Christmas menus and trying to buy it all reduced

Soworried

I bought 100 cocktail sausage rolls today for £1 at MrA. This was 2x pks at 50p.

Edwardia

All the dry ingredients for the Christmas puds bought already. Neal's Yard organic vine fruits at Holland & Barrett are buy 1 get 1 half price atm.

I'll be nosing at the Polish stuff at Lidl this week, if the pickled stuff is additive free I'll be buying some.

For Christmas night supper I'll be buying prosciutto, pickles, rollmops, smoked salmon, cheeses etc for us but for my veggie apart from salmon mother I'm a bit stuck for ideas.

shimmigirl

Edwardia wrote: »

For Christmas night supper I'll be buying prosciutto, pickles, rollmops, smoked salmon, cheeses etc for us but for my veggie apart from salmon mother I'm a bit stuck for ideas.

what about some cheeses, mushroom or butter bean pate with some crackers / oatcakes. blinis and cream cheese with a smoked salmon trimmings. veggie bits of antipasti - artichokes, onions, olives etc

beth111

Wow, not even thought of Xmas food yet just trying to grab bargin presents. Now I'm hooked and will be making my dream menu over the next few days.

PasturesNew

I've only ever had the same Xmas dinner every year:
Roast turkey (or nutroast for 10 years sibling was a veggie); yorkshire puds; roast spuds; roast parsnips; brussels, carrots, cauli, peas, gravy, couple of stuffings. A couple of slight variations have occurred over the years, but generally we were told there was more than enough food, so no point making more.

Nothing Xmas Eve. No Xmas Day breakfast. No Xmas day starter. Xmas pud/custard available for dessert but nobody ever had room for it. No Xmas tea (help yourself to leftovers).

Soworried

beth111 wrote: »

Wow, not even thought of Xmas food yet just trying to grab bargin presents. Now I'm hooked and will be making my dream menu over the next few days.

It would be lovely to read it.

Soworried

PasturesNew wrote: »

I've only ever had the same Xmas dinner every year:
Roast turkey (or nutroast for 10 years sibling was a veggie); yorkshire puds; roast spuds; roast parsnips; brussels, carrots, cauli, peas, gravy, couple of stuffings. A couple of slight variations have occurred over the years, but generally we were told there was more than enough food, so no point making more.

Nothing Xmas Eve. No Xmas Day breakfast. No Xmas day starter. Xmas pud/custard available for dessert but nobody ever had room for it. No Xmas tea (help yourself to leftovers).

Then why not set out to see what you can get from now until xmas for pennies that are outside that norm?

Edwardia

shimmigirl wrote: »

what about some cheeses, mushroom or butter bean pate with some crackers / oatcakes. blinis and cream cheese with a smoked salmon trimmings. veggie bits of antipasti - artichokes, onions, olives etc

wow thank you shimmigirl.. got some Bleikers smoked salmon in freezer stashed when it was on offer in Morries and recommend it.. also still got some Spanish white tinned asparagus from Approved Foods too...Waitrose does the artichokes in the essential range..could ask OH's mother to ask her friend R who does legendary chilli-pickled home-grown onions whether he has any to spare and how much..

Edwardia

Local ASDA didn't have Hershey's milk chocolate kisses so stuck em on my Ocado order for my mother to munch Christmas Day afternoon while playing Monopoly. Not exactly MSE but I did try ASDA and having been to the Hershey's factory my mother lurves them so they'll be an instant hit.

Paxo sage and onion stuffing is on offer in Tesco atm. Looked like some of the Bisto gravy granules are too.

ASDA Smartprice smoked salmon trimmings are really useful for quiches and will freeze The fish counter has organic salmon 2 for £4 on offer atm and that will too. IIRC the non-organic was the same price.

shimmigirl

okay - I have now made a start.
2 packs of 12 finest chipolatas reduced to £1.40 a pack and in the frezer. That will do for the loads of sausages in bacon needed for christmas and boxing day!!