March 2008 Grocery Challenge

jackie_w

Well had to go to shopping today, so, went to Morrisons as I was in that area.

Bought:- Easy cook rice £1.49
Medium Free Range Eggs £2.45
Large Free Range Eggs £1.45
Salad Onions £0.59
Whole Cucumber £0.68
3 tomatoes £0.33

So will update sig in a moment.

The rice I bought is a big bag, and im dreading cooking it. Any time ive tried to cook rice myself, it never turns out correctly. Its all sticky and mushy yuck, and Ive always used boil in the bag rice, but, its so expensive.
So, tonight its HM chicken curry for tea, so, Im off to cook the rice. Someone told me, to use 2 cups of water to 1 cup of rice is that right ???

Feeling really really unorganised, still not done a menu plan because I dont actually have lot of meat in the hosue. Loads of fillet steak for DH but, thats about it. Have 3 chicken fillets which have been defrosted which im going to make into chicken & Spiniach lasange.

Will just play pot luck for the rest of March (ive got about 12 days worth of dinners), but, could make the rest up with basic pasta, omlettes, and quiches, and soups.

Jackie xx

jtb2412

Just had to go and do a bit of a wee shop (haven't got enough to last until the end of the month :rolleyes: ). I did get the stuff to make the choc brownies and a few other bits that were on offer so hopefully will be less to buy next month. I'm still under my estimated budget though, so really pleased. No more shopping now until payday (25th). Have put rest of shopping allowance in savings account so I can't get to it now, even if I wanted to !

Hope everyone else is doing ok?

mumzyof2

bails wrote: »

Hi all, so I was looking at Mumzy's iced bun recipe and it says 10g milk powder which I don't have - can I leave it out or use milk or is that a no no?

I made my first lot of BM bread last night - and it's lovely! :T It's not that much cheaper as we used bread mix (rye) for our first go but will have a go at DIY soon. Anyone got a GL flapjack recipe please? These would cheer my OH up no end! Thanks a lot, loving all the posts, great inspiration to get back into my kitchen!

I not sure about the milk powder but OMG make them they are loverly and also... 3 days on and 2 iced buns left and there stil soft!! mmmm off to eat last 2 i think LOL

mumzyof2

went tesco today and they had baking power for 19p reduced! had loads of chickens and meat reduced too..i got a chicken n thats it but will update later

MRSMCAWBER

Hi bails...

Missing out the milk powder won't make much difference i never use it in bread... but you could use part milk and part water if you like..should just give you a softer crust

Jacki_w
When i do rice i do 2 cups of water to 1 rice..try not to stir to often as it makes it sticky.. then when its nearl done i tip it into a sieve... put some hot water in the bottom of the pan, sit the sieve on then a lid and leave it on a low heat..it sort of steams to fully cooked but allows it to drain -just keep an eye the pan doesn't boil dry...
LIDL used to do boxes of boil in the bag rice at quite a good price..don't know if you have seen it

redsquirrel80

Hmmm... trying to decide whether to try an evening raid on Tesco with the last £4 of my budget, seeing if there's anything really well reduced... on the one hand I'm bored, and they might have some bargains later on.. on the other it's horrible weather and I might end up buying more than I need just cos it's reduced.. or they might have nothing worth getting!

Realised that I'd made waaay too much of that lentil pate so I've converted some into a rather experimental spicy lentil soup tonight - fried some onions and garlic, added the pate mix, the remains of a jar of indian mixed pickle with water, and then chucked in some frozen spinach and boiled it all up. Yet another funny coloured but yummy concoction!

Right... it's actually not raining at the moment and I need the exercise so Tesco here I come....

weemissy

Hi everyone
Am going to start trying to have more NSD, on a roll as I've now had 2 in a row. MSE business is now encroaching on my work - mum phoned me today while I was at a busy clinic to tell me the butchers had mince on special - did I want some, too right I did! Everyone in the waiting room agreed it was a good buy oh no does that mean today wasn't a NSD? - haven't physically parted with any money yet.
BigMummaF - no problem to give you the ham and cheese muffin recipe - they are very tasty. I got it from the 'this morning' website, and they got it from gordon ramsey's wife's cookbook (still following me?), really silly question but am I able to post it on this site? or is there some copywrite thingy that applies? Anyway OH just come in from work and I am going out to do a wee 2hr shift at work - needs must!

candygirl

Red Squirrel are you a veggie like me?I made the hummus before and it's lovely:beer: I haven't been put of the house today, so a NSD for me yipeeee:j:j

searching_me

hi everybody :hello:
hope everyone is good tonight... been an even day today... i sold some old dvds in at work (i work for cex) i dont watch them and they were collecting dust and got a few £'s for them so got a few bits and bots.. i got 5 cans of coke zero for 49p in home bargain as they were supose to be 6 but 49p for 5 is still a bargain :rotfl:... so i broke even... not bad eh? xxx

searching_me

hi everybody :hello:
hope everyone is good tonight... been an even day today... i sold some old dvds in at work (i work for cex) i dont watch them and they were collecting dust and got a few £'s for them so got a few bits and bots.. i got 5 cans of coke zero for 49p in home bargain as they were supose to be 6 but 49p for 5 is still a bargain :rotfl:... so i broke even... not bad eh? ... just baked some scones and did mrs m's tortilla... they were lovely much better then store bought... so that the little un's pack for the next 2 days :rotfl: xxx