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So in preparation for the Matildas match tonight I've decided i might splurge a little on some comfort/junk food tonight.
I'm thinking maybe chips and a bottle of soft drink for tonight. It was also suggested that maybe I do a hot chocolate as well.
Does anyone have any ideas or suggestions, preferably not too expensive.
Seconding soda water + cordial. Soda water bottles are under a dollar, and Bickfords cordial lasts ages.
Open the soda water bottle and drink a little bit of it, to make room, then add the cordial to the bottle. Voila!
Healthier too I reckon, as it's mostly angry water with a bit of flavour and sugar lol but honestly, a bottle of Coke is unbeatable.
Treat yourself, friend, you deserve it!!
You can always add a bit of grog to the soft drink to kill the germs.
I'll have to have a look at that and see how it goes. In truth I am saving for something next month where i'll be able to treat myself to something a little bit more substantial.
Been doing occasionally the homebrand/Aldi fizzy drinks as well so they're good enough for me.
Hot dogs. Get them from the deli section at the supermarket. Get the rolls from the bakery. Cheap as. Or just get cocktail franks.
Cocktail frankfurts and tomato sauce.
This is a brilliant idea for snacking!
Also looks like Woolies raised the price of cocktail frankfurts to 3 dollars for their homebrand packs now :(
Bastards. Get them from the deli counter. Much cheaper.
Really? I always thought the deli was much more expensive than the homebrand 500g packs.
deli is always cheaper
Deli normally cheaper for fresh chicken too (eg chicken breasts/thighs/pieces). And bacon. And ..... everything?
$9 a kilo at Coles. I don't know about Woolies because I'd have to travel 5 minutes extra and I don't want to.
Oh ok, thanks for checking.
I think from memory Aldi is 2.29 for 500g and right now at Woolies it's $3 for 500g which is cheaper.
Oh wow there you go. That is cheap.
Soda water and cordials often cheaper. Soda water by itself is actually pretty good too! But the Aldi cola is not a bad substitute for real coke.
I'll have a look and see how the combo works, never done soda water and cordial and might be a good one if I can get cordial that I like.
Yup, I don't mind the aldi versions of the fizzy drinks either.
I'm partial to the Aldi Westcliff Fruit Cocktail cordial. I add a bit to the glass, then add the soda water.
Depending on how much cordial you put in, it goes from tasting like those mineral waters with 5% juice (my preference) all the way up to a full blown Passiona.
NB: I don't like the Aldi Raspberry Apple or Lemon cordial. For lemon (like a lemon squash), I like the Diet Rite Lemon with soda. Diet Rite Lemon, Lime & Orange is good too.
I think those cordials are about $3.50 a bottle, though. So if you just want a couple of bottles to drink for one night, you're better off picking a couple of bottles of the homebrand fizzies. Eg WW Diet Orange & Passionfruit is $1.10, and the same price as a bottle of soda water. I haven't had it, but it probably tastes about the same anyways.
I also didn't mind the Woolies Diet Ginger Ale $1.10/bottle, but haven't had that for quite a while. Lime goes well with it, but the real limes are often expensive. You can pick up a bottle of Lime Juice for $1 and give it a little squirt to add some more flavour.
For some reason I keep missing the cordials at Aldi, I'll really need to remember for the next time I'm there to see what they have.
Lots of nice cordials around. Buderim ginger cordial. There are fancy schmancy elderflower cordials too. The Bickfords range is huge. My all time favorite is the Bickfords Lemon Lime & Bitters. I used to be a fan of Schweppes Lime cordial but I don't like the taste now - too fake sweetener and nothing like what it used to be 20 years ago.
You can make your own cordial by blitzing up a punnet of raspberries or blueberries with their own weight in water plus half to one third their weight in sugar (or a bit less), mix in a teaspoon of citric and/or tartaric acid. Bottle and keep in the fridge for up to a week. If it ferments, you now have alcoholic cordial .... Or go to YT for a recipie for raspberry shrub which is a vinegar based cordial and very nice indeed and possibly quite healthy. PS. Grenadine is a fancy very sweet pomegranate cordial. Kinda gluey, but essential for a proper tequila sunrise.
I'm doing burritos tonight, I have all the fillings ready.
might get some chips and stuff from aldi for special, eh. For special is key, not everyday. 😊
hmmm. yeah, i will get a bag of rice cakes and a jar of low salt vegemite.