Cuddlymarms getting on with it diary

EstherH

I add loads of veg to sausage casserole. Again, whatever is there. And lentils go in everything too. With different herbs and additions it is possible to have the same meat for quite a few meals without it seeming the same every night. So with the sausages, maybe half the pack like Meritatan has just said and the other half with some apple, honey and mustard added if you have them in your stock cupboard. Or with homemade Yorkshire puddings. Esther x

cuddlymarm

I've never really done sausage casserole always going more for toad in the hole with loads of gravy but I will have to add it to my menu plan now the weather is getting colder. Yummy

CH27

We love sausage casserole & it's become one of son's easy to cook meals at uni.

Soworried

I know the thread has moved on but a little bit of left over chilli works great as a bolognese pizza.

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I make a shepherds pie with sausagemeat, a chopped onion, a peeled and chopped apple and a glug of brown sauce as the meat base then cover it with mashed potato or parsnip it's really nice. You can also use tinned corned beef with a chopped onion some cooked haricot beans (baked beans are OK too) and a beef oxo cube in a little water and a glug of tomato ketchup both cheap, both easy, both delicious.

meritaten

I used to do 'Toad in the hole' with cut up sausages too. and forgot to say that I WAS cooking for five people! and my DD could eat as much if not more than her dad! so if only cooking for two - then half a pack of sausage, tin of beans and tin of tomatoes would probably do for two meals.
I don't know how you feel about offal? but, even the kids loved my chicken liver dinner. and its cheap! one tub of chicken livers is about 50p from Tesco, and will be ample for two people. I simply soak them in milk for an hour or two, drain them and cut off any 'stringys'. coat in flour and shallow fry in oil until just cooked through (pink in the middle like the chefs say would have had my OH recoiling in horror). then make a gravy with a splash of white wine to deglaze the pan (if no wine available use water) a chicken stock cube and about a third of a pint of water. combine and leave bubbling until it thickens a bit. I then put the livers back in to heat up again and serve with either boiled new pots or mash and a green veg. a VERY cheap meal but very nutritious and delish.

cuddlymarm

I go through stages where I fancy liver and onions usually with gravy veg and mash. As a good Cumbrian girl lambs liver is what I was brought up on.

I haven't even made a dent on this weeks shopping yet so I'm aiming not to have to buy any more till the end of next week.

I've started thinking about Xmas food now so will buy a couple of items a week now so that by Xmas week I will only need fresh stuff. OH doesn't like alcohol in his Xmas pud so I need to look for that sooner rather than later.

Tonight's meal was dry roast veg with sausages and then a small tin of pineapple with carnation. Easy to make and yummy:)

Cuddles:)

cuddlymarm

Oh the excitement I've finally managed a NSD for this month so that is the 1st of my 12. Today should be as well because I really need to tidy and iron and Hoover and dust oh the list just goes on and on.

Better get on
Cuddles:)

fuddle

I am one of those people who must iron cuddlymarm but these last few weeks I have been putting clothes away un-ironed with the mindset of 'if it needs an iron I will do it when I need it but hopefully I can get away with not ironing it at all'. With the exception of ironing uniforms, it is working. I imagine I iron 25% of our kit now as opposed to practically 100% before.

It's amazing how many crumples kind of just disappear in the drawer. :rotfl: I doff my hat to energy saving and labour saving :rotfl:

cuddlymarm

Hi Fuddle

I must admit I only iron as necessary. OH is a shirt and tie guy at work so there's no escape from those but I can't see the point in doing jobs that don't need doing, saying that I really must Hoover. I was full of good intentions but have spent more time pottering about than actually doing what had planned but now I have candles ready to light later.

Not exactly as planned but never mind

Cuddles