I'm eating out of the freezer and cupboards challenge

beachie

I was going to treat myself to a takeaway tonight as havn't had one for months but I just couldn't bring myself to spend £5 on one! So in true MSE style I popped along to Sainsburys and got the following:

Pilau rice - reduced from £2 to 69p and freezeable so only used 1/3 tonight (23p).

Sausages - reduced from £2.50 to 99p but again only ate 3 tonight with another 5 in the freezer (37p)

I already had some Jalfrezi sauce from ages ago so made a curry with the sausages and Pilau to the grand total of 60p.

the rest will be going into the freezer for a couple of other meals.

Total saving - £4.40 in cash or £8.80 in interest on the mortgage!

rev229

So sorry about your lovely dog Edwardia, life is quiet without them. I miss ours hoovering the leftovers! DH not very well today and left most of the baked spud with tuna I made for him! It was our dogs favourite tuna and potato!!

beachie

Sorry to hear about your dog Edwardia. I have been through the pain of a quiet house. It takes a long time for it to feel right but it sounds like the dog had a great life!

Florenceem

Edwardia wrote: »

Hi y'all, thank you so much for your kind thoughts re: dawg. Although he went peacefully without so much as a twitch, there was a bit of drama when the vet managed to stick herself with the needle !

While OH went back to the house and cleaned up the dog bed, bowls etc for my mother to take to rescue centre, she dragged me into Sainsbos. They didn't have any white lilies or roses so I got two bunches of the tiddliest ever white carnations at £3 each to put next to a big photo of my labrador. Totally unimpresssed with Sainsbury's flowers. Picked up YS organic mushrooms Lynsey plus org wild rocket and watercress and we did a buffet lunch with tarts I ordered yesterday from Riverford.

My mother wanted a demo of new laptop so did A&C and Riverford orders. OH discovered that she's such a teapot we had gotten through the extra milk I ordered yesterday. I had to go back to Sainsbos and buy more. :eek:

Dinner will probably be leftovers from lunch since we have no dawg to vacuum them up. It seems horribly quiet. He was a rescue labrador, I had him since he was a year old. He had organic sirloin steak last night, and he'd had a pretty decent life, going to countryside, seaside, boot fairs, to uni with me, on trains, chasing pheasants, winning 3rd in his first and only dog show Most Handsome Dog. He was the kindest happiest dog I ever knew (and I'd have five before him). I have lots of photos of him with Pa in the country though.

Definitely not an NSD as vet charged £125.

I have a Lab too - since she was 11 months old - rescued from family.

Florenceem

Freezer report - out - 2 HM muffins and some TITH. In 2 portions of HM chicken quiche.
Made the chicken quiche in a sandwich baking tin to avoid a - soggy bottom - but the chicken was watery!
Anyway it tasted okay. When Mr F came home with the chicken - I didn't fancy it - we had some pate that was naff - the chicken was what he got free of charge instead of more pate. I have gone right off pate after the manky lot we had - really had lots of grisly bits in it. :mad:
For dinner we had the quiche with HM wedges and salad - celery, grated carrot, spring onions, red onion and a yellow pepper.

katskorner

Edwardia, I just want to say so sorry about your lovely woof. It is so very hard to lose a much loved pet, even if you know it is the right time. We still miss our lovely Sooty cat after quite a few years (6) now! Sending you hugs xx

Pamsy

Edwardia, my thoughts are with you, I do not have a pet myself but I have family and friends that do and know how much their pets are part of their family.

Welsh_Poppy

Edwardia
I am really sorry to hear about your lovely dog, hope you are okay.My cat is 23 years old and dreading the moment I know it will be this year as he is failing in lots of ways.

Lynsey

Morning all.

Edwardia - hope you are OK today, big loss.

I've been invited out for Sunday lunch and took pork chop out for hubby.
Porridge for breakfast and muesli for hubby.
Sainsbury's for milk and might get a Dr Oekter pizza, but just one.
Nothing needed immediately, though cheap bread and hot cross buns would be gratefully accepted.
Hope the next lot of TCB offers are to my liking.

Thinking of making a batch of carrot and coriander soup.
Hubby says he will "target" the Quorn and veggie stuff this week. It could all be gone in a fortnight if he tries hard. lol

Catch up later.

Lynsey

skilly

edwardia so sorry about your dog ,my old girl was nearly 17 when we lost her took me 3 years before I could get another one .

No in and no out of freezers just one tin of soup as I had the sick bug and my other was working nights and 3 children were all out and about on nights out ;-)