2014 Frugal Living Challenge

mumfirst_2

Aww thanking you very muchly DawnW.. feel daft having to ask at my age, will give it a whirl.. hopefully will be cheaper than the tins i buy for work at the moment, though fridge bottom soup today would consist of 1 tin of stella and 2 bottles of bud.

DawnW

mumfirst wrote: »

Aww thanking you very muchly DawnW.. feel daft having to ask at my age, will give it a whirl.. hopefully will be cheaper than the tins i buy for work at the moment, though fridge bottom soup today would consist of 1 tin of stella and 2 bottles of bud.

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Your fridge obviously has a far more interesting life than mine - though there is a part bottle of wine in there

I have just put a pot of soup on for lunch (inspired, after writing it out :rotfl:) consisting of 1 onion, 1 potato, 1 carrot, 1 stick of celery, a couple of table spoons each of lentils and pearl barley, a tin of tomatoes and the leftovers of a joint - just a small handful of gnarly bits that didn't get used up in sandwiches. Found some bread rolls in the freezer, looking forward to lunch now! Just right on a day like this

[Deleted User]

Getting organised for going back to work today. I have done some baking - made 2 fruit crumbles and some lemon buns. I have also made lunch for the next 2 days which will be bruschetta (HM bread with tomatoes and roasted pepper topping).

I now need to think ahead to next week and what I will take to work for lunch - there are some baking potatoes in the cupboard along with some cabbage so I will probably have a couple of days with Baked potatoes and HM coleslaw.

miss_empty_piggy

[Deleted User] wrote:

I now need to think ahead to next week and what I will take to work for lunch - there are some baking potatoes in the cupboard along with some cabbage so I will probably have a couple of days with Baked potatoes and HM coleslaw.

I never think about making coleslaw but I think that I will now. Thanks for that allie23 My parents are coming for tea and I am trying to use stocks instead of going out and spending. I was thinking about going to buy some coleslaw but don't need to now.

[Deleted User]

miss_empty_piggy wrote: »

I never think about making coleslaw but I think that I will now. Thanks for that allie23 My parents are coming for tea and I am trying to use stocks instead of going out and spending. I was thinking about going to buy some coleslaw but don't need to now.

There are some great recipes for HM Coleslaw on the Grocery Challenge recipe index. The one I use has white cabbage, gated carrot and a mix of mayo, Greek yogurt and crème fraiche for the 'sauce' - it is gorgeous.

[Deleted User]

That's my meal planning done up until next Friday. It works around using up bits and bobs in the freezer and cupboards. I will need to have a small spend but it should be less that £10 all in so I am pretty pleased with that.

Next week I will have to spend more since most of the stuff in the freezer and fridge will be used up.

happycrafter_2

Green_Queen wrote: »

Well I woke up this morning with an idea of what I could make with some Stilton I froze after Christmas and for the life of me I can't remember what it was!


How about broccoli and stilton soup? It is so rich that it feels super luxury.

I remembered half way through doing the spare room,
It wasn't soup but Stilton and something scones can't remember the something lol

Fancy making soup now as well

Buffythedebtslayer

....ok how do you make coleslaw? I didn't know it had potato in it.....oh hang you mean to eat with the potato? ok. but is it literally just cut up carrot and cabbage? what's the white stuff?


I could google but I did warn you all I would ask lots of stupid questions.


I am waiting for a guy to come pick up the hutch I am currently selling.


he said between one and two but am antsy till he arrives.

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sometime later - he arrived! He paid his 25 quid and I am very pleased.


nice man, with his father in law I presume, as he was northern and his "dad" was definitely a local!


I always want to ask how people end up down here from up there...... but I restrained myself.


xxx

mummybearx

Buffythedebtslayer wrote: »

....ok how do you make coleslaw? I didn't know it had potato in it.....oh hang you mean to eat with the potato? ok. but is it literally just cut up carrot and cabbage? what's the white stuff?



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My coleslaw is grated carrot, sliced cabbage (preferably white cabbage, I have made it with savoy and it wasn't as nice) with the sauce made from mayo with salt and pepper. Occasionally I put a dollop of mustard in it to liven it up. Preferably whole grain cos I like the wee bits in it

Frugaldom

Well, you guys can't half chatter among yourselves - I have zero chance of catching up with 20+ pages of posts so I'll just say welcome to my 2014 challenge, good luck to all of you for 2014, welcome to all the new-comers and I hope to see as many of you still posting by the end of the year with updates of how much you have saved and how close you are to kicking clear of any debts.