Thrifty Gifty - Organised for Christmas and all ocassions 2009- Santas Challenges

mum2one

salmon
salmon kedgeree
2 hard boiled eggs
1 onion
sunflower oil
½ teaspoon curry paste
200g / 7oz basmati rice
150g / 5oz frozen peas
150g / 5oz cooked salmon (or use tinned salmon)
serves 4
method
1. cut eggs into quarters
2. peel and chop onion and fry in oil
3. add curry paste, rice, peas + 14fl oz 400ml boiling water
4. bring to the boil and simmer for 15mins until tender
5. add salmon
6. cook for 3 to 4 mins to warm the fish
7. add eggs
8. serve




vegetables
bubble and squeak cakes with ham and poached eggs
(serves 4)
300g / 10 oz leftover roast or boiled potatoes
300g / 10 oz leftover cooked vegetables
6 eggs
ham
method
1. roughly chop potatoes and veg
2. beat 2 eggs together
3. mix with potato mix
4. shape roughly into 4 cakes and fry in hot oil until golden
5. poach the 4 eggs
6. top each cake with a poached egg
7. serve with ham and green salad

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turkey
turkey dinner soup
serves 2
1 chopped shallot
2-3 rashers bacon
oil to fry
2-3 chopped raw or cold left over carrots
same with parsnips
half a small leek
turkey or chicken stock
150g / 5oz shredded turkey
method
1. fry shallot and bacon in little oil till tender
2. add carrots, parsnips, sliced leek
3. fry for 3-4 mins
4. add stock to cover and simmer for 5 mins
5. add turkey

mum2one

turkey thawing and roasting times
turkey thaw apr cooking serving
3.5kg (8lb) 16 hrs 2hrs 45mins 4-6
5kg (11lb) 21 hrs 3hrs 15 mins 6-10
6.4kg (14lb) 28 hrs 4 hrs 10-15
9kg (20lb) 38 hrs 4hr 40mins 15 plus
· thawing times are for the fridge
· ensure the bird is fully defrosted
· cooking times are appropriate
· if you are stuffing your turkey allow for new weight
· do check the individual packageing
cooking
gas 5, 190c, fan oven 170c

sarahf191979

Some gret ideas there mum2one, thanks. Glad you OH is feeling a bit better and the trots have gone mary.

Been busy with the kids and sorting pressies out, i hadn't realised how much the kids had with it being stored :eek:

Sorted out there advent bags for them for the 1st so thats another job done and out of the way, need to do a bit more organising and wrapping and still need to write my cards out:mad:.

mum2one

sarahf191979 wrote: »

Some gret ideas there mum2one, thanks. Glad you OH is feeling a bit better and the trots have gone mary.

Been busy with the kids and sorting pressies out, i hadn't realised how much the kids had with it being stored :eek:

Sorted out there advent bags for them for the 1st so thats another job done and out of the way, need to do a bit more organising and wrapping and still need to write my cards out:mad:.

Don't remind me - Xmas cards, never mind the rest of the presents....
I haven't emptied the car yet (bar the clothes) from when i got from Devon last week!!
The boot was full, the back seat was full, even had to use the front passenger seat.....

The plan is with the cheaper bargains that I got + what be left over from this year, I should be able to kit out 3/4 of next yrs bday presents.......x

cdsmiler

Oh 3_cheeky_princesses! That poor cheeky little girl of yours!! Fingers crossed for some answers soon!

Mary-op - glad to hear your OH seems to be feeling a bit better!

mum2one - love the Merry Crunchmas!! And thank you for the posting dates!! I was wondering what they were just the other day!

Well I ended up in hospital all day yesterday! Basically had a routine growth scan first thing (everythign fine!) and when meeting with the registrar after the scan, I happened to mention that since the accident two weeks ago, one part of the back of my knee/lower thigh/upper calf was swollen, no sign of bruising, and completley numb to the touch. Well to make a long story short, I was sent to the ward, had a detailed scan on my leg to check for blood clots, (none thankfully), did find a 'mass' at the area but they said it was either a cyst, or more likely because of the accident it was a deep bruise that still hadn't come out yet! However, I then spent most of the day waiting for a doctor to come see me! Fair play though, I was low priority and she was rushed off her feet, and she confirmed that it was probably deep bruising. Had to laugh though when she was writing up the notes, and I was chatting to the ward matron before leaving. Matron asked me if I had someone to give me a lift, I said I'd driven in (and have been driving for two weeks!). They looked at me in shock and then laughed because the over caucious registrar that first saw me wanted me to be refered to orthapaedics!! Over caucious, over reacting registrar, but at least I now know that it's not tendon damage or something! Shame I spent so long in the hospital to find it out though! lol Hey ho!

Hope everyone else is well and doing wonderful christmassy things! Not including today, I have 3 days left in work til maternity leave!! Yippee!!

Clare x

nannyboo1

I know lots of you do craft fairs and am wondering if any of you are doing the Waters Edge one at Barton tomorrow. I am off for the day and hoping that I can possibly pick up a present for a friend. I am aiming to make lots of my gifts for Christmas but have realised how little time I have so if any of you are there I will check out your stall.

mum2one

Don't know if anyone goes to the Body Shop, but if you spend over £25.00 in store, they give you a free coconut with shimmer body butter, worth £12.50 + if your a "love your Bodyshop" member, they take 20% off the order.

Got some lovely sets - shower gel, small body butter, small scrub, scrunchie and soap, lot of different fragance inc Shea Nut (never usually on offer) reduced from £17.50 to £12.00 (the shower gel + small body butter would be £12 if you buy them seperatly.
x

mary-op

Must have spent most of my time on the phone to hospital today (least it felt like it) trying to find out about OH's biopsy appt................secretary for the chest/respiratory clinic was off till Monday..........another secretary for similar dept. also off till Monday, Lady who phoned us on Tuesday off till 30thh !!!:eek: I must have phoned every dept. in that hospital (slight exaggeration) Ended up with gastronomy dept. (clutching at straws by now)..........she said she couldn't help me but chest clinic lady was working tomorrow and she'd get her to phone me. By now steams coming out my ears so I told her 'thankyou, you've been very kind, unlike other departments however, I think it's ludicrous that there is no-one at any chest clinic to speak to...........a letter of formal complaint will be sent.............etc.etc.....
5 minutes later I get phone call back to say OH's appt. is on Tuesday -not sure of time ? - and he has to go to hospital for blood test 9.30 Monday morning :eek: Bit short notice (thinking transport ????) but OH said he'll be ok to drive and he'll drive for biopsy as well - lady was unsure till I told her it'll be a local anesthetic so he insists he'll be fine.
So thats that................dread to think when they'd have actually told us about all this if I hadn't phoned.

Plus side..........despite steam coming out of ears it got sorted, young girl came up and hoovered providing me with calming cuppas at the same time and I had my first Christmas card..........:T
Started to make some felt hearts and xmas trees -well two............cut them out but thats as far as I got.
Have actually cleared out all the rubbish now in the spare room so carpet was visible enough to be hoovered:T

ragz_2

Mum2One - Someone's been reading their Tesco mag lol. Thanks for the tips!
Mary-Op glad you finally got your OH's apt - I totally sympathise about the awkward hospital thing, I had bleeding in early pregnancy this time and spent most of a day on the phone trying to get appointment with a particular clinic (after being advised by midwife to get emergency apt that day) and got passed between so many different departments I got dizzy! In the end it took so long the clinic had closed and I had to wait another day!
Best of luck to him next week, hope it all turns out ok.

Our town has the Xmas lights up! I only noticed this evening so don't know when it happened but made me feel all xmassy again.
I can't find a decent fake tree so I think we'll end up with a real one again after all. All the fake ones I see seem to have silly lights or cones AND berries (not botanically possible!) which would annoy me...

Still got to wrap OH's stocking stuff, wrap BIL's present, write cards (and get addresses for them!) and post parcels soon.

Bought a few more xmassy foodie bits yesterday, a tin of choc orange and bottles of schloer for those of us not drinking (that'll just be me then lol and maybe my 13 year old sister). Need to hide them from myself now, in case they go the way of the last 3 tins of choccies...

Got OH's tax bill today, £800 due by end of Januray, guess that's what my maternity grant will be paying for!

mum2one

ragz wrote: »

Mum2One - Someone's been reading their Tesco mag lol. Thanks for the tips! - MY secrets out!!
Mary-Op glad you finally got your OH's apt - I totally sympathise about the awkward hospital thing, I had bleeding in early pregnancy this time and spent most of a day on the phone trying to get appointment with a particular clinic (after being advised by midwife to get emergency apt that day) and got passed between so many different departments I got dizzy! In the end it took so long the clinic had closed and I had to wait another day! Hope everything goes on ok, and u rest.
Best of luck to him next week, hope it all turns out ok.

Our town has the Xmas lights up! I only noticed this evening so don't know when it happened but made me feel all xmassy again.
I can't find a decent fake tree so I think we'll end up with a real one again after all. All the fake ones I see seem to have silly lights or cones AND berries (not botanically possible!) which would annoy me...

Still got to wrap OH's stocking stuff, wrap BIL's present, write cards (and get addresses for them!) and post parcels soon.

Bought a few more xmassy foodie bits yesterday, a tin of choc orange and bottles of schloer for those of us not drinking (that'll just be me then lol and maybe my 13 year old sister). Need to hide them from myself now, in case they go the way of the last 3 tins of choccies...

Got OH's tax bill today, £800 due by end of Januray, guess that's what my maternity grant will be paying for!

Ah tax bills, not nice, have you tried Argos for the christmas trees, they have a good selection, you can buy them either with decorations or without.

I've had to lock my chocolates away, I've already opened a jar of quality sweets, they were meant to be an xmas prezzies xx