Reverse Meal Planning

Suffolk_lass

joedenise 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!).

Me too, especially the turquoise lid slightly spiced one

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

fionaandphil

I've got a Son of Dye V10 animal, the one I mentioned that dies half way through hoovering, will be interesting to see if a newer model has a better battery, or maybe we just need a new battery or a less dusty house   We got it as a 'gift' from DH work so can't complain as it was free. My mum has a samsung and I slightly prefer that, it is very powerful!

joedenise

Suffolk_lass said:

joedenise 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!).

Me too, especially the turquoise lid slightly spiced one

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

That's the one we have too.  Got it in Mr Ts last time as they had it on 4 for 3 and we get through quite a bit of it.  Not keen on the lime and chilli one though.

Primrose

A chunk of good quality chorizo sausage is a really useful thing to have in stock.  A very small quantity of tiny chopped bits added to a recipe can really liven the flavour up for something which would otherwise taste a little "Flat"

EssexHebridean

Primrose this is precisely how I use it too - a classic for me is to cut into small cubes and cook, releasing the oils which I then use to fry off onion or mushroom for example. Just a small amount can elevate things like macaroni cheese to a whole new level! (And this reminds me that I really must insert some sort of vegetable cheese pasta bake into our mealplan!)

rtandon27

We have a Jaws (animal) & bought the one with the dual battery option so always able to swap out if the battery dies mid-clean. Also have the hand-held mini jaws for quick clean-ups!  Always amazed at the amount of human hair and fine dust it picks up even though we vacuum regularly.

Food-wise we have are gleaning our sustenance from Sunday's roast and Monday's Cottage Pie - we did family-size cooking for two days as RL is ticking along apace and OH's energy levels have been low so the less actual cooking and clean-up the better.  We are in the midst of having to re-evaluate what we make as OH now needs to focus on a softer food diet rather than our usual fare.

JingsMyBucket

EssexHebridean said:

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... 

@EssexHebridean I took inspiration from you and decided to turn some leftover couscous into dinner tonight. At first I was going to stuff some peppers with it but decided to just do a straight shot of roasted red pepper, zucchini, red onion, and tomatoes. I’m about to fry up some halloumi to with it. Hope you don’t mind me copying you. 🙂