Making chicken feed of my mortgage

Mortgage_Reduction_Novice

muddywhitechicken wrote: »

Thanks MRN

The soup is one of our favourites and the recipe is from Sainbury's magazine...

Dry-toast 1 tbsp each of cumin & coriander seeds - grind with a pestle and mortar.
Melt a knob of butter and fry spices, 1 chopped onion and a pinch of dried chilli flakes for 10 minutes.
Add 600g of peeled & chopped carrots, 800mL of stock and 1 x 410g can of butterbeans. Simmer, partially covered, until the carrots are cooked.
Blend until smooth.
Return to pan (if you haven't used a stick blender!), add 450mL of milk and reheat.
Serve with a swirl of yogurt, cripsy fried shallots and chopped parsley.

Thanks for this. Butterbeans on the shopping list... everything else we have in the store cupboard.

muddywhitechicken

Miss F has spent a second day outside and I think she is finally on the mend :j and 1 egg today from Miss B

Today's trip to Morrisons came in under £50 - I'll find the receipt later

Pork shoulder (from freezer) slow-cooked in beer with haricot beans & greens for dinner with mash and a bottle of barbaresco for dinner :drool:

I'm not feeling very festive at all but I did get our Christmas tree out this afternoon. I always used to have a real tree and I only ever decorated it with Father Christmas decorations but for the past couple of years I've had one of those bare, twiggy, artificial trees with fairy lights and teal, lime, bright pink & purple baubles. It coordinates with the living room decor but it's not very Christmasy!

muddywhitechicken

Analysis of today's supermarket receipt (£49.72):

£2.60 on chicken treats (spinach)
£0.00 on food for the wild birds
£9.45 on vegetables
£8.29 on fruit (including OJ)
£7.74 on dairy
£4.89 on meat/poultry/fish
£0.00 on toiletries
£4.00 on cleaning products
£9.10 on storecupboard items
£0.65 on bread
£0.00 on Christmas
£3.00 on miscellaneous (lightbulbs for cookerhood)

newgirly

Hi Muddywhitechicken, just thought I'd pop in and say hi as I have just caught up with your diary

misscousinitt

Also popping in to say Hi.

Glad Miss F on the mend.
MCI

muddywhitechicken

Hello MCI & newgirly :wave:

Miss F is still improving - she bokked in response to my bok bok bokking this afternoon... twice :D:D

(yes I know, I'm a mad chicken lady )

1 egg again today (from you know who!)

Mega Monday is completely passing me by and today will be a NSD :T:T:T

Leftover pork, beans & greens and bubble & squeak for dinner tonight

BookWorm

Hi MWC :wave:

I love the idea of you talking to your chickens
Really made me smile after a pretty grotty day - so thanks :T

BW

muddywhitechicken

BookWorm wrote: »

Hi MWC :wave:

I love the idea of you talking to your chickens
Really made me smile after a pretty grotty day - so thanks :T

BW

Hi BW
Sorry to hear that you had a rubbish day - hope tomorrow is better for you
MWC

gallygirl

muddywhitechicken wrote: »

Hello MCI & newgirly :wave:

Miss F is still improving - she bokked in response to my bok bok bokking this afternoon... twice :D:D

This is good I think

muddywhitechicken

I'm having one of "those" days...

I took my car to the dealership this morning - a 60-mile round trip - only to be told that "it's in the secret compartment"... I've had the car 3.5 years, nobody told me it had a secret compartment... :mad::mad::mad:

I then mixed my Christmas puddings and put them in the oven to steam for 6 hours before heading out again.

This time a 60-mile round trip in the opposite direction to meet up with a friend for lunch but when I got there he only had time for a quick coffee It was lovely to see him though and he gave me my Christmas present I wasn't so well organised for his unexpected trip to the UK so I'll have to post his present to the US :mad: I also need to make him some tablet... mmm tablet :drool:

Back home now - the smell of cooking Christmas puddings is lovely - and need to get on with some work as I'm supposed to be WFH today...