Today is my 1st shopping on a tighter budget.

[FairyTaleinNewYork]

i am aiming for 40pounds or thereabouts. will let you know how i get on.

dd1+2 wont eat porraige, but i do as does dd3. got a big bag for 38p! and raisens. yummy.

all sorted, just gotta get it out of the car lol.

Moondog please tell me the offal and pulses was a joke!

You can make your own yoghurt too from milk in a thermos flask, all you need is some live yoghurt as a starter IIRC.

I'll have a google and see what I can find

lol
Sort of....

I am big into pulses though.

ooo i have a yoghurt machine somewhere.

Why don't you want bio yoghurt?
It's good stuff.

I have forced my kids to eat porridge,mwah hah hah hah!!!!

Dh goes back to Turkey each time with about 12 lbs in his case.

wasnt sure if bio was advised for 10month olds.

Pah!!
Myds has been shovelling it down since he was 6 months old!

lol. will get it next time then. i have some yoghurts left still in the fridge so am ok for this week.

Here is a recipe Yoghurt recipe

As you get milk with your tokens you may as well make your own

Some recipes suggest putting in a tablespoon or two of powdered milk just to beef up the flavour!

pizza dough is in the machine being made. will let you know how these turn out tonight.

Just read the yoghurt recipe - interested in trying this as ds only has goats milk, so it's hard to get nice yoghurts for him.

Has anyone tried this? How long does it keep for?

Laura - if you try it, it might be worth adding a bit of powdered nanny milk to it!

I think it keeps the same length of time as normal yoghurt - 3-5 days???

pizza was scrummy (total cost for the pizza, about 60p i think) which we had with pototo wedges. i have just got the raisen bread out of the machine, and had a sneaky warm slice, its lovely.

milk is being delivered in the morning.

not too keen on fish, but want to attempt a fish pie at some point. atm, am just getting back into the swing of cooking properly.

Good for you...

I do a lot of proper cooking to save money now as well, and life is actually so much easier with a menu plan.. I don't wait till 6 oclock to see what falls out of the freezer for tea.. its now all planned days in advance [smug]

I must admit now that I seem to cook the same things and the things that daughter once liked.. she's now gone off them [sigh]...
but onwards and upwards.. I will be looking here for some inspiration...

What have you got planned for tea tomorrow then... anything nice...

Misdee,how about adding an egg based meal once a week-sort of tortilla type thing filled with whatever you have handy-mushrooms,bacon,peppers,onions, potatoes,spinach.

If anything,it is even more delicious cold.

How is the tighter budgeting going misdee?

i havent been food shopping since! only got milk as i needed it. (milk delivery is a pain in the a*se, they may get it right this week), but am off to lidl's this week.

We get our milk from local newsagents 76p for 2litres £1.11 at asda, it quickly mounts up if you are buying a lot, also agree lidl's nappies are ok

normanally a clothie, but dd3 needs nappy changing after every single trickle atm.

lidls nappies have an indicator on the front showing when they have been piddled in

I like the lidl nappies Seb1 I think they are excellent.. wish I'd found them before..£5.50 beats paying £8.00!!

is that 5.50 for the huuuuuge packs then?