May 2008 Grocery Challenge

Tashja

Ok decided to add it to this week - taking fro next month seems like cheating

So £5.39 for the rest of the week !!! OMG !!!

T xx

SAV3R

angelnikki - Thanks, I suppose it should be common sense to store in the fridge, we only have them usually for a couple of days so its not been a problem. Each batch I make I sneak a few for the freezer so we now have a selection of flavours. I haven't yet defrosted any though.

mandy_moo_1

i just defrost a muffin in the microwave for 30-35 seconds and they're always fine....in fact they taste like they've just been baked!

angelnikki

Hi everyone :hello:

Had my Tesco delivery tonight. It came to a Whopping £107.09!!! We had to phone MrT for a refund though as instead of sending 4 bananas they sent 4 bunches!! :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: So that reduced it by £2.33 bringing the total to £104.76.

My cupboards are now at full capacity so the £162.24 I have left for the rest of the month is still do-able. (£54/week)

Nikki
x

PS anyone got any good banana recipes? :rotfl: I'll probably make muffins and maybe ice cream as well if I can find some room in the freezer for it but not sure what else to do ?

ifonlyitwaseasier

ok, i made PPM's quick herb bread, as muffins sized, and WOW absolutely fab, OH went off for seconds and thirds.

THANK YOU PPM!!!!!! :T :T

Ess-six

Blimey it's getting difficult to keep up with the posts on this thread!

A week into this challenge and I've spent £45.74 of my £200 budget - there's quite a lot in the freezer, especially mince but I need to revise my plans to make shephers pies and the like now that the weather has finally taken a trun for the better. The last time I tried to make meatballs though they fell apart - but I didn't chill them before cooking which is where I think I went wrong!

I've also planted some runner beans and chilli peppers (from free seeds) and fingers crossed - I've never attempted to grow any veg before.

Well I'd better get back to page 12 of this thread and try to catch up

Jumps

Evening all:j
I can hardly keep up with this thread, it is going so fast.
Well, on Friday I stocked up at the butcher and tonight I have just had Mr T deliver so I have spent £201.42 out of my £250 budget :eek: :eek: :eek: . Hopefully I sholud only need a few fresh bits for the rest of the month but I am sure I will be over budget again.:mad: :mad: I think that I really must increase my budget as everything is just getting more and more expensive.

galacticgreen

weezl74 wrote: »

hi galactic green,

about putting the tomatoes out, I keep reading different advice about when to do it. BBC gardening site says not till they flower. Is that what you did? One of mine died which I'm sad about but I don't think her stem was hardy enough!:o

Weezl x

I was worried about putting the tomatoes out too. Some plants did have flowers so I hope I am OK. The weather here is lovely that I hope the sunshine and warmer nights will help them get sturdier before it gets cold again - although I haven't got a clue really!!!:cool:

superspam

Hi all!

Have only read to page 30 of posts - my gosh you've all been posting like wild things today!

Thanks for the BM feedback everyone and Weezl74, thank you so much for your kind offer, I have PM'd you:D

Got to go - NSD today for me by the way!

pennypinchingmum

ifonlyitwaseasier wrote: »

ok, i made PPM's quick herb bread, as muffins sized, and WOW absolutely fab, OH went off for seconds and thirds.

THANK YOU PPM!!!!!! :T :T

Cheers, i'm really chuffed someones tried it already, I'm planning on trying to adapt it to make a sweet bread tomorrow, i'm thinking about replacing sugar with huney and herbs and cheese with spices and raisins, i'll let you know how it goes... unless it's rubbish and then i'll just forget all about it!