Lidl Shopping Haul 28 August
Hi and welcome to my follow up to todays shopping. Below you will find a list of my purchases which came to a grand total of £76.24. For more details, please see video here.
Today I have done some meal prep so I thought it would be better if I let you know here so you can see how I processed my purchases.
Diced beef was all pressure canned for a later date
Chicken was pressure canned apart from 3 chicken breasts. From the 3 chicken breasts I made 5 portions of chicken korma and 3 portions of chicken chasseur.
The pork loin slices were used tonight for dinner for Patrick and I with enough left over for a portion for my dinner one night this week.
Meatballs were all put in the freezer. There are 12 meatballs per pack so each time I take a pack out of the freezer, that will be 3 meals.
Scotch pies are also in the freezer, they will also be a meal per pie so 4 meals there.
Chicken steaks are in the freezer so that is another 6 meals there.
3 loafs will last me for at least 2 weeks with toast for breakfast and lunchtime sandwiches.
The Shopping –
3 packs meatballs – In the freezer for later
2 packs Scotch Pie – In the freezer for later
Cooking bacon – portioned out and in freezer
Crumpets – frozen for later
White toastie – Frozen for later
Breaded chicken steaks – Frozen for later
Wholemeal bread – Frozen for later
Korma – Used with chicken for pre prepared dinners
3 packs diced steak – Pressure canned
Pork steaks – Dinner for 2 tonight and extra portion in fridge for tomorrow
Chicken breast – made into Korma, Chasseur and pressure canned
Sliced toastie loaf – Current bread
Peach cordial – Kitchen cupboard
Fruit loaf – Bread bin
Naan bread – Kitchen cupboard for this weeks dinners
Bananas – Kitchen for breakfasts
2 Snack noodle – kitchen cupboard for lunches
Milk – In fridge
Couscous – fridge for lunches
Cheese – fridge for toasties and cooking
Broccoli – fridge for later
Coleslaw – fridge for lunches
Ham – Fridge for lunches
Mayo – Prep store
Chocolate digestives – Prep store
Caramel wafers – Prep store
Supernoodles – Prep store
Cheesy pasta – Prep store
Onions – to be dehydrated
Taking this shop without thinking of the pressure canning or prep store, I would say there is at least 3 weeks worth of reasonable eating in that shop alone. I have to say I am very impressed at that and will be going back to Lidl next week.
I converted the amount you spent to Canadian funds and it came out to around $116.00 – and yes – I would be very pleased if I got that much stuff for that amount. Don’t think it would be possible here.
My neighbourhood No Frills store (that’s it’s name and it would be similar to Lidl or Aldi) rarely does the big reductions but strangely enough, the higher end store within the same company does, so I often get lucky with 50% off meat there – certainly where I check first these days.
To give you an idea of our prices = I bought two 1 kilo packs of my favourite thick cut bacon this week at a cost of $13 per kilo! And this was on special! About a year ago I’d buy this bacon for $10 a kilo – then it went to $12 (but I could often get it on sale for $10) but when I checked two weeks ago it was up to $17 per kilo!!!!
ALL dairy products are up considerably and due to rise again Sept. 1st. We have a protectionist Milk Board which keeps out cheap American milk and I do support this but boy it is getting tough. There really isn’t a big reason to buy organic milk here as the rules on the use of hormones etc. (only if an animal is ill and then its milk cannot be used for a number of weeks afterwards) are so strict – unlike the US. But it means that milk is about $4 per litre ($6.50 for a 2 litre container) – my favourite butter has gone from $5 per pound a year ago to $7.50 per pound as of two days ago! You get the idea! Ordinary bread is around $4 per loaf and the really good stuff can go up to $8 and don’t get me started on biscuits of any kind – only bought on sale now!
I was confined to my apt. this weekend as a) our elevator is out and I live on the top floor so it was tough enough climbing up on Thursday and Friday (due to be fixed tomorrow) and b) I was exposed to Covid a couple of days ago – close contact – so I am testing and staying away from people for a few days. To that end I decided to do some batch cooking using up some of the meat that has been in the freezer for a bit. I baked a tray of chicken thighs, cooked 6 boneless pork chops in a sweet & sour sauce, hard boiled a batch of eggs, fried up some cheaper bacon (back into the freezer to use as toppings on baked potatoes) and made a big pot of carrot/red lentil/pumpkin soup – so at least I have used the time well. Of course half of this will all go back into the freezer but it will now just need to be warmed up and a few veggies added for a full meal for a number of days. It is so helpful when I am still working 25 hours per week and travelling downtown 2 or 3 days.
Have a great week.
I have just found your site. Am interested in your pressure canning of meats. Where do I start? Do you already have a video on pressure canning?
Hi Sharon, there is a video of canning chicken and pork which shows pretty much what to do – although I forgot to wipe the jar rims with vinegar that time I think