The Matrix - Re-Evolution!!

Horace

Horace had a wierd lunch today - cereal (Tesco's own variety of Special K Red Berries) followed by two cooked chicken legs. I plan on making a stew out of the remaining chicken leg and 3 chicken thighs - I have carrots, onion and spuds.

I also had a long power nap today after watching Celebrity Masterchef - they were cooking squirrel:eek: I now want the woman who presents the Victorian Farm to win as cooking squirrel seemed to be her forte. I haven't long woken up although i was rudely awakened by my door buzzer and it was someone wanting to get into another flat and wondering which buzzer he had pressed..musn't be able to read because I have stuck a proper label saying Flat 5 on mine.:mad:

I will go and find Make Do & Mend (is it on The Matrix?)

Dorastar

Busy day at work.
Am being good and using up freezer and fridge food for as long as possible - couscous, mushrooms, onions and philadelphia-type cheese for me, sausages and potato wedges for tinies. Jellies with raspberries made for lunches and pasta salad using up rest of cheesy stuff for tomorrow's lunch. DH has tidied up house and it looks clutter free-ish which is nice for a change and have listed frogs I need to munch this week - so far so good.

Betsie2010

:wave: Hi all Matrixes - have been lurking for a while now , thought it was time to say Hi.
Am struggling a bit at the moment and looking to save wherever possible. Reading your threads has given me the proverbial kick up the bu** so instead of throwing away old wrinkled fruit I have stewed it and frozen it for a crumble at a later date and made some banana bread. All little steps hopefully in the right direction.
You have mentioned a previous thread for "make do and mend" - can anyone point me in the right direction please?
Thanks

groatie_queen

Here you are! ETA to add 71p and three nappies

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/2445739

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/2139839

Horace

Thanks Groatie, I shall go and have a read.

Made myself a lovely chicken stew - used the cooked bits I cooked at lunchtime, added water, carrots and onions, added Herbes de Provence, pepper and a chicken stockcube (I found some chicken and some vegetable stock cubes that have been lurking at the back of the cupboard since 2007:eek: - I sniffed the chicken one first and it seemed to smell ok so I used it). I am still alive...so it can't be that bad.

Tomorrow I shall collect prescription and go to village and visit Tatco - I would like a few more provisions thanks to my LVs (I have about £46 to use:eek:). I quite fancy some eggs, longlife milk, a tin of stewing steak (part of my emergency rations) I might get spam, fruit and tinned fruit (again as part of my emergency rations), wonder if they still make Dream Topping as I have a hankering for it?

Saw a job on jobcentreplus website which looked a doddle - telemarketing on a B2B basis, however, I cannot find any details of the firm anywhere - they do not have a website but they have an email address..sorry but I like to do a spot of research before I apply for jobs - I was caught out by a con artist before which is why I like to do my own research and not rely on anything the jobcentre tells me.

Off to read now...oh I wish I had a biscuit to nibble...

Dorastar

Will send you over a homemade cereal bar Horace - am working my way through the cupboards and trying to use up loadsy stuff so I don't have to spend any £ this week.

Just come home from dancing class and got free bottle of cleaning spray and 6 assorted colman mixes from one of the ladies there - garlic chicken, sausage casserole, spare ribs etc etc so should be able to make end of freezer food more interesting now

Horace

I have made a start on MG's diaries and I have already pinched a recipe. I am rather partial to Scotch Pancakes and always thought they were difficult to make - now I know they are not. So may just get some ingredients for store cupboard and make some which I can then freeze.

I found out that the prom dress shop up the road from me now has a sewing cafe where folks can go and learn to make things - I have two lots of material here that I have never ever used and I might have enough for two skirts. Wish I had never left my old singer sewing machine behind when I left my ex hubby's place - one of our chum's bought it in a junk shop in Horncastle for £10 now I know she got it for herself and her old man had a hissy fit over it so it was given to me. It still has a tin of black currant pastilles in it that date from 1929 - I thought they had been together for so long they may as well stay together:rotfl: Mind you, I never learnt how to use it but it is a manual one so is unlikely to run away with me. I can do something with the fleecy primark tops that no longer fit - they might make a nice blanket.

My store cupboard needs building up and I may even venture down the road of getting yeast..although I only have my remoska to cook in.

Gemmzie

Mrning all, just popping in before work. Crazy week is in full swing and I can't wait to collapse on Sunday! Hope everyone is well x

Memory_Girl

Horace wrote: »

I have made a start on MG's diaries and I have already pinched a recipe. I am rather partial to Scotch Pancakes and always thought they were difficult to make - now I know they are not. So may just get some ingredients for store cupboard and make some which I can then freeze.

Thats it ladies - Horace has busted us!! She thought we were domestic goddesses :rotfl: Now she has found out that everything we do takes 4 ingredients and 20 minutes to make

I found out that the prom dress shop up the road from me now has a sewing cafe where folks can go and learn to make things - I have two lots of material here that I have never ever used and I might have enough for two skirts. Wish I had never left my old singer sewing machine behind when I left my ex hubby's place - one of our chum's bought it in a junk shop in Horncastle for £10 now I know she got it for herself and her old man had a hissy fit over it so it was given to me. It still has a tin of black currant pastilles in it that date from 1929 - I thought they had been together for so long they may as well stay together:rotfl: Mind you, I never learnt how to use it but it is a manual one so is unlikely to run away with me. I can do something with the fleecy primark tops that no longer fit - they might make a nice blanket.

If you have enough fleecy bits hows about these :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDbRUXnav5k&feature=related excuse the cheesy music - but the principle is good.

My store cupboard needs building up and I may even venture down the road of getting yeast..although I only have my remoska to cook in.

Horace - after about three weeks reading you will get to the point on the threads where I make the connection that the best thing to do is to dedicate a portion of my budget to building a store cupboard. I allocate £5 per week for the three of us. Then you start buying what you use when its on offer - or save up a few weeks and order from Approved foods online.

I estimate I have about £1200 of food in my store cupboard and have spent £170 this year so far. This will be the basis of my MFi3 campaign.

MG

robsmum_2

Morning All,
Day off today and I am going to blitz my house and do some more on my garden cull/renovation. Loving the talk of using things up but having to smile. I had 2 pheasants (shot by B.I.L) and some long life cream to use at the weekend. Result: pheasant wrapped in bacon done in slow cooker, chocolate tart (2lb of sweet pastry now in freezer)12 merangue nests( had 4 egg whites from making pastry) and 3 boxes of pheasant soup.:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:All very posh and made from bits and pieces that needed using. Just didn't expect it to lead to a marathon cooking session. Was challenging though as have never made chocolate tart or sweet pastry.

Hope everyone is well and have agood day.