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

lil_me

Thanks for the recipe, I've frozen the chicken now but might just do that when I defrost it, decided to and just do a quick tea after all the problems this evening. For those who don't use flylady my car was hit tonight, driver drove off leaving me with a wingmirror smashed off which came through the window (smashing it) into my face followed by the glass. Now extra costs this month of a new window (just been done) and then a wing mirror which I am battling to find under £50, just adds another blow to the £400 worth of extras which came in this month. Why is it when things start to go wrong they don't stop?

Anyway, glad to hear everyones getting on well, hope the water problem is sorted soon sammy.

jenagain

jcr16 wrote: »

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

They are Walkers Variety Packs! I was very impressed, should keep OH stocked up for lunches for a while!

Still waiting on Tesco to deliver though, last time I ordered they were 30mins early! Just going through my food cupboard trying to work out where I'm going to put it all :rotfl:

rosieben

Lil_me, so glad that you are ok, what a horrible thing to happen!

Jenagain, congrats on the new job! :T

I'm interested in reports on the doughnut makers/trays, though not sure I could justify buying one just for me?? I could always make them for my sis to sell at her charity sales though...

I used to make deep fried doughnuts and my kids were always fascinated by the fact that they turned themselves when they were cooked on one side (the doughnuts, not the kids )

jcr16

jenagain i'll have a lok for them then. not that i have any room for anything .

hope u didn't take as long as i did to put my shopping away as order so big. it arrived at half 11, and half 4 i was nearly done. had to wait till hubby came home to do the rest as i ran out of space.

i wonder why donuts turned on there side's, i might have to try that. sounds really fasinating. ( i'm easy pleased ,)

D&DD

Hope everyone is well today:D lil_me so sorry to hear about your fright :eek: Hope you're not too shook up,cars are replaceable you're not!! :grouphug:
Have a plus 1 for tea tonight so plan on trying out the doughnut tin will report back later,seems like you make th batter the same way and heat the tin before you bake them ..pretty straightforward...she says :rolleyes:...lol

sammy_kaye18

Morning all

Are we down tonight? or was it yesterday??

Anyway i have added a doughnut maker to my wish list of stuff. fingers crossed bf will actualyl start shoppign for me soon as so far i dont think ive gotten anythgin form him - he seems to forget about me until the last minute

Lil_me! Gald your ok hun, hate for this to sound horrid in any way but am glad soemone else is havign such a pooey time as well at the minute.

My water was fixed at 6.30 last night after lots of sleet and a walk home in the rain, was not a fun experience.

May have sold a fish tank too which was sat doing [EMAIL="bu@@er"]bu@@er[/EMAIL] all in my bedroom (brought it for £10) selling it for £15 tomorrow - mate coming to measure it later on. Plus shes having my old christmas tree too - one i lost then brought a repacement last year before promptly finding the old one! doh!

need to have a real rummage about today - going to look at putting a few bits on amazon later to clear space. and might freecycle a few bags of teddies, failign that ill see what ive got and send them to soem of the kids on my send a smile foundation. Oh yeah i had my name through yesterday for who i am a reindeer for too! so excited as its my first year and i want it to be good

hoping to also get a few things baked today - might do the fairy cakes and make up the thigns i planned ot do yesterday but never got around too!

hows everyone else today?

rosieben

jcr16 wrote: »

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i wonder why donuts turned on there side's, i might have to try that. sounds really fasinating. ( i'm easy pleased ,)

I suppose it because as the bottom half cooks it gets lighter. but its funny to see them flip themselves over! You need to make sure they have room to do it though, so not too many in at a time.

I used to do them in a deep fat pan but I got nervous about using it and chucked it out, not made doughnuts since! I'm seriously tempted by the doughtnut maker!

JAMIEDODGER

morning sammy:)

i bought a set of long curtains yesterday from rosebys in their discount section, really nice ones which were £120 but i got them for £25. Used one curtain to make a door curtain for the front door, had to alter it a bit but it looks great and keeps the cold out, thank goodness for the sewing machine! would have taken me hours by hand! (not anywhere near your standard Dee!:D loved those hats!!!)

have just popped into town and picked up DS3 christmas present. thats all my kids bought for now:D what a relief!!

weathers rubbish again so im staying in today except for app at ds1 school at 1.20. need to make some cakes, and do some more ironing yuk!

lil me... sorry to hear about your bad day:( hugs for you!!

D&DD

donuts r in verdict in a mo...

Here's a pic of the set my friend bought for me..not sure where she got them..probably in Gloucester somewhere where she visits her family??




Heres how they came out..didn't want to brown them off too much as they get 'tough' and they will be iced and sprinkled in a mo Round ones will be filled with jam (I have this really cool plunger thingy that fills them..)



Now the dilemma...do I save some for the kids????????

Mollymop5

mmmmmmmmmm they look great.Looks like I'm on a donut tray hunt too

Can anyone recommend a good breadmaker? I'd like to use it for pizza dough, jam bread and anything else