November 2013 Grocery Challenge

poppycracker

First_Trouble wrote: »

I thought I would share a famous family recipe to say thank you for the advice and recipes I have received.
My Grandad's Cheese and Potato Pie.
It's not really a pie but it is cheap and most importantly satisfying. A definite winter warmer.
I have listed the base ingredients, no measurements, as in my family recipes just get ingredients thrown at them till they taste right.

Mashed potato
Tinned toms
Bacon - can also you leftover gammon or boiled bacon
Onions
Mushrooms
Strong Cheddar Cheese
Stilton Cheese
Mustard powder (generally around 1/4tsp - 1tsp)

Fry the bacon, mushrooms & onions in a little oil and butter
Then mix into mash with cheese and mustard powder. When fully mixed put in the oven (medium to hot) until brown on top.

Lovely! Also good using the leftover pie as a toast topper!

Thankyou for posting this, it looks delicious and I think I might try and make it this week. My recipes also have no amounts on them , its 'some of this' and 'shake this in until it looks like its enough'......

First_Trouble

laura_hoggle wrote: »

Been quite bad with the spends this week, hoping to pull it back next week...

Did a little shop in the local T express on Sunday to get lunch bits, DH ended up getting a couple of pre-packaged sandwiches because he couldn't be bothered to make anything. I went so Sainsbobs on Tuesday evening, mostly because I was bored! Stocked up on tins that were on an offer ending that night. Then went to Li*l today and bought fresh veg and a couple of other bits.

Total spends this week of £65.54, but will be making soup with that at the weekend for lunches next week, so hopefully won't spend as much next week! Will update sig now.

May help but Tesco express stores tend to put extra money on top of each product sometimes up to 50p more than their bigger stores. At least I have noticed this in my local tesco express.

Faete

Just a 99p spend today on a Hovis from Lidl - a damn sight cheaper than £1.35 from Asda!

I can see no need to buy anything tomorrow so my weekly shop will have come in at £76.46 - that's jolly good considering it includes BF's unplanned takeaway of £18! :j

Fae xx

meg72

First_Trouble wrote: »

Didn't buy any groceries today but did put £5 in the British Legion bucket for my poppy pin does this still count as an NSD?

Lunch today - HM Leek and potato soup with HM bread
Found a single salmon fillet lurking in the freezer (hubby is working tonight so just me to worry about).
Dinner - Salmon with Charlotte potatoes and cabbage
May even cut the fillet in half so can stretch it out for lunch tomorrow

If it wasn't on groceries then I would count as a No spend, I keep my grocery budget very low so I can afford to give to charity or treat the grandkids as this is my pleasure.

zafiro1984

Went into town today, a rare visit. Went into the bank and it had all changed. Mentioned this to the bank teller and she said yes it changed in August 2012 - oops shows how often I go into town.

Didn't buy any food but got 5 teaspoons at the cook shop. Can anyone explain where all the teaspoons go, it's a bit like socks - now you see them, now you don't. I'm sure they have a secret life of their own!!!

flyinggiraffe_2

£47.07 spent today.

I'm hoping it will last 2 weeks, as there was a fair bit of meat in there.

Planning on using my new to me slow cooker this weekend to make casserole

shiningfaery

used a recipe I found in here for potatoe cakes tonight for tea and they were lovely but so messy to make, has anyone made them without everything myself included becoming covered in mashed potatoes..Also made bread and butter pudding with a fruit loaf I was gonna throw out was yummy....shame it wouldnt freeze

craigywv

shiningfaery wrote: »

used a recipe I found in here for potatoe cakes tonight for tea and they were lovely but so messy to make, has anyone made them without everything myself included becoming covered in mashed potatoes..Also made bread and butter pudding with a fruit loaf I was gonna throw out was yummy....shame it wouldnt freeze

if potato cakes are what we call potato bread over here......mash spud ,flour salt etc we use a potato scoop/ice cream scoop ,plop it in pan and press down with a mug!!!! yes hold handle of mug as normal and press down on potato mixture. I pat flour on bottom of mug , makes round bread but darn siaht cleaner and less fiddly hth.

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Thanks for the advice re: risotto. OH bought the Arborio risotto rice today. Going to try and make this for dinner on Sunday and then use leftovers for lunch on Monday.

craigywv

2 nsd here but will be going out to lidls as someone on another thread has said lidl doing kilo? of onions and carrot for 50p a bag so want to stock up and keep in shed in the dark. I was lucky enough a few nights ago to get in tescos the big paper bags of potatoes with handle on them approx. 4.75 a bag reduced down to 80p got 4 of them so they hiding in shed too. I opened a bag and they are perfect I honestly think they are maris piper spuds they scrubbed clean too so that's me happy.