From Frugal Foundations to Fortified Family Future

rtandon27

@Greying_Pilgrim - there are lots of free things to do in London my dearest & our very own @Karmacat has come up a couple of times a year so we can go and enjoy these very free and fascinating things together!  She's found us museums, walks, private tours &most recently a fabulous gardens to enjoy.  If you do come into London, count me in!  I'm happy to take an afternoon off to join in the fun!

Staffordia

Greying_Pilgrim said:

Staffordia - I meant to mention that I have ordered a 'physical' card for the 'employee related' membership scheme you told me about.  I figured a lot of the EH places are off grid, and it's just easier to have the physical card with you as a back up - rather than soley relying on having it in a digital wallet.  I've yet to test it out, with a real-life visit, but you can bet your bottom dollar, I've plans to use it in the hols 😁

Greying X

I tend to take a screenshot on my phone in the morning we are using it, just in case, there's no reception. 

Glad it will be getting an outing or two. Look forward to reading about your trips. 

Greying_Pilgrim

Well, some good MSE ways have stuck with LG.  They have gone to a little local event today with DH (not my cup of tea, and it's too blooming 'ot to be wandering about with little shade), and I've just had a message to enquire whether I want some courgettes that someone is offering out for free 🤣 What do you think my answer was 🤔  Anyone who gardens, or who has read Barbara Kingsolver will recognise immediately that we're in July 🤣

Having said that, I think LG has also bought a boot load of tat with their pocket money 🫤  DH has clearly taken out a second mortgage, as ice-creams have been purchased too 😬🤣

I've washed the rest of DH's workwear and it's drying on the line.

Lunch was a picnic for the Wanderers, and a sarnie for me.  Tea will be 'summat courgetty' 🤣

Greying X

rtandon27

@Greying_Pilgrim - this receipe is by far my favourite way to eat courgettes!  Of course you know full well I've not got the patience to make them, but OH rustles up a batch most weekends throughout the summer!  They are very versitile and adaptable.

Greying_Pilgrim

Thanks rt - those would be the sort of thing I would love in a brunch type meal.  I far prefer savoury to sweet, and I think those would be a perfect start to the day.  

In the end I plumped for 'Creamy Courgette Fettucine' which is a recipe out of one of Leanne Brown's cookbooks - I don't think it is the Food Stamps one, I think it may have been in her first book.  Her cookbooks used to be freely downloadable - I think the Food Stamps one was done as a Uni project 🤔iirc she is a Canadian who went to college in........ New York?  and the cookbook was her Masters (?) project.  I've used several of her recipes and this is a good one.  Naturally, I didn't have any parmesan/Grana Padano, so I improvised and used cream cheese with mustard in place of cream.  I did have a lemon (makes all the difference), and used some of the Greek every thing seasoning too. I used fusilli pasta, and wouldn't out of choice used fettucine.   Clean plates all round and I don't think it's overly 'courgetty'.  I've used 2 of the courgettes.

I will be watching the football later.  I just hope Football is the winner, and we get treated to an exemplary, skill filled game.  Either side could win and I would be happy 😁

Washing is dry.  I'll get it in just now.

Greying X

VintageHistorian

Glad I could help you find some other interesting places to take LG! (We'll pretend that I don't have my own extensive lists of museums around the UK to visit, which is so long it would require a whole life time to visit them )

Greying_Pilgrim

Good Morning MFW'rs

Another Monday, another school day......

VH - I think it's brilliant that you've a list of museums to last a lifetime of visits 😁Whilst sometimes it is a 3-D, state of the art, immersive experience that you want from a museum, I also think the amateur/enthusiast/interest-led smaller museums, run on a shoe-string and with oodles of passion have an appeal too 😁

I've definitely got to get a wash on today.  "General" clothes wash. 

Last session of activity tonight, so I'll make something along the lines of a Mediterranean type stew - Courgettes will feature 🤣  LG will probably ask for pasta to accompany, but I think I'll go for rice, maybe brown, or even bulghar wheat may be a better choice 🤔

Ta for popping in.  Greying X

edinburgher

Is it still warm where you are Greying? I awoke to the lovely sound of rain this morning, everything getting a good refresh

Greying_Pilgrim

edinburgher said:

Is it still warm where you are Greying? I awoke to the lovely sound of rain this morning, everything getting a good refresh

Supposed to be turning ed - but definitely sun-shiney and warm as yet.  We need a nice period of rain (not storms nor torrential downpours), to re-set everything.  

Greying X

kayannie

rtandon27 said:

@Greying_Pilgrim - this receipe is by far my favourite way to eat courgettes!  Of course you know full well I've not got the patience to make them, but OH rustles up a batch most weekends throughout the summer!  They are very versitile and adaptable.

These are similar to what I call fritters as I made up the recipe & didn't know what else to all them! I only use 5 ingredients, courgette, egg, chopped onion, flour & grated cheese, plus seasoning. We eat them with salad or veg or in a bread roll, preferably home made with granary flour. Cheap & very quick to make. I made a courgette & pineapple cake yesterday & it tastes delicious but it's very soft & falls apart. Think I'll use it up as a pudding!
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