From Frugal Foundations to Fortified Family Future

Greying_Pilgrim · 2026-01-20T19:56:47+00:00

Good Evening MFW'rs

I got the washing in just before 3pm. There were a few spots of rain in the wind, and I figured the washing had been out far longer than I anticipated, so I got it in, whilst i was ahead. I put it in front of the dehu for 2 hrs, and I think it will be pretty much dry by tomorrow morning.

Tea was soup. I made Lemony Chickpea Soup which was a new to me recipe. I would make it again, the fam liked it. I have to say though, i think the 'hummus-like' paste that you add in probably isn't worth the effort. I think you would get a similar effect if you put all the ingredients in the soup and then partially blitzed at the end. I did use my stick blender to make my paste (worked perfectly fine). I used coconut milk, not oat milk, and I hadn't got any nooch, so used a spoon of tahini and a spoon of peanut butter. It does make an awful lot of paste, and the recipe makes alot of soup - which I think was an observation from the vlogger who mentioned the soup, and whom I got the link from (Coco's Universe). I would also slightly query some of the ingredients - it was neither 'curry' like, nor 'meditteranean' like. There was turmeric and coriander and chilli (which I didn't add), at the same time as dill and oregano 🤔I get that dill and coriander are both on the 'lemony' vibe, but I think maybe one set, or the other. However, having said all that, it is a keeper (with slight revisions) of a recipe for me. I have to say, whether it was because I swapped in ingredients, but the chickpea paste I made 'firmed up' in the fridge, but oh, did it ever warrant getting balled up, and then rolled in some dark chocolate, ooooooooh those would have been some tasty 'truffles' - yum.

For pudding I made a spiced blueberry steamed pudding, using THIS base recipe. It cooked all the way through (last time I made a steamed pudding in the SC it was still liquidy in the centre 😡). Whilst I extracted the pudding, LG portioned up some vanilla-flavoured ice-cream for us all. The blueberries were YS'd.

LG had a good day at school - and everyone seems to have enjoyed their outing.

Think that's everything MS-wise. Ta for popping in.

Greying X