Thought this might be a good idea since times are tough!

I bought a can of coconut milk at Sainsbury's for around 60p - the World Food section only has full fat CN but I prefer to use half fat. They sell half fat in the Sauces section at £2.12! So, I poured out half what I needed for the recipe and topped up with water. I did the same with the remaining CN, popped it into a couple of tupperwares and shoved it in the freezer so I have it on hand when necessary in the future. So three lots of CN for 60p plus whatever it cost me in water - 10p?

Bread sauce - I love it but never have the need for a whole sachet (ok, ok I know I should make my own !). So I freeze what I don't use for another time.

Any more ideas?

I use Pataks Coconut saches. It's a dried product so keeps happily in the cupboard forever. Much handier than buying a tin as I usually only use half a sachet at a time anyway.

http://www.mysupermarket.co.uk/tesco...nut_4x50g.html

sorry if i am appearing stupid but whats CN?

Morrison's are selling tins of sweets for less than a fiver. Stock up now for Hallowe'en, Christmas etc.

Pretty obvious I suppose but I tend to bulk buy non-perishables when they are on special offer and store them in the garage. I only buy stuff I use though. I don't do it so much with fresh stuff because I've only got a small freezer.

I think it stands for Coco Nut.

Or maybe Coconut Milk and the OP has just made some typos.

What? Three times!

Yes, 3 times. I am fallible.
In my defence, I had had a couple of G&Ts! It should have indeed been CM.

Degsy, those sachets look interesting, I'll have to keep a look out for them.

They are handy

I've never done that

I use two main methods. Either cut a satchet in half and put contents in a small jug and add hot water to melt it. (can also add other flavourigs such as stock cube/powder at this point).

or just shot the contents of the satchet straight into your pan.

A couple of tips for removing tinned food from the tins.
Some tins are better these days as the inside is coated with a kind of plastic so that the food, metal and air doesn't interact but on some other tins it is just the metal.

Two main culprits for this are tomatoes and pineapple.
Pineapple slices are probably the worst. They start to kind of disintergrate the tin and the slices start to pick up little metal shards.

The best thing to do is as soon as you've opened the tin and used the portion you want then trasfer the leftovers to an air tight plastic storage container.


Maybe not money saving, unless it saves you shotting them in the bin

Don't assume that just because something has passed its best before date that it is inedible.

I do this too. My husband cleaned out our pantry which he had been using to store his tools

So - i now buy lots of BOGOF items, from jars and tins of stuff to noodles, ketchup, tea etc ... If i see it on offer, and its something i always use, i now know i can store it.

Tesco's have 25% off 6 six bottles (or more) wine at the moment. You might not save much, just drink more, but you won't care.

What really prompted me to do this was the awful winter we had. Some days we couldn't get out or just didn't want to go out and also the shops got low on stock (we're quite rural). So, as long as we've got soups, beans, part baked bread etc. I know we can get by for a few days.

I think they have been doing this for a while. I always order 6 or more bottles, and have been receiving a discount for about a year (if not longer).

I did my tesco online order yesterday, and ordered 9 bottles of wine, a bottle of gin and 2 litres of vodka

This is a good website for deals:

http://www.madaboutbargains.co.uk/

And of course:

http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/ is EXCELLENT.

here is another one http://www.hotukdeals.com/

Well, that's the weekend sorted then

If am making something like chilli con carne or spaghetti bolognese I tend to make a large batch so can put some in the freezer.

Its a myth that supermarkets are cheaper than local shops for some items. A local Portuguese shop round here sells cheaper fruit and veg at much better quality, and local convinience stores sell packs of spices which are much cheaper than the tiny glass pots you get in supermarkets.

My local tesco extra (big store) does sell big bags of spice in the world food section.

http://www.mysupermarket.co.uk/Shopp...y=trs&SortBy=3

I bought the All Purpose Seasoning and now use it as a base in loads of recipies.

If you use fresh lemon then keep the segments near the sink after you used them and you can use them while washing your hands (if you like lemony smelling hands)

Dont buy cheap bleach or washing up liquid, buy the expensive stuff - they go much,much further than the cheap ones.

When your bottle of liquid hand-soap is half used, top up with water. When you wash your hands use the water/soap mix on dry hands then rinse off. Do the same with shower gel. shampoo and spray cleaners.

I buy mid priced washing up liquid and dilute by half it goes much further that way.
Washing powder mixed with cheap washing soda makes that go further also use the minimum you can we find about an egg cupfull enough for a normal load whereas they recommend two cupfuls for our water type !
Buy dog food on line much cheaper we find for the brands we need.
Less fabric softener than recommended works just as well.
Started making dumplings,pancakes, yorkshire pudding etc as they mean I can serve less meat but still fill everyone up.