September 2013 Grocery Challenge

zafiro1984

Peggybabcot wrote: »

Hubby has a very sweet tooth and insists on stockpiling sweets, chocolate and biscuits as well as tea and coffee lol so ran past all that stuff at break neck speed

Peggybabcot:- I've the same variety of husband as well - lol

meg72

MrsCautious wrote: »

Feeling a bit crap the last couple of days.
Spent £9 on not much in the Co-op.
£4 of that was on cooked roast beef.
Oh well!

Hope you are feeling better soon. its really hard to find the energy to be frugal when you are not feeling well.

kayester

ok so tomorrows shop has now added upto £97 as i had to add a few more bits on, kids nappies, ketchup deodrant ect. grrr....should mean i defo can just do a top up next week....hopefully =/ im proving not to be very good at this!!

Billie-jo

Flo - happy belated birthday, hope it was a good one.

A1di and the local butchers today and spent £ 20.57 and £9.78 respectively. I just need some fruit & veg now for the weekend.
Having the lo lamb stew for tea with cabbage and some potatoes tonight, bit later today as DH had to nip out.
Feeling tired today think its the change I the weather!

rach_pach

More spending here - DH bought lime cordial (and a few other bits and pieces as he finds it impossible to just go in for one thing!) yesterday. So that is a questimated £10. Also went out for a lovely meal that I am going to include too.Off to update my signature!

iammumtoone

Had the potato wedges tonight that I par boiled the potatoes for a couple of nights ago and kept in fridge (as potatoes were going green). They turned out so much nicer and crispier this way than when I normally put them in the oven straight after par boiling. Think I will do this way again even if the potatoes are still fresh.

Did a top up shop today, will update later when I have worked out costs.

xx_Jo_xx

Hi all,

Ive had a quick read of the thread and clearly miss so much not joing over till the 9th... Self-saucing puddings and tips on celery that Ill have to find! Think I shall come over sooner next month

I went to Aldi today and spent £72.13 :eek: However approx. £30 of this was on Xmas bits which are now put away with a list safely in my possession, so I know whats already in my stash! Plus theres a list stuck to the inside of the cupboard door....

NB: I love my slow cooker too and bought mine from Ald! or L!dl a few months ago. Its a bigger one that holds a whole roast chicken and I LOVE it... To date Im not very adventurous with it and tend to do roast, stew and chilli... And that's it!! Always think Im going to sit down and read through the slow cooker threads and never find the time. That said, I still loooovvvee mine (did I say that already?) and could and would not be with out it.

I don't always brown my meat, but if I am making chilli, I brown the mince as I find it a bit horrible to be honest if you don't. Similarly, I quickly brown the outside of the chicken in a pan on the stove if I am doing a roast. Simply because if you don't, your chicken has absolutely no colour... This is a personal choice though and doesn't affect the flavour in any way!!

If I am doing a stew/casserole/curry, I just chuck in the pieces of meat as they are... HTH.

I previously had a George Forman and I also would recommend one. Mine was very small however (big enough to fit on one toastie at a time) and as much as I loved it, it was never big enough. Mine died a peaceful death after a long and fulfilled life however, and I haven't got round to replacing it! Maybe Ill pop one on my xmas list

WantToBeSE

iammumtoone wrote: »

Had the potato wedges tonight that I par boiled the potatoes for a couple of nights ago and kept in fridge (as potatoes were going green). They turned out so much nicer and crispier this way than when I normally put them in the oven straight after par boiling. Think I will do this way again even if the potatoes are still fresh.

Did a top up shop today, will update later when I have worked out costs.

How did you store them in the fridge? Airtight? In water?

iammumtoone

xx_Jo_xx wrote: »

Similarly, I quickly brown the outside of the chicken in a pan on the stove if I am doing a roast. Simply because if you don't, your chicken has absolutely no colour... This is a personal choice though and doesn't affect the flavour in any way!!

I never brown my chicken either but its good for me as I always used to love the chicken skin when roasted in the oven and would eat it all :eek: cooking chicken in a slow cooker is definitely better for my waist line

iammumtoone

WantToBeSE wrote: »

How did you store them in the fridge? Airtight? In water?

Just plain in an airtight container, my original plan was to cool them in the fridge and then freeze put I forgot to put them in freezer!