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

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Please don’t forget that potatoes are unbelievably easy to grow and can even be done in small spaces in grow bags. They really are the gift that keeps on giving and I would implore everyone to give them a go x

Brambling

Spendless said:

Whilst I was working 2 nights a week I ate at my parents (because I collected my dog they looked after) and this week they invited me again. My DD describes her Nan's food as her serving it up as though she runs a cafe with the extra sides she always does. This week it was sausages and mash, but my Mum also had onions, peas and carrots. It made me think after the initial outlay of buying, onions, carrots and frozen peas are relatively inexpensive veg but adding them to the meal (plus gravy) makes for a very filling dish. She sometimes adds yorkshire puddings too. 

There was very little money when we were growing up and dad grew most of our veg thanks to a large council house garden,  mum would often dish up 4 or 5 vegetables with a meal especially the Sunday roast and sometimes it was hunt the meat.  She would also feed anyone who appeared around meal times, a few extra potatoes and veg and we learnt not to ask where our meat was   I still like a lot of veg on my plate especially with a roast.  She also made a good crumble using fruit from the garden and it was good for filling any gaps 

Spendless

I didn't get the job I had an interview for earlier this week. On the plus side I did have some reservations about the start time (6am-2pm). It also means I can visit my Nan on her 98th birthday next week in her nursing home. They're only allowing garden visits due to covid cases. Today I intend finishing the conservatory I started yesterday. My cold took the better of me in the afternoon and zapped my energy so I had a nap instead of completing the task. I also need to meal plan. frustratingly I have certain items in and not others I need to see how best I can negotiate around that.  

joedenise

Brambling said:

Spendless said:

Whilst I was working 2 nights a week I ate at my parents (because I collected my dog they looked after) and this week they invited me again. My DD describes her Nan's food as her serving it up as though she runs a cafe with the extra sides she always does. This week it was sausages and mash, but my Mum also had onions, peas and carrots. It made me think after the initial outlay of buying, onions, carrots and frozen peas are relatively inexpensive veg but adding them to the meal (plus gravy) makes for a very filling dish. She sometimes adds yorkshire puddings too. 

There was very little money when we were growing up and dad grew most of our veg thanks to a large council house garden,  mum would often dish up 4 or 5 vegetables with a meal especially the Sunday roast and sometimes it was hunt the meat.  She would also feed anyone who appeared around meal times, a few extra potatoes and veg and we learnt not to ask where our meat was   I still like a lot of veg on my plate especially with a roast.  She also made a good crumble using fruit from the garden and it was good for filling any gaps 

It was the same for me growing up except that my dad had an allotment as we had a shared garden and the other tenants in the house didn't want anything grown in the garden except the lawn!  We only really had meat on a Sunday and Monday - it was usually a shoulder of lamb on Sunday followed by shepherds pie on Monday.  We ate lots of veg casseroles and stews - the only difference being casseroles were cooked in the oven and veg only, stew was cooked on the hob and had a tiny bit of meat in!  Quite honestly the stews might just as well have been veg only!

We still eat lots of veg here and always have at least 2 or 3 and quite often more.  I also bulk out meat  meals with lentils, chickpeas and beans.

Auntycaz

Brambling said:

Spendless said:

Whilst I was working 2 nights a week I ate at my parents (because I collected my dog they looked after) and this week they invited me again. My DD describes her Nan's food as her serving it up as though she runs a cafe with the extra sides she always does. This week it was sausages and mash, but my Mum also had onions, peas and carrots. It made me think after the initial outlay of buying, onions, carrots and frozen peas are relatively inexpensive veg but adding them to the meal (plus gravy) makes for a very filling dish. She sometimes adds yorkshire puddings too. 

There and eating morewas very little money when we were growing up and dad grew most of our veg thanks to a large council house garden,  mum would often dish up 4 or 5 vegetables with a meal especially the Sunday roast and sometimes it was hunt the meat.  She would also feed anyone who appeared around meal times, a few extra potatoes and veg and we learnt not to ask where our meat was   I still like a lot of veg on my plate especially with a roast.  She also made a good crumble using fruit from the garden and it was good for filling any gaps 

@Brambling you could be describing my upbringing. I can remember sitting on the back step as a small child, shelling peas picked from the garden and eating more than I put in the bowl. We had yorkshire pud with just about every meal except egg and chips. I also got fed up with fish as we had it several times a week as it was really cheap. It's a rare treat nowadays. I also remember my nan often served the yorkshire pud with gravy before the roast on Sundays to fill you up so you wouldn't eat so much.

Grumpelstiltskin

Lidl have 2.5 kg. bags of Maris Piper Potatoes for 89p.

Lidl offer 10.3.2022 - 16.3.2022 - page 5 | My Leaflet (my-leaflet.co.uk)

At this time of year I wouldn't buy any bigger bags as they just want to chit ASAP

catz4m8z

Mentioned to a relative that I was trying to save money where possible and they were worried my life would be some sort of sad if I didnt spend loads all the time!
Its like they dont even know me. Honestly my idea of a treat isnt a foreign holiday or new clothes, its more likely to be a posh bar of soap or the good cheese!LOL 

Brambling

joedenise said:

  We only really had meat on a Sunday and Monday - it was usually a shoulder of lamb on Sunday followed by shepherds pie on Monday.  We ate lots of veg casseroles and stews - the only difference being casseroles were cooked in the oven and veg only, stew was cooked on the hob and had a tiny bit of meat in!  Quite honestly the stews might just as well have been veg only!

 Roast on Sunday, cold on Monday and stew or soup made with the bones and trimmings on Tuesday, my mother could stretchhhh a joint between 5 of us.  We live close to the coast so the fish man came Thursday and was good at saving whatever fish was cheap due to a good catch I remember him almost giving away sprats and mackerel, we would have soused mackerel for a couple of days 

joedenise

Our joints had to stretch to 5 as well.

Don't remember having fish at all apart from when we went on holiday to visit my aunt and uncle in Portsmouth when we had fish & chips from the chippy!

Rosa_Damascena

Grumpelstiltskin said:

Lidl have 2.5 kg. bags of Maris Piper Potatoes for 89p.

Lidl offer 10.3.2022 - 16.3.2022 - page 5 | My Leaflet (my-leaflet.co.uk)

At this time of year I wouldn't buy any bigger bags as they just want to chit ASAP

What is it with chitting? They just wanna have babies, stick them in some soil and let nature take its course!