April 2009 Grocery Challenge

just milk for me this weekend (£1.40) and had a meal out yesterday (£13.90) but was such a treat, can't tell you the last time I ate out.. won't be doing it again in a hurry though!

am planning on living out of the cupboards & freezer this week. don't think I'll need to get anything other than bread and milk.

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Hi everyone, I can't believe how lost I felt without the forum!! Was supposed to be studying all weekend, as I'm off on my revision courses on the 14th (and they'll be learning-for-the-first-time courses rather than revision at this rate!) but have only managed about half an hours work so far!:eek:

Been a pretty cheap weekend though, bought a couple of bits we needed yesterday and a couple of whoopsied quorn bits for the freezer, and had a very MSE lunch yesterday of leftover Chinese takeaway. I didn't really fancy it, but there was no way I was throwing away perfectly good food - and it was very nice once reheated! The takeaway was the first we've had in months, paid for out of spending money rather than GC money.

Random question - does anyone know if out of date red lentils are ok to eat? Discovered them in my cupboard, and don't really want to bin them, but not sure if I'll be ill from eating them! :rolleyes:

hi...i too was on the verge of doing some housework so im glad we are up and running again:p

on the subject of buying healthy stuff and finding it vile...i purchased some goji berries......yuk i couldnt even get them down by swallowing them with a glass of water like u do tablets....i slung them out but that was prior to gc so goodness knows what i would do with the nasty things now......dont let me put anyone off trying though one persons meat etc etc

mrs m what if gyros meat ?....i get the meat bit its the other word is it a shop ?? and cant u get cheese in germany...well not english cheese iyswim ?

i got some asda organic pork mince a bit back it was reduced to 65p and it was fab...lovely i made it in to burgers with bits of chopped mushrooms in and some chopped herbs from the garden...if u shape burgers and leave in fridge they dont seem to fall apart so readily onceu cook them ive found.....i will be buying this mince when it is full price...so the burgers must have been nice;)

we are off to the black country museum during the week so im off to home bargains to get some bits and bobs to take...drinks mostly and picnic stuff....ds wants to try the fish and chip shop ...i find catering can be dear so ill make a picnic and buy a small quantity of what ever takes his fanc

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tess

First shop of the month-£97. I did manage to get a few bargins and hopefully it will last now until the end of the month.

Hi Tessie
Gyros is a kind of kebab meat -but chunks of meat rather than moshed and reformed ( I believe its greek or there abouts)..apparently my hubby used to live on them before we got together :eek: they are much nicer than other "kebabs" but still a bit greasy... for gyros meat, salad, chips and tzatziki on a plate as a takeaway they are about €8 each .... but I have found that aldi sell the meat in the freezer -so I buy that and make my own tortilla wraps, cook the meat until crispy and do caramalised onions, mushrooms and peppers and serve it wrapped up with salad and tzatziki on the side ... and we both prefer it :Dand the meat is €2.49 a box and that will do us 2 meals each -super saving :T:rotfl:

English cheeses are hard to get hold of apart from in the NAAFI and they cost an arm and a leg... about €6+ for a 400g block of mature cheddar and over €4 for a small block of cheshire etc:eek:-unless I spot any whoopsed -so now hubby has a stash to keep him happy for quite some time