Making chicken feed of my mortgage

nattypants

It's the thought that counts LRH;)

Beryl have a wee word with LRH and Gladys, perhaps a motivational activity or some of your insight into 'the secret of yolk' or for G 'the secret of laying'

muddywhitechicken

Thanks Alchemilla, Tilly & Natty

Only 3 eggs today - none from the newbies. I've given Miss LRH a cuddle and a pep talk!

Mr MWC made tandoori chicken and bengali squash & chickpea curry for dinner. I've spent most of the day washing-up :mad:

Today has been a NSD

I've had an e-mail from the meat box people. They've had a supply issue with the organic duck so will be replacing with a FR duck + 400g "seasonal cut". I'm not too fussed about organic as long as it's been running around outside.

gallygirl

muddywhitechicken wrote: »

Only 3 eggs today - none from the newbies. I've given Miss LRH a cuddle and a pep talk!

Wouldn't some meal worms be better .

muddywhitechicken

gallygirl wrote: »

Wouldn't some meal worms be better .

NO!!!! She's already sussed out that I'm a soft touch!

I need to toughen up - no eggs, no treats

muddywhitechicken

Mr MWC is currently applying for a FD a/c without any further nagging from me :j He is starting to get a bit pee'd off with all the questions though...

muddywhitechicken

I'm like a woman possessed trying to use up bits & pieces of food!

Yesterday

Bolognaise sauce (5 portions) using 400g mince that had been in the freezer for a couple of months, bacon lardons that had been in the fridge for a while and were approaching their use-by date, carrots+mushrooms from this week's veg box and the last couple of sticks of celery from a head I bought weeks and weeks ago

Chilli con carne (4 portions) using 400g mince that had been in the freezer for a couple of months

Tomato sauce (4 portions) using 1/2 rack of pork ribs that had been in the freezer since last autumn

Today

5-1 root veg soup (lunch today & tomorrow) using carrot/parsnip/celeriac/potato from this week's and last week's veg box (didn't have any swede or grated chesse to sprinkle on top though )

Bubble & squeak (2 small portions) using potatoes that had started to sprout, a little bit of spring green leftover from last week's veg box and some chives that I found at the back of the fridge

Dinner is the lamb & squash & cavelo nero dish from Saturday Kitchen using 1/2 leg lamb from the freezer and the leftover butternut squash from yesterday. My dad & his ladyfriend have invited themselves to dinner so we're cooking for 5 not 3. I refused to go to the supermarket to buy more so have defrosted 4 really old lamb chops and we will be having a medley of available vegetables.

Tomorrow's dinner will be a real mishmash - 1/2 steak each (no idea why I only bought one last year and froze it!), bubble & squeak, leftover butternut squash & chickpea curry from yesterday and some red cabbage

gallygirl

muddywhitechicken wrote: »

we will be having a medley of available vegetables.

May adopt that phrase - much nicer than 'whatever's lurking in the bottom of the fridge' :rotfl:.

muddywhitechicken

Whisky marmalade made - just waiting for it to cool slightly before I put it in the jars

Mr MWC is looking at car insurance - it looks like the cost is going to double this year because last year a) white van man drove into it in a car park and drove off :mad: b) a month after the repairs were done it got stolen :mad::mad: Goodbye protected no claims, hello higher premium :mad::mad::mad:

nattypants

muddywhitechicken wrote: »

Miss LRH's first "proper" egg wasn't a proper egg!

muddywhitechicken wrote: »

Mr MWC made tandoori chicken

Poor LHR - she was so young, and was only trying her best:eek:

gallygirl

nattypants wrote: »

Poor LHR - she was so young, and was only trying her best:eek:

Nooooooooooooooooooo :eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek: