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The all new using what you have from your Freezer, Cupboard or Shed (Barn)
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@Cherryfudge my curried green lentil soup is based on this
https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/curried-carrot-lentil-soup
and then adapted with whatever I have in so I rarely have leeks but often have celery and or onions and if there is a bit of broccoli or something left over I add that, but, I always add the carrots (chopped) and the lentilsI blitz it with a stick blender till smooth.
Made it to mortgage free but what a muddle that became
In the event the proverbial hits the fan then co-habitees are better stashing their cash than being mortgage free !!3 -
I freeze a couple of dozen eggs individually for winter most years, @Cherryfudge, but one of the older hens kept laying a few eggs last year, and another restarted laying in early February. I can sell a few boxes of eggs to friends and the money goes into the chicken feed fund. They have good quality layers pellets and wild bird seed for their scatter corn.
Our egg supply reminds me of the story of the magic porridge pot as the egg trays are refilled daily. We used to keep colourful egg layers!
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I love that egg storage tray.Made it to mortgage free but what a muddle that became
In the event the proverbial hits the fan then co-habitees are better stashing their cash than being mortgage free !!3 -
Thank you for the recipe @Watty1, I have green lentils and carrots to hand so I hope to try it soon. It's all copied out ready!
@Nelliegrace, that's such a lovely egg tray!I think a bit of sunshine is good for frugal living. (Cranky40)
The sun's been out and I think I’m solar powered (Onebrokelady)
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That carrot and lentil soup looks lovely and easy, I might give that a go too.
We're going away for half term at the end of next week so I need to use up everything that might go off before then. I've got lots of veg so I think there will be a lot of soup and curries coming up. Since it's Friday I'll probably be super lazy and give some instant spicy noodles a glow-up by stir-frying some veg and smoked tofu and throwing them on top. I'll do a proper fridge audit in the morning.
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