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What foods would you pick?
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missmucksmum wrote: »
(how is everyone making chips out of potatoes with no oil!?)0 -
PasturesNew wrote: »I'd slice up the spuds to be like chips, then steam them in the microwave until they're soft, but firm, then dry fry them on a medium heat, turning often so they don't burn.January Grocery Challenge £203.50/£200
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As its only for a fortnight:
Red Sky crisps (any flavour)
Mr Kipling Cherry Bakewells
West Country cheddar
Finest coleslaw
Baguette
Longterm
cheddar
prawns
bread
tea
watercressA minute at the till, a lifetime on the bill.
Nothing tastes as good as being slim feels.
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Crusty bread/in the form of flour, salt, sugar, yeast
Smoked bacon
Chicken
Tomatoes
Frozen peas
And potatoes. Or I would swap bread ingredients for a sack of spuds.
Can't make a bacon sandwich with potatoes, though.I could dream to wide extremes, I could do or die: I could yawn and be withdrawn and watch the world go by.Yup you are officially Rock n Roll0 -
Chocolate
Cheese
Chips
wine
Coke Zero
OR to be slightly more nutritious
Potatoes
Cheese
Eggs
Bacon
Onions
Maybe... I'm not sure now.....
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tea
sugar
cadbrys fruit and nut (see how I have cleverly included both fruit and protein)
cheese
and bread...
but if tea and sugar weren't counted I would have
chocolate
cheese
bread
beans
orange juice
wine (a sort of fruit really, and useful for helping you forget that you want something else)
...and I still have 6...
its really hard and I'm a fussy eater - I usually live on soup, cereal and sandwiches!With Sparkles! :happylove And Shiny Things!0 -
Tea
Milk
Eggs
Rice
Chicken0 -
Red Wine
Pasta
Eggs
Chicken
Tomatosmummy to my beautiful lil man born August 20110 -
I saw this thread just before going out to collect a parcel from the post office, so thanks very much for giving me something interesting to think about while I was standing in the queue! :T
Based on your original question, my list would be:- Bread
- Eggs
- Avocados (good thinking, VJsmum! :T)
- Tomatoes
- Pesto sauce, for added flavour so I don't die of boredom before the two weeks are up!
- Bread
- Eggs
- Cheese
- Tomato puree (then I could make ratatouille with my HG veg)
- Apples
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Back after a very long break!0 -
Two weeks...easy.
Guinness
Bread
Cheese
Chocolate
Bananas
Or I might have
Tomatoes
Steak
Sweet potato
Eggs
BananasGrocery budget in 2023 £2279.18/£2700Grocery budget in 2022 £2304.76/£2400Grocery budget in 2021 £2107.86/£2200Grocery budget in 2020 £2193.02/£2160Saving for Christmas 2023 #15 £ 90/ £3650
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