May 2008 Grocery Challenge

MRSMCAWBER

Thanks for the recipe Nikki -have written it down straight away

My hubby is a real savoury lover..not that he doesn't "force down" the twinks etc when they are made... :rolleyes:
will make him some of these tomorrow... he loves anything with cheese in and if it keeps him off salted paenuts n nasty crisp/snacks im happy

skintscotslass

scotsaver wrote: »

Can't remember who was asking about herbs/spices but I would definitely recommend going to an Asian type place, we have a Turkish Food Centre opened in our High Street and I bought a 100g bag of Ground Coriander for only 38p and all the other bags of herbs and spices were of a similar price so I now know where to go when I need to restock and will no longer buy them in Asda/Tesco etc.

I always get my fresh herbs from an Asian grocer but I've never thought to look at the dried herbs. Will do that next time. Thanks for that!!

Sharon_1970_2

MrsM - Thanks for the recipes, will give these a go tomorrow

Ifonlyitwaseasier - thanks for the info re the carrots

angelnikki - another savoury recipe thanks, I could do with these

mandy_moo_1

just popping on to update my siggy

went to asda to get some growbags so i can get my tomatoes and cucumbers outside. then it was just a case of bits and bobs we'd run out of....cereal, tom sauce, salad cream , chocolate, olive oil, sugar, more chocolate ..............:whistle:

it ended up only costing me £8.63 as i had £16 worth of coupons!!! :j

right suppose i'd better get tea on.........

Tashja

Skintscotslass -

Thanks for the risotto recipe - going to give it a go for tea one night

T xx

SAV3R

Well the BBQ went well yesterday. Have Sausages, Burgers and chicken mini fillets left over, enough for 5 meals for the 4 of us. That will help me a lot as I am near my budget limit.

The muffins and gingerbread biscuits went down a treat. Its amazing how the homemade ones get eaten a lot quicker.

Why does fruit and veg only keep for a few days. I bought new potatoes on Fri Eve to cook tonight, already some are soft. :mad: :mad: I only shop once a week, the local fresh stuff is rubbish and I refuse to go supermarkets more often.

We are having chicken dinner followed by apple crumble with my yummy topping. This is sad I know, but we save the crumbs from fruit n fibre or weetabix to add to fruit crumbles. One way of getting more fibre.

Sosh

scotsaver wrote: »

Took our friends to Greenwich park in the afternoon and then visited the Maritime Museum,

You must live quite close to me Scotsaver. I practically live in Greenwich park in the Summer.

Another nsd, 5th in a row. Had a friend visiting today who has never seen a squirrel, so took her to Greenwich park with a bag of monkey nuts. She had a great time.

Sosh

Phoolgrrrl wrote: »

Have roped Mum into takin me to Makro with her card for baking stuff and the chinese supermarket too

Hi Phoogrrrl.

Don't forget to check the prices in Makro. I went into check there bread flour and it worked out at over £1 a kg :eek:

They have got a special offer on T bags which starts on Wednesday. MIL is sending me in for those.

Tashja

We went to Makro the other night too - got some lentils and a few other bits - they were quite expensive for some things compared to the supermarkets !!!

I agree the flour was not cheap - the cheapest we priced up was 60-odd pence a kilo compared to Asda's 48p

Really watch the prices in there !!!

T xx

dink1

hi guys, another no spend day, but tomorrow will have to go to supermarket. The worst thing is that I feel kinda panicky that we would run out of food when in actual fact the freezer is still half full. Its just fruit and stuff I really need of that and chocolate lol. Am I the only one that feels like that?

Angelnikki & Mrs M- thanks for the recipes will try them wednesday, have just brought out of the oven tWINKS hobnobs, they are yummy.
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