April 2008 Grocery Challenge

skintscotslass

Evening all

Mrs M/anyone who has frozen Mrs M's tortillas, I have a silly question. How do you freeze them? Do you wrap them in cling film, stick them in a tub?
Sainsburys still have the Cravendale milk on special, 2 x 2l for £2, so I bought a couple.

Lisa, welcome to the grocery challenge! Good luck!

I cant remember who was talking about failing the GC. I've not stuck to budget for the past 2 months, but I dont think of it as failing. I think about how awful I used to be at planning and organising meals and wasting so much food. Anything else is an improvement, so dont be so hard on yourselves. Its all a huge learning curve

skintscotslass

Oh forgot to say, the Jamician Ginger Bread from This Morning turned out lovely. Well lush

meanmarie

Headed off to Tesco this morning with an €8 off €50 voucher in my hot little hand and €53.13 left of my April challenge, PLUS a €50 unexpected 'bonus' from DD4...this was specifically for food and I meant to leave it for when we are away...she is on very small income.

Tesco bill was €59.20 after deductions, then on strength of bonus I bought some sea trout for dinner to-morrow and some beef skirt and lamb chops ....€27!...so all totted up and deducting bonus from amount spent, I have €16.93 left, but need nothing so will put that into the emergency money tin I have been collecting for DD4 for when I am away next month. D'ya think that's fair, I did start out with €300 and now have spent€333.07...I have been looking at bonus as a money off voucher???

Good (honest) budgeting to all

Marie

MRSMCAWBER

Hi skintscottslass

Are you wanting to freeze the raw dough?
I put a food bag on a plastic lid and slide the dough balls in so they aren't touching and stick in the freezer and once frozen i tip the bag up and fasten it.

When i froze the cooked ones i slid one into a food bag, sat one on top of the bag and then put another bag on top, 1 in and 1 on top of the bag and so on and then into a zip bag..or tub if you have anyone likely to rummage in your freezer my hubby doesn't go in the freezer ..hope that makes sense :rotfl:

tylersbabe

skintscotslass wrote: »

Evening all



I cant remember who was talking about failing the GC. I've not stuck to budget for the past 2 months, but I dont think of it as failing. I think about how awful I used to be at planning and organising meals and wasting so much food. Anything else is an improvement, so dont be so hard on yourselves. Its all a huge learning curve [/quote


Hi Twas me
sorry you are quite correct what you said is exactly what I was trying to say oppps

now changed to overspent

ifonlyitwaseasier

evening all.

well spent about a tenner all told today, and that includes coffees out and some last minute shopping as i got really delayed and didn't have time to make my own pizza bases, oh well tesco value ones aren't all that bad once in a while

will update my sig after we've eaten, or in the morning,

Keeping_Positive

BM Bread rolls and pizza have gone down well and I didnt burn anything this time! The pizza is so easy really and just as nice if not better than brought.

Also made Twinks Hobnobs and they, like everyone else says, are LOOOOVELY.

cheerfulness4

Another 39p spend in Morrisons today as I realised that I wouldn't have enough yeast to last the month out.
Was shocked how much fresh yeast had gone up since I last used it. Was about 15p then. :eek: I don't have the courage to ask for free at Asda or Tescos. I've heard rumours that our Tesco won't hand it out.

I now have 15p left for the rest of the month. :rolleyes: Fortunately I have £15 of my monthly housekeeping tucked away but I was hoping to put that in the bank towards our holiday later this year. Looks like I might have to dip into that. Rats!

cg1982

hi im kinda new and am desprate to cut down and save on my food shopping (and anywhere i can really) as stupid as it sounds but this post is huge so it will take some time to read it lol
can any just brief me over quickly
thank you

MrDT

Hi All,

Anyone got a link to that website that suggests recipes based on what ingredients you have to hand? I can't find it (it's http://www.cookingbynumbers.com/ thanks teedy23!) Or, even better, can someone help me out with a suggestion?

I'd like to make some kind of cake tomorrow, and have the following ingredients available:
jar of strawberry jam
lots of tins of fruit cocktail
frozen fresh strawberries (would love to use these up)
frozen hazelnut yoghurt
a little (tiny amount) golden syrup
about 250g mixed dried fruit
weetabix
fruit and fibre (wouldn't mind using this up if poss)
oats
rice crispies
muesli (wouldn't mind using this up if poss)
strawberry milkshake powder
stork
flora
lard (probably more for pies than cakes lol but i got some...)
skimmed milk (would love to use this up too)
plain white sugar
bicarbonate of soda
self raising flour
5 eggs
lots of mixed seeds
teabags
coffee granules
corn oil

Is it possible to make some kind of cake using that stuff? Ideally using up the fresh strawberries and skimmed milk? I've included a lot of strange stuff eg corn oil and strawberry milkshake, but who knows, I'm just learning to cook so maybe they'd be secret ingredients in something lol!

There's a yoghurt cake recipe here, but I only have 'normal' white granulated sugar not caster sugar, and corn oil not vegetable oil, I have no idea if these are interchangeable or would make it inedible!! I'm also missing vanilla essence... Help would be much appreciated, sorry for such a long (and very noobish) post I don'[t often bake cakes lol!!

edit - I also have bread and 3 sorry looking oranges...