May 2012 Grocery Challenge

Aldahbra

Coxy11 wrote: »

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!!

I made the donuts today, thanks for the recipe. DS loved them.


Just popped in to report another NSD

Cool_Nanna

At Mr T's today there was some people asking for donations to a food bank that has been recently been set up locally. I got some own label biscuits, mushy peas, pasta sauce and a tin of soup, it only cost around a £1. I am going to have to be very creative over the next couple of weeks if I am going to stay within my budget. Tonights meal was sausages, spring onions, mushrooms, chorizo and potatoes all browned off then covered in a jar of pasta sauce and put in the oven for 20 minutes.

meg72

Cool_Nanna wrote: »

At Mr T's today there was some people asking for donations to a food bank that has been recently been set up locally. I got some own label biscuits, mushy peas, pasta sauce and a tin of soup, it only cost around a £1. I am going to have to be very creative over the next couple of weeks if I am going to stay within my budget. Tonights meal was sausages, spring onions, mushrooms, chorizo and potatoes all browned off then covered in a jar of pasta sauce and put in the oven for 20 minutes.

What a great idea and I must say Cool Nanna you made a great contribution for only a pound. Sure this will be well appreciated by people receiving it. God Bless you.

meanmarie

Spent €30.25 in Lidl to-day so total is now at €83.35...spoke to DD2 in London and she and her 2 girls may be home in about 10 days for a week....will have to stop shopping and use up the stuff in freezer to have money to feed them when they come

Marie

HappyTorty

Not really beenn following for the last few days! Been very busy sorting house out and giving my finances a total re-vamp!

Anyways OH went to the shop to get some bits and pieces the other day. But he threw the receipt away :mad: He thinks it was around the £10 mark, so I'll say £12 just in case! Don't think he really gets the point in budgeting! He's absolutely useless when it comes to household stuff! Do you know I found Important documents in the bin?? What a telling off he got so now he is not allowed to throw any letters or docs away until I've given my OK :rotfl:

Sorry! Really needed that rant with people who (I hope) understand!

PennyGrabber

little_miss_moneysaver wrote: »

it's just myself, OH and a cat at the moment so will think about a realistic target. I have a small monthly budget to stockpile for when I'm maternity leave. Already have a stash of pasta and tinned stuff.
Am really looking forward to doing this challenge again and have really enjoyed reading all your tips and recipes.
LMMS

Hello and welcome! And, congratulations! I had SPD, so I feel your pain... Good idea to have a chair in the kitchen. Make sure you get home del too, or get your oh to get stuff. Take care.x

Cool_Nanna wrote: »

At Mr T's today there was some people asking for donations to a food bank that has been recently been set up locally. I got some own label biscuits, mushy peas, pasta sauce and a tin of soup, it only cost around a £1. I am going to have to be very creative over the next couple of weeks if I am going to stay within my budget. Tonights meal was sausages, spring onions, mushrooms, chorizo and potatoes all browned off then covered in a jar of pasta sauce and put in the oven for 20 minutes.

Well done - no matter how badly off we all think we are, there are so many others who dream of being in our positions.

HappyTorty wrote: »

Sorry! Really needed that rant with people who (I hope) understand!

Of course we understand!

jumblejack

meg72 wrote: »

I asked at out local Boots but was told they dont stock it now as, along with citric acid,it is used to cut drugs :eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:

I only want to make some gloop honest officer.

Citric acid can be purchased from wilkos with the brewing stuff.
I bought some a few months ago for some acid and base demonstrations.

Suffolk_lass

I don't often benefit from whoopsies but last night I did the shopping on the way home from dropping DS at his gig and whizzed round Waitflower. Now normally I bake our bread but we have been so busy getting ready for opening our garden this weekend that I stopped to buy some and the pain rustique rolls were 9p instead of 49p each.

That was great but when I went through my receipt this evening the till also operated the offer of 3 for 1.20 and removed 27p for 3, twice. So my 9p each rolls were free. Now that's my kind of reduction!

Marvellous:T:T:T

Hope everyone is enjoying the improved weather this weekend. I am off for a bath to stop the bits aching too much tomorrow!

All the best
SL

Spending_Vs_Saving

Welcome back Little Miss Moneysaver, Welcome to Soworried and Bonglecat.

Congrats Save Dosh on clearing even a little space in the cupboards. Sometimes i think its more of a reassurance thing to try and get my brain round. I find it so difficult letting my stocks run low.

Way to go Mumofthetwins on such great savings last month, I hope you enjoyed the feeling of putting that money towards something else to enjoy.

Just a few naughty spends to add to my signature :(
£4.95 on choc, sweets and bacon roll supplies to get me through the last of the week yesterday and £4.17 today on some salad and french bread to compensate :rotfl:

Hope everyone has a lovely weekend.

ModestyB

Spent £7.02 in Ald1 today on ham, mushrooms, potato gratin, lettuce and biscuits.

Welcome to our new friends.

Has anyone tried their on-screen keyboard? I'm typing this with my mouse while using mine. It is really useful when I'm in pain.
To see if you have one, press the start button and type on-screen keyboard in the search box.. HTH someone.