How to fall in love with saving money

JoJoC

Well done on your productive day Cathy! Mine was spent mostly running errands and helping my mother in law get cleared out for her boiler getting replaced this week.

All this talk of holidays and sunshine is making me jealous

Quiet evening for us! Trying to engage my brain to write a meal plan but unsuccessful so far.

JIL

How did you make your asparagus tart? Sounds lovely. As do your salads. The kiwi cake also sounds very nice. I haven't had a kiwi fruit in ages.

JoJoC

Happy Sunday everyone!

Although, does that not mean work for you Cathy?

I've not got many plans for today. Husband is doing a few hours overtime so my son and I will get ready and go to Aldi once I've written my meal plan then might pop down to see my mum for a while since my dad will likely be playing golf!

Anyone else have nice plans?

Your asparagus tart sounds lovely- I'm on the look out for a goats cheese and shallot tarte tatin as my colleague made one just from her head and brought some in but was delish! I need a recipe for everything though...

hex2

cathybird wrote: »

Oooh, haven't tried Awesome Books - this could get dangerous

Bargain bin is fatal - they are often the 1p books on Amazon but going direct makes it £2.49.

Often codes on twitter/Facebook - 10% or 4 for 3 on bargain bin

Sorry

cathybird

hi all! Sunday evening and just back from work. Slightly frustrating day, colleagues were a bit fractious. I am glad to be home in the peace and quiet.

The asparagus tart is a Sarah Raven recipe and here it is. Here's a pic, and it looked exactly like this. The pic is cut off on one side but you get the idea.

cathybird

I never do write meal plans, I'm not really that organised Only feeding myself I suppose. I buy stuff like gnocchi and then work out from whatever else I have what to do with it - I have some at the mo in the fridge and could make it with a blue cheese sauce or tomato sauce. That sort of thing. Or I buy fish and pan fry it and then have salad on the side, which is very easy.

cathybird

hex2 wrote: »

Bargain bin is fatal - they are often the 1p books on Amazon but going direct makes it £2.49.

Often codes on twitter/Facebook - 10% or 4 for 3 on bargain bin

Sorry

ha ha, hex2 Thanks - have found the link to Awesome Books's Bargain Bin, and I am going to check it out - wish me luck

JIL

Thank you for the recipe. I made asparagus and gruyere quiche last year, but the asparagus was sunk into the egg mix. I like the way this recipe keeps it on top. That is also a really nice website.
Thanks again.

cathybird

JIL, there's cooked asparagus inside the tart too - you split the asparagus spears, slice the bottom bits finely, cook them in a bit of butter and oil and use them to line the inside of the case, along with parmesan and gruyere, so all of that gives the spears laid on top something to sit on, so that's why they don't sink. It really is a nice tart.

JIL

Thank you for that, theres an asparagus farm near us, they have an honesty box and sell a load of mis shapen asparagus in big bags for a couple of pounds. I have bought it before and taken out the best ones and used the rest to make soup.
I may get some for the weekend, even more so as my other half has said he is going to do meat free May.