June 2008 Grocery Challenge

chocolateteddy wrote: »

I too cooked spag bol today and lasagne and a batch of hobnobs;)

Dose this mean that I don't have to cook anymore hobnobs for you sis:j

I'm in again for £370 for June.

May was a lot better, £331 out of a budget of £380 But that had to make up for the disaster of April (£452 spent from a £370 budget :eek:)
So aiming to make up that £35 this month but it could be tricky...we'll see

angelnikki wrote: »

You can make it stretch to another meal if you add a couple of grated carrots and a handful or two of oats.

Whenever I do spag bol or chilli or meatballs I always make sure it stretches to 3 meals (for 3) from 500g mince. (If I added peppers/mushrooms to the spag bol/chilli it would probably make another meal too)

Nikki
x

Will try the carrots next time, don't think I could get three meals out of it, my 3 eat like horses and hubby is worse! Do you mind me asking, what way do you do the chilli and meatballs? I make chilli but haven't been able to make it streeeeetch to more than one meal (till now, of course:p )

Hi Guys,

Well so much for a no spend day, considering how well I did yesterday I went to mr t's today and bought loads of whoopsies, couldnt believe how cheap all the meat was. It came to £30.26 and I asked if they took morrisons £5 sun voucher as (sorry can't remember whoput it on but a big thank you) I read on here that they do and low and behold they did so it only cost me £25.26!!!!!!!!
Think I went a little mad and my 3/4 full freezer is now bursting again!
A M A Z I N G!!!!:beer:

will have to re-arrange the monthly meals but who cares.
:T

kbl wrote: »

Will try the carrots next time, don't think I could get three meals out of it, my 3 eat like horses and hubby is worse! Do you mind me asking, what way do you do the chilli and meatballs? I make chilli but haven't been able to make it streeeeetch to more than one meal (till now, of course:p )

Chilli makes 3 meals for 3

500g beef steak mince
beef oxo cube
1 large diced onion
2 grated carrots
squirt of tomato puree
1 or 2 tins chopped tomatoes (or 1 carton passata)
1 or 2 tins of baked beans (my mum always used to add these)
1 tin of kidney beans (drained)
[optional] 2 handfuls of oats - add 1/2 tin of water if you add oats
squirt of ketchup
chilli powder to taste
[optional] extra chopped veg: courgette, mushrooms, peppers, squash, sweet potato, etc

Brown the mince with the chopped onion, grated carrot and oxo. Add the tomato puree, cook for 1 min, then add the other ingredients and simmer :cool:

You could also add a couple of handfuls of red split lentils to spag bol/chilli to s-t-r-e-e-t-c-h it further. I never do because they take 30-40 mins to cook and I like to have dinner done in 20mins as I cant stand for too long.



Meatballs makes 3 meals for 3 - usually 45 small meatballs

500g mince (can use pork, turkey, lamb or beef mince)
3 or 4 slices of bread ripped up into little pieces and soaked in milk
[optional] finely diced onion
herbs/spices of your choice (I normally use oregano or thyme with turkey/pork meatballs; and I use curry powder with lamb to make kofta meatballs)
squirt of ketchup to help bind

Mix up the mixture really well with your hands. Then wet your hands with cold water when forming the meatballs as this stops them sticking. I use a tin of chopped tomatoes with some tomato puree,a squirt of ketchup and some herbs for the sauce.

I freeze the meatballs on a baking tray and then put in a freezer bag once frozen and make the tomato sauce fresh for each meal as it only takes a couple of mins to heat.

You could add a grated apple to pork meatballs/ chopped dried apricots if using lamb mince to add a bit more flavour and to stretch further

Nikki x