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June 2012 Grocery Challenge

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  • 166million
    166million Posts: 1,233 Forumite
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    Hello delicious grocery challengers.
    I have £80 starting on 4th June, ending 1st July. Hope to be joining in a bit more this month as I need the motivation to keep on track!

    Good luck everyone x
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  • needtosavE_2
    needtosavE_2 Posts: 66 Forumite
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    MrsCD wrote: »
    WHY NOT????? You should have had some of the lo's if you provided it all :(

    I know MrsCD, to be honest I probably could have taken the leftovers. I had tidied them up into tupperware dishes and put them in the fridge so could have easily taken them when I left but I was gratefull for them letting us have the BBQ at theirs. Were in a second floor flat and it is torture!

    Had our Arparagus, tomato and cous cous last night with tuna instead of salmon as we had that in already:A. Made celeriac (24p) soup too with some leeks, onions ect. Just had it for lunch and it was yummy :D

    Its cloudy here today, hoping sun will be back for the weekend!!!

    Visiting OH's grandparets tonight. We were going to take a fish supper in with us for dinner for them but will just wait till we get home for dinner and save the pennies. Tonight OH will have the last of the HM minestrone soup from last week and I will have a packet of macaroni cheese that has been in the cupboard for AGES. Having a good 'use stuff up' week
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  • CRANKY40
    CRANKY40 Posts: 5,911 Forumite
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    Just declared my May total of £189.94 out of £200. Please could I be listed as £160 for June - it's a 4 week month for me.
  • jumblejack
    jumblejack Posts: 6,599 Forumite
    edited 29 May 2012 at 1:57PM
    Can anyone spot the secret ingredient in this soup.....?

    photo-96.jpg

    I have removed the centre vein from the leaves though in case they were fibrous.

    It was delicious. I had it with my herby flowers cheese bread!!

    photo-95.jpg


    Edit:
    As a clue, if I hadnt have weeded so well over the last couple of days, there would be a lot more of this kinda thing on the menu. It truly was delicious. The kids ate it all first. I asked them if they liked it (which they did). Then I told them the secret ingredient ;):rotfl:
    :A Every moment is a gift. That's why we call it the present.!:A
    Grocery Spend Weekly Challenge (Sat-Fri):£30.50/£40
  • Mrs_Cookie
    Mrs_Cookie Posts: 26 Forumite
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    jumblejack wrote: »
    Can anyone spot the secret ingredient in this soup.....?

    Hard to tell from the little picture but I'd guess at nettles? I love nettle and potato soup, get thee out and find some wild garlic and make wild garlic & potato soup or my fav Creamy Wild Garlic and Chicken with pasta, drooling now lol!
    June 2012 GC £52.49 / £300.00 :)
  • jumblejack
    jumblejack Posts: 6,599 Forumite
    Mrs_Cookie wrote: »
    Hard to tell from the little picture but I'd guess at nettles? I love nettle and potato soup, get thee out and find some wild garlic and make wild garlic & potato soup or my fav Creamy Wild Garlic and Chicken with pasta, drooling now lol!

    Nope. Not nettles but I will HAVE to try that one too now:T. Cheers:j

    There is no wild garlic near me. A friend in Derby has a huge area full if the beauties at a park near her. I tried to bring some seed heads back about 3 years ago but they didn't do anything. :(
    :A Every moment is a gift. That's why we call it the present.!:A
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  • Florenceem
    Florenceem Posts: 8,585 Forumite
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    jumblejack wrote: »
    Can anyone spot the secret ingredient in this soup.....?

    photo-96.jpg

    I have removed the centre vein from the leaves though in case they were fibrous.

    It was delicious. I had it with my herby flowers cheese bread!!

    photo-95.jpg


    Edit:
    As a clue, if I hadnt have weeded so well over the last couple of days, there would be a lot more of this kinda thing on the menu. It truly was delicious. The kids ate it all first. I asked them if they liked it (which they did). Then I told them the secret ingredient ;):rotfl:
    Can't guess soup ingredient. Nosy Florenceem - asks - did you have two pieces of JJ's herby cheese bread with the soup? I can only manage one - very filling.
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  • valerie57
    valerie57 Posts: 140 Forumite
    jumblejack wrote: »
    Can anyone spot the secret ingredient in this soup.....?

    photo-96.jpg

    I have removed the centre vein from the leaves though in case they were fibrous.

    It was delicious. I had it with my herby flowers cheese bread!!

    photo-95.jpg


    Edit:
    As a clue, if I hadnt have weeded so well over the last couple of days, there would be a lot more of this kinda thing on the menu. It truly was delicious. The kids ate it all first. I asked them if they liked it (which they did). Then I told them the secret ingredient ;):rotfl:

    Nettles? It looks delicious whatever the secret.
  • debbym
    debbym Posts: 460 Forumite
    Going for £500 this month after recent disasters! Will still be a challenge as this is a third off our normal spend but I have no stores left after May:(
    Good Luck all!
  • Mrs_Cookie
    Mrs_Cookie Posts: 26 Forumite
    Seventh Anniversary Combo Breaker
    edited 29 May 2012 at 2:43PM
    jumblejack wrote: »
    Nope. Not nettles but I will HAVE to try that one too now:T. Cheers:j

    There is no wild garlic near me. A friend in Derby has a huge area full if the beauties at a park near her. I tried to bring some seed heads back about 3 years ago but they didn't do anything. :(
    LOL is it Dandelion??? You can grow Wild Garlic (Allium ursinum) from seed JJ, holler if you want a supplier, it likes shady damp areas but it's VERY invasive.

    Good little book called Cooking Weeds by Vivien Weise if you can get hold of a copy cheaply, got loads of veggie recipes in using free food like Daisy, Dandelion, Nettle etc. I love making stuff with free food although I haven't been doing so much of it lately. Sipping lemon balm tea from the garden at the minute which grows like a weed in my garden.

    Ohh with this post I got my first star lol! What does that mean?
    June 2012 GC £52.49 / £300.00 :)
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