Something sweet

treeny_bash

So I've just had my yummy lunch of last night's leftovers but I just couldn't ignore that niggle for something sweet to finish off the meal, and I toddled to the shop for a packet of malteasers - 70p! Yesterday I had a yoghurt with me but between the 2 of us we have managed to finish off the 8 pack I bought for £2 on Saturday. BF gets through yoghurts at the rate of knots, he buys those big tubs of onken and will eat one in one sitting, and can go through 3 individual ones in a night, I think the act of keeping us stocked up will eat up the whole shopping budget if I stick with this. So the options are either, buy non-veggie yoghurts which aren't as nice but at least there's no chance of BF finishing them off before I've unpacked the shopping, or my preferred option, bake something cheap that will last the week. My mum was always a baker and there was always something to hand. Just need something that won't get finished off the same day it's baked!

What do you have, if anything, for your something sweet? Tia for the ideas....

ditsykitchen

treeny_bash wrote: »

...So the options are either, buy non-veggie yoghurts which aren't as nice but at least there's no chance of BF...

What do you mean by non-veggie yoghurts?

CurlyTop

Hi

Why not make some scones, victoria sponge or lemon drizzle traybake. All can be frozen and you just need to take out what you want the night before or an hour or two before in readiness for after tea.

Best of luck

treeny_bash

ditsykitchen wrote: »

What do you mean by non-veggie yoghurts?

Muller lights and some other yoghurts have geletine in them.

CurlyTop

Hi

Why not make some scones, victoria sponge or lemon drizzle traybake. All can be frozen and you just need to take out what you want the night before or an hour or two before in readiness for after tea.

Other thing is, if you like yoghurts, £2 sounds a lot for an 8-pack. Aldi do 6 for 95p.

Best of luck

ditsykitchen

treeny_bash wrote: »

Muller lights and some other yoghurts have geletine in them.

:eek: Didn't know that. Supermarket value natural yoghurt is good with honey/fruit mixed in and it's really cheap (about 50p for a big tub). Also, if you make cookie/biscuit dough you can roll it into a cylinder and freeze. Then when you fancy freshly baked cookies you just slice off discs of it and bake

sonastin

I like the expensive yoghurts so found myself spending a fortune on them. Invested in a yoghurt maker which succeeds in saving me money in 2 ways - firstly because homemade yoghurt is relatively inexpensive compared to the pots I was buying and secondly because I have to faff around adding fruit and sometimes sugar to replicate the flavours from the pots (all factored into the price when I say its cheaper) and I'm fundamentally lazy so don't consume the yoghurt so fast!

I still take a tub of yoghurt to work in my packed lunch every day but I sometimes bake a cake or some flapjack and take that too!

kittendothroar

I make flapjacks when the healthy bananas go bad, then freeze them and take out as needed. Stops us eating them all too quickly!

Its a bit naughtier but quite often doing the weekly or so shop one of those cadburys share bags finds it way home... that gets nibbled during the week if its lucky to survive the journey home

gayleygoo

I eat quite a lot of chocolate... normally 3 bars per night, or one of those big "share" bags plus a bar ... wispas and wispa gold are my favourite buying them at "normal" price in the local shops costs a fortune, I used to spend £60 per month on chocolate alone I buy from cheaper shops now, like home bargains, so I've halved my chocolate bill!

I try to bake to lower the spending too, a chocolate cake or batch of brownies goes a bit further and portions can be frozen so that they're not eaten all in one go!

thriftwizard

Pancakes with whatever fruit's cheapest - quick, easy & inexpensive to make & can be filled with blackberries at this time of year, which are entirely free, provided you have a hedgerow somewhere near you! A light dusting of sugar, maybe a tiny pinch of cinnamon depending on the fruit, & nothing could be nicer. A teaspoon of cream makes them even better but kind of ruins the cheapness.

I make up a big jug full of pancake mix using sifted flour, eggs (we have chickens, so free for us, but not expensive anyway) milk & a tablespoon of plain yogurt, & just use as much as I need, then store it, covered over, in the fridge. It keeps for several days, although it can look a bit grim as a dark liquid forms on top. This is completely harmless & should be mixed back in. They make a good pudding, but also a good breakfast, and can even be a main course, with, say, chopped onion, bacon & sweetcorn.

PS - other ideas - Twink's Hobnobs, or what about making your own yogurt? It's not as hard as it looks!

treeny_bash

Wow, fantastic ideas, thanks everyone. It never occurred to me to freeze baking but that would work perfectly. I'll try and have a go this weekend if BF doesn't end up dragging me off galavanting!