April 2014 Grocery Challenge

meg72

joedenise wrote: »

Could you post the recipe please or a link to it? Thanks.

Denise

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Black-Bean-Brownies/

This is the recipe I found, looks interesting so may try these sometime.

Mrs_T_M

joedenise wrote: »

Could you post the recipe please or a link to it? Thanks.

Denise

These are the ones I'll be trying:
http://practical-stewardship.com/2012/02/22/no-flour-black-bean-brownies/

I don't have a blender, and I only use dried beans, so I'll just be over-cooking the beans a bit on purpose so that I can 'blend' them with my hand mixer.

laura_hoggle

Grrr really not doing well this month! Spent just under £40 in the last 2 days and don't really have a lot to show for it, and only have £16 left in the budget for the next 2 weeks!

With the amount of food we have in, we could probably do it. I did an audit of the big freezer in the garage and the small freezer box in the kitchen, and I was really surprised how much there is. I've put it all in a spreadsheet, but I'm really not feeling it with thinking of meals lately, so I need to pull myself together! I also don't have any fresh veg in, so it would all be frozen (I do have a lot of that!) but I think I'll have to accept the fact that we'll probably be over budget again this month!

mrs-moneypenny

did a small coop shop on saturday followed by a trip to the fruit and veg stall and then sains, icel& farmf00ds and Tesc0 so cupboards full again and purse running out.

did hm pizza saturday night
stuffed butternut squashes on sunday

going to do lindaMc mozzarella burgers with field mushrooms stilton and beef tomatoes tonight.

PennyGrabber

just_the_two_of_us wrote: »

Had lovely chicken casserole in sc last night - really easy recipe and no need for packet.

Please can you post the recipe? Sausage casserole is a staple in our house, but I always use a packet!!

Nsd planned today - not even dressed yet!! Have absolutely no need for buying any food for the foreseeable...

Have a few muller lights that go out of date soon - any suggestions, other than just eating them!!!

PG x

bmma

today's spend+week end spends = £31.21p
april's running total to date = £127.12/£160.00p
nsd's = 7

SarahB1989_2

£3.88 in Sainsbugs today as OH wanted to buy snacks for his travelling this week so just picked up eggs & chocolate to make brownies, YS quiche, YS hot cross buns (in freezer for the weekend) and YS potato salad for lunches. Also spent a few pennies on ice cream today as was out with the OH.

cinnamonpie

Just got back from my big shop and after vouchers and nectar points it came to about £10. Very happy with that. I bought a piece of beef for Sunday lunch and have also stocked up on fruit and veggies and all the cream in the world! I have visitors coming so that's my excuse

I have my first attempt at homemade nakd bars in the fridge right now. At over £2 per packet I thought it was time to try making my own. I will let them set a bit until I try my first bar but I can ready tell from the bowl scrapings that these are delicious! :j

Chi-me

Woop woop! Did the whole week's supplies at Mr A's, including Easter for 6 adults (9 bottles of wine too) for £65.91 :cool::D

Added to that was a call this morning from DS who works for Mr T's distribution hub in the chilled section. He got me a 1.25kg finest leg of outdoor reared pork for £4.08p. Half is for tonight with some mash I put in the freezer, carrots, parsnips and sweetcorn and a bit of Paxo for me and some Yorkshire puds ff. There should be some left for OH's sarnies tomorrow if I can keep him away from it beforehand

We certainly aren't going to starve and found that smoked salmon trimmings and sava cream cheese massively reduced the former price of this treat. I'm still learning but thanks to Mysupermarket.co.uk I had the heads up on the cheapest place to shop.

I'm hoping to reduce further as I get used to YS's OH was well impressed!

Marvellous! :money::D

cinnamonpie

PennyGrabber wrote: »

Have a few muller lights that go out of date soon - any suggestions, other than just eating them!!!
PG x

You can use yoghurt in making cupcakes or cakes. Or mix it with lightly whipped cream. I sometimes layer chopped fruit and this yoghurt/cream mix in a small glass and then top with sprinkles. The boyfriend loves these (I think he loves the sprinkles best of all though ) Or you could have it for breakfast with cereal mixed in.