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Progress today
This is where we are up to today. The picture above was taken this evening, showing the 300mm pullout unit in place, without the metal baskets. To go back a few steps, the corner, emptied out. The corner with some floor tiles down to go under the unit as it is a walk...
2 ton units, meal plans still £1 and trying not to sing out loud
We have kitchen units!!! Yay!! They arrived this morning and after all the unloading, we had to sort out the boxes needed to fit the first one, the larder unit. I then spent the next half an hour trying to work out which was part A, part B, part C etc and stuck post...
Emptying cupboards, draughts and printers on strike
I’m pretty tired right now. The kitchen units are due to arrive on Friday, so today, we started taking out the old ones. The capacious new larder unit will be fitted first, so the corner where that will be going was where we began. HOW much stuff was in those...
A linen skirt for £2, Char de Crabbe & prescriptions
This 15th century delicacy can be made with crab apples or thinnings from an apple tree
Meal Plan 7 – Scone Based Pizza
I based this on a recipe I devised whilst doing the LBLUK challenge earlier this year. The picture comes from then, and I apologise for the blocky image it is! 50g soft cheese, Asda Smart Price (SP) 200g/88p, 22p 50g bacon, Asda SP 500g/75p, 8p 200g onion, Asda SP...
Boot Fairs, New Fabric and Big Sums
We went to the boot fair at Polegate this morning. First time I've been for ages. I was on a mission to score some more purple themed fabric for the quilt I am making, I had decided I needed some more variety. Within a few minutes, I had found 5 fat quarters and a 5...
Chicken & Vegetable Tart, delicious hot or cold
Here is the recipe I promised you yesterday pastry 150g self raising flour, value flour 45p/1.5kg, 4p 75ml vegetable oil, £1.25 litre 9p filling 130g chicken, priced as in this post 99p 160g carrots, Asda SP £1.18p/2kg 9p 100g onion, Asda £1.08/2kg, 5p 3 eggs, Asda...
Smelly sandwiches
For lunch today, I made the smelliest hoummous sandwich I have ever done! I purposely cooked extra chick peas last night so I could make hoummous today. I put the chickpeas in the food processor with a large tblsp of garlic/ginger paste, 2 tblsps of mustard oil...
Fruit, Floors and Gifts
Spotted these little fellas having a team bath this morning and took this picture of them through the window. Didn't dare move in case I scared them off. DP has been working hard over the last two days getting the old tiles and hardboard off the kitchen floor. Seems...
Teething, rain and quilts
There are still a few teething problems with the changeover of the blog to a new host. The subscriber widget on the right is one of them, it seems to be refusing to sign people up for some reason. I'm also not sure that the new posts are being emailed to people...
Meal Plan 7 – Lasagna, 62p a serving, 31p if you stretch it to 4
This recipe uses the third, and last, portion of the ragu made earlier. The picture shows my portion, which is a quarter of the finished dish, not a half. One third of the ragu mix £1.02 400ml skimmed milk, 2.27 litres/£1, 18p 100g + 50g flour, 45p/1.5kg, 5p Total...
Meal Plan 7 – casserole of bacon, veg, toms & soft cheese, 45p a serving
This very versatile casserole of bacon, veg, tomatoes and soft cheese is part of a weekly meal plan