April 2013 Grocery Challenge

Eyebright

£53.39 spend @ AS*A today on the weekly shop, forgot onions but have 3 left. Will see if I can stretch them out until next week's shop rather than having to nip out for a top-up shop

Feel like I have spent a fortune already this month, so will have to watch the pennies for the next few weeks. Hopefully shouldn't have to buy anymore cleaning products this month which always seem to drain the budget!

Off to update my signature now

NickJW

So - I have had my Mr T delivery today - My share came to £49.82 after discounts.

Also spent £7.05 in Mr S today.

Got quite a lot of things to go with lunches along with turkey for meals for the next 2 weeks and household products.

Will update signature in a bit.

Still need to get some things from the supermarket because I didn't buy veg.

Can see it's going to be another expensive month!

JIL

K9sandFelines wrote: »

Anybody point me in the direction of some tried and tested recipes with mushrooms please? Bought YS punnet of, yesterday, and checked the fridge to find i already had some .... first hitch of meal planning!

I make a vege mushroom pate, really easy and cheap and tastes like the shop bought Cauldron one.

200g roughly chopped mushrooms, 1 small chopped onion
100 g cream cheese best with the garlic and herb variety
tablespoon of lemon juice.
black pepper to taste

gently fry the onion and mushrooms for about 10 mins in a little oil or butter. Let any liquid cook out. when it looks dry put in a blender and chop to get a chunky consistency.

Mix with the cream cheese, lemon juice and pepper and put into a pot to cool and set in the fridge.

Its lovely on toast, with pitta and in sandwiches.

Keeps for about four days in the fridge.

PrincessLou

Hi all,

I have a question which i hope someone knows the answer to! I bought a pack of four chicken breasts and stuck them in the freezer a couple of weeks ago. I want to use half the pack this weekend but don't know how to get just two of the chicken breasts out of the pack to use without having to defrost the whole pack. The four pieces are frozen solid stuck together and i don't know what to do?

Any advice much appreciated

slscarborough

Can you please put me in for £350.00 again as with school holidays I think I will end up spending more than last month.

JIL

PrincessLou wrote: »

Hi all,

I have a question which i hope someone knows the answer to! I bought a pack of four chicken breasts and stuck them in the freezer a couple of weeks ago. I want to use half the pack this weekend but don't know how to get just two of the chicken breasts out of the pack to use without having to defrost the whole pack. The four pieces are frozen solid stuck together and i don't know what to do?

Any advice much appreciated

It may not be conventional and the results arent pretty but i would unwrap them and put them in a clean carrier bag. Tie the handles and either slam them against a hard floor or swing them against a wall. They will seperate.
Then leave some to defrost and put the rest back in the freezer suitably wrapped!! this was a regular thing in my parents house many moons ago!!

K9sandFelines

JIL wrote: »

I make a vege mushroom pate, really easy and cheap and tastes like the shop bought Cauldron one.

200g roughly chopped mushrooms, 1 small chopped onion
100 g cream cheese best with the garlic and herb variety
tablespoon of lemon juice.
black pepper to taste

gently fry the onion and mushrooms for about 10 mins in a little oil or butter. Let any liquid cook out. when it looks dry put in a blender and chop to get a chunky consistency.

Mix with the cream cheese, lemon juice and pepper and put into a pot to cool and set in the fridge.

Its lovely on toast, with pitta and in sandwiches.

Keeps for about four days in the fridge.

Thanks for that. I haven't got any cream cheese in; but could quickly flick some Quark (this is good on SW ) to the online shopping and add some garlic and herbs to that. Might even have this for dinner tomorrow

MadamMim2013

£50.01 spend on groceries today at M*rrisons
It's going to have to last a while or else it'll be the cat biscuits for tea..:rotfl:

MissE001

£20 petrol and £1.98 in lidl today - garlic bread and orange juice

tessie_bear

hi...posted last night and it got lost...never mind i have been relaxed over the holidays with meal planning and havent done very much shopping but plan to do a plan later and fancy making a chilli to use uo a few bits in the fridge for the weekend

i have a lot of veg and pots for some reason and plan a few roast dinners and as it is snowing again this seems suitable

quite fancy making a steamed pudding as well and i got some lovely looking rhubarb so will make a nice crumble for tea

take care tessa