Christmas veg offers

HonestJohn

Only carrots and small potatoes in my local Lidl last night. Will now have to make an extra journey to get my Christmas veg which will negate any savings unless I fill my fridge with them and hope they last for a month.

SHEILA54

I went into Lidl this morning and they had palettes of the 15p veg stacked taller than me. All veg on offer in stock. Probably pays to get there early!

maman

HonestJohn wrote: »

Only carrots and small potatoes in my local Lidl last night. Will now have to make an extra journey to get my Christmas veg which will negate any savings unless I fill my fridge with them and hope they last for a month.

That's a shame. I suppose it depends when they get deliveries.

They had everything in stock in my Aldi today. As well as all my Christmas veg I bought a large swede which I'll cook and freeze as it's not popular with our Christmas visitors but DH and I like it.

HonestJohn

maman wrote: »

That's a shame. I suppose it depends when they get deliveries.

They had everything in stock in my Aldi today. As well as all my Christmas veg I bought a large swede which I'll cook and freeze as it's not popular with our Christmas visitors but DH and I like it.

In general I find Aldi have more stock than Lidls, expecially the offers. The carrots looked like they were class 2. I guess some horses will go hungry this year.

Bacman

Veg keeps fresh in the fridge for a few weeks nicely, so this is a good time to stock up. Bear in mind also, you can easily make great soups with leftover veg; just soften a sliced onion in a large pan, with 2 cloves of sliced garlic, then add a couple of bay leaves and 1.5 litres of chicken or veg stock (3 cubes), season; and add your veg (about 1.5 kg); simmer for about 30 minutes with lid on. Leave to cool then liquidize. Lovely tasty, healthy soup; great with some bread.

maman

Bacman wrote: »

Veg keeps fresh in the fridge for a few weeks nicely, so this is a good time to stock up. Bear in mind also, you can easily make great soups with leftover veg; just soften a sliced onion in a large pan, with 2 cloves of sliced garlic, then add a couple of bay leaves and 1.5 litres of chicken or veg stock (3 cubes), season; and add your veg (about 1.5 kg); simmer for about 30 minutes with lid on. Leave to cool then liquidize. Lovely tasty, healthy soup; great with some bread.

That's one recipe for soup. My favourite is to use the stock from cooking the gammon joint. Add some lentils, onions and carrots. Delicious lentil soup.

ALIBOBSY

maman wrote: »

That's a shame. I suppose it depends when they get deliveries.

They had everything in stock in my Aldi today. As well as all my Christmas veg I bought a large swede which I'll cook and freeze as it's not popular with our Christmas visitors but DH and I like it.

Was trying to reduce the amount of side dishes I do with Christmas dinner so had discounted swede, but eldest DD said last night how much she loves my swede mash, so swede is back on my veg list lol. I do the singing swede thing for easy quick mash, then in with butter and some pepper nom nom. As the swedes are cheap will get a few, the mash freezes brilliantly.

Ali x

ALIBOBSY

maman wrote: »

That's one recipe for soup. My favourite is to use the stock from cooking the gammon joint. Add some lentils, onions and carrots. Delicious lentil soup.

Or split peas and some bits of the gammon to make pea and ham soup, so filling and waming on a cold day :j

JIL

maman wrote: »

That's one recipe for soup. My favourite is to use the stock from cooking the gammon joint. Add some lentils, onions and carrots. Delicious lentil soup.

Knorr do a fantastic ham stock cube.

Husband uses them with the gammon joint water, lentils and potatoes.

I make carrot and swede mash, leftovers get frozen in takeaway tubs, they often find the way into soup.

We could start a reduced veg recipe thread.