June 2022 Grocery Challenge

nannygladys

Still no money spent, but tomorrow I will be going to the community pantry for a few bits for me an dd.
Nannyg

Greying_Pilgrim

goldfinches said:

Thanks to @Greying_Pilgrim for the DIY dal mix recipe which I made yesterday evening using the garam masala version and was delicious and very filling, that's definitely made it into my successful recipes folder and will be repeated.

Oh, hun - Well done!  You've well and truly busted the myth about lentils/salt and tomatoes then eh?  Because Dr Rupy didn't stipulate that a no-salt veg stock cube was to be used in the prep of the base ingredients for the dhal.  And as I say, the Mulligatawny recipe I made 'all in one' yesterday put lentils, a stock cube and tomatoes in the same pan to cook, so it's clearly a myth! Ooooooooohhh, just love finding out facts about cooking and ingredients - especially ones that mean less rules to follow 😊👍

Greying X

Bluegreen143

@Greying_Pilgrim I reckon that one’s a myth too. As I always season lentil soup well before cooking and it turns out great.

Suffolk_lass

ragz_2 said:

Not sure what to do with 2 salmon fillets (froze them) as there are 5 of us, though we may have some frozen ones already. I don't really like it, but will eat it and DD definitely won't but everyone else will. Maybe risotto? Pasta bake? 

@ragz_2 Maybe use the salmon fillets to make fish cakes or mix with other YS fish or prawns to make a fish pie (both involve mashed potato).

@MissRikkiC have you considered making oat milk? It might be too much of a faff but it is just oats and water plus a blender and sieve. Here's a recipe from BBC Good Food - Cheap in cost (10p a batch) but less so in time. Is the treat you plan to cut worth the effort?

Suffolk_lass

Still holding off from the shops I nearly booked a TGTG bag for this evening but then remembered we are out from 6.45pm so maybe tomorrow. I would like some fruit and have a couple of Morries offers for soft fruit, so might call in when I check if my missing prescription item has arrived yet

FrugalHedonist

Not sure if this will be of use to anyone but the nice lady at the 1940's experiment blog has made a pandemic cookbook and it is free to download. Might help some 

https://1940sexperiment.files.wordpress.com/2022/06/pandemic-pantry-cookbook-june-2022.pdf

MissRikkiC

Suffolk_lass said:

ragz_2 said:

Not sure what to do with 2 salmon fillets (froze them) as there are 5 of us, though we may have some frozen ones already. I don't really like it, but will eat it and DD definitely won't but everyone else will. Maybe risotto? Pasta bake? 

@ragz_2 Maybe use the salmon fillets to make fish cakes or mix with other YS fish or prawns to make a fish pie (both involve mashed potato).

@MissRikkiC have you considered making oat milk? It might be too much of a faff but it is just oats and water plus a blender and sieve. Here's a recipe from BBC Good Food - Cheap in cost (10p a batch) but less so in time. Is the treat you plan to cut worth the effort?

I haven’t actually but not sure how I’d get the extra vitamins and minerals etc in to her that she needs. I may look into further supplementation for that for her and consider making it but the soya milk is actually better in terms of nutritional profile anyway. 

For myself, I drink cows milk but will reduce the amount I drink when I drop the milk based espresso drink from my morning routine. I always do this for the summer as I’d rather be eating my calories when I’m watching my intake than drinking them in the winter ill enjoy it again! 

Greying_Pilgrim

Good Morning GC'rs

MrL shop for me today.  I did manage to get a £1.50 box and it had useful things in it - a nice mix of vegetables and fruit - everything will be used.  £15.55 spent there in total.  Black olives have gone up 6p a jar - boo!  And celery was 50p - I know it yo-yo's in price, but that represented a price hike to my shop.  I don't think anything else had gone up in price, although the store still hasn't altered the SEL for olive spread nor the wholemeal bread we buy.  I was unable to get sandwich pickle and risotto rice from MrL today.  

I then went to HB to see if they had any coffee in stock (different branch) and they didn't - I noticed that they only stock branded stuff now 🙁And maybe it was that particular branch (not particularly big), they seemed to be going out of 'food' and seemed to stock more 'food-like items' 🙁 So I nipped across the road into MrA, and they clearly don't stock risotto rice of any description - not even the branded, boxed, uber-expensive stuff.  So I made do with 2 jars of their gold instant coffee - £5 spent.

£20.55 total spent.  And only a FParty 8 pack of low strength beer bought to cry into........ 🥲 Oh, I did buy a pack of 10 breaded cheese jalepeno sticks in the RTC section of MrL for 20p.  Not had them before, so thought 20p was worth a punt.  The chilli will probably put LG off, but we'll see.

Away to update my signature.

Greying X

FrugalHedonist

Greying_Pilgrim said:

Good Morning GC'rs

MrL shop for me today.  I did manage to get a £1.50 box and it had useful things in it - a nice mix of vegetables and fruit - everything will be used.  £15.55 spent there in total.  Black olives have gone up 6p a jar - boo!  And celery was 50p - I know it yo-yo's in price, but that represented a price hike to my shop.  I don't think anything else had gone up in price, although the store still hasn't altered the SEL for olive spread nor the wholemeal bread we buy.  I was unable to get sandwich pickle and risotto rice from MrL today.  

I then went to HB to see if they had any coffee in stock (different branch) and they didn't - I noticed that they only stock branded stuff now 🙁And maybe it was that particular branch (not particularly big), they seemed to be going out of 'food' and seemed to stock more 'food-like items' 🙁 So I nipped across the road into MrA, and they clearly don't stock risotto rice of any description - not even the branded, boxed, uber-expensive stuff.  So I made do with 2 jars of their gold instant coffee - £5 spent.

£20.55 total spent.  And only a FParty 8 pack of low strength beer bought to cry into........ 🥲 Oh, I did buy a pack of 10 breaded cheese jalepeno sticks in the RTC section of MrL for 20p.  Not had them before, so thought 20p was worth a punt.  The chilli will probably put LG off, but we'll see.

Away to update my signature.

Greying X

I have also noticed that about HB, which is such a shame as they were my go to for dried pulses but when I went in my local one the other day there was really very little. However they are still stocking the cheapest LM sausages at £1.30 - can remember the days when you could pick them up most places for £1.00 

Bluegreen143

MissRikkiC said:

Suffolk_lass said:

ragz_2 said:

Not sure what to do with 2 salmon fillets (froze them) as there are 5 of us, though we may have some frozen ones already. I don't really like it, but will eat it and DD definitely won't but everyone else will. Maybe risotto? Pasta bake? 

@ragz_2 Maybe use the salmon fillets to make fish cakes or mix with other YS fish or prawns to make a fish pie (both involve mashed potato).

@MissRikkiC have you considered making oat milk? It might be too much of a faff but it is just oats and water plus a blender and sieve. Here's a recipe from BBC Good Food - Cheap in cost (10p a batch) but less so in time. Is the treat you plan to cut worth the effort?

I haven’t actually but not sure how I’d get the extra vitamins and minerals etc in to her that she needs. I may look into further supplementation for that for her and consider making it but the soya milk is actually better in terms of nutritional profile anyway. 

For myself, I drink cows milk but will reduce the amount I drink when I drop the milk based espresso drink from my morning routine. I always do this for the summer as I’d rather be eating my calories when I’m watching my intake than drinking them in the winter ill enjoy it again! 

My understanding is that bought oat/soya milk is supplemented in calcium, which homemade won’t be, as an adult I’d definitely consider HM but I think for a toddler you’re wise not to as she’ll need the extra calcium.