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  • karcher
    karcher Posts: 2,069 Forumite
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    I bought 2 veg lasagnes at the weekend.

    Cooked one to have with peas...ate it...then cooked the second one and ate that too :eek::o

    Pure greed/comfort eating..I'm getting a bit bigger than I should be after reading all the OS threads about food :p

    Either that or my clothes are shrinking ;)
    'I'm sinking in the quicksand of my thought
    And I ain't got the power anymore'
  • caronc
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    karcher wrote: »
    I bought 2 veg lasagnes at the weekend.

    Cooked one to have with peas...ate it...then cooked the second one and ate that too :eek::o

    Pure greed/comfort eating..I'm getting a bit bigger than I should be after reading all the OS threads about food :p

    Either that or my clothes are shrinking ;)
    Well they were veggie lasagnes so you were making sure you were getting your veg quota LOL :rotfl:
  • karcher
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    Yep...they did have a decent amount of spinach in them...but not much else :rotfl:


    I can't remember the last time I ate a ready meal (apart from pizza) so I'm not going to berate myself too much :cool:
    'I'm sinking in the quicksand of my thought
    And I ain't got the power anymore'
  • caronc
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    karcher wrote: »
    Yep...they did have a decent amount of spinach in them...but not much else :rotfl:


    I can't remember the last time I ate a ready meal (apart from pizza) so I'm not going to berate myself too much :cool:
    Nor should you :D
  • caronc
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    Still trying to work out what I fancy to eat tonight. I'm feeling pretty hungry and can't decide between IKEA meatballs, with veg, mash and gravy or a frozen pizza or something else. Don't fancy beans, pasta or more soup - need to go and have nosy in the freezer/fridge and see what inspires me .......
  • Nelski
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    caronc wrote: »
    Still trying to work out what I fancy to eat tonight. I'm feeling pretty hungry and can't decide between IKEA meatballs, with veg, mash and gravy or a frozen pizza or something else. Don't fancy beans, pasta or more soup - need to go and have nosy in the freezer/fridge and see what inspires me .......

    mmmm IKEA meatballs would be my choice (another one to add to my buy list for when I can :) )
  • caronc
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    Nelski wrote: »
    mmmm IKEA meatballs would be my choice (another one to add to my buy list for when I can :) )
    Yes they are one of my guilty pleasures :) Meatballs it is and when checking my freezer list I have some roasties left over from New Year and runner beans from the garden last summer so dinner is sorted. :D
  • PasturesNew
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    I didn't know you could buy Ikea meatballs... I've been to an Ikea and eaten them once, about 25 years ago.

    I have picked up a few packs of 40 meatballs in the chilled section in the two budget supermarkets. £1.59 for 40 usually. They freeze and nuke up a treat :)
  • Nelski
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    I didn't know you could buy Ikea meatballs... I've been to an Ikea and eaten them once, about 25 years ago.

    I have picked up a few packs of 40 meatballs in the chilled section in the two budget supermarkets. £1.59 for 40 usually. They freeze and nuke up a treat :)

    IKEA is literally round the corner for me so walking over for lunch is a regular thing and then of course it has to be meatballs or hot dogs ...they also have a little shop where you can buy the frozen version of the meatballs with packets of the gravy....mmmm im so going tomorrow :)
  • karcher
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    I can honestly say I don't think I've ever eaten Meatballs of any variety...hardly surprising seeing I was a non meat eater for 30 odd years. But I don't recall ever having them as a child either!!
    'I'm sinking in the quicksand of my thought
    And I ain't got the power anymore'
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