March 2008 Grocery Challenge

chardonnay_2

anyone know how to make garlic naan bread?

Justamum

Well I'm finished for the month now - £1.32 over, so what we have in will have to do until pay day.

I'm going for £300 again next month though which should be achievable now that I've told everyone that when in town we don't stop for coffee/snacks etc.

BigMummaF

Don't know what went wrong with the cheese & ham muffins:o ---bit 'gooey' in the middle even after blasting'em in the MV this morning but at least Pup likes them:D

Well folks fanfare the infamous HobNobs have at last visited upon MummaMansion:p As the offspring are biscuit conesseursI]sp![/I the verdict is not quite as good as I'd hoped, but I'll tweak the additions a bit till I get one they all approve of. The two-colour choccie crispie thingie is 2-thumbs up I]the other one informed me AFTER making it all up that white choc is 'gross' [/I& I treated Pup by making his own with doggie choc too:o As an added bonus it has used up the crispies that no-one would eat as cereal:T

I've saved the best till last

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the BM came yesterday pm:j so I'll be sitting me muvva in the baby seat she's only 4'6" bless her!& charging around MrT's like a contestant in Supermarket Sweep so I can get back to play:rotfl:It usually takes us a good three hours & that's at our local, so you can't begin to imagine a day out at a hyper-market:eek:

BigMummaF

Just remembered....someone was asking about cooking mash to be heated later.....
I was thinking that:-
a/ you do it for shepherd's pie
b/ you do it for bubble & squeak
c/ be really flash, use a big nozzle piping bag & make potato 'florets' to warm thru on a baking sheet
HTH.....

AND, in the process of making the hobnobs, I was going to use bicarb from the larger box, like you get with borax. Then couldn't find 'cooking' or 'baking' mentioned on it so one of the offspring kindly popped to the shop for the supercook one....what would you have done?

snowball2103

Morning,
I haven't managed to read any posts in the last week or so but I hope you're all doing well! I have updated my signature on my recent spending and have just over £20 to do me till the end of the month, new month starts next Thursday........it is do-able!

I've got plenty of meals and bought a reduced portion on mince and was so chuffed when I manged to get meatballs x2 , bolagnaise x2 and beefburgers x4, 8 meals for less than £2:j. Should only have to do top-ups of milk and fruit and veg.

Snowball

rosieben

BigMummaF wrote: »

Just remembered....someone was asking about cooking mash to be heated later .....
AND, in the process of making the hobnobs, I was going to use bicarb from the larger box, like you get with borax. Then couldn't find 'cooking' or 'baking' mentioned on it so one of the offspring kindly popped to the shop for the supercook one....what would you have done?

my only inspiration from delia's first cheat's programme was to freeze HM mash in flat 'disc' shapes so you can overlap them to top any dish and chuck it straight in the oven; I suppose you could also make the right size 'disc' to top your usual shepherds pie dish? open freeze on a tray and then store in freezer bags.

(of course delia used aunty bessie's which is probably going to earn her enough to buy another football team!).

I bought bicarb in a large box from my chemist and it says not to use for cooking so there are different 'grades' for want of a better word.

have fun with the bm!

lil_me

£122.13 spent now, just had to pay milk money, £4.78 is a big chunk every week to come from a much tighter budget.....still that's 3 weeks and 2 days gone, so only 1 week and 5 days to go...hanging in there!!! It's been a bit of a shock to the system, especially after I noticed it was a 5 week month, that I can actually get this far has suprised me, I was dreading it but it's not been too bad. Been working a lot from what we have in, shocking part is we still have quite a lot in. I have come up with something else which helps, I used to have a wander round the local shops when I'd dropped DS2 at school, now instead of walking the dogs when I get back I take them with me, stops the morning browse/spend as youngest dog chews through his lead if left outside a shop.

Mortgagefreeforme

Just popped in to add £8 to my total for my organic veggie box.
Bacon, egg, chips and beans for tea tonight, we're all rushing out to various things so that'll be nice and easy.
My washing is out line drying for free as it's lovely and windy, what a nice feeling that is.:D

purplevamp

BigMummaF wrote: »

Just remembered....someone was asking about cooking mash to be heated later.....
c/ be really flash, use a big nozzle piping bag & make potato 'florets' to warm thru on a baking sheet

That takes me back! My Mum used to do this, and when I was at catering college we were told they were called Duchesse Potatoes!! I remember they had a slight crusty outside to them, but they were still edible :rotfl: .

As we're going to the in-laws this weekend I thought I'd make some of these scrummy nests for the children! . I only need to get mini eggs rice krispies and rumour has it my local Co-Op is doing a BOGOF on krisipies atm.

BigMummaF wrote: »

Well folks fanfare the infamous HobNobs have at last visited upon MummaMansion

These are really nice, I've made 3 batches in total, so give them another go, trust me they are worth it!

belfastgirl23

Hi guys, sorry I'm never going to manage to catch up on this thread now, been away for a week and it's moving way too fast for me

Anyhow since I was away for work all meals were covered. I'd left DH a couple of days worth of shepherds pie and I suspect he ate weetabix apart from this so it has been a cheap week really and I have no spend to add. I will need to pick up some fruit and veg in the next day or two though plus some goodies towards a family party on Sunday though I'm planning to make some of these...still hoping to come in under budget.

Anyhow I'm still on £75.80 for now. Hope you guys are all doing well!