Is OS *REALLY* cheaper?

mumoftwo

Hapless wrote: »

When I run out of fish I make cheats fish pie with fish fingers....bottom of lasange dish covered with good quality frozen fish fingers, 1 drained tin of sweetcorn, hand ful of froz peas, topped with mashed potato with cheese, parsley, good shake of garlic granules and a pinch of dill. Bung in an oven until the top is all golden crispy and crunchy. Serve with baked beans.

That sounds great, will try that, my DD2 likes fishfingers but doesn't like fishpie with white sauce so now I will try this...
Thanks

Lizzieanne

Hapless wrote: »

When I run out of fish I make cheats fish pie with fish fingers....bottom of lasange dish covered with good quality frozen fish fingers, 1 drained tin of sweetcorn, hand ful of froz peas, topped with mashed potato with cheese, parsley, good shake of garlic granules and a pinch of dill. Bung in an oven until the top is all golden crispy and crunchy. Serve with baked beans.

That sounds tasty - I might have to go out and buy some fish fingers especially to make this!

Mrs_Flittersnoop

Hapless wrote: »

When I run out of fish I make cheats fish pie with fish fingers....bottom of lasange dish covered with good quality frozen fish fingers, 1 drained tin of sweetcorn, hand ful of froz peas, topped with mashed potato with cheese, parsley, good shake of garlic granules and a pinch of dill. Bung in an oven until the top is all golden crispy and crunchy. Serve with baked beans.

That sounds brilliant, thank you!! :T :T

I'm going to buy some fish fingers too now, for my 51 year old 'baby' who won't eat fish but loves fish fingers :rotfl:

halia

ready made pizza's 9" thin crust one with mushroom, one pepperoni £4

ready washed salad £1

home made pizza:
4oz flour 15p
6 tablespoons nat yogurt 15p
baking powder 5p
35p

tomato sauce - homemade - made enough for pizzas and to go on into a chilli mix
2 can toms 68p
2 onion 40p
can tomato puree 34p
herbs 10p
used 1/4 of this mix so cost = 38p

cheese (4oz) 70p
mushrooms 30p
tuna can 29p
1 sausage (a nice one) 25p

£1.53

1/2 lettuce 20p
1/4 cucumber 20p
2 tomatoes slices 30p
70p

£2.96 v £5

(we also had homemade trifle for afters, packet cake mix = 29p and also made 12 fairy cakes with it, packet jelly made up = 20p, can peaches 45p, homemade custard about 50p - total less than £1.50 and enough for about 8 helpings! + fairy cakes)

daysieblue

:hello:

I'd just like to say a quick thank you to everyone who has posted costings and recipes. Since my original post my family and I have eaten mostly HM stuff (with the odd nod towards fish fingers!) and it's great. Last night we had HM Pizza, which we ate late as I hadn't organised myself properly. When I apologised for the delay DS said he would "wait a million years for this because it's so delicious!" It was only ham and bacon! Even DH said it was worth waiting for!

I haven't quite managed to reduce my shopping bill yet, but I'm not quite sure why not. That's my own personal June challenge! I'd quite like to only buy stuff like milk and fruit and veg in June, as I know I have a very full freezer (of HM "ready meals"), plus quite a full store cupboard.

So, again, thanks for all your inspiration and support, couldn't have done it without you

db xx

black-saturn

OS probably isn't cheaper but the food you get from it is better quality than cooking something from a packet. However I've spend far more on kitchen gadgets since I went OS such as a slow cooker, bread maker and all sorts.

Cazzdevil

I just pinched all my mother's gadgets... She doesn't use them so someone may as well!

daysieblue

Cazzdevil wrote: »

I just pinched all my mother's gadgets... She doesn't use them so someone may as well!

Freecycle begins at home

Cazzdevil

Indeed! And I'm only "borrowing" them anyway

daysieblue

pudding06 wrote: »

Lat nights tea quiche lorraine

pastry was shop bought ( not very o/s but I'm dreadful at pastry in our hot kitchen) 79p

4 free range eggs 59p
3 rashers outdoor reared smoked bacon £1.50
organic mature cheddar cheese ( red price £2 for 400g) approx 100g 52.5p
skimmed milk approx 250 mls aldi's own 9.5p
2 small onions approx 15p
total £3.65

with leftover pastry 21yrs old son made 1 dozen jam tarts for afters lol

12 teaspoons jam ( organic strawberry and blackurrant ones natch) ???

2 quiches and 12 jam tarts for about £4 quid. - added potatoes ( chipped)

you can probably buy it cheaper in a shop (but it wouldnt be organic/free range stuff0

but the remarks from the lads about how fantastic it was that makes it all worthwhile. lol

pudds

Hi Pudds

I have printed this recipe off, am dying to try it and then realised I don't have a dish! I'm just shopping for one, should I get a 16cm flan or 20cm do you think?

thanks

db xx