How long can I make £187.15 last?

mumtoomany

Thank you, @Fizz2015. I wish we had a community pantry locally. Nearest one of over an hours drive away. We do have a great veg shop though, and a cash and carry that has great, reduced to clear, bargains. 

I've got a £20 Lidl voucher from the insurance, when i can work out how to put it on the phone. I'm also due to get some M&S vouchers this month, not sure how much, probably less than £5, we both have M&S credit cards. I have a £3 one in my purse already. So these will help to make the budget stretch a bit further. 

I think we will have roast potatoes and roast parsnips, kale, (because it's growing well) and a frozen veg, (whatever I can find), with the chicken. I think I may put some jam tarts in while the oven is on, and maybe a cake. I've got pastry left from the pies, and lots of jam!

Hugs to all, mumtoomany.xxx

London_1

I even render down the fatty bits from cooking bacon or any i'vetrimmed off of bacon with the rind on I have a small glass pot I put the rendered bacon fat in,handy for using when i fry an egg or even some onions.Every scrap of anything edible get used if at all possible. yesterday I made my DD some melting moments biscuits and as my oven heat isn't even it ends to 'catch the bit at the back of the tray which broown a bit more than I would like .So i seperated them from the golden ones and they will go to make a small crumble with a couple of apples .There were about half a dozen browner than I would like biscuits but as a crumble topping they will be fine food is definitely zero wastage in my house  
Just had the last red pepper in the fridge roasted in my remoska, with a salad and the last of the wenslydale and cranberry cheese crumbled over the lot.Made a nice tasty lunch. Rummaged in my freezer and found some salmon fillet to have with mash and green veg for dinner tonight . The rain is sheeting down so no way am I going out in it for shopping I have coffee morning tomorrow morning with my free Dobbies coffee so will see what's needed tomorrow ,but at the moment nothing I can't adapt something else for. Only spent 62p so far on a bag of sugar from Savers on Friday which was whizzed up to make a big tub of cster sugar in my blender 7 days into November and only 62p spent I'm happy with that £59.38 left for Novembers food budget  

JackieO xx

sweetpea26

Some very tasty food being prepared !

Going try make apple crumble this week sometime. I have had lots apples from our old tree this year. I dont particularly like cinnamon added to apples for tarts and crumbles. Has anyone ever added allspice ? Or anything else like ground ginger to the apples ?

Bluegreen143

I’ve added ginger to rhubarb crumble and it’s lovely, don’t see why it wouldn’t be nice with apple too 🙂 go lightly on it the first time as I imagine it’d be easy to overpower it with the taste of ginger.

Katiehound

You can always use apple as an 'extender'
thinking:
apple & mincemeat
apple & (frozen) blackberries or raspberries
apples with sultanas & almonds
apples & frozen summer fruits

last week I was given some windfalls- great. many of the apples weighed 1lb 3 oz each. Just wonderful and I think they must be Bramleys even if they are very rosy coloured.

happydenial

sweetpea26 said:

Some very tasty food being prepared !

Going try make apple crumble this week sometime. I have had lots apples from our old tree this year. I dont particularly like cinnamon added to apples for tarts and crumbles. Has anyone ever added allspice ? Or anything else like ground ginger to the apples ?

I always add ginger to anything apple-y as I don’t like cinnamon - lovely in cake or crumble. I was given a few windfalls last week and made a flapjack cake with a tsp of ginger in the mix and grated apple in the middle, was delicious. 

Floss

mumtoomany said:

Hi, @Floss, that sounds tasty. No tomato soup, but plenty of passata, tomato puree  and tinned tomatoes. So they might do.  

Oh yes, passata will do fine 🙂 

Wraithlady

sweetpea26 said:

Some very tasty food being prepared !

Going try make apple crumble this week sometime. I have had lots apples from our old tree this year. I dont particularly like cinnamon added to apples for tarts and crumbles. Has anyone ever added allspice ? Or anything else like ground ginger to the apples ?

I've added both at one time or another (not at the same time) - both work fine.

Katiehound

Just remembered the go to with apple used to be cloves. You would be eating a soft piece of apple in a pie  and then- oops- something hard- a complete clove! If you are going to try cloves and use the powdered variety just use a little- it is very strong!

sweetpea26

Katiehound said:

Just remembered the go to with apple used to be cloves. You would be eating a soft piece of apple in a pie  and then- oops- something hard- a complete clove! If you are going to try cloves and use the powdered variety just use a little- it is very strong!

Thank yiu Katiehound ..Exactly fond memories of a clove mouthful !!
I must actually buy powdered cloves . I do like the flavour and I agree its a very strong spice.