I'm back! Trying to spend less on food!

kayannie

@sammy_kaye18
Not far from PM, lovely area

KA

mumtoomany

Morning all, at least I think it's morning. It may all be the middle of the night, I've just looked out of the window and there is NO rain falling, maybe I'm still dreaming!

Tea yesterday, I cooked some of the breakfast patties that is picked up for 50p for a box of six. Made some bread buns to put them on, added slices of cheese, the last of the tomatoes I bought before Christmas and some lettuce. Served with HM coleslaw and potato wedges. They all ate it. 

Lunch today will be left over wedges and coleslaw. 

The filling I had on Tuesday, had fallen out! I will phone the dentist again today. Hoping to also get out to the tunnel, a few more weeds to remove. But first I'm going to jar some red cabbage.

Speak soon, mumtoomany.xxx

mama67

Following for inspiration, found you from Frugaldom thread x

mumtoomany

Hello all, welcome on-board so the newcomers. 

Spent some time outside in the tunnel. Cleared the asparagus bed of last year's dead fronds. If this year is like the last two, the asparagus should start appearing next month. This means by March, everyone will be fed up of it! I made an easy tea. Steak and kidney puddings, (shop bought), mash, green beans, HG leeks in cheese sauce.

 Baby sitting the grandchildren this morning, so I'll have to delve into the freezers, see what I can find for today. There is still enough in there for several weeks, but if I pull too much out, while searching, I struggle to put it all back! Freezer tetras!

Hugs, mumtoomany.xxx

mumtoomany

Hello everyone, cold here today.

Got DD to pick up two bottles of milk, should last us until we go into town mid-week for the dentist, to fix this filling again! 

Yesterday I jarred four jars of pickled red cabbage. The cabbages were from Aldi before Christmas, 19p each, still got one and a bit left. Probably cook those by braising them, and/or make pink coleslaw. I got two chicken breasts out of the freezer, yesterday. I made curry and rice. I started with a pan of veg stock, I often use the same water, over several nights; we have a water meter and it saves a few pennies over time. The water becomes more cloudy and flavoursome the more times it's used. To this stock I added half a HG butternut squash. Once cooked I mashed it with the potato masher, added a lump of tomato pizza topping (couldn't find the frozen puree), some curry paste, chopped mushrooms and peppers, both YS from the freezer, the chicken and half a tub of cream. Served with rice.

Today I made chicken soup for lunch, chicken stock, bits of chicken scrapped from the bones the other day, the rest of the cooked leeks and the remaining half tub of cream. Thicken with cornflour and served with YS crusty bread. Tea was fish fingers, chips and beans. Ice creams after.

I've got some YS beef out for tomorrow to make stew.

Spent today, on milk, £3.30. Total to date now, £124.17/£2640.

Hugs, mumtoomany.xxx

kayannie

I'm probably telling you something you know already, but the flavour of braised red cabbage improves after being frozen. You've reminded me that I still have some that I froze before Christmas.

mumtoomany

Hi, @kayannie, no I didn't know that. Thanks for telling me. I'll try that next time i get cheap cabbage, if I've room in the freezer. I grow cabbage each year, normal and red, the green cabbage I cut the head off to use and leave the plant in the ground. It will sprout several smaller cabbages, which I again cut off and use. The red cabbage never seems to grow well. I've some in now that i planted last spring, they still look like seedlings!

Hugs, mumtoomany.xxx

beckstar1975

Oh y your food all sounds really really good, I've not had breakfast yet but have started working already so need to get eat something proper before I raid all the naughty snacks

mumtoomany

Hi, @beckstar1975. I had porridge, made by OH, and blackberries, frozen when picked off our land last year. The frozen blackberries cool the porridge to eating temperature, useful when two girls want their hair "like Elsa", and you're time limited.

Carrots, onions, the other half of the butternut squash and the best all cooking away. Need to make some dumplings and peel some potatoes. I also got out a bag of HG rhubarb from the freezer. Crumble for pudding.

Off to put the kettle on, and finish up some more of the stollen. Who told OH we needed two?

Hugs to all, mumtoomany.xxx

eat_that_frog

Brand new to your posts @mumtoomany but will follow your journey with interest this year. Already picked up some tips from this and your last thread, love the idea of a 'soup box' in the freezer, will definitely do that myself.

I'm also an English migrant living in Wales