Cooking for one (Mark Three)

moneyistooshorttomention

I would tend to agree you have to be near a shop that does sufficient price reductions and it does depend rather on the locality.

I'm just glad I don't have to do this I admit - as I was wondering round a budget supermarket with my mother one time and it must have been right around a "price reduction time" and I was set to have a look. Until my mother pointed out that what were obviously "regulars" were there deliberately blocking access to anyone else and not with any very "peaceful" expressions on their faces either - and I decided it looked too "aggressive" to even try. That was probably their intention I guess - so I felt a bit of a wimp for being "frightened off" by that attitude - but didnt want to have to do "standing up for myself" just to do my weekly shopping...

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Anyways - I've worked out some more recipes from current cookbook to try:

STILL THERE ON LIST FROM LAST TIME
pesto carrot noodles with white beans and tomato
morning grain bowls

ADDED TO LIST;
superfood breakfast bites
chocolate oatmeal
Three seed crackers (with hummus and crudites I think)
Burrito breakfast bake
Golden quinoa tabbouleh
Black bean burgers

Still feeling like I'm doing a lot of "catch up food learning" at the moment and telling myself I must "learn to walk before I can run" and start getting into things like sourdough bread and what do I do with teff flour for instance. When I see just how far & fast the recipes have progressed over the last few years it gets tempting to do the equivalent of A Level and degree cooking - but better finish the O Level cooking learning first I guess...:cool:

mcculloch29

Original post 704, reported as spam, has now vanished, hooray!

Farway

post 704 sounds one way of saving money, free board and lodging by HM for a couple of years

Another way of saving money is as I did today, made another batch of yoghurt. I am now using UHT milk, I find it makes a thicker and creamier yoghurt, having tried both organic and bog standard prior to going UHT route

Lunch was BF ham sarnie as planned

C & O pie portioned up, 1/4 for tonight, I'll re heat it in the mini oven
The other half will keep for a bit in the fridge until I either nibble it to bits or make a meal out of it

mcculloch29

My tummy was slightly wobbly yesterday, but today I tucked in to my Golden Syrup Weetabix for brekky/brunch.
I normally wouldn't have chosen this cereal, but it was one of the 'buy four items to get free delivery' from Amazon Pantry.

The others were some cereal bars that were four for £1.50, an air freshener refill I use, and eight cans of sugar-free Irn Bru for £2, which compares well with Heron.

I probably spent £1.50 more than I would normally spend on these items, and delivery is £3, so it was a no-brainer.

Irenadler

moneyistooshorttomention wrote: »

IreneA - have you got a garden you could grow at least a bit of food in? Even just growing a few lettuces and/or perpetual spinach or the like would help out...

There's a few foods that re-grow too - and I have a tendency to put the root section plus an inch or so of leek or spring onion in the garden (after having cut off most of it to use at that point) and then leave it to re-grow back into a full leek or spring onion for me again.

My sympathies at the Idiot Employer that thought he could tie up all 5 weekdays for the sake of just 11 hours!!!!! Cheeky ******

Hi MITSTM

Sorry it's taken a little while to reply - RL gets in the way sometimes....:)

Yes I am lucky enough to have a garden, with some fruit & herbs growing in it, and I do have a veg plot, slight snag is, the crazy dog has decided it's her favourite toilet spot, so haven't fancied growing much in it. Not sure dog doings are really good fertilizer....:o

I used to do gardening with OH, and with one thing and another, it's fallen by the wayside sadly. I am going to get my old seeds out and start planting again. Did alright with cut n come again leaves a while back, perfect for one as you cut just what you need and the rest keeps growing - think I will use a container for that though! Need to rig something up to stop the dog taking over the whole garden, or, at least get the veg plot off-limits....

Irenadler

Farway wrote: »

Now I feel I am old enough to be your father:) I used to do just that, leave in the morning, start new job following day. Factories always had big boards outside with jobs vacant. I really do feel for the young ones and anyone looking these days. Trouble is with the advent of AI I think there will be even fewer jobs around

Hey Farway,

I am sure you aren't that old.... You could always adopt me though! Especially as you can make pies like that!;)

Irenadler

Hey all

Hoping you are all feeling better, and getting over the dreaded 'lurgy'....

On the menu yesterday:

Porridge, seeds, banana and blueberries.
Thai red chicken curry with wild rice (nuked YS meal)
Tomato soup with YS wholemeal/granary bread, yogurt.
Snacks: apple, orange, naked bar...

Today:
Porridge, seeds, etc.
Thai green veg curry soup (YS - meant for 2, but had a big bowl as I didn't realize that when I bought it plus non-freezable - DOH!) & should've used it yesterday, with brown bread too. Burp....!
Tea will be either the less appealing salad before it wizens up with jacket spud, or some pate on toast....

PasturesNew

I did a monster dumpling

Reheated yesterday's stew. There was about 900 grams and I considered serving 300g as a portion, but realised that I'd then have two portions remaining, one of which I'd most likely not fancy and have to freeze - so I decided to use 450g today and the other 450g tomorrow.... just to see the back of it.

It'll have therefore made four big portions. Two eaten yesterday as I was greedy ... one today and one tomorrow.

caronc

Good afternoon,
Shame your shelves weren't in stock PN but at least now you've set up Click & Collect
Irenadler - I gave up on garden beds (and grass) when I had pooches they either used them as a loo or dug them up:mad:. I grow lots of different things in tubs which generally works ok. The only things that doesn't seem to like tubs are brassicas so I avoid these.

I've been a snoozy CFOer, I felt really tired after my lunch so headed for a lie down, woke up two hours later:o. I do feel the better for it now though:).

It's turning into a really cold and miserable night, it's lashing with rain and only 3C. I'm glad I don't have to go anywhere. I've decided just to make the lasagne tonight and leave the gratin until tomorrow incase I fancy something else for dinner. Not very :money:oven use but I don't really care;)

Farway

I was starving so had my C & O pie dinner a bit earlier than usual, plus added slice of toast as well, just to mop up the bean juice

Now found I'm out tomorrow, [STRIKE]traipsing round the shops [/STRIKE]getting SIL birthday pressie

At least no CFO for lunch problems, except what to choose from the menu, luckily not fussy eater so any old thing. If I were on my own I would like fish & chips out of the bag, eaten with greasy fingers, just for a change