"Sealed Pot Challenge 5"

nanto3girls

Potted the usual daily pound.

Mrs_Addicted_to_Spending

Hi potted £2.39 left over from this week's budget .

ljaneyr

RedGoose wrote: »

5 weeks is quite a long time- you should be able to use up most things in that time. Some staples to get you started:
Bean and chorizo stew
Chilli con carne/spag bol (if you make the tomatoey mince sauce you could divide it up and have some of each, adding to it to make it either bolognese or chilli)
Pasta features quite heavily in my menus. Eggs as well (omelettes, oeufs en cocotte, spaghetti carbonara etc). And I seem to get through quite a lot of tinned tomatoes and tinned pulses.
Liver and onions/bacon if you both like it.


Hope these help- you'll be fine!

rosyq wrote: »

Ruth, have you read Martin's isa guide?

http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/savings/ISA-guide-savings-without-tax

It might help? Sorry if I'm teaching my gran to suck eggs here

Red goose can I borrow your idea of potting when you go to the gym? I've just joined C**ves and want to make sure I go regularly!

Ljaneyr you could make a vat of spag Bol yum yum
Or roast a chopped-up butternut squash with the herb of your choice till it goes all squishy and make it into pasta sauce by adding stock, onions (roast them with the squash?), whatever else you both fancy.

It should be fun cos you're both in it together! Enjoy

Rx

Mmm thanks for reminding me of bean and chorizo stew - I love it! The roasted squash sounds yummy too! Will give it a try!

We ended up buying stuff for risotto, pasta bake and spag bol as they all have similar vegies in them, also a frozen pizza for emergencies! I'm loving 'keeping house' again and having some space and peace and quiet!

Have no change to pot at the moment as need to break a note but really am trying not to! Might have to raaid OH's wallet...the zip has broken so sometimes the odd coin spills out...

nu1isit?

Hello everyone ...

A grand 13p from us today :j...it's better than a poke in the eye ...

Happy Potting everyone

cutestkids

Keep forgetting to update this but am still potting everything I can another few pounds went in this week.

My tin is starting to feel quite heavy

crimson.addict

£13.15 into the pot last night. thats a fair few days worth though. Trying to spend as little as possible which means not many pennies I get paid tonight but i'm still going to try and not spend much.

nanto3girls

Potted my daily pound.
The washer i won,was delivered at 7.30 this morning.Still don't know where i have won it from.

jakes-mum

4 x £2 coins in the pot today :eek: did someone open their pot early round here :huh: they seem to be everywhere all of a sudden :eek:

welshone27

Hi, I haven't posted here a while, but managed to pot £40 the past 7 days.

RedGoose

ljaneyr wrote: »

Mmm thanks for reminding me of bean and chorizo stew - I love it! The roasted squash sounds yummy too! Will give it a try!

We ended up buying stuff for risotto, pasta bake and spag bol as they all have similar vegies in them, also a frozen pizza for emergencies! I'm loving 'keeping house' again and having some space and peace and quiet!

Have no change to pot at the moment as need to break a note but really am trying not to! Might have to raaid OH's wallet...the zip has broken so sometimes the odd coin spills out...

I'm glad I'm not the only one who has an "emergency pizza" in their freezer! I've had a few strange looks before I explain it, but it saves us from getting a takeaway or eating out when we can't be bothered to cook (don't get me wrong, takeaways and eating out are great, but you don't appreciate it if you've had a few beers and need to eat something now)! :rotfl:

That last bit makes me sound like a binge drinker. I'm not, promise... :A