Making chicken feed of my mortgage

Secret_Saving_Squirrel

Gorgeous hampers. What lucky friends and family you have X x

muddywhitechicken

The hampers were well received

I'm not quite finished yet as I still need to bake cookies for the hampers being gifted on NYE and make tablet for friends & family.

Vegan Christmas dinner - cashew & parsnip loaf with squash & leek stuffing and chocolate-chilli gravy served with roasted vegetables and sprouts - was delicious :drool:



We went to the Boxing Day races with Mr MWC's family - a fun day and we didn't lose too much money!

Sunday was our on-our-own-lazy day... we dug up the old crab apple tree, replaced it with the new one and went for a 5.75 mile walk so not so lazy :rotfl:

Yesterday was our traditional trip to the cinema with niece and nephew followed by pizza, today we are fine dining in London (on expenses :T) and tomorrow we are visiting my great aunt.

I tried to sell my sharesave shares this morning but I need to wait 2-3 days for an activation code :mad: Mr MWC has calculated his net worth and is looking very smug

greent

Your hampers look lovely, MWC - as well as the contents sounding (and no doubt tasting) delicious, they are very attractive to look at


Hope you enjoy Heston today - how lovely for it to be on expenses!


x

Karmacat

Wow, MWC! Lovely hampers, lovely food, lovely fine dining - I've been watching Masterchef Professionals, I understand now

edinburgher

Finally caught up with your diary MWC, you have been busy!

• Started on the most recent page, but worked my way back about 20 pages to figure out why you were having a vegan Christmas
• Were you happy with your eventual sharesave price?
• Our ancient nonstick pans are wrecked. No plans to replace them with nonstick again, think it will be enamelled stainless steel or stainless steel. Notice you mentioned cleaning stainless steel - what do you use? The Le Creuset tri ply look nice, a lot more user friendly than their cast iron pots

patanne

I've changed my ways of recent years. I still use my Copco cast iron for smaller things, but have started getting the buy it once replace it every 5 minutes for the larger things. I'm finding the heavier things are difficult with the arthritis I have in a few fingers and seems to be starting in my left wrist, so I am going for as light as possible and dishwashable. (Don't judge Copco by what they are producing since bought out by Wilton, they used to be as good or better that Le Creuset)

muddywhitechicken

edinburgher wrote: »

[*]Our ancient nonstick pans are wrecked. No plans to replace them with nonstick again, think it will be enamelled stainless steel or stainless steel. Notice you mentioned cleaning stainless steel - what do you use? The Le Creuset tri ply look nice, a lot more user friendly than their cast iron pots[/list]

:wave: ed

My SS pans (milk pan, 3 x saucepans, skillet and casserole) were "bought" from Boots 20 years ago - they were quite pricey at the time but a combination of BOGOF and loyalty points meant that they didn't cost me a penny :money:

I use Lagostina SS cleaner on the insides and Waitrose SS cleaner on the outsides

I can't see me needing to replace them :T

muddywhitechicken

The meal was delicious and wandering through the streets of London looking at the Christmas decorations was fun. This tree was my favourite :cool:

Horribly ill since but I'm blaming my temperamental digestive system

Came home to a letter from the hospital - I need to go back for further tests on Thursday...

gallygirl

muddywhitechicken wrote: »

Yesterday was our traditional trip to the cinema with niece and nephew followed by pizza, today we are fine dining in London

I need to know what you had. Please :drool::drool::drool::drool::drool:

muddywhitechicken wrote: »

Came home to a letter from the hospital - I need to go back for further tests on Thursday...

Hope all is well xx

muddywhitechicken

gallygirl wrote: »

I need to know what you had. Please :drool::drool::drool::drool::drool:

Me: meat fruit, braised celery, tipsy cake
Mr MWC: roast marrowbone, roast Iberico pork chop, gingerbread ice cream

Now I'm extreme dieting: guts feel like they've been put through a mangle and I have strict instructions from my GP for 24 hours of clear fluids only

Trip to visit great aunt postponed