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Curry made 3 portions last night so that's dinner sorted for me later. Having a massive salad for lunch which will use some more stuff up in the fridge.Emergency Fund - £8572.39 / £10,000 :: Mortgage OP 2025 - £LISA 24/25 - £3200 / £4000 :: NSD 2025 - 2 / 150 :: Books Read: 1 / 52 :: Decluttering - 4 / 1000Engaged 9th December 2010 :: Married 29th October 2015 :: Bought a House 13th January 20173
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I have loads of sultanas, dried apricots , various nuts, etc to use up. Find that throwing some of these, as well as finely chopped apples & carrots into a finely chopped green salad mix helps add interest and variety to salads when hot weather means you're eating them more regularly. Also finely sliced red or white cabbage is great in salads too.3
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I like adding apples to salads too Primrose and a feta and watermelon one is a fave around here.
Having carbonara this evening as we have a few eggs to use up and it's a quick and easy meal to make.Emergency Fund - £8572.39 / £10,000 :: Mortgage OP 2025 - £LISA 24/25 - £3200 / £4000 :: NSD 2025 - 2 / 150 :: Books Read: 1 / 52 :: Decluttering - 4 / 1000Engaged 9th December 2010 :: Married 29th October 2015 :: Bought a House 13th January 20174 -
Last night's efforts to use up leeks resulted in a rarebit style sauce on top of pork steaks with plain boiled and diced potatoes with a side salad! Surprisingly tasty!4 YEARS 10 MONTHS DEBT FREE!!! (24 OCT 2016)(With heartfelt thanks to those who have gone before us & their indubitable generosity.)...and now I have a mortgage! (23 AUG 2021)Original Date - Sept 2041 New projection - Dec 2039 (reduced by 21 months)4
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That sounds really yummy, might have to try that myself at some point.rtandon27 said:Last night's efforts to use up leeks resulted in a rarebit style sauce on top of pork steaks with plain boiled and diced potatoes with a side salad! Surprisingly tasty!Emergency Fund - £8572.39 / £10,000 :: Mortgage OP 2025 - £LISA 24/25 - £3200 / £4000 :: NSD 2025 - 2 / 150 :: Books Read: 1 / 52 :: Decluttering - 4 / 1000Engaged 9th December 2010 :: Married 29th October 2015 :: Bought a House 13th January 20173 -
4 YEARS 10 MONTHS DEBT FREE!!! (24 OCT 2016)(With heartfelt thanks to those who have gone before us & their indubitable generosity.)...and now I have a mortgage! (23 AUG 2021)Original Date - Sept 2041 New projection - Dec 2039 (reduced by 21 months)3
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Thanks @rtandon27, definitely going on the meal plan for next week.
Having kimchi jjigae for dinner tonight using up a solitary block of tofu from the cupboard, along with the last of my kimchi in the fridge and some other bits and bobs that are laying around.Emergency Fund - £8572.39 / £10,000 :: Mortgage OP 2025 - £LISA 24/25 - £3200 / £4000 :: NSD 2025 - 2 / 150 :: Books Read: 1 / 52 :: Decluttering - 4 / 1000Engaged 9th December 2010 :: Married 29th October 2015 :: Bought a House 13th January 20173 -
Ooh - off to add feta and watermelon to the shopping listruby_eskimo said:I like adding apples to salads too Primrose and a feta and watermelon one is a fave around here.
Having carbonara this evening as we have a few eggs to use up and it's a quick and easy meal to make.Save £12k in 2025 #2 I saved £14,660.97 of £6000 or 244.35% of my target. The 2026 Save £12k in 2026 thread is here
OS Grocery Challenge in 2025 I finished the year at £2880.99/£3000 or 96.03% of my annual spend so I am sticking with a £3000 annual budget for 2026
I also Reverse Meal Plan on that thread and grow much of our own premium price fruit and veg, joining in on the grow your own in 2026 discussion thread
My keep within our budget diary is here3 -
@Suffolk_lass add some fresh mint to it as well 👍Emergency Fund - £8572.39 / £10,000 :: Mortgage OP 2025 - £LISA 24/25 - £3200 / £4000 :: NSD 2025 - 2 / 150 :: Books Read: 1 / 52 :: Decluttering - 4 / 1000Engaged 9th December 2010 :: Married 29th October 2015 :: Bought a House 13th January 20174
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Back from holiday so using up stuff from the freezer as have been having to buy stuff almost daily whilst away.
Got back yesterday and made spag bol for dinner but made so much there was enough left to reheat for lunch today. Have got a chicken curry out of the freezer for dinner tonight and a beef bourguignon for dinner tomorrow night.
Have meal planned for rest of month and have all the meat needed so SM and farm shop spends should be a bit lower for rest of the month.
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