I'm eating out of the freezer and cupboards challenge

cheerfulness4

Florenceem wrote: »

I have been looking through my old recipes - found a good one for American cookies - watch this space. :rotfl:

Eyes peeled. Love cookies!

recovering_spendaholic wrote: »

I am very impressed!! I use old knickers to make dusters usually!!

I was too but I find these days I'm wearing my old pants. I've been assessing the damage and pondering how to put new elastic in them. Hard times or am I just getting really tight?

Lynsey wrote: »

That 50p per 100g gammon ham from Morries is lovely, wish it was that price every week. Hope they keep doing similar offers on the deli counter.

Lynsey

I'm really hoping they have some of this at my Morries tonight. Cheaper than getting the offcuts I think.

Florenceem - I'm getting seriously addicted to your piccies. That cake and TITH look scrummy.

Edwardia - Congrats on those test results, too. :T

No cooking tonight as DH is treating us to a takeaway. Not sure what to have this weekend. I've a reduced pork joint we didn't have the other weekend so that will be good for Sunday.

I've discovered lots of coconut in the pantry today when I was having a little sort out. Macaroons? Never made those but love them. Will have a think.

Off to Lidls in morning in pursuit of the cheap cheese. I've only one pack left in the freezer. Have a fancy to make cheese and onion pasties tomorrow. I'll pull some puff out the freezer, I think.

Have a lovely, relaxing weekend everyone.

recovering_spendaholic

Went to Lidl earlier and got some meatballs, butchers choice sausages, pork loin steaks and frying steak. I haven't had their meat before so am looking forward to trying it.

While I was there they had the Croque monsieur with 30% off sticker so I got a packet and have just done one for DD2's tea. She said that it was nice - I thought it looked and smelled lovely!

I also got a big tub of yoghurt, a load of reduced toasting muffins, bread rolls and wholemeal bread, a quiche, a 1kg bottle of Daddies tomato sauce (hope it's nice!).

Baked potatoes in oven for DD1 to go with her chicken - I have just had a ryvita and peanut butter (from Lidl) so am a bit full to think about tea!

Lynsey

cheerfulness4 wrote: »

Hard times or am I just getting really tight?

Something I'm a tad worried about!! This forum opens your eyes a bit and the more experienced and knowledgeable you get, the more you want to save.
Next year I want to find a better balance and relax a bit, ease off a little ............. but it is compulsive beating the system.
Hope you get that gammon ham, I'll get some more tomorro if any left.

Jane - see how you find Lidl's frying steak, I found it tough when frying and finished off the rest in casseroles.

NSD and veggie day No. 2 of the week completed.

Bacon sandwiches tomorrow for breakfast and spag bol also rather than meatball pasta bake.

Take out a joint for the weekend and that'll give some more space.

Lynsey

blackandwhitebunny

Edwardia - those test results sound good, hopefully you can keep it like that through diet.
The quorn story is interesting to say the least... from what I've read it was originally developed as cattle feed, then they said it was going to solve hunger in developing countries - when they realised that there was no money in that they changed to marketing it as a vegetarian food. originally though it used battery eggs so vegetarians said 'no way' and they started marketing it as a healthy alternative.
I still remember that they sold it as mycoprotein - a form of mushroom protein and were asked to remove that description from the packaging.
A percentage of people are alergic to it and they've had trouble getting it accepted for human consumption in several countries.
Ultimately the company has been motivated by money.:(
We had invited PIL round for dinner tonight and had a leg of lamb from the freezer, whoopsied just after Easter. I processed 3 cloves of garlic, half a lemon, 2 teaspoons of oregano and a glug of olive oil and rubbed this all over before roasting and did the same with some par=cooked spuds. Very very delicious. I can actually move things around in the freezer now:) its making me nervous:o

Lip_Stick

Evening all. Nipped into town and got my free fish and chips, which doesn't work out free when I count bus fares and the hot drink I have to buy lol. Enjoyed it, but dad happened to be there, and I wanted to chat with my sis about family stuff.

Went to Tesco's to see if I could find any good reduced toys or home stuff but there was nadda... did buy half price chicken fillets, half price pork mince and finest steak burgers reduced from £6 to £2. Phoned my mam and got her some of the selection too. Makes a change for tesco to have a half decent offer on! Took the last of the pork mince tho. May do meatballs with that next week.

Made a load of twink's hobnobs this evening, far too many for ds and I!

Edwardia - great news about your health. Good that you've achieved so much! My sis recently got diagnosed as diabetic, in fact went into a coma at her house after being a bit ill. Shocked the hell out of me when I saw her in hospital. Realise I need to watch what I eat really or I'll end up the same I bet.

Edwardia

blackandwhitebunny that lamb sounds scrumptious !

Lip_Stick that must have been frightening for both of you ! Diabetes of both types starts with genes and if you have good ones you won't get it but any tendency towards laying fat down on the belly (visceral fat) = insulin resistance to some degree and the slippery slope

I've managed normal blood sugar by cutting my carbs to 50g a day but a healthy person without diabetes could probably eat the equivalent of 6 slices of wholemeal bread and 6 tsps of sugar a day (including stuff in drinks, fruit juice etc) and stay healthy around 130g per day.

Thank you all for the congratulations I've had a really good day

cheerfulness4

Lynsey wrote: »

but it is compulsive beating the system.

Lynsey

It really is. I was practically skipping out of Morries earlier with my 12p Campbells rice (courtesy of coupons) and my 25p Benecol yogurts (ditto coupons), not to mention my gammon ham at half price.

Then, to add the icing, I got some great reductions.

2x chicken korma - was £3.50, reduced to 65p each
3x 2pk cheese & onion lattice slice - 19p each
3x pots sausage & leek pasta sauce - 25p each
luxury chunky coleslaw - 25p
2ltr apple juice- 39p
2pk mexican potato patties - 19p

I also managed to get a ham bone off the deli counter for £1.49, although I'm not sure of the worth of that considering how cheap the gammon ham was. It'll make a nice soup, though.

No bread reductions, which I could have done with. Won't need to pull that puff from the freezer now as I won't have to make cheese and onion pasties now that I've bought some.

Night night everyone. Must get to sleep so I'm first in the queue at Lidls in the morning.

Florenceem

Freezer situation - still full!
We had salmon, HM garlic wedges with salad - celery, cucumber, onion, red cabbage and tomatoes dressed with tarragon vinegar for dinner.

Florenceem

This recipe is from a magazine - I think it was Woman's Realm. The feature was - Cake Of The Week - gave the cost to make - this one says - about 24p - shows how old it is!
Cost now to make - approx - not sure of syrup price - 68p.

4 ozs margarine.
2 1/2 ozs demerara sugar.
2 oz golden syrup.
2 standard eggs.
4 ozs self raising flour.


Grease tin and line base with greaseproof paper.
Cream margarine with 2 oz sugar and syrup until light and fluffy.
Gradually add eggs - beating well.
Sift then fold in flour - spoon into cake tin.
Cook in deep 6 inch round cake tin ( centre of oven ) at 180 c for 55 min or until cooked.
Cool on wire rack and sprinkle remaining 1/2 sugar on top of cake.
I cut into eight slices.
Can be frozen.

Lynsey

Morning.

cheerfulness4 - great bargains and nice to see you get that gammon. If I get some today I might do gammon and eggs al a Wetherspoons - simple and nice.

Bacon sandwiches soon as NO early Lidl visit this weekend. Off to Home Bargains and B&M's later though for hopefully cheap crisps and any other cheap "goodies". Spent just over £20 this week so far and don't want to spend too much today.

Florenceem - I'm going to have to sort out my cake tins and follow some of your recipes.

Have a great Bank Holiday weekend, the weather actually looks a little better today ............... though they did say Saturday would be the best day!!!!

Lynsey