March 2008 Grocery Challenge

candygirl

Had my 2nd NSD in a row which is a major miracle for me:j :j :j I had to steel myself to drive past ASDA on the way home from work.I am quite proud of myself;)

WendysWorld

icandream wrote: »

Well, the kids prefer it with normal rice (basmati), and I have to say, I do too. It's delicious, though I say so myself, but I do use the stock I make up from the roast, so this makes the rice very tasty. The problem is, I have a packet of risotto rice I now cannot use. Grrrr.

You could make rice pudding out of it? My 3 boys love rice pudding...(two sons and their father!)

waddy80

Not checked in at all this month. I must be more disciplined!!! Had 4 NSD's n a row, so really quite proud of myself. Going to go to tesco tomorrow to use some points vouchers and get my veg etc for the week. Hoping not to spend too much. Hope everyone is doing well and I promise to log on more often.

WendysWorld

betterlatethannever wrote: »

Ba-ba burgers:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

We have some venison sausages for dinner tonight..i hope there ok..

Anyone have any opinions on these (and please don't mention Bambi..i feel bad enough already and only got them cos they had a huge yellow sticker on them:o )

My comments: Yum!
I don't mind eating Bambi, Babe or Shaun the Sheep either but if it makes you feel better, deer have the best life of them all....

Oh dear, shame they didn't work out - they're usually lovely!

purplevamp

betterlatethannever wrote: »

The venison sausages went in the bin_pale_

A nice taste and all, but after getting three mouthfuls of something hard (i assume bone:eek: ) in the first sausage, i couldn't take anymore. DD had the same problem and threw hers away too.
Just had a 'nice' dinner of HM chips and tomatoes.

I feel a nasty letter to the company that makes them coming on:rolleyes:

If you're sending a letter to the company than I would enclose the sausages!! Get them out the bin (I know it's a bit minging) and wrap them in some clingfilm or foil and then they can see for themselves.

purplevamp

mhe wrote: »

Purplevamp - spicy bean soup is one of my faves - fancy sharing the recipe??

Seeing as you asked so nicely, here it is:-

1 med red onion, finely chopped
1 small red chilli, sliced (I chopped this to get smaller bits)
1 x 200g chickpeas, drained and rinsed
1 x 200g kidney beans, drained and rinsed
1 x 400g tinned tomatoes
600ml/1 pt veg stock (I just used 2 stock cubes)
1 tbsp tomato puree
2 tsp fresh oregano (I used dried)
Salt and pepper to taste (optional)

Heat a saucepan and add the onions and chilli and cook for 4-5 minutes. Add the remaining ingredients. Simmer gently for 20 minutes. Season to taste.

You can either eat it as it is or give it a quick blitz to break up the beans a little to thicken it, which is what I did.

Serves 4, 163 calories per serving, 2.7g fat!! Easy peasey.

It really is delicious so I hope you make it and enjoy it, let us know

lil_me

I would say be careful with the veg oil instead of diesel, if you own an old car maybe it's worth the risk to you but I do know a mechanic who in the one garage have repaired 8 cars last year which needed various things, mainly new engines, due to being ran on veg oil.

£4.23 in the fruit and veg shop just added to my total, 12 days in 23 days left and not looking too bad, £46.45, we are working a lot from the freezer aswell which helps. We're out for dinner tomorrow but it's not my turn to pay for me and I have a voucher for the boys so hoping to keep the spending low.

purplevamp

TheBees wrote: »

Purplevamp - I've been looking at your signature since we joined MSE and was wondering (if you don't mind me asking) why you are aiming for such a huge deposit on a house?:eek:

I've been asked this on here before (I don't mind you asking ). We live in the South East and house prices are sky high, I know they are everywhere but here there're just silly. We need a 4-bed house and the ones down here are on average £280K+. Unless we want to live in a skanky area then those are our options. Even ex-council houses are about £230K .

If you have any spare pennies they're more than welcome here :rotfl: .

patentgirl

morning all
purplevamp thanks for that soup recipe will give it a go when I have got a tin of kidney beans want to stay clear off shops this weekend so will be in week now but looks good baking day today
theBees my DDis exactly the same she doesnt like eating when she gets up but will take a hm hobknob or muffin got some blueberries on offer in Mr Ts so going to try and make some later with blueberries that is muffins not hob knobs!! she will have the bowl of cereal when she gets home from school, is she weird or not!
keep going everyone pop back laterx

JayJay14

Went to Asda late last night spent £15.63 but had earlier done a bit of shopping for work and got 2 x £2 in my refund from petty cash:T - good for the collection but reduces my ballance a bit :rotfl:

Will be going to Lidl and Aldi today as need dog food, F&V and a few odd bits.

Does anyone have any ideas about getting rid of ants OS? We only have a few getting in at the monent but don't want to get over-run:eek: