BUDGETS.....who needs them....ME
# | Post |
---|---|
1601 | Wanganui Goulash with Mashed potatoes Serves 6 1 kg of blade steak $8.00 Chop carrots & onions; chop the steak into 1 inch cubes. Serve hot with mashed potatoes. Total Cost of main Dessert: kob - 2011-08-02 07:06:00 |
1602 | Kob you're a GEM!!! We have my 22 year old step daughter living with us now so on Saturday night her and I sat down and made up a 2 week meal plan. Your recipe book came in soooooo handy - she LOVES IT!!! She said "Yay.... even 'I' could cook these recipes without wasting ingredients cause it gets chucked out... and people will actually eat them". lol - So yay... I don't have to do all the cooking anymore :) Did our monthly grocery shop on Sunday - making sure we had all the ingredients for everything we want to cook in the next 2 weeks. Turns out that with everything already in the pantry and vege garden, we have more than enough for a whole month worth of yummy meals! And.... because we are so close to the beach (think fish and shell fish) getting those would be a bonus! It was so much cheaper shopping to a plan too as we only bought what we needed instead of the usual purchases of items that we 'might' need. Thank you, thank you, thank you for this thread. My groceries use to cost next to nothing before (because we have our meat walking around in our paddocks - and swap meat for chicken, and I make my own household cleaning products now) - but now it's even less expensive - not to mention the fact that we get to freeze at least the equivalent of one serving per meal for the days that we may not feel like cooking. Makes you feel organized knowing exactly what's on the menu and when too. I can't thank you all enough for this thread :) Edited by rachbabe at 8:23 am, Tue 2 Aug rachbabe - 2011-08-02 08:21:00 |
1603 | thanks heaps Rachbabe thats such a good thing to teach your step daughter, those skills will see her right through her married life, being able to budget and plan ahead, and in your mind do the $20 challenge, thats what others call it but I call being pantry orginsed, I know whats in mine at any given time, but others dont......9 times out of 10 I can decide at 4pm to make ???? and I can do it, with no fuss, so being orginised is one of the biggest things to budgeting. What your giving and showing your SD is more than money itself can buy,and thats exactly where I learnt from my grandmother, and I cherish all the recipe books I have of hers and all her tips and tricks which I have perfected to be mine, even in my new job her recipe books come with me daily, in my portfolio and if im stuck for an idea I can always come up with something just by looking through it. kob - 2011-08-02 16:19:00 |
1604 | my budgeting tip for Tuesday, check out your freezer section for veges, this time of year veges are reidulously priced but in your frezzer section there are multitudes of cheap econmical veg in there for better prices than fresh. You can always buyu peas, beans & corn kernals but now there is spinich, brocoli & cauli, stir fry mixes, roast veg mixes I mean you can get it all in a bag for under $3 and to buy fresh would be almost the same you get less sometimes than frozen, so next time your shopping look up the freezer isle for the frozen veg.And nows the time to cut and frreeze those pumpkins, just cut , bag and freeze great all winter long, and summer too, happy cooking everyone kob - 2011-08-02 16:23:00 |
1605 | Love the look of the recipes Kob is it at all possible to purchase the Recipe Book please? ks1968 - 2011-08-02 17:06:00 |
1606 | ks1968 wrote: winnie15 - 2011-08-02 22:51:00 |
1607 | those recipes are the meals I am using to create a client base to set up a meals on wheels delivery service for the elderly people around our town, they needed someone to set it up, create a budget and create a menu that correxponded with that budget and meal plan, which is what I have done, the previous lady got it started and re assembled a few of the old clients that were left after our hospitol had closed down and she got a kitchen health certified so I could then take it all over and create my masterpieces, together with the health board, and hospitals approval, so its all going extremely well and getting new clients every day. kob - 2011-08-03 06:52:00 |
1608 | kob you are one clever woman and an awesome mum! .. what a wonderful gift you have given your family for many generations to come! winnie15 - 2011-08-03 20:07:00 |
1609 | kob wrote: aarrhh look you are just what i was looking for i posted for some tips on gereral but never thought to cum in here thanks to sum1 pointing to you here thank you so much pls keep feeding these fantastic ideas thank you thankyou n8caz - 2011-08-07 00:51:00 |
1610 | kob wrote: wow!!!! n8caz - 2011-08-07 00:57:00 |
1611 | Hi Kob, love the recipes and I'm only up to week 3 so far. Just a few questions -I only count 12 puddings sto go with the 15 mains-so do you repeat some (from ice cream sundae to jelly and fruit) or can I not count. also with the sago pudding do you go sago, meringue, sago and then meringue to finish? demsey - 2011-08-08 12:48:00 |
1612 | love this thread. norja - 2011-08-08 13:42:00 |
1613 | there were things like a piece of fresh fruit and I had a chocolate sundae (same recipe as strawberry one or it might be the other way around) for the week that I needed another pudding, and ill have to look back but I use a lot of tinned fruit because it so good and economical that a jelly & fruit would be a good substitute for any of the desserts offered. kob - 2011-08-08 16:26:00 |
1614 | my tip for Friday, look out for your supermarkets 21 cents off fuel if you spend $150-$200, so many times I have thought NO thursdays shopping day and said flag it, OR i have got to $130 and it was $200 and thought oh to hell with it......BUT NOW i have changed I wait till those days are on to do my shop, come on folks its a couple of days even if you have to grab a couple of things to get you by, and I buy my shop and then if I need to go higher for the fuel discount I buy a store card, say ive spent $130 and you need to spend $150 I buy a $20 store card for next week, that way I get my fuel discount and I also get a heads up on next week, and im saving 21 cents a litre on fuel, I do the same for the $200 just buy a $70 card, I realise how hard it is on a budget but if you have a credit card its simple still pay your normal shopping money stright back into your credit card account that day( so $130) like stright away, and the next week, put the surplus eg: your $20 or $70 extra you had to spend to get the card place that on the CC that way you earn no interest and get the benifits of fuel svaings as well. That money will be spare anyway because you would of had a store card to pay for that part of the shopping, takes abit of disipline but there are benifits with doing it.And with fuel prices getting worse those 4 cents vouchers save you jack all, what $1.20 so this way you save 21 cents a litre, cant beat that. You can sign up to your stores tx service and be ahead on the weeks that they are doing it. kob - 2011-08-12 06:35:00 |
1615 | Morning KOB... Was it the Countdown chain that let you buy the store card to make it up to $200? I often wondered if this would work, I asked once and they said no, maybe it was a misinformed checkout operator. And by a store card, do you mean gift vouchers? toadfish - 2011-08-13 06:42:00 |
1616 | new world has store cards like gift cards at the counter and you can load them with any denomination from $20 so thats what I have been doing buying a $20 or a $40 card and getting myself up to the full petrol rice, at the moment its 10cents off for 100 spend ill do that anyway thats not a problem but now its only darby & june at home $160 for groceries is alot of food to purchase,so that was my tip kob - 2011-08-13 07:41:00 |
1617 | What's Authentic Hungarian Goulash? Authentic gulyás is a beef dish cooked with onions, Hungarian paprika powder and some green pepper. Potato and noodles (csipetke in Hungarian) are also added according to some recipes. Hungarian goulash is neither a soup nor a stew, it’s somewhere in between. Though in Hungary it’s considered rather to be a soup than a stew. A Classical Hungarian Goulash Recipe Ingredients (for 4 persons) 600 g beef shin or shoulder, or any tender part of the beef cut into 2x2 cm cubes lythande1 - 2011-08-13 07:49:00 |
1618 | PS ... Gift Vouchers at Countdown do not take you up to the $200 limit for 20c Fuel discount..... I know that for a fact and have $120 of vouchers to spend next week lol. Although she mistakedly gave me Christmas ones... so I may stick them somewhere safe and get and extra 5% ($6) on them in 4 months time toadfish - 2011-08-13 11:12:00 |
1619 | why not, you are pre purchasing a next shopping visit, so why would they not add it on to give you your fuel voucher, I was amazed this morning the amount of people that were not even taking there 10 cents voucher for $100 spent I grabbed mine and one spare from the lady before me, she said no dont worry about it, I said can I have it, sure she replied,so im set for the next couple of weeks, it all adds up kob - 2011-08-13 11:38:00 |
1620 | Just bumpin' :) rachbabe - 2011-08-17 12:49:00 |
1621 | Cottage Pie Beef Mince large tray, Cook Mince and mixed vege, add soup mix. If you work it out at can be done in less than 20 bucks andreas22 - 2011-08-20 13:15:00 |
1622 | Lasagne Mince large tray Cheese Sauce Cook Pasta till al dente, cook mince add pasta sauce and soup mix.. Mix in Pasta and place into a casserole dish andreas22 - 2011-08-20 13:15:00 |
1623 | Large Tray of Mince Cook Macaroni to instructions Add macaroni, mix thru and serve andreas22 - 2011-08-20 13:15:00 |
1624 | Stir Fry Frozen Stir Fry Vege Stir Fry Vege and Meat, Cook 2 or 3 packets of noodles, dispose of most of the water and add flavouring, saving one for the stir fry mix.. andreas22 - 2011-08-20 13:24:00 |
1625 | I have a new tip, I have found that in the deli section of the supermarket Hellers have chopped bacon in the little twin tub containers and they are $3.88 each ( for the two containers) this is enough to make a good round pie or even if needing to use two its still cheaper than buying the bacon pieces who at the moment are retailing for around $7 and its all cut for you as well, convenient and cost saving. The one thing I have not done is check the grammage, but for the price and convenience I am not worries it makes for a easy pie as quick as you can roll the pastry lol kob - 2011-08-25 06:33:00 |
1626 | Just loving this thread for all those ideas and recipes, yum. jonnie1941 - 2011-09-01 09:47:00 |
1627 | My tip for Friday the 2nd, if you run your tin opener under the hot tap quickly before trying to open a can it takes to the can 100 times more successfully and opens perfectly everytime. kob - 2011-09-02 08:00:00 |
1628 | I found this on a Sophie Gray blog and adapted it and tried it yesterday, and it was lovely. This week Mad Butcher has Chicken drums on special so I plan to skin them, add the sauce and freeze in meal portions. So that I just need to take the bag out of the freezer the night before and turn the crockpot on in the morning. I exercise 3 mornings a week and don't have the time on those mornings to fiddle with a crockpot. Sauce I just mixed all of the above together and poured it over and mixed it aroung the skinned chicken drums. toadfish - 2011-09-06 06:23:00 |
1629 | Miss 18 and I went shopping yesterday ..... We went into make an appointment with Specsavers.. who could fit us in in a hours time.... so we treated ourselves to a food court lunch and hung out in the sun... just lovely.... Then you have to love specsavers.... My glasses hadn't changed much for distance so I got presciption reading/computer glasses (can't use the cheap warehouse ones as I have an astigmatism) for $99 including test (50% off at the mo) and Miss 18 got 2 new pairs for $199 including eye test (hers had changed and she needs good glasses for study)... $300 for 3 pairs and 2 eye tests..... Wow I am impressed, I also (see my wok thread) settled on a electric Frypan... it's lovely and was reduced from $155 to $90 at briscoes, I am confident the high sear setting will meet my needs for stir frys and then I can use it for so much else. toadfish - 2011-09-11 05:57:00 |
1630 | But on the good side I am about $250 better off each year with my power. I went onto the switch it site and they said I should change from Mercury to Contact. toadfish - 2011-09-11 06:02:00 |
1631 | back to the top dinkydi5 - 2011-09-15 20:24:00 |
1632 | fridays tip, if you do actually use roasting bags it does pay to sprinkle a tsp of flour in the bag and giving a good shake before adding the meat as this ( & i couldnt believe it either) does stop the bag from bursting, that was Fridays tip kob - 2011-09-16 07:47:00 |
1633 | Make tomato sce go further/ remove from tin and place in a bowl ...add half the amount in water and stir and return to Two jars or bottles.... you can not see or taste the difference at all... arl5 - 2011-09-16 08:04:00 |
1634 | Bumping for us like minded people.. fluffylinda - 2011-09-16 18:01:00 |
1635 | Just wanted to say a HUGE thanks to the superstar budgeters who have shared their knowledge on this thread. I'm a 19 and have been flatting for nearly two years now so I really understand having a tight budget and especially since work is getting harder to find I know I could really use these tips. Going to start at the beginning of the thread and work my way through over the next few days. spr0uts - 2011-09-17 19:41:00 |
1636 | i have been noticing the price of veges in the supermarket these days...omg how do some families cope, i am now shopping at the market, much better value for money - but of course sometimes your cut short, so i go and buy two brown onions, they were 42 cents each....one medium gold kumara was 1.42 WTF...how do folks cope, im cutting right back on meat now as well. motorbo - 2011-09-26 17:53:00 |
1637 | motorbo, I too am findng the vegs at high prices, so I scoure the frozen section, sometimes you can get corn cobs 1kg for $3 peas, beans and mixed veg for $3 and also they now have butter beans, brocolli & cauli spinich and its all heaps cheaper than buying fresh......i know its not the same, as peeling your own cob of corn or shucking your beans, but these companies freze these produce at their best and freshest time so are just as good for you as fresh brought. And it definately saves you pennies Edited by kob at 7:41 am, Tue 27 Sep kob - 2011-09-27 07:39:00 |
1638 | kob wrote: lythande1 - 2011-09-27 07:43:00 |
1639 | the store cards are just prepaid new world cards that have a dollar value, the only reason I buy them is because we might as well take advantage of cheaper fuel and if we need to spend $150 to get it and im at $120 whats wrong with buying a $30 store card I will usually use it next week or sometimes during the week, on a full tank of petrol i save about $10 so for me its def worth the hassle, well its not a hassle actually its a system that benifits me in the long run. Im not TELLING you to do it, just its my way of money savings bu getting cheaper petrol kob - 2011-09-27 12:47:00 |
1640 | lythande1 wrote:
OOh I would. If you spend $100 and buy a $100 store card then you save at least $10 on fuel (I save $14 if my card is dead empty) Thats a 10% plus savings on your groceries... Then you can use the $100 the following week, you only have to carry the $100 for a week and if you are like me and use a credit card for air miles you don't even carry it the credit card company does. I would far rather $14 in my pocket than the petrol station. That would buy me 4 litres of milk and about 3 loaves of bread. Edited by toadfish at 6:23 pm, Tue 27 Sep toadfish - 2011-09-27 18:22:00 |
1641 | i so get what ya saying kob, but im though i try im niot a big fan of frozen and as i cook for only one...sometimes the kilo packs are not a great idea for me kob wrote: motorbo - 2011-09-27 18:51:00 |
1642 | I get my vegetables and fruit from www.foodbox.co.nz/ . It is an online order that comes with free delivery and I think it is very good value for money. Also buying from an vegebox company like this is better for the environment and supports NZ farmers so I think that is good too. Just an idea for others who are feeling the pressure of the produce prices in supermarkets at the moment. Hopefully it might be some use. spr0uts - 2011-09-27 20:13:00 |
1643 | http://www.treatme.co.nz/Deal/Auckland/kaimai-akl-sept11km I brought this, gets delivered on Friday, will let you know if its good value or not. toadfish - 2011-09-27 20:22:00 |
1644 | i wouldnt consider that cheap shopping spr0uts wrote: motorbo - 2011-09-27 20:52:00 |
1645 | motorbo wrote:
Oh - sorry, didn't mean to give a useless suggestion. I didn't know how much you would spend for vege and fruit and thought it was an idea. Hopefully someone smarter than me can give you some better advice. spr0uts - 2011-09-27 21:02:00 |
1646 | spr0uts wrote:
No such thing as a useless suggestion, to be honest I have just looked and a family box is $68, I sometimes spend that in a week at the fruit and vege shop. Sometimes working full time mean we are "time poor" and I would defiantely consider it as a stand by. I am trying to get into the habit of calling in on the way home. I like to rush home so funnilly enough its a big thing for me to pull in to the vege shop... guess daylight saving will make it easier. Anyhooo.... off to prep chicken. Brought some thighs on special ($4.99 Kg) off to skin them, put some in the crockpot for tonight and another lot I am going to marinate in yoghurt and tandori paste and freeze... so they can go straight on the BBQ with minimum fuss another night...... And the washing machine is whirring... sometimes I feel I have done a days work before I get there lol. Have a great day. Edited by toadfish at 6:16 am, Wed 28 Sep toadfish - 2011-09-28 06:14:00 |
1647 | Bump :) rachbabe - 2011-10-07 14:09:00 |
1648 | shesshhh sorry i re read what i typed and didnt mean it to sound mean, just that i didnt think it was cheap.. spr0uts wrote: motorbo - 2011-10-07 15:19:00 |
1649 | motorbo wrote:
Oh you don't need to apologize motorbo - I was just worried I had made a complete fool of myself with a totally un-budget friendly suggestion. I'm only new to truly making effort to looking after my spending so I've got a whole lot to learn. I'm also aware I spend a far greater amount on fresh produce than most people as I am gluten and grain free so bulk up my meals with veges rather than rice/pasta/bread/etc . spr0uts - 2011-10-07 21:44:00 |
1650 | just realised that I forgot my Friday tip, hold tight folks as long as you dont min it being Tuesday Ill indulge you on my Friday(ok tues) tip........My tip is UM............give up gladwrap I know its hard but give it the kick, my husband is a truckie & I have spent 1/4 of my life producing such well loved lunches for him all pristine in gladwrap , so proud of my achievements and all I wished for at the end of the day was. thanx love my lunch was orsum LOL haha I wish......no the good part, I don't know how many times I have lovingly put 3 fillings into bread so that he got variety as it is quite a long day to have him say'' F*+$#@n thing it took me 4 minutes to open the bloody sandwich to find out it was marmite and cheese and I wanted to ham one, so I biffed it out onto the highway'' it rolled nicely tho if that makes you feel happy lol, ''c*&T came to mind" so if you are a down and out hungry street waif go looking along state highway 1 im sure you will find heaps of loved lunches by disgruntled marmite & cheese hating husbands, so now I have combated that & I have a tupperware container that is big enough to hold his 6 sandwiches and I cut them and place them so they can be seen so there is no excuses for grabbing the wrong pack, and I find it keeps them fresher as well, and much safer as he doesnt have to take his eyes off the road to open up the blasted gladwrap, so thats my friday(tues) tip. kob - 2011-10-18 07:38:00 |