The Simple Bare Necessities feat. Gratitude & Recipes

EssexHebridean

Ha yes, my "Bullet-ish Journal" is a Poundland sectioned notebook - works a treat for me. There are so many options out there now I find myself constantly tempted to pick up another one "ready" or "just in case"...! :rotfl:

I got the £1.39 mushrooms too but fairly sure mine were Cambridgeshire - I like the thought that they may make some effort to buy relatively locally, at least! Glad to hear the Oranges were good too - MrEH has those, I have the Clems. :T

Need to add popping back in to HB's on Friday to my list of things to do as well - there was no Brown Basmati when I was in on saturday.

Cheery_Daff

I should confess I have succumbed to stationery in HB today In my defence one notebook was bought to replace a specific work one that ran out today, and I got a wall calendar for work, and an unnecessary but cheerful new notebook But since all three together came to a grand total of £2.27 I shan't beat myself up!

Greying_Pilgrim

Cheery_Daff wrote: »

I should confess I have succumbed to stationery in HB today In my defence one notebook was bought to replace a specific work one that ran out today, and I got a wall calendar for work, and an unnecessary but cheerful new notebook But since all three together came to a grand total of £2.27 I shan't beat myself up!

Good! That sounds like bargainacious cheerfulness bagging to me

Where are the days zipping to?

Tea last night was Jack Monroe's Bean Goulash, if I'm honest, I prefer mushroom goulash, but this was good enough and filled a hole. I had the remainder on top of my scrambled egg on toast this morning Last night it was served with boiled basmati and yoghurt with smoked paprika. Picture here;



Tonight's tea will be a buddha bowl, based on 'deconstructed' cabage rolls. I think the inspiration may come from Leanne Brown, but she does it as a casserole. I got a spring cabbage YS'd in mrW, so I'll use that. Today I bagged some aubergines that had been YS'd to 15p each in mrW. That's curry night sorted, and I think that I may try Yotam Ottolenghi's Aubergine Kuku if I can find the recipe. I have made other kuku recipes of his, but not that one.

I picked up a spiffing item in a charity shop today for BG when they are older. Some magnetic letters - I just need to look out for a magnetic whiteboard/easel now, but plenty of time - years in fact, for that The magnetic letters were originally from j.lewis emporium, and are good quality :j In the meantime, I may just borrow them to be witty & pithy on my fridge :rotfl:

Right, best shift-a-tail-feather and get tea on the go. Time is flying :eek:

Greying X

Cheery_Daff

Ooh, that goulash looks proper tasty Greying! :j :j And hooray for magnetic letters You should definitely be witty on your fridge I love those fridge poetry things - we've got a few words (on the boiler, which is at eye level in the kitchen, rather than the fridge, which is at ground level by the back door), but most of ours are German, which I don't speak so they're largely ignored :rotfl:

beanielou

Great news on the charity shop buy :j

Greying_Pilgrim

Good Evening :hello:

Thanks for the encouragement Cheery & Beanie - the letters were definitely a bargain, as they are pretty much in great condition; one has a small chip, another is a bit sticky......... But they came in a box too :j Ah, yes, our fridge is at ground level too - and technically 'behind' a door much of the time Ah well, one day

I bought some postage stamps from one of those whizzy self-service tills in the PO today. They are a different design to the chrimbo stamps - featuring 'hibernating' native species - adders and hedgehogs in the case of 2nd class stamps (and there is a picture of each on individual stamps - the PO hasn't got them co-habiting....... )

The non gardening parental gave a 'note' for BG's savings account to me yesterday, so the primary purpose of our walk up the high street was just to go to the bank to make a deposit. But I got the stamps as well, because the queue for counter services was heaving yesterday (same today) and it now means I can send off the last tranche of cards and have a couple of stamps in my purse for everyday letterage use However, whilst in the vicinity of the shops, I did benefit from some YS'd goodies and a bargain from a charity shop. I also bought some choccy malt - easier reindeer from HB for 59p when the same packet in......... I think it was w1lko was 95p... I didn't dare look how much mrW wanted for the same packet......

Tea has been munched. It was a buddha bowl, so therefore the recipe that I am linking to was 'inspiration' for me (in terms of ingredients used) rather than the recipe that I followed, but I'll link to it, just in case someone finds a use for it; Deconstructed Cabbage Rolls - Leanne Brown, Good & Cheap.

I used brown basmati - partly because, why not? But partly because we had white basmati last night. I cut the cabbage up small, steamed it, then melted some butter into it and sprinkled it with caraway seeds. I cooked the lentils - using the beluga lentils that I had in stock, rather than buying more green speckled lentils. I made a tomato sauce, using; onion, garlic, carrot, red pepper, a tin of tomatoes, paprika, salt & pepper. I ran the lentils through the tomato sauce. Then I had actually forgotten that the recipe used sausages (veggie in my case) and as luck would have it, there were 2 left in the freezer, so I cooked them up, sliced them on top of the lentil mix and drizzled yoghurt over with a sprinkling of smoked paprika. Picture here;



Today I am grateful for these 3 things;

for help at 2 self-service tills - I'm reluctant to use them, but sailed through due to staff knowing what they were doing

that the boiler service cost was less than I was originally quoted :j - invoice paid immediately, from money set aside

that I currently have the time to peruse chazzas and pick up a few bargains for BG, even if it is a 'future benefit' scenario........

Thanks for popping in, reading and participating. Appreciated. Greatly. By me. Ta

Greying X

Cheery_Daff

Ooh, that tea looks super cheery today too Greying :j :j

I shall investigate that recipe - we will be six for tea tomorrow (instead of the usual two) and it appears that I am unexpectedly in charge of food :eek: :eek:

Tempting as it is to grab a couple of £1 pizzas... (and these lovely friends really wouldn't mind!) I think I will try something slightly more interesting Not sure what yet though. No special requirements (we're all veggie) and one of the party is just 3, but used to eating whatever everyone else is eating (or not, as the fancy takes him :rotfl: )

Something beany with something ricey might well be the very thing :j

EssexHebridean

SS tills in T's are usually avoided by me as with the CC+ it's a pain as you ALWAYS have to have an assistant over.

I'm buddha bowling for lunch tomorrow I think - if the mango and avocado have had the decency to ripen themselves by then they they will feature -failing that though it may end up being broadly similar to yours from this evening as I have the rest of that savoy cabbage to use still.

Brilliant buying on those magnetic letters! I have to confess that our fridge is positively covered in fridge poetry words - but mostly MrEH writes rude stuff and I remove it again! :rotfl:

Greying_Pilgrim

EssexHebridean wrote: »

Brilliant buying on those magnetic letters! I have to confess that our fridge is positively covered in fridge poetry words - but mostly MrEH writes rude stuff and I remove it again! :rotfl:

:rotfl::rotfl:I caught DH 'playing' with them this evening! :rotfl::rotfl:

X

Greying_Pilgrim

Good Morning :hello:

Here we go again

Pizza and HM wedges is slated on the planner. I must get some of the wilja tatties out of the bag - although I was given some HG wiljas by the gardening parental; to use them? The non-gardening parental did say they made lovely roasties, so maybe store them until chrimbo to have as wedges/roasties during a meal of the festive season? Decisions, decisions The pizza will be mushroom. We've not had one in a while and I have mushrooms left in the big box I purchased from mrAl.

I will need cheese to top the pizza, so I'm thinking that I may take a wander over to mrL. It's quite a walk, but if the weather stays fine.... I'm fed up of paying through the nose for cheese in Greying Town. I know that I can get mature cheddar for 42p per 100g in mrL and MrAl. And I could take a look at the clementines whilst I'm there......

We'll see how the day pans out.

i've some cards to finish up writing, then that is me done. Just DH to chivvy on.......... <rollseyessmilie>

Right, I need to find a cup of coffee that has my name on it.... not literally, I've not got a coffee shop habit... honest

Greying X