May 2012 Grocery Challenge

NickJW

Thanks MunniMuncha and Florenceem.

Can anyone vouch for either of the Toad in the Hole recipes on the front page? I've never done it before, but I have an abundance of sausages in the fridge, so it is something which will be good to have on the meal plan in the near future.

Coxy11

Oh my days.....I just made muffins for the first time (I'm 42 so a bit of a late starter.....). I made Ms Lawsons jam doughnut muffins.....they are sooooo delicious. Just like a fresh cooked doughnut nommy nom nom.

They were our pudding - had another of her recipes for dinner - macaroni cheese from her Expre$$ book. I adding chopped bacon - delicious even if I say so myself

Went to MrT today and spent £31 of which £5 was the muffin tin and £14 on clothes for DS2 (another budget), rest on food.

Looking forward to trying some other muffin recipes - Florenceem what have you started :rotfl:

Florenceem

MunniMuncha wrote: »

......... I know Florenceem, but at least I had an edible meal instead of throwing it all in the bin as the yp was flat, oily and rubbish, so for me 8 eggs is a cheaper option:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

What does TITH mean please?:o

Toad in the Hole.
What oven temp do you cook YP on - it is having the melted fat hot plus cooking in a 220c oven that makes them rise.

Florenceem

Coxy11 wrote: »

Oh my days.....I just made muffins for the first time (I'm 42 so a bit of a late starter.....). I made Ms Lawsons jam doughnut muffins.....they are sooooo delicious. Just like a fresh cooked doughnut nommy nom nom.

They were our pudding - had another of her recipes for dinner - macaroni cheese from her Expre$$ book. I adding chopped bacon - delicious even if I say so myself

Went to MrT today and spent £31 of which £5 was the muffin tin and £14 on clothes for DS2 (another budget), rest on food.

Looking forward to trying some other muffin recipes - Florenceem what have you started :rotfl:

Yeah! Getting folks baking! :j

abitofhelp

Goodness me, i spend one day in the office and not working at home and the thread flys by. Small spend today of £2 for some apples & pears. As a full time working mum my baking day is Sunday afternoon. I also make a pan of soup then. Also have a bread maker which tends to be on every other day. Great device i even use it for pizza dough etc.
Mrs F i made yorkie puddings last Sunday afternoon & i used two eggs for 8, i have 4 left in the freezer for this sundays lunch. The next time i make them i shall use your one egg recipe. Very cheap Sunday lunch this weekend as the joint we had last week was big enough to slice up and freeze. It will make 4 meals in total. Three roast meals & one cottage pie (bulked out with a few lentils & grated veg) Best wishes to all.

jumblejack

Coxy11 wrote: »

Oh my days.....I just made muffins for the first time (I'm 42 so a bit of a late starter.....). I made Ms Lawsons jam doughnut muffins.....they are sooooo delicious. Just like a fresh cooked doughnut nommy nom nom.

They were our pudding - had another of her recipes for dinner - macaroni cheese from her Expre$$ book. I adding chopped bacon - delicious even if I say so myself

Went to MrT today and spent £31 of which £5 was the muffin tin and £14 on clothes for DS2 (another budget), rest on food.

Looking forward to trying some other muffin recipes - Florenceem what have you started :rotfl:

Are the jam doughnuts on page 1? If not please could you post it?

Cheers me dears.

Tea was lovely tonight. Had beef rogan josh and rice. As I had brought plain flour with me, I also whipped up a batch of chapatis too.
We are on the way back home now. A day early but we are fed up of the leaky toilet. We are all a little OCD so the thought of stepping out of a shower onto a murky wet floor is a bit :eek: I miss my bath.

We have had 2 sunny days though so can't complain that much.

Have a nice evening all.

Barbeduk

Ok, so last night DH made a lovely curry with leftover chicken and told me he'd left enough meat for another meal tonight. So today I lift the foil off the plate to find . . . a chicken breast . . . no carcass:eek::eek:. Where does he think that yummy stock comes from!

But on a happier note I made some delicious banana and chocolate muffins. Those Jam donut muffins sound amazing Coxy, I'm going to have to find that recipe! Update: found it! Definitely making those tomorrow, thanks for that!:T

Coxy11

jumblejack wrote: »

Are the jam doughnuts on page 1? If not please could you post it?

Oooh get me, posting a recipe

These are from Nigellas Domestic Goddess book:

125ml milk
85ml veg oil plus more for greasing
1 large egg
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
200g S.R. flour
100g caster sugar
12 teaspoons strawberry jam
100g unsalted butter
150 granulated sugar
1 incredibly well-greased or silicon mini muffin pan

Preheat oven to 190C/Gas 5

Beat together the milk, oil, egg and vanilla extract. Stir this into the flour and caster sugar to combine (just): the lumps don't matter and if you overbeat the muffins will be tough.

Spoon the mixture into the muffin pan so that it's just under a third full. Add a dollop of jam - about the size of a fat broad bean - then top with more muffin mix.

Cook for 20 mins until the tops feel springy.

Melt the butter and lay the sugar out in a wide, shallow bowl. When the muffins are ready, carefully lift out of the pan, dip them in butter and roll in the granulated sugar.

Eat warm.

Mine is a 'normal' sized muffin pan, so the mixture made 9 full size and 3 half sized muffins. So delicious, but only for treats!!

jumblejack

Now THAT sounds right up my street!!!!!!!


Nom nom nom.

Thanks so much for sharing:T

MrsCD

Evening all.

2 NSDs in a row
However, DD2 brought me some eggs home and I haven't paid her yet

Starting to get the hang of this using stuff up business. Made quorn spag bol for tea. I only used half a packet of frozen mince, 2 onions, a jar of Ragu pasta sauce which had just gone past its BB date, and 2 carrots diced, with half a pack of spaghetti for the 4 of us (all adults) There was still a portion of sauce left over for lunch tomorrow. Thanks Florenceem for reminding me about portion sizes

I had a bit of a baking session yesterday. I made 24 plain buns - smaller than muffins, and put a small dollop of water icing on the top and some 100's and 1000's on 12, and some jelly orange/lemon half moon shapes on the other 12. I also made 3 plain cakes - jam through one of them to take to church, butter icing on another for us, and the last one for the freezer! Then I made a batch of cheese scones from the BE-RO recipe book (minus mustard as we don't like it) Haven't bought any cake this month so far... Trouble is when I bake cakes myself they seem to disappear too quickly

When I make Yorkshire Puds on a Sunday, I have a roasting tin and heat a small amount of oil in a very hot oven (220-230C) while I mix the following.
I use a measuring cup.
1 cup plain flour
Pinch salt
2 large free range eggs
1 cup milk
1 cup cold water

Put everything except water into a large bowl, beat well then add enough water to make a coating batter ( so that a spoon dipped into the mix comes out with a coating on it rather than a thick spoonful)

Pour into the now very hot tin/oil - it should sizzle as you pour it in, and cook for about 30 minutes. If your tin has sides of at least an inch - sorry 2.5cm (I still think in 'old money') your puds will rise better. We then cut it into 8 and have one piece with Sunday dinner and the other piece each on Monday with Left over Sunday dinner.