Anyone got a nice spaghetti and meatballs recipe?

rosieben

betterlatethannever wrote: »

This is odd, i would have thought it would be standard across the country so far we have a 48p difference..with me paying the extra grrrr:rolleyes:

All prices vary depending on the area and also the competition! We have a co op in one town, no other supermarket and its horribly expensive. In the next town there's a co op, a safeway and something else (?) and the prices are very much lower.

Its the same as house prices, petrol, and everything else, it all varies from place to place.

meanmarie

Morning all,

My total spend so far this month has been €208.05, leaving me with €91.95 to end of month...with DD2's baby definitely going to arrive this week we will have extra people around, so that might throw a spanner in the works...hopefully not.

For those with OH's who do not understand the concept of MS, I would suggest keeping them out of the shops and if that is impossible tell them that you will only pay for the item(s) you asked for, any extra has to come out of their own pocket...MikeD, before you have a convulsion, I have been married for almost 40 years to a man who refuses point blank to have anything to do with money saving and this is the only system that I have found to work...he still buys expensive deli stuff which is totally unnecessary and if there is only homemade bread will pay over €2 for a shop loaf!

Marie

rosieben

mama67 wrote: »

No water or liquids needed. ...

The Bees, you need to check your SC manual to be sure of this as they vary - my Morphy Richards specifically says never to use without liquid

savingforarainyday

Have had a better month than I thought. I cut down a lot on the ooh i'll just pop over the coop and get.......spending. When I was batch cooking last I cooked about 12 jacket potatoes, buttered them and froze them, ds has nearly eaten all of them, he is gluten free and has them for a snack:eek:. He isn;t greedy lol he is on his growth spurt and is constantly hungry, So I have bought a bag of baking spuds and am going to do the same.

Someone mentioned toilet rolls again, best value I know of is Farmfoods 9 for £2 and they are really good quality, and if anyone uses kitchen rolls Netto 89p for 4 again good quality.

I am going out soon so I will have to update my sig this evening, but my spend so far is £149.99 so £50.01 left so I think there is a fair chance I could do this if I am careful.

Mum_on_a_mission_2

Hi jackie_w,

I have a DS with a severe peanut allergy too - I do shop in Aldi/Lidl from time to time. All the packaging will have English somewhere but can be very small!

But like any other supermarket your mental list of what is OK grows each time, and the amount of time reading packets decreases.

hth

Moam

mhe

Another 1 to try Jackie-w

HOT RED PEPPER SOUP

6 red peppers deseeded (ive used the odd yellow one as well in the past)
2 medium onions chopped
1 tablespoon of fennel seeds (optonal)
3 garlic cloves
1 red chilli desseded (i use chilli puree)
1 can toms
2 pints veg stock
2 tbsp wor. sauce
2 tsp tabasco

Fry onions and peppers in a drop of oil till soft. Add rest of stuff. Bring to boil and simmer for 10 mins. Blend. Sometimes i omit the frying bit and just boil it all up - works fine. I also leave skins on peppers. Try adding a dollop of very low fat cream cheese to make it a bit creamy. If you dont want it spicy leave out the garlic chilli and tabasco.

shelovestobuystuff

Hubbys birthday yesterday and we were meant to be going out to a restaurant paid for by my mum,just the 2 of us,but hubby felt a bit ill and called me from work asking me to cancel the dinner and do a last minute buffet for everyone instead,call everyone quick and tell them to come round afterall(this was at 2pm,guests expected about 6pm):eek: .
So DD and I went to m&s then tesco on the way home from school to get the food for a buffet and stuff to make a birthday cake(didnt want to pay for a ready made one despite the short notice).
Extra spend that I wasn,t expecting but just £39.03 spend on everything for a buffet for 10 people including the birthday cake.Enough lefover for 2 dinners and some lunch,we can have the quiche or vegetable lattice with beans and the chicken drumsticks with savoury rice and french bread.
This is what I bought for the birthday buffet.All ready made just to heat up for quickness:o .
Millionaires shortbread 98p
cadburys button 37p
baking choc luxury white 56p
baking choc luxury dark 56p
choc sponge mix 34p
choc sponge mix 34p
stork marg £1.08
that was to make the cake.
2x2pk baguettes
veg lattice bar £1
2 quiche £3
cheese spread £1.18
1 white loaf 59p
1 brown loaf 59p
pancakes 64p
apple pies 37p
salad onions 29p
cherry tomato 69p
mixed salad 99p
coleslaw 38p
potato salad x2 48p
24 sausage rolls £3.98
jumbo chicken drummers x2 packs £5.54
3 tubs of sweets,choc orange/flapjacks/choc crispies £6:rolleyes:
mini sausages £1.99
coronation chicken deli filler £1.59
egg mayo £1.09
cheese and chive £1.09
chicken and sweetcorn £1.49
scotch eggs 99p
I also chucked some potatoes in the oven to bake.All the fruit in the house was added to the buffet table too to help make it look impressive but only a couple of apples and most of the strawberries were actually eaten so all back in the fruit bowl or fridge now.

It was quite a nice spread and looked just the same as it does when I spend ages organising it:p .
The cake was beautiful too.I had another box of cake mix at home so hubbys birthday cake was triple layer chocolate sponge with chocolate butter icing between the layers and around it all.White and dark chocolate shavings allover with the millionaires shortbread(I used 2 1/2 of the 4 slices)cut into quarters and placed around the top to decorate and divide it into 10 portions.I didnt use the chocolate buttons though,that would have been just too much !!!:rolleyes:

Clockwatcher

Oh Hello everybody, sorry I've not been around, actually have had loads of work to do.

So doing quite well actually
Week 1 Tesco shop- £23.74
Week 2 Tesco shop- £ 7.74 (have lots of stuff in the cupboards- so was really a break, milk and cold meat shop
others- 89p for milk and £10 for booze for a party (well I am a student )
(Week 3 Tesco shop- tomorrow- aiming for about £15)

so total so far is 42.37, leaving £77.63.
I think I guessed a bit high for this month, planning my meals does seem to help loads, it's just remembering to take something out of the freezer in the morning before going to uni that I need to work on!

Glad to see everybody getting on so well.

affordmylife

shelovestobuystuff your buffet sounds fab - well done you.

ive just quickly updated my signature but havent had any time this week to read everything and contribute.

ive only got a little bit left for the month this month so its going to be tight as we still have ten days left but my freezer is pretty full so only fresh stuff to get now xxxx

savingfortravel

Hi everyone.
Keep up the good work!!!!
Quick question: Can you freeze blocks of cheese? If so do you put them in food bags?
Thanks for any advice!