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

D&DD

Jamie I think theres a lot of info on winemaking on www.downsizer.net and also the river cottage forum not that I've looked :whistle: :whistle:
I hope we'll get some pics of the pantry filling up??
DS3 was fine after he got under his coat and nobody DARED say anything lol I must have had my 'monster face' on ...:A

Yategirl I must have a go at some more icecream..mine has the bowl you stick in the freezer so I've not usually got the space but theres loads in there now so no excuse!!Will stick it in tonight before I go to bed Thanks for the recipe saves me hunting out my booklet!!

Taurus wow a very productive day well done :T Yes its funny how they'll eat fruit and veg when its processed a bit differently weird isn't it

JAMIEDODGER

Yategirl wrote: »

how does the grocery challenge work?

you set a target for the month, and try and keep to it:) sounds simple doesnt it lol

november was bad for me (see my sig)

am hoping to do well in december (i do have a dehydrator as a target though lol)

taurusgb

D&DD wrote: »

ooh and have you tried cherries in the dehydrator mmmmmmm

No I haven't but oh boy would I love to - I adore cherries! A while ago I bought a couple of punnets of nectarines that were completely tasteless, so I stoned and sliced them and put them in the freezer for crumbles (was going to mix them with other fruit to disguise the lack of flavour). Anyway, freezer was full to bursting and I had some leftovers I wanted to freeze so I defrosted the sliced nectarines to make space and dehydrated them instead- and they tasted great dried...the concentration of the flavour did the trick.

Yategirl

Dee - I keep my ice-cream bowl in the freezer all year round - no excuse then not to use it!

Nevermind Jamie for Nov... tis in the past and all that... keep moving forward! How many are you feeding for your budget? does that include cleaning stuff/toilet rolls?

Yategirl

taurusgb wrote: »

No I haven't but oh boy would I love to - I adore cherries! A while ago I bought a couple of punnets of nectarines that were completely tasteless, so I stoned and sliced them and put them in the freezer for crumbles (was going to mix them with other fruit to disguise the lack of flavour). Anyway, freezer was full to bursting and I had some leftovers I wanted to freeze so I defrosted the sliced nectarines to make space and dehydrated them instead- and they tasted great dried...the concentration of the flavour did the trick.

right I am sold.... I *must* have a dehydrator!!!

talking of cherries.... ds1 discovered that Granny had a stoner especially for cherries... guess what he asked for for christmas :rotfl:

JAMIEDODGER

Yategirl wrote: »

Nevermind Jamie for Nov... tis in the past and all that... keep moving forward! How many are you feeding for your budget? does that include cleaning stuff/toilet rolls?

im feeding me, 3 boys 11,9 and 6 and 1 girl age 3, two chickens and four cats and a hamster, it includes all food, pet food, cleaning and toiletries.:) oh and nappies for dd and babywipes

D&DD

Yes the fruit really gets much sweeter I find especially the bananas..
My dad has a cherry stoner thing I got him from Tchibo,*sorry another gadget*:silenced: Made him bring it over and sit and stone 3 lb of cherries for me poor soul:rotfl: They didn't last long though...I tried it with some frozen ones from Tesco's too and they worked just as well and they were ready stoned;)

Yategirl

http://www2.westfalia.net/shops/household/kitchen/cooking_desiccating_grilling/desiccating_appliances/289502-food_dehydrator.htm?vbSESSID=bdbaf51ebf93a778a4463c86473f76aa

is this any good?

Yategirl

JAMIEDODGER wrote: »

im feeding me, 3 boys 11,9 and 6 and 1 girl age 3, two chickens and four cats and a hamster, it includes all food, pet food, cleaning and toiletries.:) oh and nappies for dd and babywipes

I feed myself, dh, 2 boys (3 and 5) plus 2 dogs for 200/month. We only buy night nappies (value) ones now and 1 pack of wipes per month. but will be increasing the budget to cover the chickens when we get them

D&DD

LashyLashla wrote: »

I won a donut maker from Ebay today :j No Tescos in Australia for the bargain one but i got it for $11.00 and $15.00 postage. Got it with my earnings on Paypal. Ive told hubby he can give it to me as my
Christmas :snow_laug pressie as long as he also provides all the related donut making ingredients so can someone please give a couple of recipes for the beloved donut.

Thank you

G'day Lashy I'll dig out a link for you and add it here That was still a good price though!http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.html?p=6808528&postcount=219