Cooking for one (Mark Two)

PasturesNew

Went out for some sweeties and decided to pop into 4ldi as it was there ... and came out with lots of food I didn't need.

I bought an 89p frozen pizza while I was in there, thinking "I'll have that for tea", by the time I got home I CBA, so that's in the freezer.
Bought some Aberdeen Angus mince ... I'll be knocking up some chilli nachos this weekend I think... that's the plan.

A bag of tortilla chips - because you need these if you're planning on chilli nachos.

The big bread rolls I like - they had quite a lot reduced by 30%, I got just two packs of 4... have room for more in the freezer, but didn't want to over-clutter myself for the sake of saving 10p or so.

Milk - the plan there is to do some spudcrust quiches ... and a cheesecake, except I've not got the biscuits for the cheesecake at the moment.

This week's offers: I grabbed the 65p pack of 3 peppers and the bag of white onions. Also got some cherry tomatoes, at 71p the carton was larger than the "vine tomatoes" on special offer.

So it's food overload really .... spent about £6 or so.

Then off for sweeties... returning with a small chicken curry and a box of After Eight. Eyed up the 6-packs of Cheese/Onion crisps and thought "it IS the weekend..." but walked away thinking "you'd only eat them all...."

caronc

moneyistooshorttomention wrote: »

Still catching up....

Congrats on forthcoming retirement Caron.:beer::j

I came to loathe working for the Civil Service with an absolute passion personally and am still astonished at just how infrequently I ever think about all those years working for them.

I went into personally for two reasons basically - security for myself personally (cue for hollow laugh) and yep....I guess some sort of "public service ethos" of 'trying to be helpful'.

I guess you know just what I mean by now as to why I would be laughing in such a "hollow" way from recent years in the Civil Service.:cool::eek::eek:

Anyway - you're free of it soon and try not to make the same sort of irreverent gestures at your old workplace as I do whenever I go past it.:rotfl:

I know a lot of folk feel that way (for good reason) but I'm actually sad to go:(. I loved my job despite the pressures mainly for the folk I met through it. Memories are far more smiles than tears or frowns which I suppose is not a bad place to leave things at:D. Still it is relief to know that (hopefully) soon I'll have an income again- the rainy day fund can only stretch so far......... (but thank goodness I had one )

caronc

PasturesNew wrote: »

Went out for some sweeties and decided to pop into 4ldi as it was there ... and came out with lots of food I didn't need.

I bought an 89p frozen pizza while I was in there, thinking "I'll have that for tea", by the time I got home I CBA, so that's in the freezer.
Bought some Aberdeen Angus mince ... I'll be knocking up some chilli nachos this weekend I think... that's the plan.

A bag of tortilla chips - because you need these if you're planning on chilli nachos.

The big bread rolls I like - they had quite a lot reduced by 30%, I got just two packs of 4... have room for more in the freezer, but didn't want to over-clutter myself for the sake of saving 10p or so.

Milk - the plan there is to do some spudcrust quiches ... and a cheesecake, except I've not got the biscuits for the cheesecake at the moment.

This week's offers: I grabbed the 65p pack of 3 peppers and the bag of white onions. Also got some cherry tomatoes, at 71p the carton was larger than the "vine tomatoes" on special offer.

So it's food overload really .... spent about £6 or so.

Then off for sweeties... returning with a small chicken curry and a box of After Eight. Eyed up the 6-packs of Cheese/Onion crisps and thought "it IS the weekend..." but walked away thinking "you'd only eat them all...."

That's a good haul for £6 - my shop today did include 3 chocolate oranges (they were on 3 for £2) though they've been put by for Christmas as the "kids" always get one and there would be petted lips all round if there wasn't one :rotfl:

Hollyharvey

Farway wrote: »

Not sure you are correct in the "not for singles". Depends where you shop I guess...

Likewise Waitrose & Marks

I have a Nectar card and that has got points worth £94 on it. I have saved these up over nearly 12 years though, and got a lot of points when I bought a cooker and recently a new washing machine from AO.

Waitrose I find useful to get the 'pick your own offers' deal, where you get 20% off of your picks. The £3 off £30 spend type vouchers that they send me are no use to me either, I never spend that much in there.

M&S Sparks card has saved me a bit. You get a free £5 on it for your birthday and it has given me offers of things like 20% off on all womens wear. Recently I had bought a skirt and cardigan and then a couple of days later got the email saying that I could load a 20% off of womens wear to my Sparks card, so I took the skirt and cardigan back for a refund and re-ordered getting the 20% off.

Hollyharvey

caronc wrote: »

That's a good haul for £6 - my shop today did include 3 chocolate oranges (they were on 3 for £2) though they've been put by for Christmas as the "kids" always get one and there would be petted lips all round if there wasn't one :rotfl:

I bought the chocolate oranges as well when I was in there yesterday, and like you have put them away for Christmas. My niece and nephew will get one each in with whatever else I get them and then there is one for me .

karcher

I've done no cooking for one or any other number for weeks.

Yesterday I had 3 slices of toast and a knife intermittently scooping out peanut butter from the jar

I decided tonight to cook a pizza which has been in the freezer for months...

It's burnt! I put the grill and fan on rather than the oven and fan *sighs*

Hence why I don't post in any food related threads anymore.

I really should just stick to toast

PasturesNew

caronc wrote: »

.... the "kids" always get one and there would be petted lips all round if there wasn't one

My mum used to do that - every year I got a chocolate orange.... for about 25-30 years .... and I really didn't want it. Came to dread the fact that there'd be an orange in there ...and I'd have to, yet again, pretend to be delighted

I'd have liked to have had different ones - there were many exciting/new flavours available ... or have none at all.

It became the thing mum always bought because you said you liked it once, so now you get it every year. Please don't become that mum

PasturesNew

After Eights for breakfast this morning

Last night I tucked into most of the box ... and I opened the nachos and started dipping into them....

I do that often - buy an item for a specific reason, then end up scoffing the single item and never getting round to "making the dish". e.g. I scoffed all the biscuits (three packs over a few weeks) when I'd intended on cheesecake. Now it's nibbling nachos instead of getting round to topping/grilling them with toppings and cheese.

PasturesNew

Did an unplanned L1dl rush ... wondered what the offers were this weekend and one was "loo roll" which was on my list to buy as I'm down to the last pack of 18 rolls I over-bought at Home Bargains many, many months ago... even though these ones are more expensive than the last ones I bought I thought I'd get them anyway as I've not got round to going to HB and, even if I did, I don't know if they've still got the ones I bought last time at the last price .... so I dashed out and bought 6 packs, plus 4x2litres of fizzy pop and a new tub of Buttery spread stuff. £7.89 spent on nothing much - and, now home, I do wish I'd bought sausage rolls

moneyistooshorttomention

PasturesNew wrote: »

My mum used to do that - every year I got a chocolate orange.... for about 25-30 years .... and I really didn't want it. Came to dread the fact that there'd be an orange in there ...and I'd have to, yet again, pretend to be delighted

I'd have liked to have had different ones - there were many exciting/new flavours available ... or have none at all.

It became the thing mum always bought because you said you liked it once, so now you get it every year. Please don't become that mum

I think a lot of us have been there/done that/got that teeshirt.

It's part of the "You should have the likes/dislikes/opinions that I (my mother) personally do and put yourself out a heck of a lot for me - but anything you yourself ever want is "too much trouble. You know I hate trouble etc etc".

Just tries to be glad I've had a father who has been a counterbalance to that - as he's easygoing/fair-minded and thinks very logically.

Two logical/easy-going/fair-minded parents is a bonus - but it helps if one gets one that is at any rate.

Hope both yours weren't the same "more difficult to deal with" temperament:)