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rtandon27

...Reporting back on bargains...

L!dls is a bit hit & miss sometimes - most things were the same price as order from this morning, so stuck mostly to planned spends...
baby potatoes - 59p
3 peppers - 79p
spinach - 2@59p
bag of apples - 1.79 - this week we are going to try to have a healthy workplace!
tzatziki - 99p
70% dark chocolate - 1.25 (medicinal you know!;))

Pippilongstocking

rtandon27 wrote: »

...Reporting back on bargains...

L!dls is a bit hit & miss sometimes - most things were the same price as order from this morning, so stuck mostly to planned spends...
baby potatoes - 59p
3 peppers - 79p
spinach - 2@59p
bag of apples - 1.79 - this week we are going to try to have a healthy workplace!
tzatziki - 99p
70% dark chocolate - 1.25 (medicinal you know!;))

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

And sure it is its also one of your five a day

Slow start rround these parts still workign on report and also have gone for lunch.



Meals sorted for next week.

rtandon27

our meal plan is much the same as last week!

sun - bottom of the fridge risotto & freezer chicken
fish & spinach & egg mon
pork & broc & potatoes tues
thai green curry chicken & aubergine weds
thursday - date night (am hoping for korean or japanese!)
friday - greek or fish from the chippy
sat - bottom of the fridge omlet

we are quite boring & uncreative these days - roll on OHs retirement - decent home cooking awaits!

Pippilongstocking

Hey there RT that sounds yum again.

Well that was a week. and happy recycling week to you.

Things I've benefitted from
oodles of plums
oodles of beetroot
oodles of raspberries and spinach
oodles of courgettes
free lunch for a colleague leaving
free bbq for another colleague leaving
free petrol for a new p/t job getting some shopping for our volunteers.

So work wise its been a 7+ crazy womble fest and the report went in eventually on time.

38 hours in the garden and I've got some cover from our volunteer person who's left so I'm doing an extra 5 hours a week at £15 for that. Until that post is covered and I've been asked to apply for it.

Also applied for DHG job and have interview on Friday. There is a lot of competition and whilst they already know me, that's not necessarily an advantage. :P

DS arrived home and left a couple days later and is now making tartieflette in les alps learning to chalet host for a week.

Need do some shopping today.
Need cook 5kg plums
Need pick rasps
Need pickle more beetroot and freezer more spinach
Lots of beans at work any inspiration to freeze/preserve them gives a nod.

Helping move AW's DD into flat today in the land of jam


Meal plan might look kinda like this. AW here tonight and DS back on Thurs night

Sat - not sure have Aunty Wik here
Sun - leftovers
Mon - fish + home veg
Tues - shepherds pie mince is frozen and cooked
Wed - beef stir fry
Thurs - we'll be late need think about that
Fri - something nice as we're all home for a few days

Pippilongstocking

Shopping

mutt fud
juice - cordial
fizzy water
shredded wheat/rice crispies
nut milk

not sure we need more than that. Which doesn't seem very much but the garden is full of veg/fruit.

Funny shopping for other folks. Frozen fruit on the list and I thought OK that's a bit odd, given the season. But got some anyway and turns out it was for cooking as crumbles.

Erm, we are in the season of abundant fruitfulness are we not. I have suggested that perhaps the plums/apples/rasps/berries which are abundant at the moment might be nicer.

:P

So next week I'm back to 21 hours in garden and job share is back from hols and 7 womble, 5 volunteer care.

Lol and I was worried I'd not get enough work.

Pippilongstocking

Cleared the CC - all 9.17 of it. must have been using more cash this month for stuff as that's the food/petrol card.

Put £500 into savings.

Yes I heard that too. This is a work more than you normally do month.

Cheery_Daff

Ooh, well done on all those savings! :j :j excellent work :j and it does certainly sound like you've been doing a LOT of work :eek:

Can't wait to have a garden full of food one day... in the meantime I haven't even got round to preserving the one thing (gooseberries) that I have managed to grow! And I actually have some raspberries this year :j they're currently overhangig the pavement so everyone has to walk round them Not enough to do much with so I just add them to porridge each day when I eat breakfast out there

Have a good day cheerful stripey girl

Pippilongstocking

Ey up there cheery HOpe you're getting some breaks in all that decorating and rasps and porridge sound ace.

I'm all up to my lugs in plums

I've made 8 bottles cordial and 3 boxes of fruit plum 'compote' to freeze into breakfast portions, and now I'm going a bit off piste.

We don't really eat jam or chutney but I did find this recipe and I'm having a go at chinese plum sauce we do like a bit of a duck pancake. Might do the potted plums too although too sweet for me perhaps.........


https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/sep/07/nigel-slater-plum-recipes

Dear lord dont' get me started on the apples that are ripening.



Subby in the meal plan I have a fish curry and extra fish to use up.

ETA the kitchen now smells like a lush chinese takeaway emporium. :T:rotfl:

rtandon27

yum - chinese takeaway chez pips!

If we leave now we can be in time for a late dinner!:D:D:D

hmm - on that note maybe getting out of pjs is a plan first!:o:o:o
budgeting done, groceries ordered, 2 loads laundry done, OH blitzed kitchen and made brunch! (bottom of the fridge stuffed omelet) - he also managed to shower & get dressed :D:D

ok - off to get self clean & go to gym - it's a dreek day here so leaving the house is an event! - will give meal plan a thought & report back later! does doritos & salsa count as a meal?;)

Pippilongstocking

it does count as a meal for my ds.

I shall not confess how much sun and warm we have here. See you for supper in the garden.......