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Seasidegal58

Well done on the savings this month! Re the butter - it’s very annoying how it is slowly creeping up in price. Perhaps I need to invest in a cow!:)

HairyHandofDartmoor

Well done on a frugal October, it must be nice to add to the savings

I agree with you that cooking is often quicker than ordering a takeaway and often tastier.

in_need_of_direction

I don't understand the butter price increase when milk costs are fairly constant.

redofromstart

It'll be cheese going up next :eek:

Yesterday I made curry base from the recipe on mortgage free in three here
I diced some chicken, and left it so sit in some natural yogurt, lemon juice and curry powder for a few hours which helps it to tenderise. Made a basic chicken curry (onions, curry powder, base and small tin of coconut milk) with part of the base sauce and then a potato and cauliflower (small florets, small cubes - steam, add fried onions and base) with another part. The rest of the base has gone into the freezer for another day.

Tidied the freezer today so a better of idea of what is lurking. Made a bacon and Parmesan quiche for/with DS1. Used a batch of stewing steak to make a nice smoky chunky beef goulash soup, adapting this hairy bikers recipe, reduced the beef to 400g, and added half a teaspoon of chipotle chilli flakes.

I also found a jar of peanut butter lurking in the cupboard so I made (gluten free) cookies here although I reduced the sugar to 100g and leave out the salt - plenty of both in the PB to start with. They were intended for me to take to work this week but most have magically gone.

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All sound yummy red xx

Seasidegal58

redofromstart wrote: »

It'll be cheese going up next :eek:.

Oh no! Please anything but that!:eek:

rtandon27

redofromstart wrote: »

It'll be cheese going up next :eek:...

Acck! - Noooooooo!:eek::eek::eek:

EssexHebridean

Pfft - I wander in here and you're talking about cheese going up in price? Not acceptable! Agree totally on the butter though - I mentioned on my diary recently how much it had increased - I think we established that either Aldi or Lidl was about the cheapest currently at somewhere about £1.23 a pack.

Nice food again - there's a good curry base recipe in the Takeaway Secret book which is worth a go - in fact most of the book is worth a go if I'm honest! :T

redofromstart

Sorry, didn't mean to trigger cheese panic buying. At least not until I have stocked up...

EssexHebridean wrote: »

Pfft - I wander in here and you're talking about cheese going up in price? Not acceptable! Agree totally on the butter though - I mentioned on my diary recently how much it had increased - I think we established that either Aldi or Lidl was about the cheapest currently at somewhere about £1.23 a pack.

Nice food again - there's a good curry base recipe in the Takeaway Secret book which is worth a go - in fact most of the book is worth a go if I'm honest! :T

It might have been me (or the other me ) that mentioned the Lidl butter I think, but it has now gone to £1.40 in ours.

I also have the takeaway secret, and have made that base before, also the curry queen one on MSE. I like them all for different reasons but didn't feel like smelling boiling onions all afternoon so tried the MFi3 one for a change.

redofromstart

More soup made - OH is taking it work in a flask for his lunch hence the high volume. Squash, coconut and chilli, as per post 221 but using a whole butternut squash, a large tin of coconut milk and a big handful of rice to make a nice thick soup once it was blended.

I have got a pumpkin to use up but think I will go with the sausage, pumpkin, lentil thing of former years rather than make yet more soup. I also have some chicken scraps and a carcass to use so that may end up as chicken and sweetcorn soup. At this rate the freezer will be full of blocks of soup, and I will run out of tubs.

A year today since I plunged into the challenging world of contracts and self employment. On balance a successful year, and I am ending it on a nice contract, with a couple of potentials in the wings ready for when this one ends. Haven't made enough progress on the books but have a far clearer idea and a lot of material ready for the next quiet patch.