June 2008 Grocery Challenge

angelnikki

Honeyapple wrote: »

Never even crossed my mind to make them. Will give them a try, thanks.

These aren't really biscuits - more like cheese straws. I started making them a few weeks ago when my DS(20months) had a bad cold and was refusing to eat. He loves them so much that I had to limit him to a few at a time so he didnt over eat.

Nikki
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Chuzzle

Evenin' All

Well another NSD for me, found a bag of lucky dip in the freezer for DS2 & OH. Couldn't tell what it was fortunately it turned out to be a lamby casserole with a scone topping, something my mum had made for a family get together and I always take doggy bags to family get togethers!!

DS1 & me had bowl of pasta each, I didn't eat it all and have now stuffed half a packet of digestives into me

Mr T coming tomorrow between 9 & 11pm. That should be around £100 but should last us the month except for f&v each week.

Sosh

I had to go into Asda to return some stuff I got for DS, then had to go to Sainsburys to pick up a prescription. I'm very proud of the fact that I brought nothing in either store. :j That makes 3 nsd's in a row.

I took DD to playgroup today and she spent most of the session "teaching" the other kids how to make twinks! She's only 2, but got the recipie almost spot on. Something tells me I make too many :rotfl:

Sunny_Donny

Hi All
Went to do the shopping Mr T & Lidl. Came home to find a bit of a problem. Guttering has detatched itself from the wall from the roof to half way down the wall. Looks like the bolt holding it to wall sheared away and 2 bricks need repointing. The thing is solid metal and weighed loads when I shifted it. Also had to replant my Acer as pipe demolished it's pot. As heavy rain and thunderstorms forecast tonight, just glad I don't sleep at the back of the house as the sound of streaming water would keep me awake, mind you if it's thundering and lightning, I'll be awake anyway. Phoned the biuilder (I get mate's rates) so waiting for him to call me back. Think I'm tightening the belt bigger style than before. Off work tomorrow, so will be making lasagne, chilli and sphag bol and dusting down the breadmaker.
Didn't bother watering my veggies - have onions, 54 beetroot plants (will be pickling later) carrots, herbs, 3 tomato plants - beef, cherry and plum. As weather so horrible did blackberry & apple crumble and custard using last years frozen apples and blackberries that I picked from hedgerows last year.

Tashja

Donny ((hugs)) these things really are sent to try us Hope it isn't too expensive to fix.

I have managed a NSD today though I am fighting the urge to walk down to Sommerfield and see what whoopsies they have in

Just preparing a load of veg that my mum sent around for the freezer. Getting quite a stockpile now which is no bad thing judging by some of the stories and threads on here

T xx

weemissy

Hi Everyone
Just popped on to tell you I have spent £94.97 out of my £220 budget, pleased with what I have got. DD out of hosp and has done really well - that cost me a fair wee bit mind you with treats etc, but hayho needs must. Made some pasta sauce yseterday in the slow cooker with stalks of broc and caulie that were hanging about the fridge and some store cupboard thingies, anyway lying in bed and realised it was still there:eek:, got up and turned it off, tea time tonight it was still there, was going to chuck it but sense and poverty prevailed. Obviously wasn't going to chance it for DD or DS so I gave some to OH for dinner :rotfl:, and 2 portions in freezer (for OH). I can hear him upstairs now so no harm done.
Got some good reduced buys today in MrS - seldom in there but lots of cheese etc in freezer:j
Will try and catch up on most of the posts, hope everyone is well
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mama67

OrkneyStar wrote: »

Am realising that GC is much much easier when you live near Asda, Tesco, Lidl, Aldi and Morrisons. We only have COOP, Lidl, Boots, small shops and a Tesco will eventually appear from the ruins of our Somerfield which closed last month Am on the lookout for COOP, Lidl and Boots offers as thats the only ones we have at the mo!
PS Am in to bread making just now (have dusted off machine and got a brown loaf in there right now)- anyone know if Lidl bread flour any good ?

SIgn up for their weekly offers emails, makes it alot easier. I do this as Co-op is a 6 mile drive away, and Lidl, Aldi, Tesco etc are all a 12-15 mile drive away so it can cost me a gallon of petrol just to go shopping run errands. Make sure I combine all into one day even if it means rushing about to be back for DS2 getting off school bus at 3.20pm.

galadriel

Moniker wrote: »

I have tried this (in fact yesterday I had to finish it off by hand as I discovered that the machine was broken after I had set it going!) but a) I have arthritus so it makes my hands/wrists ache a lot and b) it's ok at the weekends but in the week I work full time and don't have time in the day.When I get home from work I cook our meal and do the chores and at the weekends I cook(including baking cakes and biscuits and preparing as much as I can for the week ahead) and clean and iron and cut the grass etc etc etc , so I don't have time for bread making too.

Yes it kills my hands and wrists too. Have you got a food processor/mixer? I am thinking of getting a dough attachment for my food processor, seen one on Kenwood website about £12 and was thinking it might be a good investment.

galadriel

kbl wrote: »

hey there, me again, wanted to ask, is there some reason nobody uses self raising flour? The reason I'm asking is my lovely sister, for reasons unknown to everyone but herself, has gifted me 9 bags of the stuff :eek: . Turns out she was in the local cash and carry, saw these on offer and thought she would use them (as you do. She doesn't bake, or even cook that much at home, but she loves a bargain :rotfl: ). After a couple of months lying in the back of her cupboard, she has now (this evening!!) offloaded them onto me! Are they still all right to use, and if so, do I wing it with the recipes? Any cookbook I've looked at involves yeast? HELP!!!!!

Self raising flour isn't really very good for making bread although there have been a couple of herby breads posted on here that used it. These didn't use yeast though. How about making a few cakes or biscuits. I can definitely recommend Twink's hobnobs.

miecherox

thankyou to turbo5019, fizzel81, mumzyof2, & angel nikki for your nappy advice.

Just been to Mr A's for weekly shop (walked there too!) not many whoopsies but hung on for the few that were there to be a reasonable price! :rotfl:

Spent £33.34

M x