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tattycath

A_Frayed_Knot wrote: »

Do it all :rotfl: if you have enough. I would have the salmon tonight and the chicken tomorrow, but of course, salmon is my very favourite Enjoy your dinner(s), whatever you choose.

Lol. Didn't have enough chicken out of freezer to do it all. I ended up being all in a rush-as per usual. So I cooked off some onions and added the chicken and just cooked it through. I will add something to it tomorrow.
We ate the salmon-it was delicious, I love salmon too.

tattycath

Operation clear out the freezer is going ok.
Tonight we had salmon-taken out of freezer yesterday, with mushroom sauce and veg - both out of freezer. We also had jam roly poly out of freezer.
I've made a list of meals we can have from food we already have in the house. So far I can cook at least 13 meals without having to buy a thing.
That should help with this months grocery challenge too.

A_Frayed_Knot

That's great news, hope you can keep to meal plan, that would save such a lot for you. :T I've just cleared a space for another freezer in my kitchen, as the one I have is full. Then I will start meal planning and batch cooking a bit more than I have been doing.

My salmon, if frozen, wrap in paper towel (kitchen roll) and ping it for 2 and a half minutes - perfecto !!!If fresh, still wrap in kitchen roll and ping it for less, if lazy and use (s)mash, meal can be ready in 5 mins by adding a little salad.

tattycath

A_Frayed_Knot wrote: »

That's great news, hope you can keep to meal plan, that would save such a lot for you. :T I've just cleared a space for another freezer in my kitchen, as the one I have is full. Then I will start meal planning and batch cooking a bit more than I have been doing.

My salmon, if frozen, wrap in paper towel (kitchen roll) and ping it for 2 and a half minutes - perfecto !!!If fresh, still wrap in kitchen roll and ping it for less, if lazy and use (s)mash, meal can be ready in 5 mins by adding a little salad.

I hope we can stick to the plan too.
Yes, we are thinking of getting another freezer for the same reason. It's just a case of deciding what size to get and where to put it.

greent

Going back to an earlier post, I always keep my carrots in the fridge veg drawer. I don't use foil though - just leave them in the open bag
x

tattycath

greent wrote: »

Going back to an earlier post, I always keep my carrots in the fridge veg drawer. I don't use foil though - just leave them in the open bag
x

Thank you.

tattycath

A few small sales to report this week totalling another £15.

tattycath

Busy day today, working this morning-paying bills.
Lots of cleaning and tidying to do this afternoon. Might nip to supermarket later to get a couple of bits and get some fuel.

Quick questions time. DD is trying to get me to buy flavoured sparkling water on a regular basis...we have had it a few times and it is nice to drink and it's only £1 for 3 X 1 litre bottles. Its an easy 'go to' refreshing drink. We do drink more water when we have the sparkling bottled water in. It's about 20 calories a bottle-no added sugar.
We are trying to be healthier as a family and some of us are trying to lose weight too, through diet and exercise.

The questions are:
1) am I fooling myself and is it just a waste of money?
2) is it detrimental to health/weight loss efforts

Thank you for any responses, thoughts.

PrincessLou

My MIL turned her nose up at some flavoured water I offered her last week because it apparently has a lot of sugar in. However, she tells me all sorts of things that I have no idea whether they're true or not so who knows :rotfl:

I suppose from a health point of view it's not really about the calories, as a bottle of diet coke has zero calories. It's more about what's in it in terms of sugar, etc

It does taste delicious and very refreshing though

tattycath

Thanks PrincessLou.