May 2008 Grocery Challenge

nessquic80

hi folks, sorry to ask but could someone help me with finding the recipe index, i so want to make yogurt cake with the 500g of the stuff left over and also oaty apple pie(hope its in there) i have looked in the search box typing everything in i can imagine but no joy!!!

gunsandbanjos

This is the complete cooking collection, HTH:D

This is the Old Style recipe index, dont know which thread your recipe is on.

gunsandbanjos

I thought my budget was completely blown this month:o I think i may just squeak under though if i'm careful, did my shop for the week and it came to... £24.30:beer: I had £56 pounds to do me til the end of the month, so £28 per week, so pleased i am still on track:D

Girl_least_likely_to

Evening All :wave:

I'm back from hols having had a lovely time in very sunny Wales, to our amazement even managed a couple of days on the beach

Anyway back to the grindstone........

My tesco.com delivery to the holiday cottage was £98 altogether. This provided us with all breakfasts, 4 out of 7 lunches and 6 out of 7 evening meals, plus quite a few bottles of wine and lots of treats and ready meals for minimal effort. Previously we have spent loads more on eating out. We didn't really have a budget to spend on hols so in theory we could have eaten out for every meal. So I've really thought about whether it's fair to include the full £98, and have decided it's not. So instead I'm going to include £45 which is my weekly target. Hope nobody minds .

Went to morrison's today to stock up on F&V, milk and other bits and pieces spending £28.45, this should last me the week .

I haven't had the chance to catch up on the threads whilst I've been away yet, 19 pages is a bit of a tall order , and that's on 40 posts per page :eek: . Maybe when I've got a few days to spare :rotfl:

catinthehat1

Hi, can you put me down for £400 for the challenge please.
Two Parents, four Kids and a dog...

10past6

catinthehat1 wrote: »

Hi, can you put me down for £400 for the challenge please.
Two Parents, four Kids and a dog...

Hi Cat

Welcome, make this your new home :rotfl:

pink_princess

hi cat in the hat glad you found us on here but i will keep up with your other thread and thanx angel for your help i mainly need some of the herbs i haven t got im wondering if you grow them how much you can save i would only have boxes and tubs as our garden is all lawn and trampoline lol we waste our money on snax more than any thing but i ve only made flapjacks and fairy cakes so far so any other rewally easy grab foods would be appreciated

newmoneysaver_2

Just popped in to update sig.

We have spent 133.00 already this month - but that has included a greggs lunch, chippy tea, McDonalds and a pizza hut buffet this week as we have been fitting a new kitchen. It also includes a trip to Mr A earlier. I haven't included the £14 spent on a takeaway last night as it was for our 2 year anniversary meal.

The good news is I have made a list of all the food in the house and we have enough in for 14 meal. All I will need to but next week is milk and fruit.

angelnikki

pink princess you can get a jar of tesco value mixed herbs for 22p. You can use these in place of other herbs until you have built your store cupboard up a bit more. Standard jars of herbs are normally about 60p and I find dried better than growing them yourself.

Have you tried twinks yet?

Twinks Homemade hobnobs
8oz sr flour
8oz sugar
8oz porridge oats

8oz margarine
1tbsp golden syrup
1tbsp hot water
1/2 tsp bic soda

mix flour, oats and sugar
melt marg, syrup and water in a pan
stir in bic soda and add to dry mix, mix well,
make smallish balls and put on greased tray and flatten slightly with a fork,
180oc Gas 4 for 15 mins,
cool on the tray, you just want them golden in oven not brown

Nikki
x

pink_princess

cheers nikki where would i buy mixed herbs for that price i work at mr s and wouldn t get them for that price even with discount but i haven t been to lidl or aldi yet (don t know why there within 5 mins ) never tried the hob nobs yet but i ll have to most of the ingredients i normally have in for making flap jacks i am sorry for troubling you so much x