April 2008 Grocery Challenge

Bargain_Rzl

victory wrote: »

2 miles to walk to Aldi to get the 6 49p veg, worth it I suppose:rotfl: :rotfl: exercise into the bargain can't be bad for the waist line:D just baking the oat biscuits as we speak, spent a bit too much in Sainsburys though, I guess one thing counter acts the other:rolleyes:

Yes, my local Aldi is the best part of 2 miles away as well - and it's just as well, as it shuts at 8pm, which means I can't go to a gym class after work or I won't get to Aldi in time :rotfl: And there's no direct bus from home to Aldi. There's a direct bus from work to Aldi, but if I am at work I don't have the trolley with me.

I have a funny feeling I am going to skip the gym tonight in favour of a trip to Tesco and (not as far away but still a good old walk) to see if I can get bread flour at a good price, and if I have time before Lidl closes I'm going to investigate the Asian specials I mentioned earlier.

If I manage to do both, I am completely scrapping my monthly GC target, as the extra spend will definitely be worth it in the long run!

MRSMCAWBER

Bargain RZL

Do Lidl not still have their bread flour on for 49p? just trying to save your legs

I don't blame you for stocking up on "to good to miss" items... sometimes you have to be able to spend to save don't you!!!
I have a couple of friends inthe UK who are on really restricted budgets which means they can't often take advantage of the bargains as the amount of money they have left every week is only enough to cover food for that week :eek: ..I just thank my lucky stars that at the moment im cutting back on the food spends through choice -so can use some of the extra to grab bargains.... i dread to think what it will be like when we move back to the UK in a couple of years or so:rolleyes:

Bargain_Rzl

Oh, probably - excellent, I'll take a chance on it and just go to Lidl (which is on my bus route anyway )

I've always found it really important to have a bit of cashflow in reserve in the name of being cost-effective. I have never been unfortunate enough to have to live literally hand-to-mouth, however even when I was the skintest I've been (e.g. as a student on £3k a year) I've always felt it was important to try and make cashflow available so as to see my shopping habits as a "bigger picture".

boredofbeingathome

Just wondering if anyone makes their own pasta? I have just bought a small bag of wholemeal pasta and the price has gone up!!! we can buy the white stuff at a cheap price and a big bag! for the same price.....
Would be grateful for any recipes.
Thanks Bob x

Penny-Pincher!!

Hi Guys!

So far this month, including our week away and the extra diesel needed for the 650 mile round trip comes to £180.00:eek: :eek: :eek: ...but the car has a full tank and the cupboards/freezer are full. May need some more fridge stuff and milk etc, but apart from that, should be ok. Had the shopping delivered on Saturday evening from Ocado and used a £10 voucher but also combined with another £20 in deals....so got £110 worth of food for £80 and they credited a further £5 for 1 egg being broken.

PP
xx

victory

£5 for 1 egg broken? Great deal:D

faye1978

MRSMCAWBER wrote: »

Angelnikki

It has been bugging me all day... heck knows why mine are different .. surely though -if im using the cup method and you made them using your cups ...mine would come out different to yours-this will drive me loopy until i figure out what is wrong

Anyway....

hubby phoned to say that he had been collared for duty -so won't be home until 10 am in the morning... so i have used my time and turned the leeks and some potatoes and made that batch of leek n potato soup-very tasty it is too .... enough for 3 flask for hubbie lunch -not full flasks mind... he can't eat THAT much it came to approx €1.10 about 85p for the whole batch :j
And i now have the creamy broccoli and cheese one under way-smells lovely.

Hubby will get tomorrow off in lieu of todays duty so we will be of round the golf course - which means i may have to pop into the NAFFi -just in case there are any bargains to be had ..and from a different budget i need to pick up some more veggie growing bits...

Right off to stew that rhubarb in a moment.. going to mix it with 1/2 a jar of apfelmus and 1/2 jar of cherries i have to eat with yoghurt or on my soaked porridge oats nomnomnom

Hello Ladies,

Flour can weigh differently. If you sift it it'll be lighter than if you just pour it into the cup and that will be different to if you spoon it into the cup and different again if you pat the flour down in the cup.

I think it was Delia Smith or some famed chef I read this from. I think the reason given was that flour 'grabs' air molecules.... But that COULD bethe reason you both have different weights

razra

JayneC wrote: »

Razra Earl Grey does have a distinctive taste, I think the English Breakfast Tea is the closest to your normal cuppa:p .
If you like Tetley I would have a look around as lots of shops near me have Tetley at £1 for 100 including Poundshop and Savers and the WeighIn shop (where they have lots of stuff loose in tubs), I think you just have to get out of the supermarket mindset:rolleyes: . I also find lots of places like that have good bargains - branded beans for example at £1 for 4 (usually Branston or HP) It's just that they're in places that you can't really do a whole shop in so you have to be prepared to shop around. It does help that I work near the town centre so can pop in and get some bits n bobs in my lunch break;) .

Thanks, Ill have a nose for that type next time I'm in whitards, only got earl grey cos it was so cheap lol (£1.50 vs £4 ) good to know its supposed to taste perfumey before I took it back and embarressed myself

Ill keep the pound shops in mind, to be fair I dont have to drink Tetley but its normally on offer when I run out. I stock up each time I see it on a bargain so by the time I get through it all its usually back on offer again ( failing that typhoo or pg tips are on bog off instead):D

MRSMCAWBER

Thankyou faye1978

I had wondered about that... as i know flours can vary quite a lot.. and i have found that the German flour i use -like our version of plain.. is much softer and "airier" if that makes sense -I even emptied my cupboard to see if i had a pot with any UK flour in to compare -how sad am I?... so it could be that im not using UK flour .... ahhhh i can stop thinking now :rotfl:

Savvy_sewing

Now that I am back at work, be it part time, I seem to have let the menu planning go to pot. Noticed that the kids just eat whats quick and easy, and if I leave meat etc to defrost they dont necessarily use it. (I am away at the weekends so dont normally eat here). So I need to get motivated. Been reading the challenge to do meals for £5 and a few other books etc to try and get me back on track. Perhaps I ought to dig out the slow cooker and make some casseroles etc for them to eat.
Noticed that as I dont like the kitchen here in the new house, as compared to the one in the flat that I am trying to avoid being in it. Thats not helping me. Need to get better lighting in there, and get things arranged better. Currently there are hardly any work surfaces and so I have put two kitchen tables in there, and am using them (with drop down leaves). Its just a mess, and off putting.
Spent 25p on a tin of baked beans in the local shop thats next door, becuase the children had started to cook, sausage bacon and egg. Apparantly they cant eat without the baked beans?. I didnt cook for them they decided to do it themselves. I probably wont bother with tea for myself now.
Definitely need some inspiration to get me back into the cooking as thats the only way that I have of saving money.!