Our DMP Adventure or We Don't Have a Clue!

debtfreewannabe321

awwwwwwww isn't mr BR sweet mr dfw would have poked me in the ribs and told me to shush up lol xx

BlushingRose

Well, he doesn't really have room to complain :rotfl:

BlushingRose

Right, have updated my 'Lent choccy' tally and not doing too badly (partly due to cup cakes though I think) so, not planning to make any more for now as this should also help get the weight loss back on track.
Still feeling very ill, but more like myself *finally* so I'm hoping it's on it's way out now. Only snag is that now I have a poorly eye (they shoot horses, don't they - anyone got a gun for me?) hoping it's a temporary thing but it's sort, itchy, cries now and then and it feels a bit swollen although doesn't look it.
As for money and whatnot, getting a bit twitchy about how much we've got left although I'm sure we'll actually be fine. We recently took advantage of Mr Tesco's 'buy 1 get 2 free' offer on Easter eggs so that's eggs bought for everyone except Mr BR and myself. In spite of the fact that we're only just into the middle of our pay month, we're going to have to put the 2nd half of the petrol budget into the car as Mr BR has had to use it for work since last Monday because of his bike being in the shop.
We've also been told today that his son will be coming home from Uni over Easter for about 3 weeks. It's going to be lovely to see my step-son but (and this isn't a good thing I don't think) but my first thought was 'how are we going to afford to feed him?'. Mr BR tells me that we'll worry about that when the time comes, but I'm not sure that's wise.

miggy

Nice to see the increasing total of choc-free days! Perhaps the answer to feeding the lad is to make lots of cup cakes? They will be gone in five minutes if my family is anything to go by!

If it's any help (I quite often end up with 5 young adults plus DH and self to feed!), I'd suggest you go very old-style and bulk out meals with bread, Yorkshire puddings, potatoes etc - cheap savoury carbs with the occasional sweet carbs thrown in for good measure. For breakfast (if he's up for breakfast ) things like Weet@bix are more filling and ultimately cheaper than many other cereals, and toast is cheaper still - or porridge. If you do bolognese or similar, add an extra tin of cheap tomatoes and of course plenty of spagetti. It depends on what you usually have of course - maybe you are doing these already. A basket of bread on the table with meals and a bag of value spuds goes quite a long way but you don't need me to tell you they can have a roast dinner and want to fill up on cereal half an hour later! Hollow bones.

Loved your snoring story - what a sweetie that man is!

miggy

This thread and this one (together with links in the first page of the latter) might come up with some very good ideas for feeding people!

BlushingRose

Thanks Miggy, The advantage, of sorts, is that he knows we're poor and on a DMP and he knows that we have only a small budget each month. Now, he's almost 21 so him being told and him realising what that means are actually two different things...
He'll be away for a few days over Easter itself though, and might spend a few days with his Mum too which will help, so it's probably not going to be as bad as I'm worried it might.
I agree with what you're saying re: bulking out though. It'll just mean being even more organised with meals than we already are. Getting the hang of stuff a bit more now so for example we make sure a chicken does two meals, and although the freezer isn't big enough to batch cook, we do try and bulk meals out so for the two of us, I'll use half of a 500g box of mince in my bol and bulk it out more with veg and to be honest we haven't really noticed a difference so I'm sure he won't either. If he wants stuff in that we don't have then he'll just have to buy it himself! *becomes an evil step-mother* :eek: *evil laugh*

Good news today - the only piece of post was from Mr Tesco containing my 'gesture of goodwill' £5 giftcard :T


Wish I knew how to put pictures in posts that weren't just emoticons...

miggy

Wish I knew how to put pictures in posts that weren't just emoticons...

Someone told me you need to store them online, somewhere like Photobucket (I think) then use the 'Upload image' icon at the top of the message box, i.e. when you're typing your reply.

miggy

BlushingRose wrote: »

he's almost 21 so him being told and him realising what that means are actually two different things...

I have one of those. The solution seems to be for him to get a money-conscious girlfriend!

we make sure a chicken does two meals

If you follow the 'rubber chicken' method you have the basis of three meals - though I don't as we had a freezer full of chicken stock that wasn't getting used. Day 1 - roast. Day 2 - casserole, curry or whatever. Day three - any fragments of meat go into sandwiches and the carcass is made into stock. (In the old days I suppose there would have been a Day 4 in which the bones went to the Rag and Bone man).

I'll use half of a 500g box of mince in my bol and bulk it out more with veg and to be honest we haven't really noticed a difference so I'm sure he won't either. If he wants stuff in that we don't have then he'll just have to buy it himself! *becomes an evil step-mother* :eek: *evil laugh*

Mwah ha ha! You can add a few lentils if that helps... or TVP (used to be able to get a largeish bag from Mr T for not too much but I'm not sure they still do it. A health food shop might?) I like your idea of using veg though.

It isn't easy feeding people that age, is it?!

Good news today - the only piece of post was from Mr Tesco containing my 'gesture of goodwill' £5 giftcard :T

Excellent!

BlushingRose

Hmmm, not sure I understand how to make stock from the carcass and what would I then use it for?

not sure how to cook with lentils either - gosh I'm useless lol

debtfreewannabe321

i haven't a clue how to make stock either if dh is around that is his area of expertise not mine lol.

Lentils i just rinse and throw in (not sure again if there is a special way of doing them :rotfl:) the kids also love chickpeas i've found :T so these get thrown in lots of things

My son is home at easter and is in the middle of a growth spurt :eek: he quite literally ate more than me and hubby put together over xmas :eek: and he is only 13. I dread to think what he'll be like at 21......here's hoping i'm DF by then :rotfl: