Watty's Awakening

Cherryfudge

themadvix said:

In a normal year (ie one with sunshine and fewer slugs), 

we know exactly what you mean!

Watty1

WattyDog stopped any attempt at growing food some years back but I am tempted to grow something next year and the beans sound super easy.  (As a younger dog WattyDog took out the runner beans and sweet pea wigwam in pursuit of his big red ball).

Food budget ruined yesterday as stopped at a farm shop after buying horse feed and bought four little pots of salad and smoked salmon for dinner as I could not face the fish pie I was going to make.

I realise this is the second night I've declined to make the fish pie so I'm going to toss the mix with some pasta and olive oil and chilli this evening and eat with the remains of the salad.

Watty1

Cherryfudge said:

The difficulty of eating your way through the cupboards/freezer does seem to be that you end up finding things you love so you buy more and the cupboard is no emptier, or you don't like the things and it's a penance to eat them, but you still had to buy other stuff to make them edible, which you then have leftovers from...

I'm trying really hard to find ideas to use stuff up using what I have and only adding fresh vegetables and so far that is working, I know as I get nearer the end this will get harder (the brown rice flour might require the purchase of chocolate chips or yet more chocolate but that is no great hardship    Chocolate is one thing I'm allowing plus the fresh veg.

debtfreewannabe321

I went through my cupboards and freezers before I moved and found some real odd things in mine too. Didn't even remember buying some of them. I wonder if, having read through the comments here, it was substitutes on home deliveries during lockdowns. I also found a couple of flours with bugs crawling through them 😬.
I will remember to freeze my bananas next time as I don't always have time immediately to make bread with them.

I love the manifesting of the money box btw. I have a few stories like this and love the confirmation that this stuff really works! 😁❤️

Cherryfudge

Watty1 said:

WattyDog stopped any attempt at growing food some years back 

My first thought was 'What an enterprising dog! A shame he let a few disappointments discourage him'.

I was really put off veg growing by marauding critters, though reading on these boards makes me realise we are really only growing all those gazillions of courgette seedlings for the slugs, so I'm not the only sufferer.

Salad and smoked salmon sounds like a reasonable reward for some very enterprising using up of stuff. Ditto chocolate. These things oil the wheels of life.

savingholmes

Well done on the course sales - that's amazing progress and so quickly too. 

Watty1

Remains of the salad were used up as a side to the pasta dish last night.  After two evenings of deciding I couldn't face making fish pie, the fish pie mix was stir fried with chilli and garlic then stirred into pasta.  The VNM was here and he decided it was the most delicious meal in ages and asked if I could make it again soon

So funny, so many meals are really nice yet using things I seem to have accumulated and not used.  

Watty1

Thank you for the kind words on the course sales.   My dream target was 20 and I'm at 18 with a week left to go and I think I will get one more, and a reminder email might bring in one more plus I'm doing a talk today to a group of 4 or 5 I think so I will ask if anyone would like to be my last tester there too.

The profit after costs and taxes will clear my credit card bill so all good and hopefully cover a second hand saddle for Most Handsome (I've my eye on a couple on Marketplace) as his is very old and I'm fairly sure it needs replacing (he has a very cheap old saddle as he likes it and I think I've found one that is similar enough).

I still have to deliver the course but each part is written and when I'm confident with the tech etc I can launch properly and aim to run a couple of times a year.

Cherryfudge

Fish pie mix with chilli and garlic in pasta... actually I bet that's super-tasty and when you send out test copies of your book of recipes, pm me and I'll put my name on the waiting list.  

Brilliant that you are so close to target with your course!

daisy_1571

Fabulous re the course.  I'm keeping my fingers crossed for another couple of sign ups

Dxx