Cooking for one

Gin? Noooooooooo, having got drunk as a skunk on this over 50 years ago. Lol parents away, teenage party, havent touched it since, cannot bear the smell even.

Having been up since 4am and made a start on my declutter I have four carrier bags of books and clothes and five large zigsaws to take to CS.

Had my breakfast ys banana , raspberries out of garden and yogurt and umpteen coffees.

Cant use my bus pass till 9.30 to go to CS so killing time on here. I need to take it as I do it to have space to sort some more.

lessonlearned wrote: »

Can I join you.....

Now that my son has more or less moved out I will be pretty much cooking for one.

I will go back to the beginning of the thread and learn all your tips and wheezes.

I have already done a kitchen declutter and am currently working my way through the food stash. I am trying to lose weight and eat for health so try to avoid too many starchy carbs. So things like dried pasta, rice, cereals etc will only get used when my kids come to visit.

I was thinking about getting a mini oven for my solo meals and save the big oven for family gatherings. I won't be using it for baking etc.

Anyway DS2 will be her for dinner tonight, not sure what we are having but as it's going to be a scorcher, probably something with a salad.

Although I have loved living with my son and enjoyed cooking for him it will be nice to see the food bill go down.......:D

Hello and welcome, a mini oven is a great idea for singles. I bought a halogen one and rarely use my big oven these days.

Well my trip to CS went well, the lady in there was amazed that I had managed to fit so much in and on my trolley. We had a nice chat and she is going to get one herself. I managed to come out with a spend on 50p on a sun hat for in the garden.

As I had to pass the Taste Not Waste Shop called in to see what they had and got this lovely lot for £2, the bananas, apples and bread were free. The large silver thingy is a bag of 67 orange flavoured hot chocolate, 2 of which are now chilling in the fridge

PasturesNew wrote: »

Loving this 45p loaf compared to the 36p loaf ... I might convert, I can afford an extra 9p a fortnight

Careful PN, that is the more expensive pizza & bread found to be tastier than the cheapo stuff, next thing will be M & S + Waitrose

Meg72 Hope you are on trolley commison. I think as many on here have found just how handy and enabling [word pinched from PN] they are

Hello & welcome Lessonlearned

It is hot hot hot here, 80 plus in the lounge which is the coolest room, 100 ish in the conservatory with windows & doors open. Wish I was not forbidden booze, a long G & T would go down well, could even chuck one of my borage petals in as part of the 10 a day.

Nil breakfast then into town.

Had a slight mishap with the trolley, it slipped it's tow and went down clunk behind me . Empty at the time so no harm done, hitched up and sauntered onwards like I meant to drop it

Asda is still being refurbed, now everything is shuffled around and shelves empty. Found the YS section but waste of space, nothing took my fancy or needed

Lunch was standard cheese salady sarnie again

Waitrose provided tonight's dinner, YS small steak pie. Had them before, OK at reduced price not at full one though

So despite heat I will pop it in the oven and have it with Actify HM chips and the LO beans from the other day. I am going to use the Lild on offer bakers for the chips, slightly MSE 'cos they are 49p Kg, as opposed to Lidl frozen chips at 58p Kg

Gardening is just the watering, and those cherries are now getting to the nearly black stage. I feel a photo coming on in next few days