April 2014 Grocery Challenge

Chi-me

I forgot to add my weekly meal plan: My first evahhh!!! :cool:

In no particular order;

Roast pork with honey roast carrots and parsnips ff, mash ff, sweetcorn and Bisto gravy.

Veggie day: Mushroom risotto with rice from store cupboard and porchini mushrooms (dried) from store, hm light beef stock ff and parmigiana ff.

Baked potatoes with Gruyere ff, crispy streaky bacon and baked beans.

Lamb hotpot from a YS package of stewing lamb in freezer with various veg and a tin of new potatoes from store.

Sausage plait made with Jus-Roll frozen pastry ff, left over sausages from BBQ on Sunday and a dollop of apple sauce from an open jar (garden sage will be added too). I have spaghetti hoops and Mr Chi-me will have sweetcorn or mushrooms ff.

freezer day: 1 x chicken pie with mash and veg and OH will have left over rabbit braised in cider with mash and sweetcorn.

Easter day: Mostly made the day prior: Slow cooker leg of lamb in red wine, rosemary (from garden) and redcurrant sauce, potatoes dauphinoise (sp?), roast parsnips and carrots, mashed brussel sprouts with butter and pepper, hm stuffing, yorkshire pud and a hm apple strudel to follow .... darn! I forgot the custard for the strudel and hoped for a NS week from today

Mrs_T_M

Just worked out that my breadmaker version of pizza bases costs 63p to make. We usually make 3 pizzas out of it, and they are decent sized pizzas.

Can't remember where I got it from, so I'll just copy it here:

Breadmaker pizza dough
1 1/3 cup warm water
1/4 cup oil (I use coconut oil because it's what we have - other oils may be cheaper)
3 1/2 cups flour (~460g)
1 tbsp sugar
1 tsp salt
3 tsp yeast

Use the dough cycle on the machine (mine takes 1 1/2 hours). Remove dough from the machine and let rise for 30 minutes (I NEVER do this step, and it's fine!). Preheat oven to 220C. Grease your pizza pans, place dough on them and stretch to fit. Parbake crust for 5 minutes. Add toppings, return to oven and bake for 12 minutes.

Faete

Popped into Lidl for some veggies - had a burning desire for roasted aubergines, courgettes, mushrooms etc. £4.25 I've a tray full roasting away now, smells lovely.

Fae xx

Mama10

M&s spend today of £45.79 totally unplanned. Budget looking even worse now. Will need to be as frugal as possible now.

lynnejk

kiwiblue wrote: »

Was feeling a bit down so OH took me for a drive up the beach. There is approximately 20 kms between the two rivers, and once you get a couple of kms away from the town the rest is totally deserted. Its wonderful to just walk, me OH, lots of seabirds and no other people. At times like this I realise just what a wonderful environment I am privileged to live in.
Hope everyone has a wonderful day
Cheers
Jennie

Hope you feeling better. Your beach sounds absolutely wonderful - you need the nice weather though. We have some lovely beaches and spaces here but seldom the weather to enjoy them.

Had NSD today and as I working late it is dinner of LO bits and pieces. There is bean soup with fresh bread, cold chicken and salad with jackets and the last of the blackcurrant pie and custard - so I don't think we'll starve

Hope you all have a thrifty Tuesday
Lx

Frizzle_2

Hubby wants roast beef on Sunday! Anybody know if anywhere has any offers?

Sequeena

Chicken chow mein.



ETA just realised this is in the wrong thread, oops!

cw18

Frizzle wrote: »

Hubby wants roast beef on Sunday! Anybody know if anywhere has any offers?

A1di at £4.99/kg
Tesc0 top rump or silverside or top side joint at £5.50/kg

meg72

Frizzle wrote: »

Hubby wants roast beef on Sunday! Anybody know if anywhere has any offers?

Asda at £5 kg.

Edit just seen on TV Morrisons 3.99 kg.

meg72

:eek:

There I was planning a lovely menu for Easter Sunday and my DD reminds me that we wont be here, going to Amsterdam

I really thought I had another week, now to find Passport, Sort out clothes to take. Still it means no shopping for food on Friday so that's a bonus.