Living on next to nought - is that the key?

little_sweetie

Hi GP and chums :wave:

I haven't posted for a while but I have been trying to read and keep up with posts. For a while I had a bit of a slump in feelings of positive-ness but a few days away in our wendy house on wheels has helped. Unfortunately, dear FiL (92 yrs young) has not been very well and it's a bit energy sapping to say the least. I am now aiming to craft my way to Christmas as it's a wonderful way to forget *problems*

I am loving the look of your soups, GP, as well as the fancy shaped burgers. The GC would love those. When we did the shopping in Mr M on Wednesday (usually a Monday task) we spotted some 500g bags of prepared deli foods at a ridiculous price of 19p. We bought a bag of chopped spring onions which I have split into portions and I'm hoping they will freeze for later. However, numpty that I am, I didn't pick up a bag of grated carrot for 19p. I was halfway round the store when I suddenly thought SOUP! I dashed back and they had been snapped up What a nerd I am....

Anyway, thanks to all the tempting tips on this thread I am actually saving money from the food budget. I already have £10 in the pot for Christmas food :T Best of all DH is seeking out reduced items :eek: and my freezer is full of stuff to use for meals when I can't be **sed to cook. Thank you, thank you, GP, one and all.

The bad news is the heating is ON :shocked:

supersaver1000

Cutesy burgers GP, what a brill idea. :j

And soup with cheese scones :):)

It is definitely going to be soup week next week.

Tomorrow is a big pot of comforting Tarka Dhal. Then Saturday, hmmm that's up for debate at the mo. Then Sunday is omelette, baking, lemon curd and any other eggy things. I need to look back as I've been here before.

I have a tray of eggs and a huge bag of potatoes....

I'm afraid tonight was HM oven chips (dipped in a bowl with a tablespoon of oil then roasted in the oven) with egg and beans. Simple but delicious.

Boiled egg sarnies tomorrow. Bound to be :rotfl:Remember the boiled egg diet. Hmm :rotfl:

in_need_of_direction

I was struggling through the boiled egg diet when the salmonella scare hit. I couldn't face an egg for months.

Pippilongstocking

liltdiddylilt wrote: »

Oooooooooooh GP loving the heart shaped burgers!! That is fabby. However my cutters are gingerbread man and dolphin & rabbit shaped. I don't think it would work so well!

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Must skip off. Work drama and not loving it today.

Thanks for the share! You're a star.

Morning all in GP land.



Those cookies look proper lush. As does the soup/scones.

:T

XSpender

supersaver1000 wrote: »

I'm afraid tonight was HM oven chips (dipped in a bowl with a tablespoon of oil then roasted in the oven) with egg and beans. Simple but delicious.

That is one of my favourite meals with brown bread and butter and a pot of tea. Yummy.


Thanks for the Aldee super 6 list. Leeks are on my meal plan and I may grab another pack to make leek and potato soup, another favourite.


And thanks for the tip about oats in the AGCJ burgers. I cant eat gluten and don't have much GF bread so this would be a great alternative for me:)


We quite often have scones with soup too as I can rustle them up in 20 minutes when a GF loaf in the bread maker takes 2 hours.


What lovely sharing people you and your visitors are Greying, I am picking up lots of tips and ideas

supersaver1000

Thanks xSpender - I hadn't done the bread and butter or cup of tea, but will make sure I do next time - I also love spaghetti hoops so that will be the 'veg' of choice this week

I need to use up these eggs and potatoes so am boiling eggs for lunch and think I'll make a shepherds pie on Sunday. I need to get some small containers to make some individual ones so we can make 'fast food' ones. I'll have a look in Lidls and the cheep shop on way back from quacks.

Oh INOD, yes I remember it well. I think it put us all off, even now. For some reason I don't really fancy eggs but when I eat them I love them - boiled, scrambled, fried - all ways.

I'm going to try the scones too as I hated buying a sliced loaf last week when we'd run out - never thought to do some scones.

I have two loaves cooking in the oven. Have made a pizza dough and put it in the fridge for tomorrow - although its trying to escape. Going to make the curry in a minute for tonight and then I've got to get on with more houseywork.

in_need_of_direction

Tonight we are having chips from the chippy served with sliced batch bread, real butter, hp sauce and lots of tea.

Greying_Pilgrim

in_need_of_direction wrote: »

Tonight we are having chips from the chippy served with sliced batch bread, real butter, hp sauce and lots of tea.

If anyone needs to know where I am, I've invited meself round to INOD's fer tea HP sauce, mmmmmmmmmmmm.........:smileyhea

Greying

Upsidedown_Bear

in_need_of_direction wrote: »

Tonight we are having chips from the chippy served with sliced batch bread, real butter, hp sauce and lots of tea.

Greying_Pilgrim wrote: »

If anyone needs to know where I am, I've invited meself round to INOD's fer tea HP sauce, mmmmmmmmmmmm.........:smileyhea

Greying

Can I come for tea as well pretty please? :)

in_need_of_direction

The more, the merrier.