May 2008 Grocery Challenge

tattycath

:bdaycake::bdaycake:Happy Birthday Searching_me!!!:bdaycake::bdaycake:

Justamum

ifonlyitwaseasier wrote: »

have brought the wacky choc cake to work to test it on my colleagues, looks and smells lovely, just won't tell about the vinegar til after they've eaten it!

The vinegar doesn't affect the taste. The other morning I had to quickly rustle up a batch of choc chip muffins as my DS needed something in his lunchbox. It's a vegan recipe which I know off by heart, so I chucked all the stuff together, put them in the oven - then noticed the vinegar sitting there and remembered that I'd forgotten to put it in! I was a bit worried that they would turn out more like biscuits, but to my very great surprise they rose just the same so I'm wondering if it's not absolutely necessary after all.

mandy_moo_1

HAPPY BIRFDAY searching_me hope you have a fabulous day....you deserve it chick xxx

well, confession time :whistle: i've just sat here reading all the posts.......and i've eaten a WHOLE punnet of M&S strawberries that my gran bought for me, DD17 & DS14 :eek:
so sshhh!! don't tell them! i've hidden the empty box in the bin now
Bless her, she always gets me something every week for taking her shopping, so i got a chicken , thats gone straight in the freezer, and the strawberries...well, less said about them the better :rotfl:

we're having salad for tea tonight, so that's nice and easy. i'm gonna take all the dogs out to the beach soon, they love splashing in all the rock pools, and coming home stinking of the salt water!

Then i'm gonna have a go at tidying the back garden. the house is rented so i'm limited as to what i can do. there's a ruddy great big pond stuck right in the middle of the garden, and its all overgrown, so i'm gonna have to weed all that. the landlord came round the other evening and saw all my veggies sat out the front in their tubs and potatoes in bags, and said i could think again if i was planning on planting them in the garden :mad: i put him right and told him that was why they were in tubs, cos i didn't feel i should be planting them out in the garden....cheeky sod! i've been here 4 years now, and i keep his house lovely& tidy, i think he was just looking for something to have a go at me for!

gawd! sorry for rambling....best get the dogs taken out now! catch up with you all later xx

jackk_2

sashanut wrote: »

Morning all!

Many thanks to Mrs MC for the veg/salad advice!! Will pot on all vegs this w/end & plant more, hopefully. Now need some rain....can't beleive I am saying that...

On a different topic - just lately I have noticed that we routinely get charged wrongly in the supermarket. DH got charged about £3 over on some special priced Soleros (!) at Tesco; even I got charged for chopped toms instead of ordinary toms at Lidl - & I didn't pick up the wrong sort, they ARE the standard ones so should be cheaper. I know it is only pence & the problem now of course is that the cost of petrol to take them back makes it not worth the effort. :mad: Can you take the stuff back to ANY Lidl or does it have to be the one you bought it from??

DH reckons the supermarkets are suffering so they are trying to overcharge us to see how much they can get away with!!

Mr A does this a lot to me, i always check my receipt before i go home. if there is a mistake, i got straight to CS, and i normaly get a £2 voucher for my inconvenience also .

Jackie x


Edited to say, the free range eggs have gone back up in Asda :0(

patentgirl

Mrs M gone over again this month not keeping on track and hardly had time to come on here which both go togetehr I am sure will be back on regularly now or else so a rough estimate I would say spent £420 this month so well over total so to ease me back gently I better go with a total of £350

the_cat

Well I've now spent £150.05 of my budget, so am still doing OK.

TBH I don't need anything else until payday (27th) but will probably still wander up to do a 'whoopsie hunt' once or twice before then!;) So will not declare just yet....

With all the stocking up I have managed over the last couple of months, I have worked out that I have enough meat/staples for all of next month already:T but I am going to keep my budget at £180 for next month (thanks MrsMc!)in order to take advantage of the Morrison vouchers. Have planned a list of things to stock up with to make up the bill to £30 each time

Keeping_Positive

Been out of the loop for ages but tought I had better jump back in. £265.01 of the £300 budget that runs until next Sat left. This includes £17 on some silicon baking trays I will be trying out in a bit.

Happy Birthday Searching Me

Hope everyone is well. Not attempting to read back this time way too many pages.

Sosh

Sashanut, I always check my reciepts before leaving the store. I do this after my Sister was charged £23 for a chicken in Sainsburys. I know prices are rising, but :eek:

It's pay day today, so I'm declaring at £301.35 / 360 :j

Mrs M, could you put me down for £340 next month please.

mikeD

sashanut wrote: »

Hi all

I planted 2 seed trays; one of 'spicy salad leaves' & the other of lettuce. Both trays have sprouted well - especially the salad leaves - but what do I do now?? Do I leave them in there (they are pretty crowded) or plant them out into the garden - if so, when do I do that?

This really depends on certain factors:

When did you sow them and how big are they now and have the first true leaves appeared?

How many seedlings there are in the trays, ie did you sow thinly or thickly?

How many plants of each do you want and how much space have you got in the garden to grow them?

Generally I wait until the first true leaves appear and then, using a dibber (an old teaspoon will do) removing a clutch from the tray and selecting the most healthy from the clutch transplant these into other trays until you have the amount you require. These should then be grown on until a good root system has developed and can be planted out into the garden in their final resting place. I use organic slug pellets (I know, I know) to keep the predators at bay.

Hope this helps, if you have any problems with this PM me.

Love the FM

Flylady_Flower

sashanut wrote: »

On a different topic - just lately I have noticed that we routinely get charged wrongly in the supermarket. DH got charged about £3 over on some special priced Soleros (!) at Tesco; even I got charged for chopped toms instead of ordinary toms at Lidl - & I didn't pick up the wrong sort, they ARE the standard ones so should be cheaper. I know it is only pence & the problem now of course is that the cost of petrol to take them back makes it not worth the effort. :mad: Can you take the stuff back to ANY Lidl or does it have to be the one you bought it from??

DH reckons the supermarkets are suffering so they are trying to overcharge us to see how much they can get away with!!

Hi
Just to let you know, Tesco have a policy that if you are overcharged or charged twice for something, they will refund you so you get the error back plus you get the item FREE for your inconvenience! so always check your receipt before leaving and an added extra, make sure you chat lots to the cashier and hopefully put her off!:rotfl:

carolt2 wrote: »

I dont see why not Denise, as long as the bananas are soft enough to mash up.
You could always get a few extra bananas with your usual shopping and "hide" them until you want to make the muffins. Or even buy some from the shop that are looking nearly over ripe just for the muffins.;)

Thanks Carol, I have tried to hide them, but they still manage to sniff them out (along with the hobnobs, and other goodies I hide)!:rotfl: but I will keep a look out for the nearly ripe ones in the woopsies, that's a good idea.