April 2008 Grocery Challenge

faye1978

purplevamp wrote: »

I have a Brita filter jug but we used to forget to change the filters (laziness or forgetfulness - take your pick ) so we got a Brita filter kettle, again never changed the filters. Then it leaked so got another one, that one leaked and got a Tefal kettle. I don't mind tap water if it's mixed with something or boiled (as long as the water hasn't been sitting in the kettle for ages). I may look into buying the filters again for drinking water, thank you for giving me a virtual kick up the bum :rotfl: . I know you can now recycle the old filters in Argos so I that's a good incentive. Hubby had some tap water when he woke up during the night which had been in his glass for 2 nights... made him nearly gag!!

Why not boil a whole kettle of water then put the water in te fridge (after it's cooled a little) then you can drink it from there?

JAMIEDODGER

off to buy the groceries today, have a list but will be going to about 5 different shops to take advantage of all the deals.

will be making spag bol today for tonights dinner and hopefully there will be a portion left to freeze.

i need to make some cakes today too. i am going to try not to buy any choc biscuits this week. a huge effort is needed on my part as i have been very lazy in the kitchen lately.

singlemum_4

Morning all,
Am going to have a NSD today, going to spend the day baking. Need to make birthday cake for DD, have loads of bananas so will also make banana loaf and banana muffins, bread and rolls to freeze and soup (have loads of veg again) we seem to eat less in the holidays!
Anyway hope you all ahve a good day SM x

MRSMCAWBER

Morning everyone

AngelNikki ... have checked -and the cup in my set holds 120g of flour so im stumped on that one....

well i nipped out to look in the garden centre..needed some seeds to have a go growing nobbie greens(brussels)... and as its next door to Aldi it would have been rude not to pop in glad i did as i got:-

1 kilo rhubarb @ 50c
1 Kilo carrots @ 55c
1 Kilo courgettes @ 55c
1 big aubergine @ 49c
1 pot growing chives for garden @55c
1 pot growing tattagon " " @ 55c
and then whoopsed i got:-
3 X 500g broccoli @ 30c -and it looked better than the "fresh"
2 X 1kilo Leeks @ 50c

so spent €5.09 :T ...
Going to use

• 1 of the leeks to turn the leftover lamb into those 2 pies with carrots and potatoes and a pastry top
• 1 broccoli and a leek to make broccoli cheese to go with jacket potato
• the rest of the leek to make a big pan of creamy leek n potato soup
• the other 2 broccoli to make cream of broccoli soup
• the aubergine to make a mousakka with grated potato and feta -a recipe off my mum well the basic idea is and i will tweek to suit:p
• have quite a few eggs so think im going to make a courgette quiche -another of my mums recipes

Oh out of a seperate budget i did pick up a lovely long container that i thought looked perfect for keeping the bread in... it has a top that locks on like those clip n lock tubs and a handle -not that im planning on carrying it anywhere :rotfl: when i have got home and opened it there is a 12" metal bread/cake tin inside too :j -not bad for €5.99 ...think i might have to get another when i go back im going to end up with a whole extra packing case full of bakeware when we eventually have to move back to the Uk..but its much cheaper here and there is so much more variety :j

Weezle74... thanks for that idea ... I don't think we are planning on visiting the UK until possibly winter time..nothing to do with me not wanting to leave my veggies over summer -honest .
Hubby has so much of his wage allocated back to his UK account to cover the mortgage back home etc... so we don't usually have to change any.. but i will tell him when he gets home- just in case ...thankyou

right i had better go and get something done..have a great day everyone:D

SmellyOldSock

Morning all!

well its the start of the grocery challenge week for me. Have got Asda delivering tomorrow evening (hoping they're late so free delivery AGAIN) have spend $64 but will confirm when delivery arrives. That includes beer for my hubbie.

Think I may struggle abit this week, its my Step Sons birthday so he wants a few people round, hoping to stay in budget, will see.

no spend day today, mainly coz I didn't take my purse!

best wishes
Charlotte

egon

carolt2 wrote: »

Got round to making some HM pesto the other day, using fresh basil from the plant we bought last week.... Wow it was lovely.
Can definatly taste the difference between HM and shop bought.

Any chance for the recipe?

Thank you

Egon

fallen_angel_shelley

Hi everyone, i'm back. i hope everyone is well. i went and got my 1st shop yesterday since getting back on thursday, my friend got me some bread, bacon & milk for when i got back so i have been living of that and stuff out of my cupboard. DS is still at his dads keeping his cousin company who is staying there for a couple of weeks. the day befor i came home i made my dad some HM burgers & a large cottage pie that i put in to small tubs and stuck in the frezzer for him. i'm of to up date my sig, bye for now.

WelshWoofer

Just an update on the spends....

For the first time in ages I managed to get quite a bit of reduced stuff at Tescos on Friday evening - some of which I didn't need so a bit of a false economy (shortbread choc chunk cookies for example!) - but a total spend of £18.
Managed to forget squash so popped to the corner shop yesterday for some and got 2 bottles for £1.20 - should last a week or two?

Total weekend spend is £19.20.

I'm in and out of the country with work for the next two weeks so I'm hoping what I have in will last me until the weekend of the 26th April and then its only a week to go!:j

Off to update my sig but I think there's about £35 left to the end of the month.

lesley1960

angelatgraceland wrote: »

Yes and yes.
When I do "real" mash I normally get the kids to help me peel the spuds and cook the whle bag!(assuming its about 2 kilos)
Then I mash it with milk and butter, put the unwanted portions into containers, and when cold, I freeze them. I buy the baco containers-not the cheapest but they are he best-Ive tried a few but these are pliable so don't crack. You can then rehat the mash in the micro-about 3 or 4 minutes per portion(think aunt bessies).
Regarding thickening casserolles I often use plain flour instead of cornflour. I always mix it to a creamy texture in a cup or jug then stir i in. I dont find any real difference. Ive done the same with sr flour and brown flour-they all work!

Ive put the mash into freezer bags before now . I hate cooking mash so when I do it i cook loads , it defrosts really well and you would never know it had been frozen

madmittens

Happy Monday everyone!

Just a quick update, spend in MrT last Thursday was £19.43 including £5.86 for cat food. Had thought it would be less as there really wasn't that much on my list

Off to update siggy ...