February 2013 Grocery Challenge

meg72

tessie_bear wrote: »

hi meg...do u blanch the carrots ? i have been thinking about doing what u describe but didnt know if the carrots would be nice when cooked...u must find them ok if u prepping that many...thanks tessa

Hi tess. if I am planning to use the carrots on their own ye I do blanch. well in a fashion I bag them up and microwave for 2 or 3 mins, but if I am using them for stew or soup I dehydrate them.

Today when I checked for freezer space I already have a lot of bags to use just as a veg so decided to do a mixed roast of carrot parsnip and butternut squash, great for a really easy roast dinner and marvelous for soup.

Kitchenbunny

Afternoon! The snow has mainly gone here now, apart from the odd clump where the sun doesn't shine

Been to Mr M shopping today to get the main shop, although as usual I'll probably need more fresh stuff and some cereal for Mr KB towards the end of the week. I spent a total of £15.69, taking my total for the year to £234.72 and my total for Feb to £69.30. Not doing too bad. I also managed to get some nice-looking sirloin steak quite reasonably too, so that's Valentine's night sorted. I also got quite a lot of bread, so we shouldn't be needing that for a while.

Tea tonight is going to be fajitas - nice and spicy but simple to prepare as today has been a bad day! Have a good evening, everyone. Take care.

KB xx

Mrs_T_M

We found a big bag of ys bean sprouts at Te*co over the weekend, but now I'm struggling to figure out what to do with them. We are out of soy sauce as well. Any ideas?

pinkypig

4 NSDs for us as far as the GC is concerned which is just as well as we have had insurance this week followed by a new car battery and then the Hoover packed up :mad:

Sticking to our meal plan and should only need milk, bread and fruit this week. We have just got to be on budget this month now. Wish me luck.:(

PP xx

lbnblbnb

Spent £3.06 at the local shop on two tins of Heinz Tomato soup and four bread rolls - painful! DD had a friend round for tea and that is what they wanted. I usually have tomato soup in stock.

I will still be under budget, really chuffed. I will use the surplus for the holiday next week, some of which will be food spend anyway. I am going to do a meal plan for some of the meals while we are away and take some basics and spices, but will relax a bit on the frugal front. Got a feeling I will still be working out price per kg!

lushlifesaver

NSD for me today- could do with having been for milk but I just couldn't get out of the office on my lunch break so didn't.
Also means I didn't get chance to pick up some holiday brochures which I want too

JellyBox

We've spent somewhere around £25 (rounded up) and covered the week with that, puts us way under GC budget, pity my bank account isn't looking so healthy (lots of other, little spends, allocated to holiday - but with no planned holiday spend budget :mad:).

Still, I now know we can do this, and so will be cutting our budget next month, which is great!

polkadot90

Not logged on for a few days. Spent £30 on various odd bits over the last few days. Will update signature

elizabunny

Mrs_T_M wrote: »

We found a big bag of ys bean sprouts at Te*co over the weekend, but now I'm struggling to figure out what to do with them. We are out of soy sauce as well. Any ideas?

I just put half a bag in a fish and noodle broth I was making. Sounds funny but tasted gorgeous. I just put them in the stock & vegetables at the end just as I added the fish chunks and then simmered for about another 2 minutes. They gave a nice little crunch to the whole thing:)

Seeds planted since Saturday, Spinach, mixed salad leaves, Broad Beans, Radish and Rocket:D

loveasale

:mad: I just can't seem to keep on track this month :mad:
Had to nip into Al*i for a few bits and as DS has bad cold I ended up spending over £11 on grocery and medicine :mad:
Keep saying I'm going to try harder ...and I will!