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doingitanyway

Another one here pleased you have shared your soup recipes. Thanks

redofromstart

:hello: inod, parsniphead and doingitanyway

Aldi super 6 looking good for soups from Thursday

The daft bit is that I make these things and don't eat them myself, but that is nothing new.

Anyway today I roasted a chicken for DS1, and a very small bit of beef so packed lunch meat sorted. Have the beef juices to boost the next soup base. Also made a swedish apple cake, and lots of buns as we had some rather elderly eggs to use up. Did 6 x coffee, walnut and maple, 6 x vanilla with sprinkles, 6 x mocha with vanilla and coffee bean, and 12 x chocolate for DS2. Should keep them going for a few days. Roasted some tomatoes while the oven is on so may use those in a tomato soup tomorrow. And some parsnips, but I ate those. I like parsnips, but not as soup.

in_need_of_direction

I live in NI. We don't have aldi but I'm working in Dublin tomorrow so will call in then

redofromstart

I generally avoid Aldi, too busy for me unless I can get in first thing and then I only buy F&V. MrL is usually gloriously empty and I can whizz round and do a full cupboard shop in 20 minutes. I then do the odd home delivery from the big players - MrW today as they sent me a £20 off £90 so I have stocked up on things like 3 for 2 boy vitamins, on offer tea bags, and cat litter (always the cheapest place with the PYO discount for the brand of preference). They usually turn up with half of what I have ordered but still apply the discount.

redofromstart

MrW called my bluff and delivered the full order. That's a first! At least we won't need cat litter or tea bags this side of the festivities, and I bought things I need/use at on offer prices plus the pick your own discount so a useful spend.

Ordered some of their essential diced beef cubes, on the pricey side at £4.20/400g but you can add as a pick your own offer to get 20% off, and then buy 3 for £10 so six packs worked out at £14.96 for 2.4kg, so £6.23 per kg, and effectively less another 20% for the overall spend voucher. These will get used for casserole dishes and will be a positive addition given the mild boredom of the current mince/chicken/sausage cycle, given that I don't eat sausages or mince. Must remember to check the MrL price when I am next in.

Might dig the pressure cooker out and put a batch in to cook for later.

EssexHebridean

Now that's smart shopping Redo - well done! I confess that MrW is somewhere I rarely even look for shopping - I think our nearest is too far away for delivery to us although I might be wrong on that, but because it IS that far away we rarely venture there. The exception to this was when MrEH got given a £150 voucher from work for there - although I confess a bottle of whisky for him and a bottle of gin for me did take up a chunk of that!

Our Al's seems to be madly busy at the oddest times - mid way through a friday morning (Which naturally happens to be JUST the time I tend to go in!) for a start, and also midday on a sunday - why?!!! I still prefer it to Lil's though. haven't checked out the upcoming S6 offers yet but "good for soups" generally also means "good for stews" and bearing in mind the time of year that's a good thing! :T

doingitanyway

You've made me think Redo. I do Oca*do but maybe I will try Mr.W for the voucher plus the 20% off is a good deal. Thanks for the headsup

redofromstart

DIA, there are usually cashback sign ups, and new customer vouchers but if you sign up for the loyalty card they send an X off Y most quarters. I don't routinely shop there, too far, too expensive usually.

doingitanyway

Thanks redo, I do an online shop every few months now but I notice a lot of the online bargains for ova*do are not there. It is getting pricey. I used to get lots of YS bargains in Waitr*se but I will try them online. If there is a referral credit for recommending someone let me know

redofromstart

Woken several times in the night by the blasted mice scrabbling about in the false wall. I hate those meeces to pieces. They are in the inaccessible bit of the loft so difficult to resolve.

Cold and windy this afternoon. Real CBA hide under a blanket weather but I need to cook, iron, hoover and prep for the morning.

Final payment for the old project, a few hundred more than I was expecting so that was good. I will move it over to the savings before it gets spent for being there. I think fatal to leave it in current account, too easy to fritter it away on coffee and small shiny things. Will take my EF back to over 1k.

Still no work on tedious, good job I am not relying on it at the moment. I feel for those who do, but the joys of being self employed I guess.