Many people I know do their grocery shop online as a means to save money and avoid impulse buys. I've done so myself in the past but never seem to get my "big shop" quite right. Now that I'm working from home again and have a little more flexibility in my schedule, I've been getting back out there, trying to spot the best offers and giving my fruit and bread a good old sniff and a squeeze (that latter part sounds a little like a Julia Donaldson story book, n'est-ce pas?).
I'm fortunate in that the thriving market town where we live not only has great independent shops but also a choice of larger stores. Recently, I've been turning increasingly to Lidl and it's amazing how many other mums I've been bumping into there! Unsurprisingly, we're all looking for ways to cut our weekly outgoings and Lidl seems to gain universal praise for its fruit and veg and - erm - Prosecco.
It used to be the case that I could only get certain items from Lidl, then off I'd trot to supermarkets two and three to get the other elusive bits and pieces. While this still happens to some extent, I think Lidl is continuing to up its game...
Today, our nine year old has a friend coming for tea post gymnastics. They're bound to be a) very hungry and b) expecting something fun to eat. (Even though it's Monday night, the unwritten rules of having friends for tea mean that I'm not allowed to trot out boring old leftovers.) Pizza tends to be a general crowd pleaser and I always feel a little better about it if there is some kind of home made aspect to the whole production. How happy was I then to find in Lidl both some new 'ready to roll and bake' pizza dough packs for the freezer, along with some cute little mozzarella balls? It may not have Nigella et al quaking in their boots but I think the nine year olds will be more than happy....
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