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April 2014 Grocery Challenge
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PennyGrabber Chicken Casserols for Sc recipe
Serves 4
Butter or marg - 50g
4 chicken portions ( I now use 2 ch thighs per person skin removed)
2 onions chopped ( use 1 red and 1 white if in)
1 garlic clove crushed ( or Lazy GArlic)
2 streaky bacon rashers rinded and chopped
2 carrots chopped
2 sticks celery chopped ( I don't use celery as DH doeesn't like it)
30 ml plain flour
450 ml chicken stock
30 ml tomato puree ( paste)
Bouquet garni
Salt and black pepper to taste.
Frozen sweetcorn and chopped peppers - 225 g - add 30 minutes before the end of cooking if you want these in
Method
preheat slow cooker on High
Melt butter or marg and fry chicken pieces until browned on all sides, transfer to sc
Add onions garlic bacon carrots and celery to pan and sautee for about 4 mins
stir in the flour, then gradually stir in stock, tomato puree, bouquet garni and s and pepper and stirring continuously bring to the boil
Transfer to sc and cook on Low for 6 - 8 hours
If using them - add sweetcorn and peppers 30 mins before end of cooking time.
Discard bouquet garni and adjust seasoning before serving.
Can be frozen - but leave out garlic if want to freeze it.
Enjoy!July 16 £95/£200
Nov 16 £0/£200
"To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don't need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself." Thich Nhat Hahn0 -
PennyGrabber wrote: »Nsd planned today. May walk children to ffoods to buy a nice cream (pack of four, all have to have the same!!), but that would be from my pocket money, and would save a fortune compared with buying them out. I love cheating the system!!
Doing a picnic for lunch, with bits from freezer, sandwiches, lo pizza from yest dinner, crisps, etc. dinner is tith. I use a smart price mix, as you only need one egg for that. Does anyone have a recipe that only uses one egg? Least I can find is three! I'm not using three eggs!!
Have a gd day all, enjoy the sunshine!
PG x
The recipe uses only one egg, not tried it myself I use the smart price mic as well:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/5822/toad-in-the-hole-in-4-easy-stepsSlimming World at target0 -
Not going well so far £57.61 ASD* groceries
£6.00 on a bottle of cider and some VS ... will last a few weeks.
£1.58 in M*rrisons.
Added to sig and leaves me just under a £100 to last three weeks .. . eek. Freezer is full but can I do it???GC Jan £101.91/£150 Feb £70.96/150 Mar £100.43/150 Apr £108.45 app/150 May £149.70/150 Jun £155.15/150 July ££110.46/£150 (includes food, toiletries and cleaning from 13th to 12th of each month. One person vegan household with occasional visitors)Forever learning the art of frugality0 -
K9sandFelines wrote: »Not going well so far £57.61 ASD* groceries
£6.00 on a bottle of cider and some VS ... will last a few weeks.
£1.58 in M*rrisons.
Added to sig and leaves me just under a £100 to last three weeks .. . eek. Freezer is full but can I do it???
Yes of course you can - just look at my sig!!!! I have 2 weeks left to go until 30th but will make it by hook or by crook:rotfl:July 16 £95/£200
Nov 16 £0/£200
"To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don't need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself." Thich Nhat Hahn0 -
5.58 spent in mr a on apple juice cartons and ready to eat fruit bags. We have a long journey tomorrow so anything to keep them quiet. Also found s mr l reciept for 2 quid so have added that too. Very little left for f n v and milk next week! Argh. X0
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AH £32.10 spent today. Husband wanted McDonalds then got lamb leg for Easter, stocked up on persil, comfort and t/roll too. Looks like il be over this month regardless.March GC £606.33/£400
April GC £387.96/£400[/COLOR]
May GC £0/£500
2 Adults, DD5, DS 2, DS 8months0 -
£2.34 spent today on a lunchtime walk to mr T. I was planning a bigger shop as I shopped - we're having a party on Saturday, and it looks like I will have to visit a larger store to get all the things I need. Have an envelope of coupons ready for next time!Swagbucks Amazon gift vouchers 2014 125/250
GC October 100.8/150 September 99.36/180 August 178.77/180 June 163.18/180 May 177.89/180 April 160.66/180 March 163.48/180 Feb 154.21/150 Jan 51.65/1500 -
just_the_two_of_us wrote: »Yes of course you can - just look at my sig!!!! I have 2 weeks left to go until 30th but will make it by hook or by crook:rotfl:
Seriously hope so :rotfl:
Good luck.
Another £ to add for milk.GC Jan £101.91/£150 Feb £70.96/150 Mar £100.43/150 Apr £108.45 app/150 May £149.70/150 Jun £155.15/150 July ££110.46/£150 (includes food, toiletries and cleaning from 13th to 12th of each month. One person vegan household with occasional visitors)Forever learning the art of frugality0 -
NSD today, only thing I maybe need is milk but trying to avoid going to the shops!New graduate trying to get debt-free.
Make £5/day challenge: August £84.08/155
I owe £5400 (plus £34,000 Student Finance)
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Forgot to update on here last week, but just done a weekly shop in Ald! today (week 3 of 5) and spent £26.74. Higher than normal, but since DS has eaten every snack up known to man during school hols so far, refills were needed! Plus mince, gammon and sausages pushed the bill up further but we'll get plenty of meals out of all of those with some batch cooking too.
On target to come in under budget with 2 weeks to go.
Back on the DFW Wagon:
CC - £3,300 on 0% til 04/2020
CC - £4,500 on 0% til 02/2019
Loan - £12,063.84 as at 4/1/180
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