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Mortgage_Reduction_Novice

nattypants wrote: »

I think I may have worked out Tilly's extreme grocery saving HDK. She does go through rather a lot of lodgers don't you think? I don't wish to cast aspersions, but just saying........:D

Sweeney Tilly's Lodger Pies

LauraJo

elantan wrote: »

Hi Tilly , hope this cold leaves you soon , maybe take some dissolvable VitC with Zinc ? I find it helps me deal with the dreaded lurgy

There is a great receipe in the times paper today for garlic soup - meant to knock a cold right out. Might be worth doing when you are wfh tho!!!:rotfl:

Mortgage_Reduction_Novice

LauraJo wrote: »

There is a great receipe in the times paper today for garlic soup - meant to knock a cold right out. Might be worth doing when you are wfh tho!!!:rotfl:

Might knock MrT out instead!

LauraWxx

Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS wrote: »

Hi HKD, can I freeze pasta that way - it's never crossed my mind. I do freeze lasagne.

That would be a great idea for kids and my lunches.

I freeze pasta all the time.
I make huge vats of pasta bolognese or pasta twirls with chicken & a tomatoey sauce and freeze in individual portions for work lunches. I also chick in onions, mushrooms, peppers, carrotts etc to bulk it out (diet friendly) and to get the veg in. I also do risotto portions for lunches.

The bags I use were sold in Aldi a few months ago, they were zip lock bags and are fantastic. Re-usable. The only problem is the bolognese colouring does stain them so I try to keep the bolognese'y bags separate to the risotto'y bags but it doesn't really matter.

I would suggest cooking your pasta slightly under as it cooks it a bit more when heating up in microwave. Although for a lunch slightly mushy pasta isnt really the end of the world!

ajmoney

Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS wrote: »

Free eb@y listing weekend, auction not BIN. I know what I'll be doing for a couple of hours Saturday and Sunday :T

Tilly x

I might have to make this weekend my start of ebaying

elantan

I think I would offer someone 10% of my eBay money to do the damned thing for me tbh

It's been a long long standing argument between hubby and I

Lois_E

elantan wrote: »

I think I would offer someone 10% of my eBay money to do the damned thing for me tbh

So relieved to find somebody else who feels like this. I've felt like that for a long time.

elantan

Thing is I've offered the 10% to a friend that is in dire need of money ( even more so than me) and I said to her look I have loads of stuff here I want rid of you can do eBay ( she has sold on it previously) you do my ebaying and of any money I make apart from p&p you can get a percentage for ... I even went as high as 25% and she wouldn't take me on lol

Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS

Hi MRN, your picture made me roar with laughter :rotfl:

Lois/El, I absolutely agree about eb@y, it drives me mad but needs must and all that.

AJ, we can share the eb@y pain this weekend :eek:

LauraWaxx, I never thought of freezing portions of pasta type dishes for lunch at all. I do make soup and if there's any left I freeze. That's an excellent idea and I will do some the next time I'm cooking pasta, thanks.

LauraJo, Mr T has picked my cold up now so garlic soup sounds like a plan. I have loads left from the garden so could give that a go. Will get g@@gling the recipe

Off for an early night, Tilly x x

Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS

OMG I've just seen a garlic recipe to fight colds and there are 13 cloves in a soup to feed 2 :eek:

May have to work from home if I'm cooking that :rotfl:

Sounds like a tasty soup though

Tilly x