Making chicken feed of my mortgage

muddywhitechicken

muddywhitechicken wrote: »

I've already spent £43.03 on groceries this week and I haven't finished spending yet :eek:

Grocery challenge = [STRIKE]£115.08[/STRIKE] £158.11/£315

:eek: Another £32.89 spent in Sainsburys AND I forgot to cancel the veg box (£15.95 - £1.65 credit = £14.30) :doh: but that's it - no more spending until next weekend.

Grocery challenge = [STRIKE]£158.11[/STRIKE] £205.30/£315

apple_muncher

How is your nephew doing?

muddywhitechicken

apple_muncher wrote: »

How is your nephew doing?

OK-ish - he was poorly again, on antibiotics again, wasn't eating and was losing weight so, given his medical history, the doctor sent him for blood tests to check for any underlying issues... none identified and he seems to be on the mend now :T

apple_muncher

Poor mite. Very tough for the parents.

muddywhitechicken

I'm liking the combinations/recipes in my new book (bowls! by Molly Watson)

I had the "Northern Hunt" yesterday - wild rice, sliced smoked duck, borlotti beans, radicchio braised in a little HM chicken stock and drizzled with good balsamic vinegar, crumbled blue stilton (LO from Christmas) and sliced spring onions. It was really tasty :drool:

Today's dinner was "Kalefornia" - white beans sauteed with garlic & rosemary, shredded kale & savoy cabbage in a chilli & lime vinaigrette (kale from the garden), shredded LO roast chicken, sliced avocado and roasted peanuts :drool:

And tomorrow I'm planning to have "Sweet & Crunchy Salmon" - swiss chard & barley pilaf (chard from the garden), maple-glazed salmon (YS wild salmon), fennel & green apple salad (fennel from the unwanted veg box), chickpeas and pecans (except I'll have to substitute the pecans as I've just used the last few in a bircher muesli for breakfast tomorrow :doh:)

I've decided to give up chocolate & alcohol for lent. It'll be tough tomorrow as there is a particularly good box of chocolates in the office...

No financial news at all and 10 days until pay day BUT
I do have exciting egg news :rotfl: Two of my lazy chickens have each laid an egg on 2 consecutive days :rotfl:

Karmacat

Those dishes *do* sound tasty, MWC. And well done to the chickens

gallygirl

muddywhitechicken wrote: »

I've decided to give up chocolate & alcohol for lent.

Oh well done you :T.

One of our Pilates instructors has given up chocolate....... we're all hoping she's started again by tomorrow :eek:.

muddywhitechicken

gallygirl wrote: »

Oh well done you :T.

Not so quick... I've just eaten 1/2 dozen white chocolate-coated cranberries thinking that they were yogurt-coated... :doh:

Watty1

Maybe eat the rest? Just to be sure. Some yoghurt coated ones might have slipped in ?

greent

Watty1 wrote: »

Maybe eat the rest? Just to be sure. Some yoghurt coated ones might have slipped in ?

Love this! :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: