May 2008 Grocery Challenge

turbo5019

bails wrote: »

Ooh turbo, could you post the banana muffin recipe please as I have some overripe ones to use up! (and the lemon drizzle too if you wouldn't mind, it's my fave!:o)

I don't know who put theses on here originaly but thank you they are both very nice

Banana Muffins
225g self raising flour
100g butter
85g castor sugar
2 medium eggs, lightly beaten
1 tsp baking powder
01 tsp ground cinnamon
170ml milk
a pinch of salt
grated zest of 1 lemon
2 bananas


Heat oven to 200°C or Gas Mark 6. Grease 12 muffin tins with butter or place 12 muffin cake cases in a tin.
Melt the butter and leave to cool.

Sieve the flour, baking powder, cinnamon and salt into a large bowl. Stir in the sugar and lemon zest.

Mash the banana with a fork and add to the flour. Lightly beat the melted butter and milk together and add to the flour.

Add the eggs and stir until just mixed, do not over beat.

Divide the mixture between the tins or cases.

Bake in the centre of the oven for 25 minutes, leave in the tins for 5 minutes then place on a wire rack to cool.

Lemon Drizzle Cake
50g butter
250g caster sugar
grated zest of one lemon
250g SR Flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 egg
100ml skimmed milk
2 tablespoons low-fat plain yoghurt
juice of 2 lemons

whisk together the butter and 200g of the sugar until fluffy, add lemon zest, flour, baking powder, egg, milk and yoghurt and mix until smooth. Sppon into greased 2lb loaf tin or cake tin and bake at 180/gas4 for around 50-60 mins. Leave to cool for 10 mins.
place lemon juice and remainder of sugar in pan with 150ml water and bring to boil, stirring until sugar has dissolved. Boil for a few mins until syrupy. Pierce the cake all over with cocktail stick or skewer and then spon over the syrup.

taplady

afternoon all!

first day of the May challenge and I've spent £1.74 on toilet rolls and free range eggs.
Shaz - that bread looks fabulous!:T

Someone was asking what to do with weetabix - there are recipes for weetabix cake and weetabix brownies on this site, both of which are lovely.

Here's the weetabix cake!

Here's the weetabix brownies!

angelnikki

clair2305 wrote: »

any ideas what do make with some stores own weetabix I bought that are yukky....don't want to throw them away.

Weetabix cake
2 crushed Weetabix
1 cup of sultanas
2 cups of Self raising flour
1 cup of sugar
Mix these dry ingredients together, then add
1 cup of milk and a teaspoon of mixed spice
Stir again and pour the mix into a greased loaf tin, bake at 325F/170C/Gas3 for about 45 mins.
Its wonderful slightly warm and always with butter/spread.


Black Saturn’s Malt Loaf
Preheat oven to gas mark 4/350F/180C. Put 3 weetabix, 4oz sugar and 40z of raisins or sultanas in a mixing bowl and add 1 mug of hot black tea. Leave to soak until the mixture has gone cold. Stir and add in 2 eggs. Stir again and add in 4oz self raising flour and 2oz porridge oats (optional but if not using oats substitute for 2 more ounces of flour). Mix thoroughly and add to a loaf tin and bake in the oven.


jaxxy00's Chocolate weetabix Brownies
In a bowl put:
4 crushed weetabix
4oz caster sugar
4oz self raising flour
2 tbsp cocoa powder
100g chocolate chips/ broken chocolate
mix this all together
then take 4oz of melted marge and stir this into the mixture along with an egg
mix well and put in a baking tray (8½ inch square) and bake for 15 minutes at electric 180C/350F/Gas4.
Once out the oven let it stand for about 5 minutes then turn out the tray and cut into squares.

Lizzieanne

chocolateteddy wrote: »

I don't include cat food in our food bill as I save separately for it. I have 2 cats on Hills k/d diet both got renal failure but they are as happy as larry so while they keep going I will have to fork out £30 for a 5kg bag :eek: which lasts 2 months. I used to buy Iams and that cost £35 for a 15kg bag so big hike. But wouldn't be without cats they are sisters and 16 this month!!!

:eek: The dried z/d food is £20 for a 2kg bag -I bought one along with the cans!

Benson is 16 next week too - and I feel the same. I wouldn't be without him for the world :A

Lizzieanne - Hugs and :kisses3: for you and your Cat, I know what it feels like as we have owned 3 over the years but all sadly gone now and DD2 now just has a Hamster, bless her.

Thanks scotsaver!

I spent a bit in Sainsbury's today - I would have gone to Asda but Mr L wanted me to get the 5p petrol voucher! Not sure if we really would have saved much in the long run but never mind.

Sosh

Thanks for all the oats advice, will try next time.

tylersbabe

clair2305 wrote: »

Tylersbabe, sorry to be a dimwit, but if I'm make the muffins, it's the same mixture, just put into muffin cases other than loaf tin???

And what flower did you use - it says ordinary...plain, SR...I'm new to all this cooking lark, despite mother being a great cook and having a GCSE in Home Ec (it's hard living in the shadow of a great cook!)

Hi

just to be difficult I actually used gluten free fibre mix!!

but I remember that MRSM said that she just used ordinary flour so as you add baking powder think tht plain was used.

and.... yep same mixture in muffin cases you cook them for 15min at 180 or if using fan oven 160. Sorry have no idea what gas mark this is
Hope this helps if not am sure MRSM will be along to help soon.

Tylersbabe

boredofbeingathome

angelnikki wrote: »

Weetabix cake
2 crushed Weetabix
1 cup of sultanas
2 cups of Self raising flour
1 cup of sugar
Mix these dry ingredients together, then add
1 cup of milk and a teaspoon of mixed spice
Stir again and pour the mix into a greased loaf tin, bake at 325F/170C/Gas3 for about 45 mins.
Its wonderful slightly warm and always with butter/spread.


Black Saturn’s Malt Loaf
Preheat oven to gas mark 4/350F/180C. Put 3 weetabix, 4oz sugar and 40z of raisins or sultanas in a mixing bowl and add 1 mug of hot black tea. Leave to soak until the mixture has gone cold. Stir and add in 2 eggs. Stir again and add in 4oz self raising flour and 2oz porridge oats (optional but if not using oats substitute for 2 more ounces of flour). Mix thoroughly and add to a loaf tin and bake in the oven.


jaxxy00's Chocolate weetabix Brownies
In a bowl put:
4 crushed weetabix
4oz caster sugar
4oz self raising flour
2 tbsp cocoa powder
100g chocolate chips/ broken chocolate
mix this all together
then take 4oz of melted marge and stir this into the mixture along with an egg
mix well and put in a baking tray (8½ inch square) and bake for 15 minutes at electric 180C/350F/Gas4.
Once out the oven let it stand for about 5 minutes then turn out the tray and cut into squares.

Oh, how absolutely perfect...weetabix and tea. Breakfast sorted:D
Thankyou x

apardion

Hi,

I hope I am not too late, but I would like to join the May grocery challenge. I am on a very tight budget at the moment and need to keep costs down. This challenge will keep me focused.

I would like to put my name down for £240 (to include nappies & toiletries) for 2 adults & 1 child.

Thanks, Apardion

Fi27

shaz_mum_of__2 wrote: »

Heres a piccy of the french bread i made earlier




We are having malaysian chicken noodle soup with it for tea after sons swim lesson

Shaz

They look fantastic!!

You gotta share the recipe please not fair if you dont specially as you posted such a fab pic

Fi

yoooh4

Hi all this will be my first month and ive already tightened the strings but want to do so a little better!

Im in for 220!
It will be hard but i am determined!
This is for me oh toddler and a baby!
already stocked up on nappies!


:j