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Reverse Meal Planning
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Doh! yes! Sorry, I was on planet zog this morning!
I portion things down when I buy them so I don't cook too much. I think @joedenise does that too. It's a good way of getting some portion control. Except the chilli we have left from Saturday!Save £12k in 2025 #2 I am at £10,020.92 out of £6000 after September
OS Grocery Challenge in 2025 I am at £2234.63/£3000 or 74.49% of my annual spend so far (not going to be much of a Christmas at this rate as no spare after 9 months!
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 thread
My new diary is here4 -
We often cook family size recipes and view it as meal prep - the extra gets portioned and frozen for low effort meals for busy days. So a chicken and mushroom pie for 6 does us three meals.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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Yep - we do similar particularly with things like curry, daal, stews etc. Works a treat and there are some days when a home made "ready meal" is just what's needed!
Last night's frittata style omelette used up 5/7 remining eggs, some of the mushrooms, a couple of rashers of delicious but OH MY GOODNESS SALTY bacon and a bit of cheddar, and we had a portion of home grown runner beans alongside mainly because I would prefer not to put any more in the freezer now.
This evening will be the usual tuesday couscous - halloumi for protein, and then the veg part will be peppers and mushrooms, plus a tin of some sort of beans I think. That bit is up for debate as I'm undecided whether to simply take it the "cold salad" route.
Tomorrow will indeed be a HM ready meal kinda night - and that will see a nice large tub of stew departing from the frozen annals of freezer 2...🎉 MORTGAGE FREE (First time!) 30/09/2016 🎉 And now we go again…New mortgage taken 01/09/23 🏡
Balance as at 01/09/23 = £115,000.00 Balance as at 31/12/23 = £112,000.00
Balance as at 31/08/24 = £105,400.00 Balance as at 31/12/24 = £102,500.00
Balance as at 31/08/25 = £ 95,450.00
£100k barrier broken 1/4/25SOA CALCULATOR (for DFW newbies): SOA Calculatorshe/her4 -
What a benefit freezers are for allowing us to freeze these surplus leftovers and how our grandparents would have bitten our hands off to have this facility. And washing machines!7
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I'll add an off topic vote for vacuum cleaners to that list!🎉 MORTGAGE FREE (First time!) 30/09/2016 🎉 And now we go again…New mortgage taken 01/09/23 🏡
Balance as at 01/09/23 = £115,000.00 Balance as at 31/12/23 = £112,000.00
Balance as at 31/08/24 = £105,400.00 Balance as at 31/12/24 = £102,500.00
Balance as at 31/08/25 = £ 95,450.00
£100k barrier broken 1/4/25SOA CALCULATOR (for DFW newbies): SOA Calculatorshe/her3 -
Speaking of vacuum cleaners, I just ordered a stick cord free one. It's meant to be good for pet hair (plenty of that and human hair here)
We shall have more of the chilli I made this evening, perhaps in baked potatoes, although I will need to collect some when I go for my click and collect at 4pmSave £12k in 2025 #2 I am at £10,020.92 out of £6000 after September
OS Grocery Challenge in 2025 I am at £2234.63/£3000 or 74.49% of my annual spend so far (not going to be much of a Christmas at this rate as no spare after 9 months!
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 thread
My new diary is here3 -
I've got a chicken and chorizo stew cooking using bits in the freezer and fridge that need using up, herby dumplings to go on top.
I love my stick vacuum, it does run out of charge though which is frustrating when you're only half way round. Really easy to use and lightweight though, my mum liked it so much that she bought one too.4 -
If your cordless vacuum is a "Jaws" variant I think you'll be very pleased with it - I'm still most impressed with ours although not so much for pet hair, and more for the human variant!
Stew is out for this evening, and I'm switching the meal plan around to go with daal & rice for tomorrow I think - as an easy "shove them in the microwave when we get home" option for a Thursday night. Just need to remember to get them out of the freezer tonight!🎉 MORTGAGE FREE (First time!) 30/09/2016 🎉 And now we go again…New mortgage taken 01/09/23 🏡
Balance as at 01/09/23 = £115,000.00 Balance as at 31/12/23 = £112,000.00
Balance as at 31/08/24 = £105,400.00 Balance as at 31/12/24 = £102,500.00
Balance as at 31/08/25 = £ 95,450.00
£100k barrier broken 1/4/25SOA CALCULATOR (for DFW newbies): SOA Calculatorshe/her3 -
Love my stick vacuum, it's not a big name one but a cheapie from Argos. I actually gave my DD1 the robot one I had as hated it, it didn't do a particularly good job.
I'm out late afternoon/early evening so have got a curry from the freezer so will reheat that and have with some plain boiled rice and a bit of mango chutney (love the stuff!).
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Me too, especially the turquoise lid slightly spiced onejoedenise said:Love my stick vacuum, it's not a big name one but a cheapie from Argos. I actually gave my DD1 the robot one I had as hated it, it didn't do a particularly good job.
I'm out late afternoon/early evening so have got a curry from the freezer so will reheat that and have with some plain boiled rice and a bit of mango chutney (love the stuff!).
I'm afraid I went Son of Dye number 8 with the more powerful suck. It does make me smile how we all chip in on which vacuum cleaner. It comes tomorrow. We shall see. It was £100 off in the dog food promotion with Big River
Save £12k in 2025 #2 I am at £10,020.92 out of £6000 after September
OS Grocery Challenge in 2025 I am at £2234.63/£3000 or 74.49% of my annual spend so far (not going to be much of a Christmas at this rate as no spare after 9 months!
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 thread
My new diary is here3
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