I'm eating out of the freezer and cupboards challenge

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Todays lunch will be a wrap from the freezer with cheese and salad and tonights dinner is steamed fish,mash and peas all from my freezer.I have got out tomorrows dinner already from the freezer its chicken casserole which I will have with mixed veg.

I had a spare swede which I bought last week and swapped it for two tins of M&S soup from my DDs MIL which she had been given, and she only likes tomato soup, so I have a tin of carrot and coriander and one of leek and potato which will do me for a couple of lunches during the week.
I had got a BOGOF on swedes at 2 for 50p.so everyones a winner. Margaret and I often swap bargains like this.She has a friend (Gloria) who buys her all sorts of bits and pieces as Margarets OHs takes her to the shops once a week as a favour to her as she can't drive and doesn't walk very well..If I see a bargain that Margaret may like I get it and we swap things around We are both living on a fixed income as pensioners and its our way or spreading the bargains around between us.

bramble1

NSD for me today Lunches for tomorrow done, corned beef sarnies for OH and the last bit of quiche from the freezer for me. Thinking of doing spag bol or lamb kebabs for dinner, not 100% sure yet, will look online for inspiration.

Paying off our first debt in full tomorrow then i can start to tackle the others! at least we are getting somewhere now.

Need to update my sig with my most recent grocery spend, but I think we will come in just under the £125 a month we've got set. JUSSSSSTT! (all depends on Lidl offers this weekend...)

Lynsey

Nearly a NSD, but popped into Sainsbury's for some of the cheese on offer. No cheese in stock, but saw a lonely pack of Bramley apples reduced to 34p, so took them to bake a pie tomorrow - got a packet of pastry needs using up - scones will have to wait.
Hopefully get the cheese tomorrow.
Slow cooker sausages done in tomato sauce with oregano were nice, sausages very moist. I prefer to use my slow cooker on high, maybe it's not a very good one and doesn't seem to do much on the low setting.
Nothing plannned as yet for tomorrow apart from the apple pie. Maybe bacon and eggs for breakfast, get rid of half a packet of bacon??

So weeks spend so far is 34p in two days - well pleased and much more disciplined than last year.

Lynsey

Lip_Stick

Evening all

Wish I had a NSD but went to Asda to get my free philly, but they'd ran out of the £1 tubs. :mad: I needed milk so got that, and also bought a whoopsied goats cheese and butternut squash lasagna. There was plenty of chicken breast pieces or fillets at around half price but don't have the cash to buy any and I need to use some of the dated stuff up. Also bought some treats for ds' lunch box from Home Bargains - pack of 6 mars chocolate rolls for 29p rrp about £1.65

I had the gammon and cheese crust for tea. I served it with curly kale which is a first for me (I bought it for my rats) and a luxury colman's cheese sauce which I didn't rate, much prefer making my own but it only cost me 1p lol.

Bramble - I think I should start having a sig, it might spur me on to saving more.

Vintage - if your meal plans are anything like mine, they've failed miserably by the middle of the week.

JackieO - sounds like you and your friend have a good system there.

Lynsey - I'm the same, I have my slow cooker on high for a few hours then switch to low. How you finding it compared to your pressure cooker?

Lynsey

Lip_Stick wrote: »

Lynsey - I'm the same, I have my slow cooker on high for a few hours then switch to low. How you finding it compared to your pressure cooker?

It's probably more versatile than I ever imagined TBH, not something I'll use on a daily basis, but hopefully I will develop more slow cooker skills. I'm still toying with the jacket potatoes in foil, that may be next?? Probably good for pasta bakes also.

Lynsey

Lip_Stick

Lynsey wrote: »

It's probably more versatile than I ever imagined TBH, not something I'll use on a daily basis, but hopefully I will develop more slow cooker skills. I'm still toying with the jacket potatoes in foil, that may be next?? Probably good for pasta bakes also.

Lynsey

Never tried it for any of those, or for any sweet dishes. I do love it for my Moroccan style dishes though and chillies.

Meant to tell you peeps about my cooking disaster the other day. Someone gave me a packet of semolina so decided to do it in the microwave. God knows what happened to it as it ended up looking like hard lumps of polenta at the bottom. Knew I should have done it in the oven lol. I'll leave it a while before I bother again.

Lynsey

Lip_Stick wrote: »

Meant to tell you peeps about my cooking disaster the other day.

............and I thought my Yorkshires were a disaster.
The birds loved them BTW - hope I can remember the recipe for them!!
JackieO - loved reading your post on sharing and exchanging/swapping, more should follow your tips. I'm not too sure if you use coupons at all, but lots of free stuff/near free stuff out there, especially with the PDF coupons. I got loads of stuff last year and gave loads away, it gives a real buzz. Made a couple of hampers which cost literally £'s, which were gratefully accepted once given.

Not feeling hungry this morning, might just have a brunch later with bacon, eggs etc. Probably not use much food today and Groupon meal tomorrow (Groupon email glitch still working).
Not much food used tomorrow either then and I'll be in trouble if my Lidl meat offer is one of my targets this week as space is low.

Got half a tub of Kelly's ice cream which will get used once the apple pie has been baked.

Lynsey

ms_night_ryder

Not much went on for me yest in my rush to get out of the house, i forgot my lunch and dinner, so will have it today, sausage pasta for lunch, sausage pitta pockets for dinner and porridge for brekkie, with a chinese pear in between, gonna stay late at work today.

bramble1

Lifted mince out for spag bol tonight, I might just have pasta and a WW sauce as i'm not doing too well this week food wise. Had wine AND m&ms last night! If i do that i'll just freeze the L/o spag bol for lunches.

Yoghurt for breakfast not sure what i'll have for the rest of the week! better make a start on the banana and walnut muffins, they've been hanging around the freezer for a while!

Lip_Stick

Today I've got the slow cooker out and I'm doing a Moroccan lamb casserole which I'll serve with cous cous. I'm not sure ds is going to like it so it might be fish fingers for him. He's with his dad tomorrow so I'll be having something spicy then, maybe Nasi Goreng, except I don't have any prawns. Hmm.

Been to Asda on the way home from the school run and the philly is back to full price. :mad: I could kick myself!

Lol Lynsey. I'd have thrown mine out for the birds but I might have put someone's window through! What's this groupon glitch?

ms_night_ryder - hope you managed to sort yourself something to eat yesterday!

bramble - I hope the wine and M&M's wasn't your dinner lol