April 2008 Grocery Challenge

JayneC

Hi all,

Still not updated sig. Will do it in a bit.
Have got a monthly online shop in for April and so should be able to just shop local for fresh stuff.

BigmummaF re the southern fried chicken - I season some flour with salt, lots of black pepper, cayene pepper, chili powder and mixed herbs, coat drumsticks and thighs in the flour then shallow fry on each side on a high heat until browned and crispy and then place in baking tray and cook in oven at 200/gas 6 for around half hour.

thought i'd share the following idea for using every bit of food!; when you peel spuds (and other veg like carrots/parsnips)scrub them clean and try to peel quite big strips, heat some olive oil in roasting tin and then add the peelings, coat in oil and sprinkle with salt, roast until crispy (around 15 mins) and they are yummy! you can sprinkle over grated cheese which is nice too. Eat as a snack or part of meal. we had it tonight with HM burgers and beans. the actual spuds have been mashed and frozen until later in week!
the uncooked peelings will keep in fridge for a couple of days if washed.

Jayne x

searching_me

:hello: only spend 24hrs away amd there's 5 pages already...
but im in again £200 for april ... my daughters away for 3 weeks as councils doing up my flat so hopefully stick to it... gonna bulk make on monday and tuesday good job my freezers nearly empty xxx

Penny-Pincher!!

I just thought, we are away from the 4th -11th April but will be using the budget whilst we are away as we are staying in a caravan and we normally mealplan ect whilst we are away...sad or what!!!....the diesel may be a bit higher though as we are travelling over 300 miles away.

PP
xx

MRSMCAWBER

Bobbykins wrote: »

Ooooooh, Mrs Mc, I made your breadsticks today as we are having friends over for a drink tonight and I thought it would be nice to have some nibbles......trouble is I've had to send OH out for peanuts and crisps now because the breadsticks were SOOOoooooo nice, the "nobody fairy" came and ate them all along with the garlic dip I made . Oh well, never mind .

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: .... glad the "nobody fairy" liked them .... Next time leave her a note that they will stay fresh for over a week(given the chance ) wrapped in a tea towel
Glad you liked them to lainz :T never got around to freezing them... a couple of batches keep hubby munching all week

Pink Princess... both kinds of wraps are really simple to make;) ... the ones for the duck sound a bit of a faff... but they are really easy... and once they are peeled apart they freeze brilliantly ...and the tortilla ones are best if you freeze the dough in balls..

Angelnikki.... if you can do the wraps -you can do the pancakes .... pretty much the same method... but you just peel them apart ..really easy

right best go and add everyone to the list

cheerfulness4

JayneC wrote: »

Both Iceland and Sainsbury have 2 for £2 on Cravendale near me!

Thanks Jayne! Someone had mentioned the Sainsburys but I don't have one all that near but Icelands a stones throw. Brilliant.

Also thank you Carol2 for the recipe. I'm normally on the ball with MrsMc recipes but I must have been caught napping this time.

natzini

Hi all

Did well this month but am deciding to stay the same for April as I have the 2 week hols coming up

Mrs McC please put me in for £120 this month!

I'm just doing my online shop order-will be delivered but the money won't be out of my account til Mon/Tue

egon

This thread moves fast!

MrsM, please put me down for £230 again.

I will have to sit down over the weekend and use up all the odds and ends from the freezer. It is in desperate need of defrosting.

Have you got may more ideas for snacks? I will make the breadsticks over the weekend, as the kids love them. But I am running out of nom nom ideas for the little ones, as they seem to get fed up with fruit and veg at the mo.

ice-maiden2

I'd like to join the GC, I'm new on this site and need to save money, will budget £400 to start with as there are 6 of us, OH, 3DD's, 1DS, and 3 cats, :eek: oh yea and the lizard. will look through the site for shopping tips and recipes and see how I go with the budget.

MRS M COULD YOU PLEASE PUT ME IN FOR £400

shelovestobuystuff

Wow,cant believe the thread is so long already!I managed to come within budget for March,just, and now have to really tighten the purse strings for April due to unexpected expenses leaving us with just the child benefit for dd and £7 odds a week tax credit to live on till 28th April:eek: .
Count me in again for April at £120 for the month
Its either that or using plastic:o

Fi27

MrsM can you add me onto Aprils list for £300 please.


I think i am a little out of sync with the months as my budget started on the 19th March but i will finish on the 18th April so i can catch up, as it were!

I always used to think about food alot but now i think about nothing but food :j !! Planning menus, re-planning menus, checking cupboards, looking in fridge, reading this thread, reading what other people are eating, researching to get the best offers and finally shopping for it! LOL it's soooooooo addicitive!

Fi