July 2012 Grocery Challenge

savesummore

Hi Everyone :hello:

I havent posted much but Ive been reading everyday and more importantly not spending any money unless absolutly necessary . I have kept my signature updated

JJ- wow what a haul!!

Little-miss-moneysaver I use A*di freezer bags i think they are fab- strong but not too expensive!!

Soworried

smelkel87 wrote: »

Just browsing on af and am in 2 minds about ordering cause of the dates?
please help :-)

I used to think that as well

This week alone I have made my family chicken chassuer dated Nov 2011, and cake mix dated Sept 2011, 10p each. Both were lovely with no difference except price.
I have not ordered from AF, but it sounds just the same as our local store called Barrys in Consett that does it.

jumblejack

I'm gonna declare at £30.99 for this week. Going to put £20 on the signature straight away though due to the 'haul';)

Dinner was yum. The yorkies were perfect. Cup of flour, cup of milk, 2 eggs and a handful of fresh sage, blitzed and poured into a 6x Yorkshire pudding tray. Feel quite proud of em



Roasted carrots and potatoes with fresh rosemary, fried leek and cabbage, string beans, yorkies n roast beef. Gravy made the proper way. Beef fat was used in the tins n pans for the veggies. Not healthy but satisfying on a glum day.:)

Feel quite pleased with this weeks grocery challenge. Don't need much til next Friday night so should be ok.

Have a fab n frugaltastic evening peeps.

By the way, my cherry jelly still hasn't been fixed much but it is now the perfect consistency for jam tarts or thumbprint cookies (where you make an indent in the cookie and put jam in the well when you bake em )

Might give em a whirl tonight. May do a batch of herby cheese bread too (buffet sized version) as I need to take a savoury contribution to a do on Sunday night!:j

jumblejack

Don't forget the weekend offers tomorrow at Lidl, peeps! I'm not going but you ought to take advantage of th offers if you can!

MrsCD

Jumblejack - I bow down to your Superior Yellow Sticker-ness:T
I can't believe how much you bought! Well done.

NSD again - hooray! But I need eggs tomorrow or we won't be having Yorkshire pudding on Sunday Your dinner looks yummy JJ.
It has been lovely to see that big yellow thing in the sky again.
No JJ, not another YS

tigerfeet2006

Xspender, let me know how it goes with the bread, if it goes well then I will try it for my 2 as well.

jumblejack

Wowsers!!!!!!!:j

I have just seen the best idea EVER!

Apparently you can blend frozen bananas to make a creamy icecream... WITH NO OTHER INGREDIENTS:T

http://www.thekitchn.com/how-to-make-creamy-ice-cream-w-93414

Guess who is now dashing for her pinny.....?!:D

Make-it-3

It's all unravelling on GC front. Had to buy a birthday cake today - shameful I really should have thought ahead and made one. So that's a completely unnecessary £4.26 added to my bill, making it £85.49/£200.

I've checked out the make of my breadmaker, Morphy Richards, but still to seek out that instruction manual.

In my defence, re the lack of cake and bread baking going on, its very difficult with a clingy toddler hanging on my ankles.

And it will be a four day running tomorrow visiting MrS - at least this will be for the weekly shop and not "extras".

Possession

jumblejack wrote: »

Wowsers!!!!!!!:j

I have just seen the best idea EVER!

Apparently you can blend frozen bananas to make a creamy icecream... WITH NO OTHER INGREDIENTS:T

http://www.thekitchn.com/how-to-make-creamy-ice-cream-w-93414

Guess who is now dashing for her pinny.....?!:D

Or you can add peanut butter to make peanut butter icecream.
Or just freeze a banana on a stick without bothering to blend - tastes like icecream anyway (although once frozen the banana is not free food on slimming world.)

jumblejack

Possession wrote: »

Or you can add peanut butter to make peanut butter icecream.
Or just freeze a banana on a stick without bothering to blend - tastes like icecream anyway (although once frozen the banana is not free food on slimming world.)

I know the rocky road banana method but love the convenience of the icecream. I bet there are a few twists. Peanut butter sounds intriguing (but I used my last up a few months ago on the PB cookies!;))

Regarding slimming world, how unusual! Surely the temperature doesn't affect the calories etc.