January Grocery Challenge 2015

cw18

lynnejk wrote: »

You can use the square of rectangular ones okay so long as the turntable still goes round - ie it's not too big for the interior

If I'm using my combi as a convential oven, the manual says to remove the turntable and use the slide in shelf/shelves or circular standing rack instead. So rectangular are actually best for mine, as they sit nicely on the slide in shelf.

Wicked_Lady

So, a grand spend today of 49p on a cabbage, 60p on a newspaper and £2 on some hand cut ham from the butcher for lunch. Still under my £10 per day total but am out tonight for a Lebanese meal at £22 per head, including a corkage charge as it's BYO.


By the way - is there a knack to posting smilies as I don't seem able to work it out? Duh!

redmel1621

cw18 wrote: »

If I'm using my combi as a convential oven, the manual says to remove the turntable and use the slide in shelf/shelves or circular standing rack instead. So rectangular are actually best for mine, as they sit nicely on the slide in shelf.

Which model do you have? Mine doesn't have slide in shelves but then, like I say, it is over 9yrs old.


Nsd for me today... well on groceries. I did have to go out and buy a tap for the kitchen but that has come out of the 'house' pot and that is a different budget.

Tidy_Up_Tash

Wicked_Lady wrote: »

By the way - is there a knack to posting smilies as I don't seem able to work it out? Duh!

Posting from my PC, they appear in a box on the right of the box I'm typing in. If I click on one, it appears in the text... :j

Wicked_Lady

Thanks Tash.


I'd been trying that but will try again!

cw18

redmel1621 wrote: »

Which model do you have? Mine doesn't have slide in shelves but then, like I say, it is over 9yrs old.

P@nasonic NN-CT870W

I've had mine almost exactly 2 years (orderd on 4th Feb), but even that's long enough for it to now be a discontinued model as best I can tell

My only complaint is that the oven thermostat is well out - and I need to set it to run at 20 degrees above what the cooking instructions say if I want 180 or above. A cool oven below that I can possibly get away with only increasing by 10. (I've used an oven thermometer to keep an eye on it)

cw18

Tidy_Up_Tash wrote: »

Posting from my PC, they appear in a box on the right of the box I'm typing in. If I click on one, it appears in the text... :j

only if you're quoting or click on 'go advanced' under the post box on the main thread screen. I know a lot of them by heart, so just type in the code.

eg. a colon immediately followed by a closing round bracket is
and a colon immediately followed by a capital T is :T
and a colon followed by a lower case o is

izzy65

Hi all, just checking in and updating my spend total, dd went to aldi for me with a list so no deviation ,

JIL

i read the recipe earlier for marmalade cake earlier and wondered would this work if the lemon curd was substituted for marmalade?

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/64808140#Comment_64808140

LESLAMP

Been a busy, expensive week here. Sunday we had to go hunt down a cheap car for hubby to get to work. Then my birthday Monday and today we've had the heating fixed and two new tyres for Hubby's car.

But I have managed to keep the grocery budget under control. We are currently £137.05/£310.

With another 3 NSD's in the bag I'm well happy. Off to update signature.