June 2008 Grocery Challenge

gunsandbanjos

mumzyof2 wrote: »

Can anyone post any simple easy recipes i can cook/ like cakes n biscuits???

I have most things in.

I made these earlier and they are yummy! Plus with only 3 ingredients you cant go far wrong, i got 12 biscuits out of the mix, HTH

Here is the complete cooking collection with a whole section for cakes and biscuits

nessquic80

mandy_moo_1 wrote: »

come on......where's the recipe?? :D

that sounds lish, i've not tried that 1 before, so pleeese will you post the recipe when you get chance? Fanx xx

for 6 large portions you need 2 chicken breast 2 onions 4 medium carrots (grated) copped brocilli mushrooms and a jar of bolense, pasta sheets and white sauce and lots of cheese. the veg you can put anything in whatever needs using, to bulk it out i use oates and add extra water and tomato puree to it all. build up in stages chicken mix, sheets white sauce, chicken mix sheets white sauce thn cheese cook for 40 mins. this isnt a recipe as such i just chuck everything in and it tastes great!! hubby doesnt even know i put oates in...what he doesnt know wont hurt him:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

mumzyof2

gunsandbanjos wrote: »

I made these earlier and they are yummy! Plus with only 3 ingredients you cant go far wrong, i got 12 biscuits out of the mix, HTH

Here is the complete cooking collection with a whole section for cakes and biscuits

Thankyou i will make them tomorrow Just got the chelsea buns in at mo going to do hobnobs later if i am not too tired

JennyBee_2

Shiny new challenge! Am impressed that I've managed 2 months so far - normally I would have got bored of it by now, but I love food and we need to save money so I'm loving it!

NSD again today mainly because it was raining too hard to venture out of the office. Stopped in at the gym on the way home to cancel our membership. Must dust off bikes this weekend!

Congratulations Merfe - I'm in the same boat as you. The thought of the stir fry that's on the menu plan tonight is making me feel rotten even though I know it's going to be yummy! Unfortunately, I can't spend the next 7 months living on decaf tea, crisps and digestive biscuits which appear to be the only things that don't make me feel odd! If for no other reason, I would balloon to about 50 stone!

Anyway, off to prepare the stir fry and noodles and will probably also chuck some banana flapjack thingies in the oven which I've been putting off. The smell of overipe bananas is getting too much for my stomach to bear and I refuse to throw them out!!!


Ooh! VERY overexcited - tomorrow the last payment of my graduate loan comes out which will mean I have an extra £130 a month! (Which will go to paying off something else I'm sure!!!) But still very exciting

galacticgreen

Haven;t quite finished adding up May yet, and will declare over there when I do. Mrs M please put us down for £200 again for June please. We've stuck at that since January, and every month we have made it by a few pence. I think I really should tighten it a bit but maybe not this month. Not sure why we don't to be reaping the rewards of our massive reduction in our grocery bill, but I'm sure we will in the end. My OH is self employed so cash flow can be interesting at times and I spend a lot of time juggling money between accounts. I try to remember how much harder it would be if we weren't doing thr grocery challange. The best bit is I don't think we are compromising on what we are eating.

cookinmummy

Oh my gosh - everytime I log in you guys are sharing more yummy recipes - and I thought combining the GC challenge and weight loss challenge would be easy!:rotfl:


Question - does anyone use mysupermarket? - and is it good? Do you still get your clubcard points?

JennyBee_2

cookinmummy wrote: »

Question - does anyone use mysupermarket? - and is it good? Do you still get your clubcard points?

I use mysupermarket but I don't do my shopping online. Instead I use it to check prices and deals and then print out the shopping list with all the prices on when I'm done. Don't know about clubcard points, sorry!

SuziQ

Can I join for June? I am guessing I normally spend around £200 (on what I have no idea) but am aiming for £180 for June with me,3 kids and 2 cats. That gives me £45 per week-then at least if I keep all my receipts and I m over I will know what I am aiming for in July! I just think if I don't actually joun for June I may get lazy-and boy,do I need to economise at the moment!

kittynortheast

Oooh can I join again please, did well last month so here's hoping!! Put me down for another £350 if you please! GOOD LUCK EVERYBODY.

sandy2_2

JennyBee wrote: »

will probably also chuck some banana flapjack thingies in the oven which I've been putting off. The smell of overipe bananas is getting too much for my stomach to bear and I refuse to throw them out!!!

Put the bananas in the freezer, but peel them first, then they'll be ready next time you want them