April 2008 Grocery Challenge

skintscotslass

sandy2 wrote: »

I saw the ginger cake as well, how did you get on with it, did tou use an ordinarycake tin

Sandy, I havent made it yet. I ended up cleaning out my tool box, which took me hours! I was going to use my 2 lb loaf tin. Hmmm, better check that recipe again :rotfl:

JennyBee_2

ok, I'm stuck - what's B&M?
(probably a daft question!)

54p bag of veg from yesterday made 5 portions of thick veggie soup which can be thinned down when we want it. hooray!

skintscotslass

skintscotslass wrote: »

Sandy, I havent made it yet. I ended up cleaning out my tool box, which took me hours! I was going to use my 2 lb loaf tin. Hmmm, better check that recipe again :rotfl:

Sandy - I've just checked the itv website and he says that the recipe usually uses a 2 lb loaf tin, but he thinks it looks cool in a ring tin And I've just checked my stores. I am out of butter, soft dark brown sugar, golden syrup and ground ginger! So it will wait until tomorrow :rolleyes:

angelatgraceland

JennyBee wrote: »

ok, I'm stuck - what's B&M?
(probably a daft question!)

54p bag of veg from yesterday made 5 portions of thick veggie soup which can be thinned down when we want it. hooray!

B & M -a Breadmaker? Normally just BM.Well I can't think of anything else.

angelatgraceland

Had another 2 NSD's-thats 4 in a row-the effects of this site?
Too busy to shop I think was the answer. I will have to do a topup tomorrow tho as Ive got no bread or milk.
Did my Asda order last night(with free delivery code) for next Friday. That will be about £52 so far. No doubt I will make changes to it during the week.
DD made chocolate brownied yesterday so no deserts of any type needed. I sowed my son how easy it is to steam fish in the microwave-he really does need to learn this stuff at 18 and fair dues-he asked me to show him!

MRSMCAWBER

Skintscottslass

Im following you...just in cse you don't pop back to the other thread tonight....:p just worked them out and they come out at 150cals each -well with my workings out they did :rotfl:

skintscotslass

MRSMCAWBER wrote: »

Skintscottslass

Im following you...just in cse you don't pop back to the other thread tonight....:p just worked them out and they come out at 150cals each -well with my workings out they did :rotfl:

LOL - forgot what thread I was on for a moment :rotfl:

Thank you for that :T :T :T

angelatgraceland

JennyBee wrote: »

ok, I'm stuck - what's B&M?
(probably a daft question!)

54p bag of veg from yesterday made 5 portions of thick veggie soup which can be thinned down when we want it. hooray!

Oh B & M is also a Northern retailer.
Do a google on it-unheard of in the south-hence only breadmakers sprung to mind!

mandy_moo_1

JennyBee wrote: »

ok, I'm stuck - what's B&M?
(probably a daft question!)

54p bag of veg from yesterday made 5 portions of thick veggie soup which can be thinned down when we want it. hooray!

:rotfl:its a shop, not a breadmaker :rotfl:

i live in the north east, so i don't know if they have these shops all over the country

its quite a big shop, and it sells branded food/drink at much lower prices than supermarkets

for example, 4 chunky kitkats £1, heinz beans 30p a tin, 24 weetabix £1, they also sell kids clothes, gardening stuff, some electricals etc etc

its a brilliiant shop!! i always try and go there before i go to tesco or asda.

funkyfunkymonkey

I've just made 12 very yummy choc chip muffins. Not good for the waistline (about 300 cals each), but only £1.50 - £2 for all 12.

Choc Chip Muffins

250g plain flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
Half-teaspoon bicarbonate soda
2 tablespoons cocoa
175g caster sugar
150g chocolate chips (plus more for sprinkling later)
250ml milk
90ml vegetable oil
1 large egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

·Preheat the oven to 200C and fill a 12-bun muffin tray with paper cases.

·Weigh out the dry ingredients into a large bowl. Pour all the liquid ingredients into a measuring jug.

·Mix both together – it will be a runny batter - then spoon into waiting muffin cases.

·Sprinkle more chocolate chips on top then cook for 20 minutes or until the muffins are risen and springy.

·Makes 12

We didn't manage to let them cool before eating . But we do have 8 left for tomorrow.

FFM