Make do, Mend and Minimise in 2018

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Hi I was given a huge Pandoro cake at Christmas and was wondering if I slice it up I could freeze some as its far too big for me to eat in one go it weighs 1lb 10ozs :)what do you think I would have to juggle my freezer around a bit to get he slices in

sinkorswim2018

Cooked a turkey on Friday and have been making lots of meals from it. turkey and salad at work yesterday and turkey and cheese omelette for my daughter. Today it was turkey Caesar salad for lunch and made a turkey pie for tea with cauliflower cheese using up a cauliflower left from boxing day and some cheese also left from Xmas. Enjoying cooking from scratch, forgot how easy it actually is.
Now I'm going to mend a pair of woolly tights whilst watching Netflix, and see if I can fix the wind up torch I broke she putting the Xmas stuff away in the loft.

misstara

Did some batch cooking today - got some YS mince so made bolognaise and also made quiche which used up the cream leftover from new years day. I've kept out some bolognaise out for Monday's tea and all the rest has gone in the freezer. Not really helping my plan to defrost the freezer :rotfl: however did use up some sweetcorn from the freezer so I guess that's a start.

Also got some YS smoked salmon today which will get used up for breakfast tomorrow, very much looking forward to that

Went to the gym today. Weighed myself on the fancy machine that does weight, bmi and body fat. Plan to weigh myself once a month to hopefully see some progress in minimising myself

Not much else to report, planned to take down the tree and decs today but only got as far as taking the boxes out so definitely a job that needs done tomorrow.

sillyvixen

I spent 20 mins on Christmas eve sewing up the hem on a dress that I had not worn in a couple of years - due to the fact the hem unravelled - on Christmas day it was like a new dress (teamed with a scarf I got as a birthday pressie)... it was so successful I have sorted through the wardrobe and created a mending pile!! So in the next week or so I should have some revitalised clothing!

Mrs_Smith_72

Hi all
Would love to join in �� I've just finished reading the 2017 thread & so happy to find the 2018 right at the start!
I've been trying to minimise clutter in the house which is still a work in progress but also need to minimise the food stores! There's only 2 of us - myself & DH but you'd think I needed to feed a family of 5 if you looked in my cupboards & freezers !
We're trying to build our savings as hoping for early retirement in next 5/6 years so I really need to knuckle down.

Love reading everyone's news & ideas, thank you in advance ��

Treasurequeen

Thanks for this years thread misstra I'm in again this year. I went missing on last years thread due to problems where I am living escalated and my health got worse. But I'm back. I've had a no spend weekend.

Made do with food from freezer, I had a chickpea curry. I've got six left in the freezer to use up. Also UU some BBQ sauce at lunchtime as it was slightly out of date, still tasted ok. I've bagged up some clothes to take to the charity shop along with some books, DVDs and CDs. Recycled aload of magazines and burned some paperwork in incinerator.

Couldn't find my sewing kit today but tomorrow I've got to mend two pairs of leggings. They don't make them like they used to.

Mrs_Smith_72

Well today I have mostly minimised -
5 pairs of too large shorts have sold on eBay this afternoon
Nearly finished off a 200gm ball of Aran yarn - knitting a baby cocoon for my friend's soon to be born baby- will have to use part of another ball to finish off the edging but at least it's reducing my yarn stash :T:T
Off to bed now so I can get up in time to start on reducing me at the gym before work

greentiger

I'd like to join in too, please. I'll probably be an intermittent poster (otherwise I'll not get anything done!).

Make do: roast beef in gravy from freezer for dinner, also rhubarb frozen last spring sprinkled with some granola made last night using up all sorts of nuts and dried fruits

Mend: filled up a fountain pen with bottled ink

Minimise: 4 kitchen knives, 4 wooden spoons and 2 oven gloves taken to tip

It's a start.

pipkin71

Lynplatinum wrote: »

1) go back to setting monthly goals for NSDs! So this month I ve been kind to myself and set a goal of 20/31.
2) keeping on meal planning
3) Minimising: challenging myself to get rid of 30 things a month

Anyone else want to join in the challenge?

I like the idea of getting rid of 30 things a month! Sometimes, just the thought of decluttering, overwhelms me. I constantly seem to be shifting things but then it's never ending. 30 items seems more manageable, and any more than that, is a bonus.

So far, this year

2 fry pans
A cake tub
A wind chime
A set of coasters
Salt and pepper set, and
A plastic storage tub

have all gone to the charity shop (7/30)

keepcalmandcraft

Thank you misstara for doing thid thread, I'd like to join in again. I mostly lurked last year but was always inspired by reading the posts. I will try and post more this year.
I have already minimised 2 bags of clothes and four boxes of books for the cs. These included about 30 cookery books that we never used or just used for one recipe, so I copied out the recipes and gave the books away.
Making do with soup at lunchtime which used some old veg from the fridge it's amazing how good old veg can taste when whizzed up with a few spices. Trying not to go shopping and use up the mountains of food in the cupboards and freezer.

JackieO, Pandoro will freeze well. I use mine for bread and butter pudding - it is delicious.