Cheery's buttling diary: tea in one hand, plant pot in the other, running shoes on

rtandon27

:j Hooray for storecupboard cooking! :j

We are having a roast tonight but made on a bed of 'bottom of the fridge' veg! - Leeks, spring onions, mushrooms, carrots, celery, cherry tomatoes just had a peak & the bed of veg looks lush!

Also made a batch of hand-pies - we had 18 this morning - only 6 left! - they will supplement OH lunches for the week. - Much, much cheaper than ready-made & healthier too!

(Giving that banana bread recipe a look as well - except we only have one extra ripe banana atm!)

Cheery_Daff

You could always just make a third of it RT :j :j

Hand pies = pasties, right?? :rotfl:

rtandon27

um - yes - I guess you could call it a pasty :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

mine start of cigar shaped and puff up to a long skinny rectangle...

basically puff pastry with a dryish filling that is imminently more portable than a pot-pie as there is no gravy inside - usually savory filling...

Click here for a whole raft of recipes!

ETA - OH says more like a slice than a pasty!

Cheery_Daff

Definitely a pasty :rotfl: Although having said that, I'm not really sure what a 'slice' is - I mostly think of the word 'slice' in conjunction with the word 'custard'

http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/custard_slice_58534



Yawn, tired now. Suppose I should sort out YNAB - bank was closed for maintenance yesterday so didn't finish it. Off to old job tomorrow so early train - even worse now I'm not used to it any more!

Have got baked snacks to take Although I also don't have any lunch (and no leftovers :rotfl: ) so it certainly won't be a NSD! :rotfl:

EssexHebridean

Pretty sure a pasty is crimped while a slice is folded and stuck? However, they both require a tasty mix of pastry plus yummy filing so I'm not sure it's worth quibbling over the name. (And I have no idea where pies fit into the whole question, either! :rotfl:

Greying_Pilgrim

Cheery_Daff wrote: »

Ooh, Greying will be impressed, I've made tea and baked, AGAIN! :j :j :j

Stands.in. awe Super nice sounding tea, and MUCH better than my offering :T

Greying wanders off craving a vanilla custard slice..........:drool:

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rtandon27

oooo the things you ladies teach me!

A custard slice is a totally new thing to me & tomorrow will be on the hunt for one!

:D:D

Cheery_Daff

Ooh, I love a custard slice Prefer the ones that have an extra slice of pastry in the middle though :j :j I pull the bottom layer of pastry/custard off and eat that, then eat the top with the icing layer on too Mmmmmm. Not had one for yonks! :j :j

EH, I think you're right about not quibbling about the definition :rotfl: Any food that doesn't require plates or cutlery is a bonus in my mind :rotfl: Sadly Mr Cheery doesn't do too much fat so we tend to avoid pastry in this house but maybe one day I shall make some hand pies of my very own Partly because I like the name :rotfl:

Greying, you won't be remotely impressed at my tea tonight. Mr Cheery was busy in the kitchen so I did a detour to Sainsbugs to buy a £1 pizza for tea :rotfl:

But it gets worse!! Because when I got home, we actually ended up abandoning the pizza and ordering a takeaway! :eek: :eek: :rotfl: :rotfl:

Oh dear!

And I still haven't done YNAB and it's payday tomorrow! Eek! :rotfl:

Oh well :rotfl: :rotfl:

EssexHebridean

Cheery_Daff wrote: »

Ooh, I love a custard slice Prefer the ones that have an extra slice of pastry in the middle though :j :j I pull the bottom layer of pastry/custard off and eat that, then eat the top with the icing layer on too Mmmmmm. Not had one for yonks! :j :j

^^

I've witnessed this - she does indeed. And then, if it's a Patisserie Valerie one, she can't quite manage to finish it! :rotfl: :rotfl:

Cheery_Daff

:rotfl: :rotfl: Yes, how very embarrassing. Must have been having an off day :rotfl:

Payday today :j :j Budget fiddled and YNAB sorted :j £8080 in house moving fund now :j :j

Other things...

£260 between no quibble and holiday funds - will combine these to fund weekend away next month :j

£183 in dentist fund (good job, I'm going back for xrays next month so goodness knows what that will bring up :eek:

£153 for that upcoming festive event

Various other savings pots for dull things like house insurance all filled

And £54 in new car fund :rotfl: :rotfl: Only had ours 2 years (although it's actually 13 years old) so not planning a new one any time soon - I just sling a token spare £5 at it here and there. Priority is house moving fund so all spare gets flung into that. Fingers crossed ours doesn't conk out (although if it does we'll raid the ISA - thank goodness for savings hey?)

All good

Baking-instead-of-cereal-bars plan didn't work - predictably Mr Cheery finished them off (yes, all of the biscuits and all of the muffins) while I was at work yesterday so I've still had to do a stock up in the shop this morning :eek: :rotfl: :rotfl:

Oh well, will try again next weekend