Love food hate Waste Part two for 2018 :)

JackieO wrote: »

I am seriously longing for ginger nut right this minute but I am going to be strong and resist the temptation:( any suggestions on a postcard would be welcome for what I can eat instead :):) JackieO xx

You're a better (wo)man than I am, Gunga Din! Ginger nuts are a thing of beauty so I doubt there is a substitute. Sorry.

LameWolf wrote: »

JackieO imho you might as well eat the postcard as eat Ryvita! :rotfl:

I'm with you on this one! Horrible things. I think the last packet we ever had (many, many moons ago) were used up as "dunkers" in soup and they've never darkened our doorstep since. :rotfl:

Had a tidy up of the fridge this morning and "found" an unopened pack of 6 tomatoes. Three of them are turning squishy (tbf, they have been there a while - my fault for taking my eye off the ball ) but they won't be wasted. I had one of the good ones at lunchtime in a cheese sandwich and the other two have been put on one side for a salad tomorrow. I'd planned a pasta meal for Thursday using a tomato & veg sauce from the freezer so I'll bring that forward to Tuesday and chuck the 3 squishy ones in the sauce.

There's a few other bits to use up, so tomorrow I'll make a veg & cheese bake with a courgette, a couple of carrots, 3 mushrooms, half an onion and some grated cheese. There's also half an apple (used the other half in last night's fakeaway curry) that I'll grate up to stir into plain yogurt along with some wheat flakes and that will do for pudding tonight. And I'll use the rest of the yogurt to make soda bread.

Not sure yet about this week's soup although I'm leaning towards spicy carrot & red lentil as I have all the ingredients in stock plus it will be most welcome later in the week when the weather turns colder (again ).

The only shopping I'll need this week is milk and a packet of dried peas; if I stick to that I should have about £40 left from this month's grocery budget to sweep into the holiday fund. Happy days.

JackieO wrote: »

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:break them in half ???:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: I am seriously longing for ginger nut right this minute but I am going to be strong and resist the temptation:(

any suggestions on a postcard would be welcome for what I can eat instead :):)
JackieO xx

Is it the ginger you miss or the biscuit?

I am sure there are oatcakes with ginger in them, would that be cheating?

Or a ginger and lemon tea, one of my favourites with a spoon of honey in it.

I know what you mean about tea and coffee JackieO - somethings are worth paying a little extra for.

Thanks to klbooth, thirzah and spidersinthebath for the suggestions on using up turnips

I would never have thought of eating raw turnip and was amazed at how nice it tastes! I cut a few thing slices as part of a salad and couldn't believe how sweet it tasted, almost like an apple. Used the rest of it up in a butternut squash and turnip curry which worked very well.

Spiders how did you know I've been craving cornish pasties?

VJsmum wrote: »

I quite like ryvita

Thanks for the idea of a veg and cheese bake - i have some carrots, celery, peppers and courgettes that need using.

Don't worry about liking Ryvita - after all, it wouldn't do for us all to be the same, would it?

I love the veg & cheese bake for using up all those odds and ends and find it freezes well too. I add some beaten egg to mine to bind everything together. I'll be doing a batch on Wed as I'll have the oven on then so might as well use up the free space and save money on fuel.

The breadmaker was pressed into service first thing this morning and then I cooked a pan of spuds. Used a couple to make potato salad for tonight and will use the rest up sliced and lightly fried in butter to go with Wed's breaded cod loin and garden peas.

I've also made a tub of pasta salad to use up some orzo pasta with sun-dried tomato pesto stirred through. It was a new jar of pesto (bought ys) and, once opened, it will stay fresh in the fridge for up to 2 weeks. As I doubt I'd use it up within that time, I've frozen the rest of it in an ice cube tray.

Next up was a big pan of spicy carrot & red lentil soup, enough for 4 portions. Cheap as chips, tasty and filling - what's not to like?

Jackie - I'm now visualising you marking off the days on a calendar, counting down to how long you have to go before you can have a ginger nut!