May 2012 Grocery Challenge

ClaireT13

Evening All

Just popping in to register a NSD today :j
Will be all change tomorrow as need to do a big Mr T's shop.

Will update sig.

Claire

tessie_bear

thank u for thoughts on the frozen veg....i will try it over the next week and see if it suits us....thinking about doing the below the line thing so it might come in useful

ta tess

craigywv

jumblejack wrote: »

Hi Craig. The choccy fudge recipe is more a 'made by eye' cake. The only thing I weigh are the cake ingredients to get the ratio right.

If its a cake for a dinner party then out comes my large tin. It would be a 6oz of each:butter, sugar. Then 3 eggs. Finally, 1oz of cocoa and 5 of SR flour.

This takes an age in my oven so I only do large cakes for special occasions!

The topping is lush but is done without scales. I couldn't even guess the measurements as it is just added bit by bit til it's right.

Basically it is butter which I melt in a pan. This is removed from the heat and then I add milk to it.

In a bowl I seive cocoa powder and icing sugar then I add the butter n milk mixture and mix with a wooden spoon. It it's too dry, I keep adding a little milk until it is shiny and a spreadable thickness.

When the cake is cooled, I half it into 2 pieces. The spread goes in between the layers and is spread on the top and sides.

When it is cooled it is nice with cream but I like it best served on individual plates which can be nuked for a few seconds. It comes out with a steamy moist sponge and the topping begins to remelt almost into a sauce.

Serve immediately to your guests with icecream!

If you were doing this just for family (so the look of it is not important) then experiment doing a 2 min micro cake. The topping method can be done on a tiny scale instead of using nearly a full big box of icing sugar!

thank-you for that i shall be giving it a go:)

fuzzyfelt_2

Hi, I'm returning after a long hiatus! Our spending has gradually spiralled, so hoping to get on track again. Just the two of us, and a moggy, but we do love our food. Please me put me down for £250 for starters this month....hoping I can bring this down further, but one step at a time.

Fiasco55

Popped to HB today and spent £19.57. Got loads of bits and pieces. Making chicken enchaladas for dinner to use up some stuff that is almost at UB date.

jumblejack

No photos today I'm afraid as I cooked at my folks' house.
Dad put the chicken in ready for me to finish off:T
I made yorkie puds but on a tin plate as my mum hadn't got a muffin tray.
Also had stuffing, roast and mash potatoes and veggies:brussels, carrots n cabbage.
Choc orange 2 min micro cake :just added orange zest m juice to the cake mix) served with choc custard.

Hope everyone has had a lovely weekend.

abitofhelp

Evening all, late logging on today. Have updated sig, i now have a laughable £16 left from my enforced £100 budget. We shall see by how much i will go over. Spent less than £8 in asda last night, i'm pleased with that. Spent over £20 in farm shop this morning though. Well stocked up though with fruit & veg, i wont need eggs for the next couple of weeks, so i really shouldnt go over by much. Roast beef and hm yorkies for lunch, enough left over for same lunch next sunday. Apple crisp & custard to follow. i also made soup and chilli corn bread for this evening but we are all full so it will do for lunches for the next couple of days. best wishes to all.

Florenceem

jumblejack wrote: »

No photos today I'm afraid as I cooked at my folks' house.
Dad put the chicken in ready for me to finish off:T
I made yorkie puds but on a tin plate as my mum hadn't got a muffin tray.
Also had stuffing, roast and mash potatoes and veggies:brussels, carrots n cabbage.
Choc orange 2 min micro cake :just added orange zest m juice to the cake mix) served with choc custard.

Hope everyone has had a lovely weekend.

Dinner sounds good! How do you make the choc custard please?

craigywv

abitofhelp wrote: »

Evening all, late logging on today. Have updated sig, i now have a laughable £16 left from my enforced £100 budget. We shall see by how much i will go over. Spent less than £8 in asda last night, i'm pleased with that. Spent over £20 in farm shop this morning though. Well stocked up though with fruit & veg, i wont need eggs for the next couple of weeks, so i really shouldnt go over by much. Roast beef and hm yorkies for lunch, enough left over for same lunch next sunday. Apple crisp & custard to follow. i also made soup and chilli corn bread for this evening but we are all full so it will do for lunches for the next couple of days. best wishes to all.

Hi, how do you make the chilli corn bread pls it sounds yummmmmmmmmmm:)

Pixie_Fairydust

Another £18.50 spent over the weekend :mad: nothing much to show for it.............. I'm really starting to see where my money goes...... its going over to our local shop for bits and pieces (most of which are junk)

That has definately got to stop!

Off to update my sig, meal plan for the week and watch CSI

Enjoy what's left of the weekend. We have a tiny patch of blue sky here :T

Pix