The Simple Bare Necessities feat. Gratitude & Recipes

try_harder · 3 February 2017 at 10:04AM

Morning greying pilgrim ,i have two local shops that i use everyday ,they tend to reduce items just before the children come out of school so i pop in every day ,they only have certain items reduced of course but i then try to base that day or the next days meal around it what ever i buy .This week i bought two massive bags of potatoes 32p each and two packs of cherry tomatoes 25p each and bagged herb lettuce 25p and hummus in a pot 35p,i had several here for dinner so we had jacket potatoes and salad just added some grated cheese and a tin of tuna plus cooked up more jacket potatoes the next day for the three of us. with salad again .There is always something reduced every day and it only takes 20 minutes to look round.

try_harder · 3 February 2017 at 10:14AM

Forgot to say that we do eat meat ,i buy it at our local Waitrosx when ever its reduced again normally after school its a two minute walk from our house ,fish too is reduced at that time maybe only maybe plaice for example or a lamb shank but there are brilliant reductions made if they are reaching their sell by date so i pop them into the freezer we only tend to eat meat once a week though and fish once or twice ,We are also very lucky as our friend has a large garden where she grows vegetables all organic and she gives us vegetables all year round which is really kind of her so we dont buy many vegetables apart from potatoes .

EssexHebridean · 3 February 2017 at 10:47AM

Morning GP - yep - beautiful here too, I'm off to visit Al for the Sooper6!

Hope the camera lives to "photograph us dinner's" another day!

EssexHebridean · 3 February 2017 at 6:21PM

I've just stumbled across a recipe for Shakshuka - have you ever tried it? It certainly looks like something I'm going to be trying out at some stage!

Greying_Pilgrim · 3 February 2017 at 8:12PM

EssexHebridean wrote: »

I've just stumbled across a recipe for Shakshuka - have you ever tried it? It certainly looks like something I'm going to be trying out at some stage!

OMG - baked eggs with runny middles - bleurk, bleurk, bleurk!!! I tried a recipe - I think it was on my first diary - and I still shudder at the thought of the taste, even today. I even remember photographing it to remind myself never to make it again. Me no likey, no, no, no, nooooooo..............

ENJOY! But not one for me I'm afraid

Greying X

mcculloch29 · 3 February 2017 at 9:21PM

I'm glad it wasn't just me 'bleurking' at the runny baked eggs, Greying. When an entire restaurant is devoted to a dish that you couldn't eat if paid to do so, you get the feeling that you are the one out of step....
I normally only use eggs in quiches, desserts, for cakes / pancakes and to glaze. I had to eat them every other day for breakfast as a child. Boiled eggs and fried are okayish still, scrambled is meh and poached /baked are (expletives deleted).

Greying_Pilgrim · 3 February 2017 at 9:30PM

*squirrels a fiver into mcculloch's hand for 'understanding' :rotfl:*

Greying X

Greying_Pilgrim · 3 February 2017 at 9:36PM

Found it.

First Diary.

Didn't like 'em them. And............

_pale_ Greying X

Cheery_Daff · 3 February 2017 at 9:41PM

Oh dear! :rotfl: Now, see, I quite like a baked egg

But I'm not sure about that much tomato :rotfl: Not sure I've ever had them baked other than on the top of pizza!

in_need_of_direction · 3 February 2017 at 9:53PM

Omg, memories of a drunken breakfast pizza flooding back.

The Simple Bare Necessities feat. Gratitude & Recipes

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