and the more I'm preached at about what I should and shouldn't eat by people on here who want everyone to do as they do, the more I will tease about doing the opposite. I tried to change the subject earlier to no avail.

mcculloch29

Everything in moderation.
Back on topic, I used 450g of the 1kg for £1.50 Aldi cooking bacon for a Jack Monroe bacon, white bean and kale recipe. It's from their second book, not on their blogs but I did see the recipe come up on Google Books.
The white beans were Aldi Everyday Essentials baked beans with the sauce washed off under the tap. The cooking bacon was excellent, from the 450g I picked out, I only trimmed off about 50g of fat and that was from one bacon chop. The kale had been in the fridge since it was on Super 6 a few weeks ago and it was fine.
Using the remainder of the kale plus Aldi parmesan, sunflower oil, lemon juice and Specialbuy ready chopped chilli for a scaled down amount of Jack Monroe's Kale Pesto later. Freezing it in ice cube trays.

The_Last_Username

Feral_Moon wrote: »

Some of us can afford to take our health more seriously than considering where to buy the cheapest [STRIKE]junk[/STRIKE] food items

Fixed that for you to better reflect the current economic climate.

VfM4meplse

Nada666 wrote: »

VfM4meplse will be along shortly to congratulate Lidl on their sensible intervention. She will also give you a recipe to make baked rissoles from shredded sweet potato that doesn't use fat. No doubt you will also be able to form them in bulk and cook from frozen.

You called?

robin58

HermioneGranger wrote: »

Aldi has their christmas stollen again, but no lebkuchen hearts yet. I hope they´ll get them soon, theyre so good.

Looks like I will have to get my placards out and stand outside Aldi's.

'Down with Stollen'

Stollen - the Devils work. :eek:

:D:D

candygirl

mcculloch29 wrote: »

Everything in moderation.
Back on topic, I used 450g of the 1kg for £1.50 Aldi cooking bacon for a Jack Monroe bacon, white bean and kale recipe. It's from their second book, not on their blogs but I did see the recipe come up on Google Books.
The white beans were Aldi Everyday Essentials baked beans with the sauce washed off under the tap. The cooking bacon was excellent, from the 450g I picked out, I only trimmed off about 50g of fat and that was from one bacon chop. The kale had been in the fridge since it was on Super 6 a few weeks ago and it was fine.
Using the remainder of the kale plus Aldi parmesan, sunflower oil, lemon juice and Specialbuy ready chopped chilli for a scaled down amount of Jack Monroe's Kale Pesto later. Freezing it in ice cube trays.

Thanks for the kale pesto recipe.I bought some n couldn't decide what to do with it:D

mcculloch29

candygirl wrote: »

Thanks for the kale pesto recipe.I bought some n couldn't decide what to do with it:D

Do give it a go, don't leave out the lemon juice and chilli, gives it a lovely bite. It's amazing how many of Jack's recipes use it, but it's a great combination of hot and sour that really works.

Mine is now freezing, I had some on a slice of toast and it was surprisingly yummy. No way would I have guessed that it was kale. I plan on using the rest as a standard pesto, with pasta.
Even with using parmesan, it was a lot cheaper than the recipes that use pine nuts and basil.

robrymond

Noticed some price increases in the frozen section today particularly on frozen chips (maybe they know they are unhealthy ;-)) and any other frozen based potato products.

Sure there were a few other increases but I'm not exactly sure if that was my mind playing tricks after seeing some price changes (its amazing how ingrained the prices become as they don't change much).

Big_Graeme

HermioneGranger wrote: »

Aldi has their christmas stollen again, but no lebkuchen hearts yet. I hope they´ll get them soon, theyre so good.

In ours today, half the bag has gone already

maman

VfM4meplse wrote: »

You called?

They look super. Would you post the recipe, please:).