May 2008 Grocery Challenge

leonlala

afternoon all,
hot hot hot here!!
spent £6.19 in Somerfields.
in Mr T yesterday half an hour before closing got 2 yellowed stickered joints of beef for total of £4.45!!!! straight in the freezer.
my brains going slow today with the heat. dd trying to do homework while typing.
errr....., nevermind better go give her 100%.
have updated signature.
lala x

carolt2

clair2305 wrote: »

Giant Jaffa Cake - what am I doing wrong. I attempted to make this at the weekend, made the jelly, left it on the side for nearly an hour, poured it on the flan case and yes, it soaked straight through!!! Made jelly exactly as packet said to so not sure what happened!?!?!?!? :mad: :question:

Sounds like the jelly was not "thick" enough.
I know that you can buy something called "quick gel" which is similar to jelly but its usually used on things like fruit flan. These are not exactly OS but you could try it?

Have you thought about trying to make your own??

You could thicken some orange juice with arrowroot or cornflour.
arrowroot would go clear when heated with the juice. Cornflour would make it slightly cloudy.

victory

Someone asked can you freeze ready made sandwiches and so far there has been no answer but I would be very interested to know because sometimes they sell the really expensive ones for pennies at the end of the day and if they did freeze that would be a huge saving plus lovely sandwiches to look forward to:D it does say on the packets though keep refrigerated, nothing about freezing....

Made the eggless choc cake that weezl made the link to in her post and the kids don't like it, say it is tasteless and needs to be injected with cream or something to make it taste nice, they are certainly not clamouring for it:rolleyes:

fallen_angel_shelley

hi, i hope everyone is enjoying the sunshine. i have a quick question, how long will boiled eggs keep in the fridge for?

i forgot to say yesterday, when i was at the check out at m t's i found a packet of creamy lemon fish sauce that someone had forgot so it went straight in to my bag:whistle: i just need to look out for some whoopsed fish now.

MRSMCAWBER

Evening all

Spent most of today in the garden..so another NSD for me:j ... hubby is on duty today)won't be back until the morning) and left early this morning armed with a feta and lancashire salad and a home cooked ham/gammon salad and 6 slices of hm bread n butter...so he is a happy chap.... no paying in the cook house :T

I have had a day of "leftovers" which has cleared some space in the fridge ... lunch was the ham pasta salad i made yesterday and dinner was the last of the quinoa, mixed bean salad with lots of fresh mint, lemon juice and balsamic mmmmmmmm.. that has quite grown on me.... i have ben avoiding the quinoa and dried beans for ages... happy to get them eaten now:D
brekkie was a juice of melon, pineapple, kiwi and peach mmmmmm oh and a chunk of water melon

have to go out tomorrow as i need some more compost and whilst im out there im going to see if they have any fruit cane/bushes left..they were €1.99 each so i hope they have - not sure exactly where im going to find rom for them but i WILL :rotfl: ...ooooohh and i have flowers appearing on some of my runner beans :j

grocery wise tomorrow its mainly salad stuff i need... and a top up on the fruit..have a fair bit but can never have too much

Right had better get off and get some more planting done
Have a good evening everyone

mumzyof2

I have spent only £1.80 something today and £1.55 im dead proud!! 17.43 total since the first and that was for me and 2 kids plus my ex on some nights. The shop i did the monday b4 the 1st was only £40 too! I got some plant pots and some seeds of tomatoes and strawbeeys just need compost now

fallen_angel_shelley

Mrs Mc- it has really shocked me that our heroes of the army have to pay for their food while on duty. at least MR Mc has you to pack him of with loads of goodies:T he must be the envy of all his mates

weezl74

victory wrote: »

Made the eggless choc cake that weezl made the link to in her post and the kids don't like it, say it is tasteless and needs to be injected with cream or something to make it taste nice, they are certainly not clamouring for it:rolleyes:

Oh heck victory, sorry about that! I was more hoping you could pick up tips about egg substitutes from there!:o

Maybe someone will be along with a way to save it? What about a cocoa and golden syrup and butter based chocolate sauce to drench it in? Might they be tempted then?

Maybe it'd be a good idea to post your feedback onto that thread too, so you can save others from the same fate!

Anyhow, sorry I lead you down a bad route!

Weezl x

razra

heroes of the army

ahemm its not just the army;)

Did you see the article in the paper about the yougsters struggling to budget so their CO's are having to bail them out with chits so they can get fed:eek:

Is there any news on the bubs and searching_me yet?

A NSD here for me today, but I am going to have to dig out my recipe books and start planning what to buy to feed my parents when they come down. My dad is adamant that chicken isnt real meat and as he will only eat meat based meals I can see the bank hols being very expensive.

Might try and smuggle some pasta bolognaise in so I can bulk it out with oats and veg:rotfl:but other than that Im stuck LOL I dont tend to eat an awful lot of meat & two veg meals so I guess if nothing else it will be a change of food for 3 days:o

edited to add, just remembered Ive still got that pork loin in the freezer (the one I bought thinking it was gammon LOL) so thats one more meal sorted

fallen_angel_shelley

razra wrote: »

ahemm its not just the army;)

sorry. i know i should of put navy and air force, they are all heros as well. :beer: