June 2008 Grocery Challenge

Anitaj73

Morning all

Just felt the need to pop my head in briefly this morning

shala_moo Welcome to the GC thread, i warn you it is very addictive this is my first month and am enjoying it everday.....one quick tip if you are looking for a freezer don't forget to try Freecycle for your area you may pick one up for free

linzmac Welcome also to the GC and congrats on new baby

Have a good day everyone, the sun is shining here which makes me feel great:D
Think thrifty
Anita xx

ifonlyitwaseasier

morning all,

planning for a nsd today, don't need anything but you know how that goes

victory

Morning:D nds for me today I hope:D need some socks for the kids but that is notcoming out from the gc money so still tremendously on target, only because we have not been paid:rolleyes:

boredofbeingathome

Morning everyone, after shopping briefly yesterday, added another £48 onto my total....hopefully i will not need anymore, but i am tempted with some of the offers on at the moment. Just stocked up on pineapple and melons at Aldi, as they are in the 69p offer, Tesco are doing reduced ones as well. Think i might try and freeze some of the pineapples.

OrkneyStar

Forgot to say, welcome to the new peeps. Am fairly new myself and find this thread very helpful and welcoming.

Anitaj73

Boomdocker wrote: »

I saw a lovely recipe in this thread for a meatless shepherd pie made with lentils. The OP posted a picture with the 'shepherdess/shepherdless? pie but I can find it via the search facility. Can anyone point me in the right direction? Thanks so much.

Hiya Boom, this is all i could find for now but will keep looking unless someone re posts it later

Veggie shepherds pie with sweet potato topping is something I really like.

For the filling:
fry chopped onions, carrots, any other veg you want. Add stock, red wine and lentils and any herbs you like. Simmer til lentils are cooked.

For topping:
mashed sweet potatos mixed with little butter, salt, black pepper. Then grated cheese on top before you put it all in the oven to finish.

MRSMCAWBER

Hi there boomdocker..is it this one?
I have taken the pics out... it was on weezl's thread


shepherdless pie ie its vegetarian

400g continental lentils
6 carrots diced
2 medium onions chopped
2 sticks celery chopped
1 leek sliced thinly
1 tablespoon tomato puree
3 stock cubes
about 1.5 litres water
tablespoon dried mint
a little cornflour or instant gravy granules
about a kilo mashed potato


its a bung it all in the pan(except the gravy granules /flour) and cook until lentils are soft type of recipe i( use a pressure cooker) then i thicken with the gravy granules/flour

Then strain the lentil mixture reserving the gravy put the lentil mixture into an oven proof dish top with the mash and bake in a hot oven until browned

gunsandbanjos

Just added, 2.92 to signature, for milk(needed) and fizzy pop for hubby(not needed) he was very hungover and sprite was all that would help:mad: He offered to make the macaroni cheese for dinner though as i was tired, wish i'd made it my self though as he used a whole 600g block of cheese! !!!!!!!!! Argh, i wonder why i bother sometimes:rolleyes:
Have a Mr T's order coming tomorrow, dont really need it, but i have a voucher to use, so just bought dry store stuff that will last and was on offer. Its amazing how much you save by only buying things on offer:D Wont need to buy washing powder etc again til after new year:rotfl: So may go overbudget this month:o

MRSMCAWBER

Morning all

Hubby has tootled off to work for the day -won't be back until the morning so i have no actual cooking to do today... going to stash the other 3 baguettes in the freezer..being left in the house on my own with them is not a good idea

A NSD today.... at least thats 2 in a row ...the fridges/freezers/cupboards are still packed so im being strong.... the other thing that helps keep me out of the shops is the weather...its 78 here already at 9:30am :eek: so by the time i got to the supermarket and had to lug the bags back up hill it would be far too hot
Today im going to have a flick through my books/mags for some different things to have a go at baking...and then im going to sit and get lots of x stitching done well 1 of them is a xmas pressie for my mum
right had better get off..have a good day everyone...
oooh hello and welcome to the newbies

Gunsandbanjos.... my hubby is just the same when making a cheese sandwich.. huge great lumps of the stuff on there :eek: i can't eat it that way..its awful...not to mention the other 2 meals i could probably make out of what he has wedged on there :rolleyes:

BigMummaF

Technically it was a NSD for me...we didn't go to the market after all so I spent some time clearing space for some more grow bags in the garden. No1 offspring went off in a sulk cuz there wasn't any full fat milk for their cereal, & I haven't actually refunded them for it yet:o

Not looking good today tho cuz me muvva & I are attempting the hour's drive I][U]each way![/U][/I to MrA. Thankfully it is a larger store so we can have lunch /COLOR][/FONT][FONT=Trebuchet MS][COLOR=#2e8b57][SIZE=1]mum's diabetic but also likes to 'treat' us when we go out like this[/SIZE][SIZE=2 but I've had a squizz on mysupermarket & made a list of the stuff that's cheaper or not available in MrT. Coz it's so far away I won't be tempted by any offers on fresh or frozen, which is handy cuz I don't think my fridge or freezers can handle another bean:p [/SIZE]

I'm hoping to get the tinned pulses cuz the Iggie can have those, but I fancy a mixed bean salad myself.....do I just open the tins & help meself like you can with sweetcorn, or do they need to be heated thru first?

I didn't know you could put guiness in cakes IOIWE--recipe priddy perleeze? I keep meaning to have a go at the beer in batter too but remember when it's too late:o Two of the offspring will have the frozen fish that's done in John Smith's Bitter, but you can't see it very often round here....mind you--I haven't got a deep fat fryer or a chip pan, so perhaps there's no point in looking for a recipe

Soz---waffling again----oooh waffles! Does anyone use a waffle iron or whatever? Are they worth investing in? OK OK...I'll leave quiettly ossifer:D

To help redress the fact I'm always asking questions about new-to-us things, I'd like to pass on this tip from my grannies......get yourself a METAL skewer for when you're cooking in the oven. Meat is cooked when juices run clear & cakes are done when the skewer comes out clean....hth.x