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lulabelle1 wrote: »

Would love to hear more about nutty chicken - sounds intriguing....

About 10 minutes from serving up, I will try and remember to put the recipe on here later x

ajmoney

Don't know if any of you get emails from moneywise but here is a link to a financial assessment if anyone is interested. I don't know how to do short links, sorry.

https://www.moneyadviceservice.org.uk/en/tools/health-check?utm_source=MONE&utm_medium=disp-email&utm_term=plmt&utm_content=health_check&utm_campaign=relev-dec-mar-13

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Nutty Chicken

3tbsps sunflower oil
4 skinless chicken portions
2 shallots chopped
1 tsp ground ginger
1 tbsp plain flour
425ml/1.5 fl oz beef stock
2 oz walnut pieces
grated rind of 1 lemon
2 tbsp lemon juice
1 tbsp black treacle
salt and pepper
fresh watercress sprigs to garnish

Heat oil in frying pan. Season chicken with salt and pepper & add to pan. Cook over medium heat turning occasionally for 5-8 mins until lightly golden brown. Transfer to slow cooker.

Add shallots to pan & cook stirring occasionally for 3-4 mins until softened. Sprinkle in ginger and flour stirring constantly for 1 min. Gradually stir in stock and bring to boil stirring constantly. Lower heat and simmer for 1 min then stir in nuts, lemon rind and juice and treacle.

Pour sauce over chicken, cover and cook on low for 6 hours until chicken is cooked through.

newgirly

The malt loaf sounds nice, reminds me of sunday night tea when I was a child, a big pot of tea, toast and malt loaf. Is it easy to make?

ajmoney

Yes, I will post that later x

ajmoney

£co payment for this week already at £79.24

lulabelle1

Brilliant, thanks for posting the recipe... I just need a slow cooker now!

ajmoney

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I forgot to get veg for today yesterday, needed bottled water for work (got a really good deal) and got some bread. Mr AJM did the shop so that amount is really good for him.

Haven't got time to read the other diaries tonight as I have only just finished work so will have to play catch up tomorrow as I WILL finish early(ish).

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When I started OPing I put on my account that I didn't want to reduce our payment or the term, just keep going but today we have a letter telling us the bank were reducing our payment however we decided to get them to reduce the term after a chat. I rang them earlier and based on what we have already paid we have knocked 3 months off the original term. If we were to pay £500 a month off from now and the interest rates didn't change we would be mortgage free in 9 years and 7 months. Mr AJM was quite excited by that when I told him, we are going to try and get as close as we can and see how it goes. Everytime we pay over £500 the bank are going to write and let us know the new term :j

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