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Creamy chicken livers on toast, 58p
Some lovely food today! I decided to use the bargain, 20p, chicken livers for lunch. I fried them all off in 10g of butter until tender. We don’t want to cook liver too much, it goes tough and dry. Then I simply stirred in half a pack of value soft cheese that needed...
No power, bargains and giant bargains
4pm yesterday, just as I was thinking, phew, it's blimmin' hot, what on earth can we have to eat, don't want to cook, etc, when, bang, off went the power. After a couple of hours and it still hadn't come back on, I took myself off to Sainsbugs to get some salady bits...
Walks, books and muesli
Took myself off for a 4 mile walk this morning. Just me, myself and I. I fancied some time on my own, just walking, so off I went. It was lovely. A good day for walking, sunny and warm, not too hot. It was the same one I did with DP a few weeks ago. Saw some lovely...
No Power Meal Plan – Couscous Salad 50p a serving
Well this first recipe tested ok, good start. It has quite a lot of oil in it to get the calories in. If you don’t need that, you could cut the oil down quite a bit. If you have it, you could use olive oil here. There are 2 servings of fresh vegetables per person. It...
Lampshades, nails and meal plans
These are the lovely lampshades. The boxes had the opaque bulbs in, and I had bought 2 of the clear ones. The clear one went in last night to the one shade that was up and it isn't particularly bright. I think that's fine as there will be hidden LED lights round the...
Freebies, gardens, shades and stones
got a free magazine and a packet of couscous from Latest Free Stuff today
Roasted Vegetables in the Hole, 43p
A vegetarian version of that classic, toad in the hole, this is roasted vegetables in the hole
Happy Solstice / longest day – what did you do?
One of my favourite roses is this Jude the Obscure, super fragrant and very beautiful
Tuna and Pasta Salad with black olives, Meal Plan 9, 30p a serving
This was my tea tonight, the tuna pasta salad from Meal Plan 9. On the meal plan, this salad is used as a lunch, but it could just as easily be a dinner, and in fact, it was
Tuna and onion pie, Meal Plan 9, 24p a serving, with sides
Tuna & Onion Pie from Meal Plan 9 uses delicious oil pastry
Bannock Digestives, Meal Plan 9, 26p for 30 bannocks
Oaty bannocks, sweetened so they are like digestives – works really well!
A simple Chicken Stir Fry, Meal Plan 8, 81p a serving
Finally, the last recipe for Meal Plan 8, a simple stir fry. This plan has taken months to finish. I have another one lined up ready to go, just need to check the nutrition What you need 120g cooked chicken, 680g meat gleaned from a 1.3kg/£3.22 bird, 57p 200g egg...