Anyone got a nice spaghetti and meatballs recipe?

BigMummaF

Hi All....I'll update my spends tomorrow as usual.

Think we might have pancake day early, cuz one of the offspring is on late shift this week:o but thanks for the encouragement to try a savoury filling....it's the usual plastic lemon & 1/2lb sugar in this house:p

Have you tried putting a dose of bicarb of soda I]the stuff you can cook with[/I in your bath water Cuddleymarm? It's good for relieving itchiness, as in chicken pox, sunburn etc....don't think you need the water too hot, & sprinkle in a tablespoon or two as the tap runs. HTH

Oh & thanks for the BM info at Lidl TheBees....just might get over there---it's about 10miles away:o ----for a look-see.

belfastgirl23

Had a reasonably good weekend, helped by the fact that I went to a too-tough gym class on Saturday and was only just capable of movement on Sunday. I'm walking very slowly today too That, coupled with the weekend's weather, was enough to keep me well away from the shops.

I'm up to a £74 spend now but that's enough big stuff to hopefully last two months I'm hopeful to come in under budget this month. I do think the breadmaker is making a very big difference to my budget

Good luck everyone, especially nopot this sounded woefully familiar to me. and cuddlymarm I believe you should be in bed about now - do be sure and take it easy!!

Desperate_Housewife_2-2

TheBees wrote: »

How do I turn it into soup? I do have a slow cooker.

I'd really like to have a go at a MILD curry. Has anyone got a nice simple curry recipe that the whole family will eat?

Also saw an idea for chicken pasta bake. Anyone know how to make it?

Thanks

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Hi TheBees, righto, soup...put onion, any leftover veg and anything else thats hanging around (!) into your pan or sc along with the stock (warm it up before it goes in the sc tho') basically you can bung anything in and leave it to cook, whizz with blender and serve with bread and grated cheese. I find celery adds a lot to soups.

Mild curry....Fry onion and garlic in a bit of oil, add chicken, tbspn curry powder, tin of tomatoes s&p cook. Serve with rice.

chicken pasta bake....fry an onion in butter until soft, add 1 tbspn flour stir until mixed in then gradually add milk so it doesn't go lumpy. bring to a simmer so it thickens then chuck all the chicken in, add cokked pasta and bake in the oven. Sprinkle cheese on top if you like for a crusty topping.

MRSMCAWBER

Morning everyone

just got back from doing a "top up"....spent €7.48 on

2kg apples - €1.49
16 x 150g cherry yogurts - €2.98
2 x 300g cream cheese with garlic n herbs - €1.98
2kg onions -59c
400g fresh tomatoes -44c

Have a loaf of bread rising in its tin, and a batch of soup made from yesterdays roast chicken bones, lentils, broth mix and herbs n seasoning just got to blitz it in a moment -that will be 3 more flasks for hubbies lunches
the rest of the chicken was stripped off and we have enough for 2 salads each and 2 meals of HM wraps or pittas :T -good going for €2.50 -10 servings plus soup :rotfl:

Im heading to the freezer later to do a quick re jig and a stock take -want to see exactly what is there -after adding all my whoopsies last week..
we have just found out that our house in the UK needs a whole new roof :eek: ..and the 1st quote is for £3500 :eek: .. so im tightening the belt even further :rotfl: -luckily hubby loves what i cook.... and im learning more and more ways to eat well, healthily without spending a fortune... and lose weight :j

Have mastered pittas n wraps.... tried piklets for the 1st time this weekend.... having tuna tonight as i want the tins to make rings so i can make proper deep "crumpets"
my next mission is to try making bagels and muffins ......

Im hoping to put all of marches housekeeping into the savings account when i get it.....
This month i have done a fair bit of stocking up..so lets see how low i can get next month
can't wait for the growing season to start ...im planting loads..allready have some started in peat pots..just waiting for the weather to pick up a bit...... then hopefully i will be spending even less as we will have all our salad stuff plus loads of other veggies :j
right im of to the freezer :rolleyes: ..keep up the good work everyone:D

Desperate_Housewife_2-2

BigMummaF wrote: »

Evening......could anyone tell me a little about the BM they're advertising in Lidl please? For some reason I can't get the info up on the pooter:o

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http://www.lidl.co.uk/uk/home.nsf/pages/c.o.20080204.p.Breadmaker.ar3 its a bifinnett one, not sure what its like.

Desperate_Housewife_2-2

I'm having pheasant and veg pie today (with pheasant leftovers!) if there's not enough filling then I'll cook some chopped up spuds in micro and add them. Having it with broccoli and mash.

Planning on macaroni cheese one day this week as loads of cheese in fridge.

orchid-96

This month is going to be really difficult for me, it's dh's birthday today and we are having takeaway pizza (we usually go out for a meal on birthdays so this is at least going to be cheaper than that)...also ds is 6 on Thursday and have got a few friends coming over (again for pizza, going to do the 555 deal and have got other bits and pieces in to go with it, but will need to go out and get some more stuff)...then going to my Mums for the half term week, now in theory I should spend less on groceries, but by the time we go out for the day with the kids (London Zoo at least that is with Clubcard tokens) and I end up having a takeaway or 2 down there, I am going to really struggle....

Oh well I was going to say at least March will be better, but Easter weekend back to mum and dads for their surprise 40th wedding party (cost being divided up between me and 3 siblings) and then my twins turn 2 on 25th March :eek: ......Roll on April!!!

mrsdoyle1981

Hi all,

Sounds like i'm not the only one struggling a little this month!

I took out the £280 when i got paid on the 25th of jan and put it all in one envelope (as opposed to previous months when each weeks budget got separated) and i have spent £180 so far!

I am actually quite appalled at myself.

I use my budget to pay for anything and everything not bill related, and i have bought some new things for the kitchen (one of which was a confectionary thermometer to make vegetarian marshmallows for £5 from dunelm)

I also joined slimming world (costing £10 for first week/ half price registration plus £5 for healthy extra cereal bars and the magazine)

Whilst i was there, an incident occurred which has persuaded me not to return!

Hopefully i will be able to follow it by myself

Anyway, ive just done a fridge and freezer inventory and weve got plenty in to last for (hopefully the next fortnight)

I just feel a bit disappointed that i wasnt sensible at first, as i was hoping to save some of the budget to pay a little extra off my credit card. :mad:

Feel better for having got that off my chest, sorry to have ranted!

LouiseJ

mrsdoyle1981 wrote: »

Hi all,

Sounds like i'm not the only one struggling a little this month!

I took out the £280 when i got paid on the 25th of jan and put it all in one envelope (as opposed to previous months when each weeks budget got separated) and i have spent £180 so far!

I am actually quite appalled at myself.

I use my budget to pay for anything and everything not bill related, and i have bought some new things for the kitchen (one of which was a confectionary thermometer to make vegetarian marshmallows for £5 from dunelm)

I also joined slimming world (costing £10 for first week/ half price registration plus £5 for healthy extra cereal bars and the magazine)

Whilst i was there, an incident occurred which has persuaded me not to return!

Hopefully i will be able to follow it by myself

Anyway, ive just done a fridge and freezer inventory and weve got plenty in to last for (hopefully the next fortnight)

I just feel a bit disappointed that i wasnt sensible at first, as i was hoping to save some of the budget to pay a little extra off my credit card. :mad:

Feel better for having got that off my chest, sorry to have ranted!

What type of incident?....come on you can tell usUnless its personal in which case I'm sorry for being so nosey

mrsdoyle1981

LouiseJ wrote: »

What type of incident?....come on you can tell usUnless its personal in which case I'm sorry for being so nosey

Well, frankly the whole session was rubbish!

The leader or whatever you would call her was slating members of the group who weren't there (which is a big no-no in my book!) and then halfway we noticed there was a fire nearby, but didnt know where.

I suggested that we all evacuate, everyone ignored me. I left with my 3 yr old son, and called the fire brigade. They got there and told me that there was a fire at the back of the building, that it has caused some damage to the building (mostly cosmetic) but that it was out.

I was considering just leaving but the woman called me back inside so i waited for her to speak to me (just to explain the rules of SW) for over half an hour! :mad:

Just as she was about to speak to me some firemen came and started giving her strong words of advice about evacuating in the event of a fire and stating that she was responsible for the welfare of the people there.

She started denying all knowledge of fire procedures and then tried to use me as a witness to her innocence, despite suddenly remembering that there were several gas containers which could have quite easily exploded!

The firemen also said that the fire was actually licking up a gas pipe at the back of the building, so we were really, really lucky.

I was so annoyed as i had only known her a very, very short time!!

Maybe im over-reacting but i was really angry afterwards as i had tried to evacuate everyone in the first place.