Making plans for a hard month...will it be OK?

K9sandFelines

Toonie wrote: »

Yeah, it's just for me. I also found a couple of tins of pears in the back of the cupboard, so looks like pear crumbled is on the menu!

I have to be careful with shampoo and toothpaste as I'm also allergic to sodium laureth sulfate (found in many, many cleaning products for people/homes), so I tend to stretch out the shampoo as much as possible. The toothpaste is the problem though as using "normal" toothpaste I get really bad mouth ulcers.

Not sure if anybody has already suggested this, but if you go to HomeBargains and get a Sensodyne gel, think it's turquoisey colour (1.49 ish or cheaper) it's minus Sodium laurel sulphate. My daughter used to suffer with ulcers all the time and as soon as i switched to this, they stopped.

I would sit down and do a big meal plan of what you have and what meals you can eat/like.

asparagus1968

am sure you will be fine! especially with the support around here.
you can make a lovely hummus-style dip for your bread with the butter beans-just mash or blitz with some oil,seasoning and some garlic yummy.

i'd send an email off to sensodyne,explain your mouth problem and say a friend has recommended their product, can they send you some samples pretty please? its worth a try!
good luck,keep posting,you'll get there i'm sure

Toonie

Thanks for all the suggestions,I will concentrate on feeding myself well this month on little money and if I'm really good and do well, I'll treat myself to a trip to the second hand book shop/charity shop at the end of next month (once I've changed up my coppers-they are my treat money once a quarter).

BitterAndTwisted Yes it's pide, they also do corek (or as I know it dachtila-Greek version) and a few others. All really tasty and so cheap. I especially like their wholemeal pitta bread.

With the dahl what could I do instead of garlic (as I'm allergic and to onions)? Is there anything else I could add to it at the end?

Popperwell I shall have a look at the mags and see what they've got.

gallygirl Thanks-I'll have a look along with my cup of tea.

FairyPrincessk Thanks, I'll be doing a meal plan tomorrow during my lunch break (got two hours tomorrow). I know I don't need anything else this week-it's my housemates turn to buy the milk, bread and toilet roll next time we need it (which is useful).

meg72 Thanks, I used to be on the GC and somehow it just slipped away, will have to pop back in.

K9sandFelines Alas I don't have a Home Bargains nearby. I have occasionally used Sensodyne and it's been OK, will have a hunt to find it as cheap as possible. Thanks.

asparagus1968 I hadn't thought of emailing Sensodyne, will give it a go. Thanks!

bluebag

Toonie wrote: »

Yeah, it's just for me. I also found a couple of tins of pears in the back of the cupboard, so looks like pear crumbled is on the menu!

I have to be careful with shampoo and toothpaste as I'm also allergic to sodium laureth sulfate (found in many, many cleaning products for people/homes), so I tend to stretch out the shampoo as much as possible. The toothpaste is the problem though as using "normal" toothpaste I get really bad mouth ulcers.

No good on the shampoo then as it has SLS in , and the toothpaste sounds like a pass too. Do you have any clubcard vouchers or boots points you could use to get the ones you need?

K9sandFelines

Toonie wrote: »

With the dahl what could I do instead of garlic (as I'm allergic and to onions)? Is there anything else I could add to it at the end?

K9sandFelines Alas I don't have a Home Bargains nearby. I have occasionally used Sensodyne and it's been OK, will have a hunt to find it as cheap as possible. Thanks.

Sorry don't know how to double - quote - are you allowed cumin and coriander, they would go well? chilli?

If you are really stuck, i am there on Friday, could pick you some up and post to you. Also, try Savers, BargainMadness if you have any of those stores. I second what asparagus said also.

That's the one you need

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Toonie

Last night I had dinner at my sisters as I went round to see my new niece (who is a sweetie) and we had fish and chips (their treat) which was lovely. My housemate also cooked roast dinner during the week to say thank you for the soup I made over the weekend. She came home from work on Saturday freezing cold and I was just eating soup and bread and offered her some (it was a giant pot of sweet potato and carrot soup) and she loved it so she wanted to thank me and make a nice dinner.


The plan so far for what I've got is:


Braised duck leg with carrots and parsnip with soda bread. Leftover duck will be made into a stir fry the next day with noodles and peas and I'll buy some bean sprouts (50p).


Roast dinner with the poussin (will buy some spuds at the market on the weekend, I'll get around £2 worth). Leftovers will be made into roast dinner pasties to take as lunch.


Meatballs made with pork mince and served with pourgouri (good basic recipe here http://www.cdkitchen.com/recipes/recs/65/Pourgouri_Pilaf_Cyprus46523.shtml) Though I do tend to add some tomato puree to the mix as well. This will do several portions and the meatballs are nice cold the next day too.


Beef mince I'll make into a ragu which I'll probably have with soda bread and jacket potatoes (I'll get some biggish ones from the market).


I'm going to make up veggie stew-lentils, carrots, tomatoes, swede (will get on from market-they're about 50p generally) and leftover stew will also be made into pasties and portions frozen for later in the month.


So shopping list so far is potatoes and swede from the market and beansprouts at some point from Sainsbury or Tesco depending on when I have the duck.


I've managed to get some extra hours at one of my jobs but that won't be paid until 15th April, so something to look forward to for restocking my cupboards.


Today I think I'll do the veggie stew for dinner today and tomorrow as it will be good to have things for lunch Monday (extra shift) and I'll make beans on toast for lunch.

maman

Toonie wrote: »

So shopping list so far is potatoes and swede from the market and beansprouts at some point from Sainsbury or Tesco depending on when I have the duck.

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I didn't know until recently that you can freeze beansprouts. I tend to scavenge around my freezer and fridge for anything that'll go in a stir fry (cauli, cabbage, carrots, green beans, broccoli) and add a handful of beansprouts from the freezer.

joedenise

maman wrote: »

I didn't know until recently that you can freeze beansprouts. I tend to scavenge around my freezer and fridge for anything that'll go in a stir fry (cauli, cabbage, carrots, green beans, broccoli) and add a handful of beansprouts from the freezer.

Thanks for that. I didn't know they could be frozen either. I usually end up throwing some away, which I hate doing for obvious reasons, because I can never use the whole bag before they get manky because there's only me and DH. Do you just freeze them as they are in a bag or open freeze them?

Denise

bluebag

joedenise wrote: »

Thanks for that. I didn't know they could be frozen either. I usually end up throwing some away, which I hate doing for obvious reasons, because I can never use the whole bag before they get manky because there's only me and DH. Do you just freeze them as they are in a bag or open freeze them?

Denise

They are really easy to sprout yourself in a few days on a window ledge. Just need a jam jar some mung beans and a piece of j cloth and an elastic band.

Rinse the beans really well in cold water, then put about 1/2 inch of them in the bottom of a jam jar, they should be very damp but not sitting in water. Put the j cloth over the top of the jar instead of a lid so air can get in and secure with an elastic band.

Rinse daily and drain through the j cloth top, eat when long enough.

K9sandFelines

maman wrote: »

I didn't know until recently that you can freeze beansprouts. I tend to scavenge around my freezer and fridge for anything that'll go in a stir fry (cauli, cabbage, carrots, green beans, broccoli) and add a handful of beansprouts from the freezer.

Wow, neither did i, and have just bought YS ones today; so can use half and freeze the rest . I'm always chucking them as there is too much for one person in the bag.