It's getting tough out there. Feeling the pinch?

-taff

they look nice, got a recipe?

YorksLass

We had more snow last night that settled on roofs, cars and grass verges but thankfully it was all gone by mid-morning.

Book returned to the Little Free Library (no more borrowed as I've still got a fair few to get through), then onto Co-op.  Small spend of £6.49 that included a clearance pack of dry noodles for 66p, so I have no need to venture out for at least a week.     I went earlier than normal so thought I'd timed it right to avoid the older children who make it a pit-stop after school - not so.  A whole class of primary school children and a couple of teachers came in, not to buy anything, just to peruse the various F&V and where it all comes from.  Ah well, I suppose they're learning something.

Today's kitchen makes: custard to use up some milk (will have with fruit), fish pie for dinner and baked a couple of part-baked baguettes at the same time that we'll have tomorrow lunchtime with some egg mayonnaise.

Florenceem

No spending here again today.

Longwalker

Compliments to the chef today ( thats moi btw) and it was just a freezer tea. Always worth packing away those small amounts. I managed to make two individual turkey and leak pies, ( too much pie filling and pastry from my last make ) had a cauliflower cheese made the other week when the cauliflower was huge, Added two potatoes  cut into 4 and roasted, along with some peas, hubby was stuffed and mum ate hers

Best of all - a free meal - as in I bought nothing for it

Im not eating at the moment , the meds Im on, no appetite. There was a tiny bit of pastry left so I made the smallest marmite and cheese pin wheels ever - size of a hula hoop - and ate those 

sammyjammy

Sorry if I've missed an update but where is @London_1?  Hope she's not back in hospital

Doveling

De-lurking.
Think she goes in for her op tomorrow

Longwalker

Doveling said:

De-lurking.
Think she goes in for her op tomorrow

Hopefully the strikes haven't pushed it back again

Toonie

-taff said:

they look nice, got a recipe?

A rough recipe as it was a bit of a chuck it together idea.

1 oz of barley flakes

1 oz of porridge oats

Blended up to a rough looking flour.

Plus 1 oz of porridge oats as is.

Pinch of salt and enough water to make a not too sticky dough. Formed the cakes in my hands by taking a ball and patting into a rough circle about 1/4 inch thick. Cooked in a little smear of lard in a frying pan on a medium heat, until browned on one side, flipped over and browned the other side. This made 2 cakes slightly bigger than packaged oatcakes and a slightly sorry looking smaller one as I'm rubbish as estimating sizes.

YorksLass

It's milder here today (double figures!) but very dull with rain on and off.  That seems to be the pattern for the next week or so - if I have to go out anywhere it may well be a case of dodging the rain!

Mr Postie brought the new Council Tax bill this morning and the new amount is roughly what I was expecting so that's now been added to our budget spreadsheet.  We're in Band A so we'll not be paying as big an increase as some will; nevertheless, it's another deduction from our pension increase.     Still waiting for the water rates bill and the phone/broadband will be going up in April too.

@Toonie - I might have a go at making some of those, they look rather nice and might make an acceptable change from shop bought oatcakes that I seem to go through a lot of.

Dinner tonight is chicken kung po with jacket potatoes and butter beans, sliced banana and custard for afters.  Tomorrow I'll be soup making; once that's on I'll knock up some pastry for a custard tart and some corned beef pasties.

Florenceem

Mr F had a letter today about BT putting up prices. Hope to only spend on milk today - but Mr F has gone shopping!