Warm n sticky! (The weekend DC that is...)

Butti

This is always cheap and cheerful.

Fry a bit of chorizo (100g) with an onion for a few minutes till soft. Add two tins of tomatoes and reduce down.
Cook pasta and add.
Serve with parmasan or other cheese.

(Nice but more expensive if made with a punnet of cherry tomatoes!)

B

Buffythedebtslayer

I am off for a walk to lake maybe although it looks like it is about to chuck it down. hmmmm.

xxx

Butti

schoolrunmum wrote: »

I remember that Butti-I also recall how quickly you recovered!!

See SRM I should listen to you.
He has taken the contact lens out today and given me an eye patch. Reckons it will have mended by lunchtime tomorrow.
No more painkillers which means more WINE :beer: although I might wait till tomorrow just to be sure.

B

littlemisschocolate

Spud, look in the world food aisle of your local supermarket, as you can pick up bags of spices for pence in comparison to the little jarred ones.

My OH and I love tortellas (sp) and use to buy the kits, however we worked out that it was cheaper in the long run to buy a massive tub of tex mex seasoning for 89ish pence and wraps for £1. If you buy the wraps when they're on offer pop them in the freezer, they take minutes to defrost.

I use the tex mex seasoning to flavour chicken for pasta bakes. Yummy.

Pooky

beanielou wrote: »

Pooky~We were saying on the DC on friday that you could sell the tops to us fellow MSE-ers.
I for one would love a couple for my hols.

I couldn't make those tops for anyone, as I made them up as I went along I've no pattern sizes to work from and couldn't get the straps to fit (it's quite a faff pinning and repinning to get them in the right place) A local seamstress should be able to help you out though and should be able to knock you some up fairly quickly.

Pooky

Spud - why not give us an idea of meals you have now that you like and we'll see if we can give you some alternatives....

spud30

Buffythedebtslayer wrote: »

*imagines Spud writing all this down in a notepad*

xxxx

I'm way too lazy for that - copied and pasted em all into Word

Thanks everyone for all your replies and help. I'll sit down with DH and the kids and work some meal plans out :T

spud30

Pooky wrote: »

Spud - why not give us an idea of meals you have now that you like and we'll see if we can give you some alternatives....

To be honest, I havent a clue what we eat that is so expensive. We do need to cut portions, but apart from that I'm a careful shopper

We do occasionally make a seafood paella which I guess it quite expensive. Let me think........:cool:

LMC, I've never ventured on to the Old Style thread. Will go off for a looksy

Ames

Elfen, I always find totm knocks me out for a few days. It's why I've always made sure I have as few of them as possible!

Spud, good luck with the food planning, I'm terrible at it.

Linda, awww to the chickens.

elfen

Ames, I usually have one every few months (packets of pills back to back, 3 max though)
Probably why it wipes me out.