March 2008 Grocery Challenge

Becky_2

Hi Egon & savingfortravel!

In my homemade muesli I tend to mix brazil nut pieces, halved walnuts, sesame seeds, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds and then mix it with either quinoa flakes or spelt flakes or whatever flakes that you fancy. I also add some grounded cinnamon for extra flavour. I then eat it with berries or plums and sometimes I also add bran flakes or cornflakes. With the homemade muesli I can only eat half the portion compared to muesli that I used to buy and I get less hungry mid morning compare to before.

I spend around £8-£9 a month but then it lasts 4-6 weeks for one person.

If anybody else got any other ideas on how to make your own muesli then I would like to know.

I hope you enjoy it.

Becky

savingfortravel

Thanks Becky!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

SFT

betterlatethannever

Not sure if this should be here or in the recipes section, but as soups seem to be popular now i thought i'd add it.

Has anyone had lettuce soup? it really is lovely (please believe me..i know it sounds horrid) the best lettuce to use is iceberg.

Fry one onion in butter till soft and add a tablespoonful of flour. Heat slowly
Add approx a pint of chicken stock, one lettuce, chopped, teaspoon of sugar, salt, white pepper, 1/4 teaspoon of nutmeg, half pint of milk (full cream makes it nicer, but semi is better if your watching the calories) and simmer for 5 mins or so.
Leave to cool for a while then add an egg yolk and blitz with a hand blender. re-heat.

Its lovely if you add some cream, but fine without. The above makes enough for about 6+ people and it keeps fairly well if put in fridge.

mumofjusttwo

ok. After joining this thread I have decided to do a monthly shop at Tesco which should be arriving tommorow and will be about £100.

Today I had run out of bread and milk :eek: so spent £2.04.

kunekune

MOre stuff added to freezer: two containers of 'chunky tomato sauce' with tomato, bacon, carrot, celery, onion, courgette, pepper, etc. And two freezer bags of parboiled potatoes for roasting (found them lurking at the bottom of the fridge). Dh said he thought I was 'funny' for doing it. But he admits we are on the way to a financial crisis (in 20 years when we retire with minimal pension and no house) so that's just stupid on his part.

But now I have a really serious question: when it comes to the time to turn my frozen potato/carrot/parsnip into roasted veges, how do I do it? Or, more specifically, do I defrost them first or can I put the frozen veges straight into the pan? They aren't stuck together or anything.

MRSMCAWBER

Hi kunekune

I just put mine straight in from the freezer

Your hubby will soon appretiate you "frugal ways" when he sees the savings you can make
Mine almost passed out when he realised i had banked just over €1000 since xmas -mainly from what would normaly have gone on food :T and now he gets quite excitable about what im creating in the kitchen... and he always seems to comment more about how lovely something is -when its something i have cobbled together from odds n sods that i want to use up :rotfl:

savingfortravel

Quick question:
Can you freeze mushrooms? If so should you slice them up first?
Thanks
SFT

fallen_angel_shelley

MrsM- i made the tortillas yesterday and they turned out well for my 1st go :T. my friend did most of the prep for the main dish, he was in charge of cutting up the chilies and i told him not to forget to wash his hands after touching the chilies and going to the little boys room, guess what he did? he forgot :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: i know i shouldn't laugh but it was funny :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:. i did a shop today £33.15p but i didn't pay for it, it was paid for by my ex:T but i have still added to my spend. i have been making a meal plan for the next 14 days, so should only need to buy milk, veg and cleaning stuff etc. i still don't seem to seeing a change in my bank account balance and i have even given up smoking

chardonnay_2

SFT you can freeze mushrooms. i've always frozen them sliced as they can then be added straight to something without defrosting.

galacticgreen

Did a bit of shopping in Tesco today, mainly milk and some baking stuff. First time I had been in a supermarket since 1st March! Still not done a proper menu plan for this month...... must get it done.
DH made some flapjacks tonight for lunchboxes and I made a quiche which has turned out really nice. Sounds like everyone is doing well:j