August 2008 Grocery Challenge

OrkneyStar · 2 August 2008 at 1:54PM

Quickie,
What can I cook/bake with lots of yoghurt (some flavoured)?
We will never get through it all before we go on hols but don't want to waste.
Would really like recipe for anything I can freeze.
Thanks.
PS DS playing up today hence me asking here instead of spending tiome actually looking around

xxx

BigMummaF · 2 August 2008 at 2:09PM

I've got 1 NSD to add on my list, plus £25:37 in MrT, 4:64 Wilkos & 1:99 Greaves from Thurs.

Can anyone else find MrT Value vanilla ice-cream? It keeps disappearing fron our local for days at a time---it's the ice cream that we all like the taste of, so doubly annoying when it's not available:mad:

J Greaves/ Graves--the seeds & stuff shop!--are best price per kilo on glace cherries around here at £4:00; next closest is one of those scoop n weigh @ £4:50...just thought I'd mention it if peeps want to start getting in bits for making crimbo puds & cakes:eek:

KITTY_2-2 · 2 August 2008 at 2:18PM

Hi folks

Been rather busy lately and youngest currently in hospital so not been paying much attention to my spending. When I have added everything up for last month though, we came in under budget for the first time - £262.64

This month I have reset the budget to £275 - only £5 less than July's target but I'm comfortable at this amount so any savings are a bonus. I'll try to catch up later but not sure I'll manage. I'll just wish everyone good luck with their budgets and log in when I can.

Kitty x

greent · 2 August 2008 at 2:21PM

OrkneyStar wrote: »

Quickie,
What can I cook/bake with lots of yoghurt (some flavoured)?
We will never get through it all before we go on hols but don't want to waste.
Would really like recipe for anything I can freeze.
Thanks.
PS DS playing up today hence me asking here instead of spending tiome actually looking around
xxx

The yogurt cake recipe at the front of the thread? Lots like it - although not our house when I made it!

Can you not just freeze the yogs? I often do - esp for school - that way they stand a chance of being coolish still at lunchtime! If you have a big tub decant into portion sizes in freezer bags and freeze in a box (I have such a tub in my freezer right now

Otherwise mix through with fruit (and some condensed milk if you have any for added naughtiness) or broken meringues?

Ooh - raita and freeze it? Or kulfi? Lots of recipes on the net and you can make a big tub and freeze. O for simplicity blitz with fruit and freeze either as ice lollies or in abug tub for yogurt/ fruit ice instead of icecream - yum!

GTx

Brighton_belle · 2 August 2008 at 2:24PM

YOGURTS:
you could freeze the flavoured one and have as sorbet on your return. Natural yogs - I made my own gren thai paste for a curry and used this instead of coconut milk. Still tasted fab and considerably lower in cals:D .

enlli · 2 August 2008 at 2:48PM

Hello everyone

Thanks for the welcome. I spent £17.42 yesterday, stocking up on Quorn mince, milk, soy sauce and (:rolleyes: um.....wine!). Bought 250g of Kenco filter in poundland and in 99p stores I got a huge bag of pretzels.

To meet the challenge (there are two of us to feed), the plan for this month is to empty the freezer and cupboard and reap the rewards of growing my own veggies in the garden. I have loads of runner beans, potatoes and courgettes to harvest at the moment.

I'll be out collecting courgettes later and making courgette & chickpea stew for dinner.

Good luck everyone with the challenge.

OrkneyStar · 2 August 2008 at 3:16PM

Hi,
Thanks for the yog ideas- I did not think to freeze them as they are as thought they might go funny (the same way milk does

).
I am gonna make the yoghurt cake at the beginning, although not sure what it means by 'cartons' of certain ingredients ? Anyone shed any light ? My flour etc does not come in cartons :rolleyes:.
Thankfully DS is a bit happier now (was ready to scream

), although on his third outfit of the day due to pouring various things on himself. Hoping to get washed and dried though as not wanting to come back home to washing (as we will be bringing dirty stuff back of course!).
Just need to hoover and sort washing out and maybe then get 10 mins to bake!
Ta ra for now.
x

PetitePeche · 2 August 2008 at 3:25PM

Please put me down for £200 this month. I sucessfully came in under target for July by £136.69!!!

mandy_moo_1 · 2 August 2008 at 3:29PM

hi all

first chance i've had to get on here today

IfOnlyItWasEasier you're hair looks gorgeous!! you're gonna look fab on your wedding day

kitty i hope your youngest is better and back home with you soon... sending you (((hugs))) sweetheart

well i've just sat and scoffed 3 more iced buns with a cup of coffee

so i think i'll have to make some more soon!

took Ruby to the vets this morning for a scan....we could see 3 lickle babies in there, but i have to take her back in 3weeks just before she has them to check everything is ok :j i'm so excited!!

got some tortilla dough and a chicken breast out of the freezer for my tea tonight. DS15 & DS18 aren't home for tea, so i'm just gonna have something quick so there's not much washing up!!

hope everyone's having a good day x

KAAT_LADY · 2 August 2008 at 3:42PM

Hi there all

have just got back from listing the freezer contents and it took two of us half an hour to do it ,, but at least now it is done,, I nw know what was stuck to the bottom of the freezer,, it was battered fishcakes so we are having them for lunch,, DH says we wont have to buy anything for at least two weeks but I think a month is more like it

KAAT xx

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