February 2013 Grocery Challenge

Florenceem

I used one of my 1980s recipes to make a cake while the oven was on cooking dinner. The recipe is for an Orange Coconut Cake but I didn't have an orange in so I used Lemon instead. I cut this cake into 8 slices. Cost of cake approx - 85p. So much nicer than a cake from 99p/£1 shop plus only 6 ingredients! I used butter and there are no artificial flavourings/preservatives in it. When you read the ingredients of a bought cake - such a long list and chemicals that - who knows what they are. The squeezed lemon went in the fridge - Mr F adds water - puts it in the MW for a hot drink. No waste in this house.



I will give the recipe if anyone wants it.

Lovethenight

Hi Folks,

Tons of this thread to catch up on, but just checking in to say I have so far spent a massive £136.89 of my £160 budget:eek: And all in one shop!
But I have meals planned to last us into March and it included restocking basics such as toilet rolls, all the meat we will eat this month and buying 5k of onions!

Having only £23 left until the end of the month is a bit scary, but it sure makes you check you definitely need something before popping to the shops!:D

We had a lovely roast chicken dinner yesterday - I've now stripped the chicken and frozen 400g of roast chicken (divided into 2 portions) and have the carcass in the slow cooker with onion, carrot, bay leaves and peppercorns to make a stock. Very inspired by the 'mortgage free in three' blog - I don't think I'll get close to her 12 meals from 1 chicken record, but will definitely get more meals that I usually do:)

katholicos

Spent another £28 on groceries today. I am getting a tad cheesed off with myself for spend,spend,spending.

I am going to try to knuckle down and not spend anything on groceries for the next fortnight, with the exception of fresh fruit and veg, should we need any.

I must be firm with myself. Grocery shopping is a bit of an addiction for me. Always a bit anxious we haven't got enough, but in fact we have more than enough.

skilly

Nsd yesterday :A .all of my meals yesterday came from freezers used up mash potatoes,mince meat some sort of potatoe thing with cheese on top so a little more space made ,dd1 is moving end of month so would like to make some room in freezer just in case they drop off any food hate to see things being binned .

Coxy11

Morning everyone,

Just nipping on before school run/work to say hi to norabatty Do you want to be listed on the first page of this thread?

NSD planned for today. N!gellas macaroni cheese (express) recipe tonight to which I will add chopped bacon, and serve with green beans. Pancakes for pud;)

Have a good day all.
Coxy

Linz4383

hi although im not actually in the challenge i do lurk quite alot and wondered if i could just ask u all a question, with the APG you have to take your receipt with you i just wondered if you had to with the tesco price promise? thanks

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Florenceem wrote: »

I used one of my 1980s recipes to make a cake while the oven was on cooking dinner. The recipe is for an Orange Coconut Cake but I didn't have an orange in so I used Lemon instead. I cut this cake into 8 slices. Cost of cake approx - 85p. So much nicer than a cake from 99p/£1 shop plus only 6 ingredients! I used butter and there are no artificial flavourings/preservatives in it. When you read the ingredients of a bought cake - such a long list and chemicals that - who knows what they are. The squeezed lemon went in the fridge - Mr F adds water - puts it in the MW for a hot drink. No waste in this house.



I will give the recipe if anyone wants it.

Ooo that look gorgeous, can i have the recipe please, im new to all this home baking,:) Thankyou. Oh edited just to ask, can you make this with golden syrup, or marmalade. Is it a basic recipe where you can add things yovue got in your store cupboard, or would you have to change the weights of the ingredients?

liz-paul

I'm still sick but I'm currently making a big batch of pancakes ready to reheat later. At various times today I will have my own 2 kids and 3 others and I don't want them driving me mad while I cook them pancakes one at a time!!!

Would like to make a cake or something today but not sure if I can face it....

Dinner tonight will be well easy as OH is going out so the 2 boys can have leftover toad in the hole & I will have whatever is quick, easy & palatable later (beans on toast, pizza, fish finger sandwich or something like that)...

JellyBox

linz4383 wrote: »

hi although im not actually in the challenge i do lurk quite alot and wondered if i could just ask u all a question, with the APG you have to take your receipt with you i just wondered if you had to with the tesco price promise? thanks

My local T told me they wouldn't accept my voucher without the receipt it applied to, but I couldn't find anything about this in the T&Cs. Probably depends how much you want to argue and how much your local store values their customers!

Linz4383

Bexim wrote: »

My local T told me they wouldn't accept my voucher without the receipt it applied to, but I couldn't find anything about this in the T&Cs. Probably depends how much you want to argue and how much your local store values their customers!

i couldnt find anything about it either which is what made me wonder coz its says u can hand them over to your delivery driver too hmmmm may ask in my tesco next time im in