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raine8 - 2013-03-12 13:53:00

Don't be shy..... never say no...

My daughter is a part time bar maid while she is at Uni - where she works had a function and it was catered for by generous sponsors - At the end of the day they were going to throw stuff away if people didn't take it.

She came home with Apples, 3 Pineapples, 1/2 box bananas, several Bags of pre made salad - And bags and bags of fresh rolls.
We ate Bananas for the first few days... then I made 2 x Banana loafs and mashed and froze the rest in 1 cup portions, Next the pineapple - I skinned and segmented it and put it into tupperware - (The reason I did that, is people in this house seem to like a quick grab - If I hadn't have cut it up it may not have been eaten before it went off) and we are onto number 3 today... and then we will be on to the apples... We are working in the order of quickest to go off lol. And we will have beautiful rolls for months in the freezer - Big enough for burgers....SCORE

Apparently other people were too "Shy" to take up the offer of taking it home - My Miss 20 has been brought up to say "Thanks that would be great"

Its been a very cheap week at the fruit and vege shop.

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owl32 - 2013-03-19 19:56:00

owl32 wrote:

Shampoo and conditioner, mix 2 teapots baking soda with enough water to,make a runnyish paste, wash through hair. Rinse with apple cider vinegar, smell goes away ..

2 teapots? Assume that's 2 teaspoons? :)

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owl32 - 2013-03-20 13:05:00

Clear out the fridge stirfry...

Had this a couple of nights ago and the family raved about it. Fried some onions, added a lonely Carrot (julienned) Some sliced beans from the garden (not enough for a meal on there own) some leftover cauli, a yellow courgette from the garden and a handful of frozen stirfry left in a bag from the freezer,stirfryed all these. Took a bowl, added a good squirt of soya, a glug of sweet chilli, a teaspoon of chicken stock, a couple of tsps of cornflour and some water. Add to to the vegies and cooked a bit more (Had to add a little more water as may have added too much cornflour) But the result was delicious and the fridge was rid of all its bits and pieces ready for a veggie shop. Served it with brown rice and marinated pork steak.

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toadfish - 2013-03-28 07:05:00

I will definitely vouch for trying to grow your own veggies, we are now living off lots of fresh brocc, cauli, spinach beetroot, capsicums, fennel. Thankfully all of which my family loves. Also the fejoas are just beginning to fall.
Also creating different ways to incorperate these into different meals is great.
We are already looking at replanting the patch for our winter veggies, hopefully they will be as successful.

ruby19 - 2013-03-28 07:22:00

Bump...

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onxe - 2013-04-04 21:31:00

Bumping, what an awesome thread, only found it tonight!!!

kay34 - 2013-04-14 21:06:00

Have finally finished reading the whole thread, and am now inspired! People have mentioned op shops here - are thee any other kind!!?? Hubby and i were married 3 weeks ago, have got photos back - albums and frames are soo expensive, but 3 different op shops, and 4 purchases off trade me, have given me 12 frames and 2 new (1 leather bound) album for $29 - thrilled!! 1 Day is another addiction, few months back, Halswell Butchery had $45 voucher for $20, we bought 2 each, used 2 in March to cover after wedding BBQ (still have some left in freezer). Catch being we need to use them this weekend, as expire on 1st May and we're away from 25th till 28th so wont get time to use them prior to expiry date. Gave up my car park at work for a week - rewarded with a visit to Tegel Market Day, 10kg skinless chicken breast for $50 - will cost me 1kg to pay for storage in the in-laws freezer, so, 9kg for $50 is not a bad price i thought!!! Cleaning out the garage/wardrobe/cupboards etc this weekend to "make"" the money back from Tegel & albums. loving this thread - keep the tips coming everyone!!

kay34 - 2013-04-18 21:20:00

Bump :)

Wow GREAT thread everyone ! Thanks for all the ideas !

We don't have a chest freezer at the moment and it seems to be a 'necessity' to help with saving costs... I'll keep an eye on trademe. We would have to put it in the spare room on carpet though unfortunately as have nowhere else it could go : (

paua78 - 2013-04-22 12:04:00

lythande1 wrote:

Hmmm.
20c off fuel.
My tank is 50 litres, at $1.99 a litre it would be $99 if it was dry.
Save $10, but to do that I have to spend $200?

I did a big shop at Pak'n'Save over Easter weekend. You got 25c off fuel if you bought over $200. I bought what I needed: 20 bottles of virgin olive oil from Italy for under 9 dollars a liter on special, toilet paper on special and a few bits and pieces like washing powder and salt etc.

The 25c off are for a maximum of 100 liters, so all you need to do is fuel up and put the rest into jerry cans. Which I did. So for buying stuff that I need to buy anyway I got 25 dollars off on fuel. Can't really beat that, can you?

uli - 2013-04-28 12:12:00

frances1266 wrote:

Congratulations to your Miss 14 on becoming vegetarian.
I admire such principles at a young age. Dont think you should be telling her that vegetarians eat chicken and fish though as she will find out soon enough that if you eat chicken and fish you are not vegetarian and will be disappointed that you are not telling her the truth. I will bump up the vegetarian thread in Recipes, there are great recipes there.

Here are lovely lunchbox ideas for vegans:
http://alessandrazecchini.blogspot.co.nz/2012/06/vegan-schoo
l-lunch-boxes-eat-your.html

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elliehen - 2013-04-28 13:02:00

I was thrilled last weekend - did my monthly shop and it was 50c off - My Car was dead empty and I saved $39 on fuel!
Thrilled to say the least.

Turned a pumpkin half that was about to go manky into a delicious Morrocan Pumpkin soup this morning. Tommorrow nights dinner out of what was about to turn into something that needed to be thrown out!

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toadfish - 2013-04-28 13:40:00

elliehen wrote:

But if you live on $300 a week, which you posted in the Budget Cookbook thread, that left you only $100 for everything else, including farm supplies, fuel, power, rates etc?? That's a small miracle!

As you are so clever elliehen - you can work out how that works - surely?

uli - 2013-04-28 16:01:00

Lets keep the bickering out of this thread
Ellihen was that really neccesary? - all it does is bring about a response (in my eyes more bickering which I am over).

Lets keep things friendly, helpful and budget related.

Uli posted a valid post - even if you are not a big visitor to a supermarket - you can still play the game and save $$$, good for you!

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elliehen - 2013-04-28 16:28:00

toadfish wrote:

I was thrilled last weekend - did my monthly shop and it was 50c off - My Car was dead empty and I saved $39 on fuel!
Thrilled to say the least.

50 cents is excellent - I just shopped today and got 25 cents off - my tank holds about 70 litres so in a few days time will need about 60 litres in, so the saving is definitely worth it. I only shop when there is a petrol coupon on! It is a bit like buying at Briscoes when no sale on - who would do that??

nfh1 - 2013-04-28 16:48:00

ok.... let me rephrase it - I am over the constant "Challenging"

toadfish - 2013-04-28 16:50:00

elliehen wrote:

You'll feel better if you think of it as "challenging" rather than "bickering" toadfish ;-)

If a poster reveals personal details in one thread on this very public Recipes forum and then appears to contradict them in another, surely at least a mild-mannered question is in order??

No, What someone else has to say is theres, not yours.
Mind your own business.

pickles7 - 2013-04-28 16:51:00

Uli, why did you bump up that old post of mine about the 14 year old vegetarian, dont see the relevance. Am I missing something here?.
Thanks for the link to Allesandra Zecchini's blog, I used to look at her pretty blog but had forgotten about it. She has some lovely recipes.

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elliehen - 2013-04-28 17:08:00

elliehen wrote:

It's public once it gets posted in a public forum, which is why it constantly amazes to see such personal and private information posted here.

Those who want to "publish" intimate personal details about their private lives would do better to take it to a private internet place with login password entry.

Why do it??

Edited to add: Like any other post on the messageboards, if it's put there it's up for reply or discussion.

You do not need to question the ""why fors... it is not yours.
I do not intend making it mine, end of it for me.

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elliehen - 2013-04-28 17:29:00

Back to budgeting.....

Brought a pack of Mad Butcher pre cooked sausages - $15 for 45. As we had 9 people for a BBQ last night - I had steak but a BBQ is not a BBQ without a sausage according to DH. I don't eat suasages but will ask the others if they are worth buying again as 33c a sausage is bargain. I had BBQ'd rump that I had brought a few weeks ago at $10.99 kg was delicious.

toadfish - 2013-04-29 06:53:00

toadfish wrote:

Back to budgeting.....

Brought a pack of Mad Butcher pre cooked sausages - $15 for 45. As we had 9 people for a BBQ last night - I had steak but a BBQ is not a BBQ without a sausage according to DH. I don't eat sausages but will ask the others if they are worth buying again as 33c a sausage is bargain. I had BBQ'd rump that I had brought a few weeks ago at $10.99 kg was delicious.

We have a offer here in Hasting, spend $50.00 and get 30 sausages free. We have gone there once , it was well worth it for families, real cheap meat, eg. bacon $6.00 a kg. great for pies or quiche

pickles7 - 2013-04-29 09:32:00

"stashing" It is in my blood. I have never had to budget for food, I am just careful with my $'s.
Growing up I remember emptying out my Nana's house after she passed on. She had food all over her house, stuffed in every cupboard, draw, under and on top of wardrobes. Nickers and vests came next, oh yes the olive oil and booze, us kids loved getting a tooth ache Grandad, he fixed it, his stash was intact. He drank cold pressed olive oil at every meal and lived well into his 80's, the big tin of it sat at his feet in the dinning room.
If butter is on special we buy anything up to 20 pkt's, depends on the savings at the time. Meat is another item we stash, if you are running a freezer keep it full. I buy pumpkin, kumara, parsnip, corn, cauli, broccoli on special, and freeze them, beans we grow and freeze. I don't store empty jars, if you are vigilant you will find produce to fill them. It really dose not matter what you put in the jars, you will use them.
This year we are growing cabbage, cauli, silverbeet and broccoli in our front garden, out with the bulbs in with food for the families that are so busy working. I have just put a pkt of silverbeet seeds in and intend to plant a few silverbeet plants in any garden I can reach just walking around the block. A bag of sheep poo should feed the plants now and again when we take the dogs for a walk. We have already had a lady down the road call in and chat about what we are doing.

pickles7 - 2013-04-29 09:46:00

Today at Pak'n'Save there were pigs heads for $1.99 - lots of them. There is a lot of meat on a pigs head and lots of fat to be rendered for frying later or for making a spread of apples, pork fat and onions with lots of thyme, rosemary and oregano if you like herbs.

I am still dealing with my tough little girls - so left them for other shoppers.

uli - 2013-04-29 15:18:00

pickles7 wrote:

I have just put a pkt of silverbeet seeds in and intend to plant a few silverbeet plants in any garden I can reach just walking around the block. A bag of sheep poo should feed the plants now and again when we take the dogs for a walk. We have already had a lady down the road call in and chat about what we are doing.

If you get going on Guerrilla Gardening then this link might be helpful:
http://www.guerrillagardening.org/ggseedbombs.html

or this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-xJCX6JDrY

uli - 2013-04-29 15:22:00

There is lots more if you google it .... and if you become involved with the city council and community gardens or even your neighbours they all win - lots of veges, lots of friendships and lots of help. Try it in your neighbourhood :)

uli - 2013-04-29 15:27:00

Thanks for the links ....uli....what a cool idea. I may play with that a bit. Seed bombing sounds better than planting seedlings. I think I would do that in the spring, a cucumber, tomato and a lettuce seed. Our choko are fruiting well now, we are crossing our fingers. Frosts are a wee way off yet.

pickles7 - 2013-04-29 16:04:00

Talking of chokos - here are some budget recipes for the bounty - you often get them for free if you don't have your own vine:

http://www.taste.com.au/forums/viewtopic.php?p=268827&si
d=2201567f471bb1a1a0d8bf74a0bb266b

http://www.sbs.com.au/food/recipe/272/Choko_pickle

http://www.couriermail.com.au/life/fooddrink/choko-full-of-g
oodness/story-fn8t7s4s-1226257680428

http://www.sbs.com.au/food/recipe/8112/Stir-fried_choko_with
_beef_and_garlic_%28trai_su_xao_thit_bo%29

Bon appetit!

uli - 2013-04-29 16:20:00

Nothing budget about choko you grow yourself...uli.... , we roast or steam them, my grand kids would fight me for them. We used to pay 50 cents each for them from a back yard grower, some days you had to line up for them.

pickles7 - 2013-04-29 17:19:00

This is another lovely budget type recipe:

http://www.taste.com.au/recipes/19058/salmon+corn+patties

Can serve with a mixed salad from the garden.

uli - 2013-04-30 11:26:00

hehe girls ive been away for just a little while and the thread although kept together I see has had a little corruption.
Hey my nephew has given me 5 ducks how do i get these ready for cooking, I presume im getting a full duck, with insides etc etc

kob - 2013-05-05 10:36:00

Anyone have any inspiring ideas on how to use diced wet apple - have been given 6kg - am thinking Annabel Langbeins apple cake - anything else???
Have a heap of Pro -active marg/spread (bought 750gm tubs, $3.00 ea a few weeks back - got a bit greedy and bought 6 - cheaper than butter, and a 500gm tub usually $8!).

kay34 - 2013-05-05 11:43:00

kay34 wrote:

Anyone have any inspiring ideas on how to use diced wet apple - have been given 6kg - am thinking Annabel Langbeins apple cake - anything else???
Have a heap of Pro -active marg/spread (bought 750gm tubs, $3.00 ea a few weeks back - got a bit greedy and bought 6 - cheaper than butter, and a 500gm tub usually $8!).

When I am given a lot of 1 type of thing I tend to freeze it in usable size portions so I can use it bit by bit throughout the year..... but mmmmmm can't go by spiced apple cake.

toadfish - 2013-05-05 13:20:00

Carrot cake with Apple Sauce (to reduce oil).

Ingredients
Butter, for pans
4 medium carrots
1 cup golden raisins
1 cup walnut pieces
1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
Juice and zest of 1 lemon
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/4 cups sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground allspice
3/4 cup vegetable oil
4 large eggs

Directions

1.
Heat oven to 350 degrees. Butter 2 eight-by-two-inch round cake pans. Line bottoms with parchment; butter, and dust with flour. Grate carrots in food processor; measure 2 cups, and transfer to medium bowl. Add raisins, walnuts, applesauce, and lemon juice and zest to carrots.

2.
Wipe food processor bowl; fit with blade. Add flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and allspice; pulse to mix. With motor running, pour in oil and eggs; process until smooth, scraping sides. Add carrot mixture; pulse. Pour into pans; bake about 40 minutes, until tester inserted in middle comes out clean.

3.
Cool in pans on rack for 20 minutes. Remove; cool completely, right side up.

toadfish - 2013-05-05 13:23:00

'Stretched' Sausages - Alison Holst

3 fairly large onions
1 lb. bulk ground sausage (whatever flavor you like)
3 Granny Smith apples (or other baking apple)
2 Tbsp. brown sugar
2 Tbsp. wine vinegar
salt
3-4 Tbsp. chili sauce

Cut the peeled onions into wedges and cook in a non-stick pan in the smallest amount of butter or oil they need to stop them sticking. For maximum color and flavor you should not hurry this step. Once the onions are cooking, roll the sausage into small balls and cook in another frying pan, turning to brown them evenly. Pour off any fat that accumulates as the sausages cook. (or you can use regular sausages cooked and chopped up)

Once the sausages are cooking, quarter and remove cores from the apples. Peel them or not according to your preference. Cut each quarter into 3 or 4 wedges and add these to the pan with the partly cooked onions. When the onions are evenly browned and the apples slightly browned, add to them the brown sugar and vinegar, then add a little salt at a time until the flavor suits you.

Stir the browned, cooked sausage balls into the onion and apple mixture. If you would like the mixture to be more 'saucy', add about 1/2 c. of water or chicken stock, then thicken the mixture with a little cornstarch and adjust seasonings again. (You can leave the mixture at this stage, either in a serving dish in a low oven or in a large frying pan, ready to reheat when needed.)

A few minutes before serving, stir in half the chili sauce then drizzle the rest over the mixture for extra color. Sprinkle with chopped parsley for serving.

toadfish - 2013-05-05 13:29:00

Apple Tray Bake - From todays simple savings newsletter.
Serves 8-12

Ingredients:
1 cup yoghurt, any flavour
1 cup butter, melted
3 eggs
2 cups plain flour (I used gluten-free of course!)
1 cup sugar
1 tsp vanilla essence
3 apples, cored and sliced thinly (a mandolin slicer is ideal for this)
Icing sugar or cinnamon sugar to serve
Method:

Preheat your oven to 160C.

Lightly grease and flour a large baking tray or large lasagne dish.

Now is the time to melt the butter in a microwave-safe jug and allow it to cool slightly. Once the butter has cooled a little, mix it with the yoghurt.

Crack the eggs into a large mixing bowl and add the sugar. Beat this with electric beaters until creamy and pale. This usually takes about 60 seconds.

Add the yoghurt and butter mixture, and reduce your beater speed to low, mixing well until combined.

Use a metal spoon to fold in the flour, vanilla and apple slices.

Pour it all into your prepared dish, smoothing it out and making sure that the apple slices are evenly distributed. Pop it into your preheated oven.

Depending upon the size of your dish and your ovens idiosyncrasies, this takes between 40 and 55 minutes to cook. It's done when it's golden brown and firm and a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean. Sometimes I find an extra ten minutes with the temperature turned up to 200, gives the Bake an extra crusty top.

Serve dusted with icing sugar or sprinkled with cinnamon sugar with a little cream, custard, ice cream or yoghurt on the side if you wish. One layer of Apple Tray Bake is yummy, a tower of layers sprinkled with caster sugar or cinnamon sugar is a sight to behold and hard to resist!

toadfish - 2013-05-05 13:34:00

Thanks so much Toadfish, we have sausages in the slow cooker at the moment, so might try the cake for dessert! Freezable???

kay34 - 2013-05-05 15:29:00

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asue - 2013-05-20 21:26:00

malcovy wrote:

The water you get from dehumidifiers is distilled that is an example

So does that mean it safe to drink?

dolphinlu - 2013-05-25 01:49:00

wayneandjudith wrote:

If anyone wants a copy I have been right through this fabulous thread, copying and pasting. Have categorized everything in alphabetical order and under headings to make them easy to find. I've corrected some typos to make it easier to read but have tried to keep the 'flavour' of people's voices. If you would like a copy put your contact details here or on my first auction.(Be careful to use a 'code' so you don't get into trouble with Trade Me!) I have done the same with the Household Hints thread and will send that too if anyone wants it. Will keep updating them and can send updates every so often if required!

I dont know if you are still reading this thread. But I would love a copy of what you are saved so far. Use my trade name with the telecom extra place.
Thanks in advance

dolphinlu - 2013-05-25 02:07:00

Be generous in life and you will get your returns ten fold. We are letting a friend store his food caravan at our place and he is repaying us by letting us be crash test dummies on all his food tests..... fabulous roasts, ribs, hot chips.... mmmmm they wanted to pay us rent but this is much better........ I have a fabulous topside roast left over tonight.... going to heat it up with gravy for tomorrow nights dinner and then sammies for a few days. nom nom nom.

toadfish - 2013-05-25 19:46:00

Bumping to get me motivated.
We have been without a functioning kitchen for nearly 3 weeks due to renovations - budget completely blown as we have never had so many takeaways/meals out. Not every night - just lots more than normal.
So... Kitchen gets cleaned Friday, everything put back in it Saturday ... then a massive grocery shop on Sunday morning...... Then I will be organised and have NO EXCUSES!!!

toadfish - 2013-06-20 06:50:00