April 2012 Grocery Challenge

meg72

Florenceem wrote: »

I do put quiche in the freezer.

Me too,the recipe I use makes 6 portions, I put 3 inthe fridge aqnd freeze the others.

meg72

cleggie wrote: »

Hi all.
Seriously having to resist spending every penny that i own on chocolate from Mr T!

Resist, resist, you know you can

hex2

sounds good Pennygrabber

Lots of 28p tinned beans (haricot/borlotti/black eyed/etc) in Asda. Good variety and cheaper/same cost as cooking my own. Also 20p for lemon juice bottle. I had an hour to kill so had a proper look for once which was prodictive.

Dinner was pasta/tom sauce/halloumi which was good, and I dont like pasta at all.

meg72

mumofthetwins wrote: »

Well i have just had a £34.80 spend in asda
I have a house viewing on friday and another on saturday so i needed some fresh flowers and asdas last so much longer than the other stores. I also had to get fruit and airfreshners.
But that should be it for the rest of the week.
I am just off to update my sig.
Lisa

Flowers are a great idea for the viewings,also have you considered a couple of pots of herbs for the kitchen.Asdas are only 50p a pot at the moment,andthey have a new one Greek Basil which has a very intense scent

meg72

PennyGrabber wrote: »

NSD gc-wise, but had to buy a hoover.

Had a fab day, really enjoyed myself with the children, and didn't spend a penny doing it! We went exploring over the road. There's a stream to cross over, woods to explore, then a path and a lake with a story bench (or so we call it!).

Just about to do bedtime, then I shall have a brief tidy up and watch some bbt before doing a bit of housework (dusting).

Feeling really good today, and have achieved a lot, both personal, money wise and housewise.

Night all

PG x

Bless you what a lovely Mum you are, your kids will have such good memories of the things you did together when they are older:A

abitofhelp

evening all - jumblejack your pies look great mine were free form on the baking sheets.hope your mum recovers from her op.
the two quiches i made divided into 12 portions, 4 in the fridge 8 in the freezer. the cheese & onion pies i cut into wedges and i think i got 22 slices, but they were big pies, 8 in the fridge the rest i have put in the freezer. if anyone is interested in my shortcrust pastry recipe - 200g plain flour 55g lard 55g butter(i use the best for baking marge), a shake of salt then whizz up in magimix until it looks like bread crumbs and add small amount of water while the blade is still turning(about 2-3 tbls) then it comes together as a nice lump. stick it in the fridge until needed. i have also froze it before now and it defrosted fine. for this mornings session i multiplied by 4.

meg72

abitofhelp wrote: »

evening all - jumblejack your pies look great mine were free form on the baking sheets.hope your mum recovers from her op.
the two quiches i made divided into 12 portions, 4 in the fridge 8 in the freezer. the cheese & onion pies i cut into wedges and i think i got 22 slices, but they were big pies, 8 in the fridge the rest i have put in the freezer. if anyone is interested in my shortcrust pastry recipe - 200g plain flour 55g lard 55g butter(i use the best for baking marge), a shake of salt then whizz up in magimix until it looks like bread crumbs and add small amount of water while the blade is still turning(about 2-3 tbls) then it comes together as a nice lump. stick it in the fridge until needed. i have also froze it before now and it defrosted fine. for this mornings session i multiplied by 4.

Sounds good, uses more fat than mine though,I always use half fat to flour,dripping fromthe joint is particularly good. I also prefer to freeze mine without the water, no need to defrost, just add water and use.

abitofhelp

pastry used to be one of the things i could never make utill i used this recipe, it does make a nice pastry for pies and quiche, the dripping sounds a good idea i havn't tried that before.

MrsCD

FrugalLina - Well done for clearing your credit card :T:T:T:T

It's a great feeling!!

I hunted everywhere before Easter for a Green and Black's egg for DD2, couldn't find one so I hunted out the ancient Easter egg moulds and made her one from 2 bars of G&B chocolate!!!

Worked out much cheaper than if I had found one in the shops

Had to buy eggs today so I could bake tonight after work, so spent £1.12 on 12 large free range eggs. Made some chocolate cupcakes and made butter icing for the top - half plain 'white' and half chocolate in the piping bag so it comes out mixed and swirly Going to have one for supper.... night night

Florenceem

NSD here.
We had HM chilli wedges, baked onions, roast mushrooms and rump steak for dinner. Mr F was 60 years old today - we don't usually eat a lot of red meat. The rump steak was so tender - from Al.. - Mr F had his medium rare - I like mine a tad more cooked.





I think we will have chicken drumsticks tomorrow for dinner with roast potatoes and cabbage. Also got some cauli and gravy that needs using up.
I plan to not spend tomorrow - got enough milk to last.