I'm eating out of the freezer and cupboards challenge

ms_night_ryder

Tropical sun vending machine is open, just grabbed a bbq jerk sauce.

Kirri

ms_night_ryder wrote: »

Morning all.
Helicopter crash in vauxhall, used to get that route.to work, I used to see my Aunty take that route walking everyday and her building is next door,.she is o.k and says she got in just before the crash, thank god!

Lynsey glad you thought of this challenge thing, so far we have the stick to a budget week,.veggies week and no spend week, I think I can manage all 3 since it was your idea, you choose the starting one.

Shocking isn't it, I worked up there for years.. friend still up there, must have gone through half hr before it happened.

I'm up for all 3 too!
On the no spend week we might have to make emergency allowances for small children and pets lol.

canspendnomore wrote: »

and soya cheese is awful. I'm really struggling make nice cheese sauces. Kirri you may be able to help me there. You seem to be more au fait with vegan than I am Yet!

Vegusto is nice! Toffuti also good. I'm still learning though and admittedly would prefer a nice organic real cheese I bought some Marigold yeast flakes as this can be used for cheese flavour in either a fake cheese sauce, scones or as a parmesan but have yet to try them!

Edwardia wrote: »

Doable ????????

Canspendnomore, Welsh Poppy and other veggies what do you think ?

It is doable with a wide range diet as I seem to exist as a reasonably low spend, largely organic veggie BUT the carb levels issue is difficult!! I don't know enough about carb levels but protein levels may also be difficult without pulses?

Lip_stick not a onesie!! Wouldn't he look like an overgrown toddler?! I saw some teenage girls wearing them in the street the other week, looked like they were out in their pj's!

Snow showing on forecast for end of week.

Lip_Stick

Morning all. Today will be a NSD as I'm not going out at all. No idea what I'm having for meals as ds is with his dad so it's just me to cook for. Thinking of having a mug shot for dinner, but tea, don't know.

Weather is supposed to be getting worse eh, annoyed because ds' sledge is at my dad's and we're still not talking. :mad:

Hmm the veggie week. I might be able to do that if I can cook ds normal meals and myself veggie... Tuna is ok for a veggie right? joke lol

Kirri - he is an over-grown toddler lol. As he's only 5, he's still too young to protest too much when I tell him what to wear. :rotfl:

Jelly_Biactol

A great Yorkshire dialect verb, lost from Standard English, is thoil (from Old English ‘tholian’ (to bear, endure) if you're interested). So when a Yorkshire person says ‘Nay, Ah can’t thoil t’ brass’ or 'Ah can't thoil it', this doesn’t mean ‘I can’t afford it’, but ‘I cannot bring myself to spend my money on this particular item’ or 'I cannot justify the expense'.

Now there's a word that needs reintroducing into the language:T

I make myself a t-shirt with 'Ah can't thoil it' written on it, for when I go shopping :rotfl:

Edwardia

Morning all !

I agree Lynsey should choose the challenge cos she thought of the idea.

I just suggested veggie as something a lot of people could do that's different and which other people on the thread could help with.

Could try a no spend week with notice but it would be a spend in advance week rather than a really NSW because I don't have a huge freezer and don't stock much tinned stuff now.

How much is the budget per person please ? I kinda think that's not too feasible for organic but I could cost it.

Low carbers can stuff eggs and cheese Kirri I think vegan would be verry difficult. I like Taifun organic tofu with basil but not enough to live on it for a week Mind you it was better than the High Weald Dairy organic Halloumi I had yesterday, from Budgens. Talk about salty..

Snow here and more forecast but it didn't lay except a sprinkling on soil.

Lynsey

Challenge??
Why not see who is up for it and have a vote??
I'm "easy" - well that's what's written about me on the bus stops. lol
My vote for the 1st one would be a "veggie week", maybe from Sunday to Saturday. Would it be for all the family or just us?? Clearing the veggie stuff from the freezers would be appreciated.
As long as we don't have a "make your own coffee week".

MIL is on train, so picking her up around 2pm.
Need to get bread for Brother and milk for myself.

Helicopter crash - we've been over the Vauxhall bridge many times when visiting Son. Strange accident and although bad, it could have been many times worse. The crane driver had a lucky escape it seems.

Very sunny here today, but very cold. Not much melting sadly and minor roads will be scary!!

Off soon, catch up tonight. Decided on a stir fry and Groupon maybe the weekend (weather will decide).

Lynsey

Jellybaby

Thanks Kirri, I bow to you oh queen of spread sheets:) Given me lots to think about and a new project that's going to keep me out of mischief!!

Had pizza and salad for dinner last night and crumpets with blueberry jam for supper. Fish and chips tonight and I've taken out chicken for tomorrow so one freezer drawer not groaning so much.

Up for any of the challenges, in any order. Will still have to cook meat for DS2, the boy likes his meat and a wee bit antsy about NSW but won't know until I try!

Welsh_Poppy

Morning

Just 3 pages to skim read I stopped getting notifications thought you guys gone to sleep with the snow:-)

Edwardia

What was the question sorry must have missed the post.

I seem to match my protien and carbs but my iron and calcuim seems to be a problem.

Walk with mum 5.4 miles (2hours) and breakfast at cafe poached eggs on toast yumyum
Nothing out of freezer today as fetched cooked breakfast for husband so just a tin of soup for dinner for us.
12 out 16 nsd

I went to morries for fruit veg and salad £8.00 but all I spent on food this week.

Kirri

Edwardia wrote: »

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Low carbers can stuff eggs and cheese Kirri I think vegan would be verry difficult. I like Taifun organic tofu with basil but not enough to live on it for a week Mind you it was better than the High Weald Dairy organic Halloumi I had yesterday, from Budgens. Talk about salty..

Not all week though??!! Would be a bit saturated fat heavy wouldn't it, all that cheese every meal??

I think though for everyone else it should be cheapish if sticking to veg, pulses etc, though maybe should stick to seasonal veg I guess if on real budget. Over to Edwardia for low carb suggestions!!

Hm split pea dip (bit like houmous but easier/cheap) and hm bread
Swede mash topped with cheese and pumpkin seeds (though I normally have veg sausages with this..)
Shredded greens & potato cakes (added cheese, spices if wanted) (again I have veg sausages with it..)
Dahl & hm bread
Pancakes
Veg/lentil tagine
Veg and nut stir fry
Omelette
Risotto (I have fresh frozen broad beans in stock though)
Puy lentils with mustard dressing/veg (HFW recipe but I leave out the beef!)
Pasta with tiny amount of stilton/veg
Pasta with lentils/carrots
Pasta with pesto/broccoli
hm Veg soups & bread
Beans on toast or jacket potato (I'd use home grown borlotti in passata - HFW recipe)
Nut Roast - may be pricey? but had it for first time recently and really tasty (Mary Berry recipe) and freezes well, get lots of portions
Lentil shepherd's pie
Moroccan chickpea, lentil, spinach stew (Morrisons online recipe, I get a week's worth of portions from this, freezes well)

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I had the Taifun organic tofu last night but think that may be a step too far for others :rotfl: also it's not budget friendly maybe? though I get 3 portions out of the £2.79 ish cost.

Edwardia

Enjoy Eating Saturated Fats: They're Good For You (2011)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRe9z32NZHY
Dr Donald W Miller Jr MD, Professor of Surgery, Cardiothoracic division, University of Washington

If you don't have the time to watch though I'll just say that saturated fat is not the problem it was believed to be 40 yrs ago and that my GP and consultant are quite happy for me to chomp through eggs eggs and more eggs cheese butter etc.

Swede mash with cheese and pumpkin seeds - lurve swede oven chips and swede and celeriac mash mmm :T Most of that list OH would eat no probs.

Welsh Poppy me too <confused>

The horsemeat came from Netherlands or Spain according to the Irish.

Dinner tonight is Daylesford chicken (Ocado offer) and cos I'm emailing lots it will be done in Seeds of Change Mediterranean Vegetable organic pasta sauce (1.71 Ocado offer)