Family of 5 'shop from home'food storage challenge...

jcr16

thankf for the recipe ddd.

i am going to ask hubby nicely to order some more ink for printer so i can print out your fantastic recipes, instead of having scribbles everywhere. i bought a big value folder from tesco when i did my huge shop. so it ready to fill.

i lvoe redin this thread every every day. as i know it will be full of more wonderful recipes every time i look.

My mum just came round and opened the cupbaord to look for a biccy and said she didn't dare move anything as it was so tightly packed, bless. well that one way to keep cupbaords filled i suppose.

tooties

jcr16 wrote: »

she didn't dare move anything as it was so tightly packed, bless. well that one way to keep cupbaords filled i suppose.

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i know that feeling too

tooties

mmmmmmmmm a donut maker
does argos do them i wonder

sammy_kaye18

Tootsie - yes page 728 of the autumn/winter 2007 blue catalogue - £19.99 makes 7 but may be able to find them cheaper online - possibly ebay or amazoon!

D&DD - Dont suppose you've any spare material for either a cow or sheep costume lurking about have you?? and a spare hour or so! Ben needs a sheep costume for school nativity on the 14th December and i cant find one anywhere or afford one!!

Hi All

I was lurkign this morning but didnt post - well went too then bf took over hte computer - hes ill supposably today!

Am havign a right night mare today, water leakign orm behind a box unit in the bathroom causing damage, so bf ripped the top of the box off, tried to mend it by tightening it, in process of tightening it managed to turn the whole tap around so now is upside down, went to reundo it and broke it so it started pouring with water, so he switched the main water supply off, so i cant have heating on, bath little one, cook much, flush the toilet! :eek: etc etc - told me to ring council so i did and then heard his phone ring whilst i was on hold, he came through and said his mate needed a hand as he had a leak in his roof and cat get in the attic to look at it so could he go give them a hand. So bf went to help his mate and said 'oh ill be back later depending on how it goes' , then i got through to the council who said we'll put you on a 24 hour waiting list as an emergency because i have a young child. So at 3pm i left to get ben from school, came home and a note in teh door saying i had missed the plumber and they would be out again within the next 24 hours!

So here i am sat here, with a poxy little fan heater on, me and son locked in front room, draught excluders on doors, ben hasnt dared take his fleece off because its sleeting outside. Just had a phone call now and they said oh an out of hours plumber will come and see you at some point tonight - so it can be basically between 6 - 11pm!!!!!!!!!!
And still no sign of bf!!!!!!!! So am in a total anti man mood today - bloody useless creatures!

Thank god for the preparing for winter thread, got spare duvet under bens bottom sheet for him ready to go to bed so hes snug - he woke me up at 2.15am this morning because he was cold!!! And i think i may have to improvise some rice bags too - ie socks with knots in to heat the beds up or cuddle whilst siiting on the sofa if this bloody plumber doesnt turn up.

Just been informed we are due for lots of strong winds soon from the end of the week or something - oh bleeding joy!!!!!!! Will have to do all my chores tomorrow and get things done when the water is back on then so we are nce and warm.

Anyway i got none of what i wanted to done bar mopping the hallway, no dishes cos no water, no clothes cleaned cos again no water. Bleeding nightmare - have decided that i want a doughnut maker after all this doughnut talk form you all!!!!!

will add it to my christmas list

cheerfulness4

Tescos had doughnut makers in for £10 last night. A bargain if yours will take coupons on top as well. Can highly recommended a batch of doughnuts to cheer anyone up at the moment and you need a bit of something to brighten your day today, Sammy. Poor you.:grouphug:

jcr16

i saw in amazon a donut maker that u can use in the oven . would this work just as well as the donut maker ?

as i would love to try making home made donut's as i love them. but after doing such a huge tesco shop i don't have much spare cash at mo. and i don't really want to make deep fat fried ones as i want to try and make them as healthy as poss.

jenagain

Evening all!

DDD I love those hats, so cute!!
Sammy I hope the water gets sorted soon, I'm sending go-faster vibes to the plumber

We've just had the pie I made last night for dinner and it was another success! OH is amazed by my sudden talents Now just need to decide what to do for dinner tomorrow.

I've got a Tesco delivery coming between 9 and 11 tonight, 52 packets of crisps for £3, loads of bread flour, yeast, 12 eggs, butter, rice, baked beans (some Heinz for baked potatoes etc and some value ones to go in chilli con carne etc - usually I'd just get Heinz so thats one small step!), 4 packs of cheese, more pepperoni, some spinach, ricotta (I'll use half for a veggie lasagne and freeze half for future use as a pizza topping or something), Pringles were on offer so I got some of those and Ritz crackers for Christmas nibbles.... erm can't remember what else! Will be a nice suprise when it turns up!

I finally got a new job today (been looking since mid September) and went to see my new boss today, he was really busy though and has decided to come to my flat tomorrow to teach me what I'm meant to be doing (I work online from home) - so tonight I need to do a mad tidying spree, everywhere is clean just messy as we have no storage space. I can see our bedroom becoming a bit of a dumping ground again! It's probably a good thing the forum is down tonight!

Hope everyone has had a good day xx

jcr16

52 crisps for £3 wow. thats a fantastic offer. what crisps are they ?

D&DD

Hi everyone Bit rushed tonight just spotted we'll be off air later :rolleyes:
jcr..guess what...go on guess... :rotfl: I have one of those oven thingies too! My friend bought me a set a while back had one of those tins in it,one for normal doughnuts and a recipe book The bad news is I haven't tried it out yet..s'pose I'd better test drive it now...Will report back if it works.Had to laugh at the thought of your dear mum trying to find a biccy in amongst that little lot :rotfl: bless her, my mum couldn't find my teabags under the flour pile today!
Sammy..hun so sorry you're going through the mill at the moment,I'll put my thinking cap on re his little suit :think:
Jen my boys would be in heaven all those crisps :rotfl: what a bargain!!:T
My shopping came to the princely sum of £4.12p today although we didn't buy strawberries my mum brought some over :A

Cheerful so glad the donuts went down well Keep up the good work!!

Molly thats one gadget I've not got..think there is a thread on here somewhere though about the best machines recipes etc..might be best to look in the morning when hopefully all the 'lost posts' will be here *fingers crossed*

jcr16

ddd i not surpirsed u have a donut tray tbh , lol.

but a report on how it compare to the donut maker would be fantastic.hubby said he would love the donuts made at home. i could get really experimental i think.