March 2008 Grocery Challenge

BigMummaF

Another disaster! How on earth did I manage to spend another forty-odd quid:eek:

Mind you, that was a visit to the 'discount' store in the next village; got loo & k rolls, a 99p blanket for pup, a £4+ wodge of approx a kilo of mature cheddar & 300 t bags, as well as other bits.If you spend over £20 the kilo bags of sugar are charged at 39p ea so had 3 of those as well.

What with melon & such in MrT too, I got thru £44:81:o

Re: Millionaire's Shortbread recipe, a few drops of peppermint esscense[sp!] in with the condensed milk produces something along the lines of those mint viscount biscuits.
If I remember, I soak dried fruit in fairly hot black tea for a couple of hours or even over night before using in baking. It plumps the fruit up & makes the cake moist without being wet. You can also cook things like dried apricots in water & allow to cool, for the same effect & means it looks like there's more fruit in stuff! Me muvva always cooks her dried pear, apricots etc before using it on her cereal too.

MRSMCAWBER

Morning all

reporting 7 NSD in a row :j ..how easily pleased am i??? and i have lost another 2.5lbs this week eeeee this grocery challenge is good for the weight loss thing :T

Kitty - I freeze parmesan.. you can either grate it up or i attack mine with a potato peeler

Well hubby is home tonight..been living in a very wet very cold field all week :eek: so i thought i would make a savoury meat pie... then remembered i had 3 pieces in the freezer from the last one i made :j so i have taken those out.. ooohhh i love using up stuff ... wil do him some roasties, broccoli, cauli and peas with it..that should warm him up.

JayneC - I would ask for one on free cycle... its better than paying for 1.. you might have a bit of a wait mind.. i think all the other folks on these threads will probably be on the list for one too :rotfl:

Nykmedia.... i do that with pastry too in fact hubbie loves it when i make savoury slices.... and its always great for using up odds n sods isn't it :T the last one was a corned beef and vegetable slice ... hubby loves cornedbeef

keep up the good work everyone... the end of March is in sight -just

patentgirl

Morning all

Well done Mrs MCAWBER both on 7 NSD days and losing more weight I think I am going to have to go on to the lose weight thread to get motivated again stuck on same weight for ages, spent another £12 last night on bits and pieces in Sainsburys I really have not done well this week still got till 24th and total left is going down rapidly!! chicken thighs in sweet chilli sauce with egg fried rice for tea tonight pop back later x

Girl_least_likely_to

mumzyof2 wrote: »

http://www.cookuk.co.uk/soup_starter/ChickenPastaSoup.htm

I think this soup looks lovely too. I have one question though. Creamed tomatoes? Is this just a regular can of toms, or passata, or cream of tom soup?

Sorry if I'm being thick .

weezl74

Hiya,

have updated my sig to include deodorant, salt, 3x baked beans and lemon juice- £1.60 in Lidl yesterday.

Gutted about the salt, OH tipped the 200g of sugar into roughly the same amount of salt in my storage jar.:mad:

Does anyone know of any recipes which use salt and sugar in equal quantities? I'm stumped, but i'll be damned if I waste food!;)

I'm thinking of adding it to my HM naan breads, with some extra sugar (they're quite sweet) but would really love any other ideas.

Just made 9 portions of sausage tart, so feeling virtuous!

nykmedia- fabulous idea about those pastry pop-tarts, gonna copy you later on!

:TKeep up the great work everyone:T

Weezl x

MRSMCAWBER

Hi ther girl least likely to

Looking at the pic its just passata.. thats how i get mine - in cartons not bottles

fallen_angel_shelley

MrsMc- well done on the weight loss & 7 NSD :T :j :beer: i'm lucky if i do 1 NSD.

Girl_least_likely_to

Thanks MrsM, thought you'd come to my rescue :T . Yes, I thought it was passata too. Even though it's a UK website I think the recipe has been converted from elsewhere possibly the US.

Anyway, I've not got any passata so I'll get my stick blender to work on a can of regular toms

weezl74

MRSMCAWBER wrote: »

Well hubby is home tonight..been living in a very wet very cold field all week :eek: so i thought i would make a savoury meat pie... then remembered i had 3 pieces in the freezer from the last one i made :j so i have taken those out.. ooohhh i love using up stuff ... wil do him some roasties, broccoli, cauli and peas with it..that should warm him up.

Mrs M. your hubby is a very lucky bloke! I know you are good at using up odds and sods, any chance you could get your thinking cap on about my salt and sugar question? Pretty please?

Keiss_21

Hya folks

Not given up, just not very well these past few days...a few NSDs as a result.

Not added up the last lot of receipts..dosed up with painkillers which is making me a bit dopey (alright more dopey!) and very tired...don't trust myself with numbers at the moment.

Will pop in over the weekend if I feel better

M