How long can I make £187.15 last?

Floss

mumtoomany said:

... DD3 was with me and made a point of packing the shopping in Poundland carriers at the till. This was in Wilmslow, where all the footballers live!

Love this!

Aa a child we regularly had a belly pork casserole with mash which is cheap & tasty - I still cook it now & serve it with pasta:
Belly pork in tomato soup

Cut belly pork into small chunks (about 2cm), coat in seasoned flour & quickly fry off in a little oil till golden on all sides. Remove & place in slow cooker / casserole.
Add a little more oil and 1 chopped onion and soften. Add to pork.
Add 1 x 400ml tin tomato soup (cheapest is fine), a tsp of dried sage and stir together.
Cook for 1.5 hours at gas 4 / 170c / 160 fan or 6-8 hours in slow cooker on low.
Serve with mash & green veg, or pasta.

mumtoomany

Hi, @Floss, that sounds tasty. No tomato soup, but plenty of passata, tomato puree  and tinned tomatoes. So they might do. Lots of belly pork! I remember as a child my mother would layer belly pork, packet stuffing mix and potato slices in a casserole dish and bake it. The top half would be too hard to eat and the bottom half swimming in fat. Don't think I'll be making that! 

Tea yesterday, we had the chicken and bacon pie i made. Served with potatoes, carrots, (again given a rustic look by six year old!) Broccoli and cauliflower, both HG, with cheese sauce, (hides the bits that are not as pretty!) While i was cooking all this, and on the phone to my nephew, sorting out final arrangements for M-i-L's funeral, same said year old and I made raspberry buns for afters. Multitasking!

Hugs to all, mumtoomany.xxx

annieb64

I bake belly pork slices in the oven for about 45 minutes. After 30 minutes I pour off any fat and sprinkle sage and onion stuffing mix on top.They go crispy and are lovely with apple sauce.

mumtoomany

@annieb64, sounds much better than the way my mum cooked it. Mumtoomany.xxx

sweetpea26

Hi mumtoomany
Have subscribed..some great tips and ideas. I live rural too and try to avoid the supermarkets and especially local shops
I love a bargain!

London_1

Pour the pork fat into a small dish and use for roasties or frying .Nothing gets wasted in my kitchen  

JackieO xx

mumtoomany

haha @London_1, nor in mine. A tub in the fridge as we speak, with fat rendered from pork. Even the tub came originally from a, reduced to clear, Christmas pudding, many years ago. Waste! we don't know the meaning of the word.

 Welcome on board @sweetpea26, hope i don't let you down. No money spent yet this month.

Lunch, OH and i had soup, reduced tin and sachet, with crusty bread, the last one in the freezer, yellow stickered from the cash and carry. S-i-L made gnocchi and sauce for him and the children. They are out at fireworks later. so I may only be feeding two of us later.

Too wet here to venture outside. hugs to all, mumtoomany.xxx

Fizz2015

Delurking to say hi and enjoying this thread @mumtoomany and plenty of meal ideas.

It's pouring with rain here too so have spend the morning using up stuff in the fridge, I have made a mince and veg pie and chicken,leek and carrot pie with a peppercorn mustard sauce. Even attempted my own pastry and used up all the leftover wobbly vegetables. 

I hate foodwaste and always try to inventive with the leftovers. 

mumtoomany

Hi, all. Glad you're enjoying the ramblings of a mad woman @Fizz2015. Ha ha. 

So as the children were all of watching fireworks on Saturday night, they fed themselves before they went. OH and I had some more of the pastami, leftover potatoes, a bit of leftover mash and an onion, made into hash. Served with baked beans. Thanks to whoever suggested it. A bit left, will be made into not beef and onion sandwiches for lunch.

Tea last night was lasagne. Made with the other half of the Bolognese I made earlier in the week. Served with salad, HG tomatoes, peppers and cucumber, I found a couple lurking in the tunnel.

 Just put a chicken in the slow cooker for tonight. 

Spent £3.10 yesterday on milk. No spends planned today.

Hugs to all, mumtoomany.xxx

Fizz2015

@mumtoomany you are not a mad women, just very organised with your pantry and resourceful and inventive with your meal planning. 

I'm a mad slightly old school 40 something!! I'm trying to reduce food spends (much smaller family though). I use a community pantry where for £5 we get loads of fresh fruit and veg, diary/protein/meat options plus bread and treats. The ethos is too reduce food waste.