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BBC: " Family food shop up '£15 a week'"
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izzybusy23 wrote: »That sounds great and well done to you for that, really. But for couples who work full time thats the last thing I want to do after working a full day. Its just so much easier to fry off some meat and slop the sauce in the frying pan.
Speak for yourself. OH and I both work full-time, in demanding professional jobs, and have a 2 year old son. But we buy nothing in the way of ready-made sauces....much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.0 -
Mushroom pie with roasted veg (pots, carrots and onions).
Total prep time ~5 mins, cost ~ £1.80 for 2 of us.
Personally, I think mushrooms are the work of the devil (-:
We had rice, peas, and lentil curry tonight. Took hardly any time at all to prepare, and I read a couple of books with my son while it was cooking....much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.0 -
neverdespairgirl wrote: »Speak for yourself. OH and I both work full-time, in demanding professional jobs, and have a 2 year old son. But we buy nothing in the way of ready-made sauces.
I agree, neverdespairgirl. Not only does it save money, taste nicer, take no extra time, but when I have children I will not want to feed them pre prepared stuff.
I had a friend with coeliac disease, and she could buy the 500g jar of some sauces, but not the Kg ones - the reason - because the larger jars are filled with wheat-containing filler!
I don't want my kids eating filler!0 -
neverdespairgirl wrote: »Personally, I think mushrooms are the work of the devil (-:
We had rice, peas, and lentil curry tonight. Took hardly any time at all to prepare, and I read a couple of books with my son while it was cooking.
We had a big soup that I made in the slow cooker with lentils, barley, carrots, parsnip, split peas, swede, and dumplings .
I put it all in the cooker when I went out to work this morning and when I came back I opened the lid, put it in a bowl and ate it!
Your curry sounds nice, but I disagree on the mushroom thing, I love them!0 -
neverdespairgirl wrote: »Personally, I think mushrooms are the work of the devil (-:
probably the most sensible thing ever written on this forum.
dirt flavoured lumps of fungus.It's a health benefit ...0 -
:rotfl:probably the most sensible thing ever written on this forum.
dirt flavoured lumps of fungus.
I would actually be devestated if I couldn't get hold of mushrooms, I eat them all the time! Once I made a vege lasagne type thing with loads of mushrooms and my boyfriend said "mmmm this meat's nice what is it!"0 -
More PLM's* to recommend a book to 'Not on the label' Felicity Lawrence.
Please don't do the battery turkeys / chickens though.
I buy properly risen bread (£2 a loaf) wouldn't cut back on that.....but the rest is borderline macrobiotic (the teenage daughter craves junk though).
Asda is twice as expensive for fruit and veg than my local Asian supermarket/deli plus many other things. You can't buy bags of lentils / kidney beans in our Asda anymore.
To read a bit more 'Shopped' by Joanna Blythman is good too.
*people like me
PLU; people like us
PLT; people like them0 -
I agree, neverdespairgirl. Not only does it save money, taste nicer, take no extra time, but when I have children I will not want to feed them pre prepared stuff.
I had a friend with coeliac disease, and she could buy the 500g jar of some sauces, but not the Kg ones - the reason - because the larger jars are filled with wheat-containing filler!
I don't want my kids eating filler!
My sister is a coeliac as well, it's veyr boring for her.
My son eats what we eat - fewer spices, and carefully with the salt there, but otherwise the same. When he was younger, he ate mashed up what we eat (-:...much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.0 -
I buy properly risen bread (£2 a loaf) wouldn't cut back on that.....but the rest is borderline macrobiotic (the teenage daughter craves junk though).
We don't buy bread, ever. No particular reason, we just don't eat it. We do eat Matzah by the ton, though....much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.0 -
neverdespairgirl wrote: »We don't buy bread, ever. No particular reason, we just don't eat it. We do eat Matzah by the ton, though.
Aghgh, I love them too.
There is something so 'puritan' but also so nice about them. Only problem is they tend to explode cracker bits everywhere :P0
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