January 2013 Grocery Challenge

Annie_99

I went around the house today and collected all the bags, draws, tubs of loose change we have all be throwing into and put it all in an old sweet jar, and got on the bus with it!! I could hardly carry it and I used a Coinstar machine and got £19.76 back!!! How fab is that!
Did a bit of shopping and got some whoopsies so spent £20.. Have had a really good look at the cupboards, freezers etc and if I keep doing what Im doing I will hope to come under budget by about £100 but only time will tell!!
Hope you have all had a great day! xx

RevolvingDoor

Bluegreen143 wrote: »

Making veggie chilli enchiladas tonight, will post a picture if they turn out nice

Mmm, sounds gorgeous.:cool:

meg72

angelatgraceland wrote: »

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This dosent seem to bring it up either, I remember this post and I think it was last summer sometime and on the grocery challenge but cant find it nw.

WantToBeSE

Hi All.
I am really feeling on top of this months GC. My £55 a week limit is going well, and i am trying as hard as possible to make sure i use what i have leftover from previous meals/whats lurking in the bottom of freezer, to make meals

PLEASE help me with something, as i have hit a snag. I am going to do Nigellas 'Tarragon Chicken' next weeks, which calls for

60ml Double cream
80ml Vermouth or white wine.

I dont have either of these...does anyone know if i can replace the cream with semi-skimmed milk, and the Vermouth with chicken stock or just plain water?

I am determined i am not going to buy any food until Friday next week

she_who_can_not_cook

beckseven wrote: »

Hi this is my first month doing this challange. Really need to cut down so will start this month just shocking myself how much I actually spend on food. Have just totted up and actually have spent £102.44 already on food this month-eeek!


Where is the cheapest place for cleaning products?

pound shops or do a online search for homemade cleaning products i have up to now tried the hm laundry powder and hm dishwasher powder i too damp cloth dust we all love stardrops lol but beware i tried this very bad HM Room REfresher O M G when you put your own smellies in a spray bottle what a pong :rotfl:

MadamMim2013

just a loaf of bread, some kitchen roll & oops.. a magazine..:o so in total £4.65 spent but only £2.66 on the grocery budget! :T

m155piggy

Annie_99 wrote: »

I went around the house today and collected all the bags, draws, tubs of loose change we have all be throwing into and put it all in an old sweet jar, and got on the bus with it!! I could hardly carry it and I used a Coinstar machine and got £19.76 back!!! How fab is that!

I did the exact same thing yesterday and came out with about £18.00 - feels really good to get something from nothing!

Mrs_T_M

WantToBeSE wrote: »

Hi All.
I am really feeling on top of this months GC. My £55 a week limit is going well, and i am trying as hard as possible to make sure i use what i have leftover from previous meals/whats lurking in the bottom of freezer, to make meals

PLEASE help me with something, as i have hit a snag. I am going to do Nigellas 'Tarragon Chicken' next weeks, which calls for

60ml Double cream
80ml Vermouth or white wine.

I dont have either of these...does anyone know if i can replace the cream with semi-skimmed milk, and the Vermouth with chicken stock or just plain water?

I am determined i am not going to buy any food until Friday next week

For the double cream: 3/4 of the amount needed (45 ml) in milk, then make up the rest of the amount with butter. Gently heat it on the stove until the milk is warmed and the butter is melted. If you'd like it thicker, mix a tiny bit of flour into it.

For the wine: broth/stock works just as well. My non-alcohol using mother does it all the time. Changes the flavour a bit, but not enough to really notice.

WantToBeSE

Mrs_T_M wrote: »

For the double cream: 3/4 of the amount needed (45 ml) in milk, then make up the rest of the amount with butter. Gently heat it on the stove until the milk is warmed and the butter is melted. If you'd like it thicker, mix a tiny bit of flour into it.

For the wine: broth/stock works just as well. My non-alcohol using mother does it all the time. Changes the flavour a bit, but not enough to really notice.

Thanks Mrs T_M , thats really appreciated
I am guessing that stork marg would be OK to use instead of butter?

biscuitmad

she_who_can_not_cook wrote: »

http://www.food.com/recipe/nutella-hot-chocolate-74086

That sounds delicious

Thank you for all the suggestions.