50p a day til christmas, healthily?!-Weezl's next challenge (part 2)

Ooohhh I used to love the "proper" lucozade with the squeaky cellophane around it.. but can't stand the new stuff

Just been and got mums jam maker thingy..and the instructions are in English too -vare unusual out here-so I will be having a nosey in there later
I also came close to getting a big machine jobby -like a big pan that plugs into the mains and has a trivet in the bottom for preserving your jars of produce in..on sale at €30 / £24 i was sooooo tempted but think i will keep an eye out next season for one .. then between me n my mum we will have all our preserving needs covered.. jamm machine, my big jam pan and thermometer for big batches and the steriliser jobby -not doing it in my le creuset pans We will beat the price hikes

:eek: the chinese supermarket has closed down..so that will be back to looking at that site on line to get noodles, suet, pulses etc delivered -still works out cheaper than out here .... so will get that done later
I did pick up another tray of beans and one of passata for hubbies chilli and 6 tins of cornedbeef. thats €1.29 in the NAAFI its €2.35 :eek:
right off to make the tortilla dough
have a good evening all :T

our green and brown bins are fortnightly -- along with the paper bag, and all on the same week

our black bin is still weekly, but I think that's only 'cos we're the "trial area" for the brown bins so the general waste wagons have to do the main road right behind us anyway.

So ever other week we have 3 bins and a bag to go out -- and we're on a shared drive with 2 other houses, so that's NINE bins at the end of the drive (we're the only one of the 3 uses the paper bags though :eek: )

But during the summer last year (before the brown bin arrived, but while I was collecting glass and tins to drop off at the points at the tip) I only put our black bin out fortnightly anyway. Granted there are only 3 of us (and 2 dogs), but unless I'm doing a major clear-out it's never a quarter used each week (so less than half full if left for a fortnight).

lollyfin wrote: »

Hi all just to get in on the bin bags debate, we have never been given bin bags, always had wheelie bins, now we have a recycling box and bag for paper and thin card as well and since we were given them our collection has been reduced to fortnightly. When there are 6 of you living in the house a fortnightly collection is a bit of a nightmare. I am 36 by the way......gettin older and grumpier by the day...lol

never been given bin bags, no wheelie bins, no recycling boxes at all.

Rest of the city has recycling/wheelie bins but coz we live in flats - we get nowt - just normal weekly bin collection.

Have to take the rest of the stuff to the tip myself each week.

well spotted there C!! Weezl what are you like eh!! Hope youre both having a lovely chill and enjoying books, puzzles and most of all no decorating!!!! But seeing as youre peeking did ya get my text?!!
As for others how on earth have we got onto bin bags?!! My council do deliver and we get free green, white and black bags..
Am now 39...a little too close to 40 for my liking but only feel about 22!! Off to eve class and have had a lovely nsd today!! Yahoo!!

I've just made Runner Bean Relish (though it's brown and looks like chutney to me!) from my Good Housekeeping book

Makes 5 lb
1 1/2 lb onions peeled and chopped
1 pint malt vinegar (I used 'used' pickled onion vinegar, IYSWIM)
2 lbs runner beans trimmed and sliced
3 tbsp cornflour
1 tbsp mustard powder
1 tbsp tumeric
1 tbsp mustard seeds
1 tbsp toasted sesame seeds (was n't going to bother, but actually they do add to the taste, though not essential)
8oz soft brown sugar
1 lb demerara sugar (I used white granulated because that's what I had)

Put chopped onion in pan with 1/2 pint vinegar and simmer for about 20 mins or until tender.
Cook the beans in salted boiling water for 5 mins, drain and add to onion mixture. Slake spices and seeds with about 1/4 pint remaining vinegar and add to onions/beans. Add rest of vinegar and simmer for 10 minutes. Add sugar (will make the mixture wetter), stir until dissolved then bring to boil. Reduce heat and simmer 20- 25 mins.
Pot and seal as usual. Leave for at least 1 week before eating.

It says you can make it with frozen beans too.

HTH

HMK