September 2012 Grocery Challenge

russetred

Just finished a bowl of creamy chanterelle soup and it was brilliant. Mr Russetred forages for mushrooms on his walks and came home with loads of chanterelles so decided to make soup with them this time.

Fried up an onion with a clove of garlic and a sprig of lemon thyme. Added about 1lb and 1/2 of fresh chanterelles and sweated down. Then added 1 1/2 pints of chicken stock made using 2 value chick stock cubes. Simmered for 10 minute, added 1/2 a carton double cream and whizzed.

Wow doesnt taste like mushroom soup more like roast chicken or butternut squash. Definitely making this again for freezing as chanterelles are seasonal.

In_it_not_to_giveitaway

Suffolk_lass wrote: »

I thought your use of lemon-thyme was a good idea to retain the lemon flavour without the citric acid of citrus juice but I saw you had this too - doesn't citrus fruit affect the gout?

Have you looked at some super-foods for counteracting the gout? I think cherries and celery (and celery seeds) are folk remedies for reducing uric acid.

SL

I also added galangal which is lemon-flavoured ginger from the Orient. Citrus juices help alkalize the blood and redissolve uric acid crystals (although doing this too quickly can move them to the nearby synovial fluid).

I enjoy meat but now only eat one meat/fish meal per day, and have one day per week meat-free. Tart cherries are low in purines but are difficult to source locally, so I am going to buy concentrated cherry extract. Celery, cucumber, tomatoes and bananas are very good, but potassium, sodium and magnesium levels must be carefully monitored.

If I restrict alcohol to 4/5 pints once a week and have a glass of water with a teaspoon of baking soda morning and evening (together with Allopurinol), I should be ok. It is a learning curve for each individual and my gout is a consequence of other medication which is very frustrating. Notwithstanding, I will be sorely tested at Xmas.

Best regards,

liz-paul

Anyone got a makro card? I can get one as I've just become a registered childminder but a few people seem to think it's not that cheap.... Any thoughts...?

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liz-paul wrote: »

Anyone got a makro card? I can get one as I've just become a registered childminder but a few people seem to think it's not that cheap.... Any thoughts...?

here is an mse link discussing this hth
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/3901509

mossy

Ah man just did a check on my spending earlier in the week. It's not looking pretty!!

£2.50 from Mossy's Market
£1 !celand
£1.73 Superthug
£10.16 T@scos (including more treats for Paralympics)

Now standing at £136.24 and it's only the 7th!! :eek:

It's going to be a long month!! :undecided

Barbeduk

Hi, just popping by to update the rest of the week's spends, £2.25 & £1.90 in Mr M and £9.23 in !id!, which takes me up to £48.86. Have bought LOADS of reduced fruit in Mr M this week, each time around 9am, weird. All below half price too.

Have also picked 3 tubs of blackberries so we've had a huge crumble and tomorrow I'll make a sponge cake with blackberries in the bottom, yum.

Have a great weekend everyone.:D

Bluegreen143

Just popping on to note a couple of small spends in Mr M on the way home - £1.00 on bin bags and 89p on two pints of milk. Both were necessary. Also bought vodka and beer but that is a separate budget

I clicked on the elite thread but it looked scary! Think it really is a bit of a life choice and not sure I'm ready to devote that much time to money saving lol.

Russtred your chanterelle soup sounds amazing and I am so jealous!

lollyfin your post made me laugh, it's so true that the bargains always come back but it's too easy to get sucked into ther MUST BUY IT NOW mindset!!

flubberyzing

I also just spent a bit of time looking around those "Elite" threads. Gotta say, even with the explanatory posts at the beginning, I didn't understand a single word. I vaguely got the jist that the idea is to take advantage of supermarket computer glitches, but beyond that, it might as well have been in Japanese!

camNolliesMUMMY

Another spend yesterday so please amend mine to the figure in my signature

KatyReed+5

Few spends today.
£3.30 - Sandwiches from the local bakery in town.
£14.35 - Treat dinner for the kids from Sainsburys as the big girls are here
£5.03 - Sainsburys.
£8.29 - Co-oops.

Also £22.54 on christmas things to stash away, but not counted as not part of GC.

Bringing the total to £314.35.

Katy, X