Living on next to nought - is that the key?

mcculloch29

in_need_of_direction wrote: »

I'm not a fan of sushi, was force fed dulse as a child, but I do think that your homemade version looks good.

I would have loved that childhood. I adore dulse, sushi and laverbread. I wonder about iodine deficiency, as a small child I sneakily tried to nibble dried seaweed on the beach, as I really wanted to eat it. :eek: I still would, probably, tbh.

49p for Nori sheets! No HB here though.

I have been busy with work, but am back, Greying, though still busy.
Why am I posting at 4 am?.I fell asleep in my armchair c. 8 pm after very little sleep the night before and then woke up at 1.30. So now typing a bit before going to bed.

Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS

Morning Greying, I've never thought of grilling peaches to serve with a main course but they look lovely - will give this a try :beer:

Good to hear about the tradesman.

Have a good weekend, Tilly x x

rtandon27

Greying_Pilgrim wrote: »

...Well, Lemon is your friend, so pasta, feta, mint and lemon vinaigrette or pasta, raw tomato and roasted pepper salsa with basil or pasta, brie, grape and French dressing...

Of course you are helpful darling!;)

Am liking your pepper & tomato & basil idea - yum!
OH wants more of yoru ideas to involve cheese:D - brie & grapes is rocking his boat - lol

I'm very very thankful for the homestores atm - this week we'll mostly be eating from the freezer and storecupboard with some cheap fresh veg & eggs thrown in to round things out & freshen things up! Think we'll have to pick up some lemons though as there is one lonely chap in the fridge! (They are always reduced in our local so not to worry about running out.:))

On Wednesday past I got himself to make Brocconut Noodles - we used walnuts as that was what the storecupboard had! - last time the nut of choice was pistachios which was ultra lush! All over, it was a very cheap but super tasty offering!

Browsing through their recipes this morning, the Aubergine No-Meat Meatballs are looking mighty good - will need to rummage round the local red sicker shelf next week and see if they have said veg reduced!

Somehow I've managed to hide the pack of bacon from the OH, so at some point this weekend, Caesar Pasta will be happening as we've got three curly leaf lettuces that need using up!

Am really really loveing the A&C recipe collection - Simple recipes, many of them ultra cheap - all that we've made have a TON of flavour!:D

little_sweetie

Ahh, RT, oh for a husband who actually cooks...sigh...

Thanks GP and satchmo for the advice re freezing milk. I am definitely going to give it a whirl.

:j wey hey for good tradesmen! :j

Greying_Pilgrim

Good Afternoon :hello:

Well, not as much accomplished here at Greying Towers as we had hoped - but the weather put paid to the outside jobs, so we're not entirely lazy slugs. A much needed (by DP) lie-in was had anyway, so the weekend got off to a good start. We then went *shopping* - urggh - Aldee was packed

Oh, of course, in mrM the veg 'reduced' bit was stacked full, and I also had a rummage through the stacked crates at the side - and came across punnets and punnets of cherry tomatoes - probably 350g??? reduced to 55p Ah well, I did the decent thing and shoved them onto the reduced shelf, along with some other reduced bargains. As I was trying to stack the crates back, the vultures pounced and when I turned around, everyone had been snapped up. Why on earth mrM doesn't have someone putting the stuff out I do not know. Why should 2 people get everything for tuppence at the end of the day? Why can't 50 people get 25/50% knocked off throughout the day? I was happy with my avocados (99p full price) and a tray of 4 salad tomatoes for 35p instead of 59p. I am not a fan of mrM I freely admit. Perhaps its just our particular store.

Oh, I got some courgettes in the aldee S6 - they were 69p though, not 59p as had been mentioned on another section of the forum - that were grown in Worcestershire, UK :j:j Now, unless little_sweetie is leading a drive for independance - I believe that I have bought British produce today :j As it should be, given that our climate grows courgettes..... and.... gasp,shock,horror..... it is the season for courgettes..........

We have achieved other chores, and took a whole load of stuff to the recycling too, so :j

satchmo - wot r u like :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: Thanks for backing up my theory

mculloch - lovely to *see* you. Yes, 49p is incredibly bargainicious isn't it? Still, they don't have them in stock permanently at that price, so you have to make hay, etc etc

Tilly :wave:

rtandon - as soon as I saw the name of the aubergine dish I thought 'Jack Monroe' - it is her recipe too I didn't know she wrote for A&C? I have that still to make - I copied it out of her cookbook I got out of the library. Oh, and if you've not got aubergines in your stockcupboard, and you don't pounce on any YS'd (there were some in my mrm this am, but they still wanted 69p for 2 teeny wrinkly ones.....:() If you have a L*dl near you, they have aubergines for 45p at present (don't think it is an offer or anything) and they are lovely large, glossy ones. About the best price I've seen for long enough

The Caesar pasta dish also reminds me - I thought of you instantly this morning. I was browsing the TMS twitter page and Lords (cricket ground) had posted a pic of what was for lunch for the players (yesterday I think) and top of the list was BBQ chicken pasta. I thought you may be able to run with that idea? It wouldn't matter if you'd marinated/BBQ'd a whole chicken and were using the leftovers, or whether you were using leftover chicken, then combining in BBQ sauce, or whether you were making from scratch - I thought it would be a good hot/warm dish for lunch/dinner or good as cold for pack-up for work?

Can you tell your DH that he has picked the wrong gal to ask about cheese, as we are officially in *cheese poverty* here at Greying Towers........ :rotfl: Actually, that is not strictly true, as I did splash out on another block of cheddar from L*dl this morning There will be something for sandwiches and to top our pizza with, after all

With all my spending today, I am now officially £5 over budget - even with hiking the budget up to £100 Is it because there is far more fresh stuff in our diet?

Right, I'd best get on, got some bread dough to form into rolls. We're still planning on going out tomorrow. But it will be weather dependent.

See y'all later.

Greying

satchmo1

Yum to grilled peaches with salad, thanks GP. I had three small flat peaches that were YS but not very juicy, so I grilled them and a red pepper. Even DH approved (finicky eater that he is).

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I tried to post last night that I'd made the peach salad using the link you posted GP. I had some weird mse pop up that my subsciption or something had expired. OH thought I'd left it too long before posting but It was at my usual slow pace so I gave up.
Anyway it was yummy so thanks for that idea. We had it with a risotto made almost entirely with veg from our garden: courgettes, french beans, mini runners and broad beans.

moneyistooshorttomention

Just popped in courtesy of thinking about your Middle Eastern thoughts recently.

You might be interested to borrow "Middle Eastern vegetarian cookery" by David Scott from the library. On the other hand, there are copies on Amazon right now for 1p plus postage.

Just a thought you might like...

supersaver1000

GP. Cheese poverty. I grated 480g cheddar from either Aldee or MrTee and DH put the WHOLE LOT in the cauli cheese. Very cheesy but now no Sanger cheese. I bought a pack of cheese slices from co-orp reduced to 50p from a pound - that'll be my lunch this week then. :rotfl:

Gonna hide the cheese once I've grated it next time. Flaming Norah!

:mad:

Maryland_Cookie

No posts from GP today, that's strange hope all is ok x