Pennypincher’s Pantry

The-Frugalistas-Meet-women-beat-credit-crunch-style, just been reading this article in the daily mail online, wow, it is an inspiration to us all!!! love it, love it!!

just completed this weeks menu plan:

saturday  lunch:  hm curried parsnip soup with wholemeal roll

Saturday tea:  hm chilli, brown rice/tesco wedges & garlic bread

Sunday  lunch : roast beef,  hm yorkies, roasties, carrots and broccoli

sunday tea: hm chicken curry with chips and rice

Monday: tesco’s chicken supreme (working late)

Tuesday: breaded plaice,   pasta & veg

Wednesday: Jamie’s hm meatballs with wholemeal spaghetti

Thursday: lemon fish fingers, mash and peas!! (lemon fish fingers are on offer, 1/2 price in tesco this week, 99p for 12)

Friday: Tana Ramsey’s butter bean chicken casserole in slow cook with tescos’ wedges (on offer 50p)

Just waiting for Mr. T to deliver this weeks order. All housework done for week! I have to collect ds2 this afternoon, as he has been away with school all week!!

According to the news this morning, we are on the brink of an recession!!!  So I am as determinded as ever save money where we can! I have just found these Tesco money off codes on Hot Deals uk and I thought I would share them! 

I have just used the £6 off £40, so very pleased. You can bank the codes about two weeks before they become active, so  I have banked aload!

Morning

had a little sleep in this morning, so now I am having to rush round to catch up with my chores!

I have put on the dish washer and prepared today’s Sunday lunch, which is Shepperd’s pie:

just boilng the carrots and pots:

 the finished pie:

Morning,

I ordered food shopping from Mr. T last night. I used this code: XX-KMYX to get £4 off £40 spend, so pleased! Some of the Tesco codes seem quite scare again??

Just completed next weeks menu plan: It will be a little different next week, as ds2 is going away with the school for 5 days, Monday to Friday, so I have adjusted normal shopping a little!

Saturday: Roast chicken and chips.  (ds2 has his final football tournament of the season on sat, so packed lunch needed for him)

Sunday: Shepperds pie with carrots

Monday: nigella’s green thai curry with brown rice

Tuesday:  breaded plaice, pasta and mixed veg

wednesday: Meal out!! just me and oh!! :)  

Thursday: Nursery fish pie and veg

Friday: order pizza for ds2 coming home!!!!

Just back from the hairdressers, which is another job done, however next door to my hairdressers is a charity shop, I always pop in and have a mouch. Here are today finds:

two retro pyrex steak plates for a £1!!!

and a retro cookbook, the complete farmhouse kitchen cookbook published in 1975 by Yorkshire Television! I am just having a quick look through and hope to post some retro recipes on here later!

Morning

Up with the larks this morning and feeling very bright and breezy! I have just scoffed down breakie, free range egg from the farm next door with soliders!

 Mr. T is delivering food shopping this afternoon and I have just finished completing next weeks menu plan:

Friday : Nigella’s nursery fish pie

Saturday: curried parsnip soup (oh favourite)

Saturday tea:  slow cooked Beef Bourguignon with boiled rice

Sunday: roast chicken dinner

sunday tea: chicken omlette with chips and curry

monday: lasanga, wedges and salad

tuesday: plaice, pasta and veg

wednesday: slow cook pork casserole, mash and veg

thursday: pizza, wedges and salad

friday: home made shepperds pie with carrots

Good afternoon

It’s my first of four days off, I just love this new job! As I have been at work since Monday, I have been playing catch up today. This is what I have done so far:

three loads of washing and is now all hung out under my carport at the side of house

one load of dishes out the dishwasher and put away

a whole weeks worth of ironing done and put away

upstairs walk in closet cleared of unwanted pj’s ( i have  pj obession, especially pink ones :))

baked 15 blueberry muffins!!

and finally coloured my hair ! I always colour my own hair, as its bright blonde, the roots show through every 4 weeks. I buy the goldwell colour that the hairdressers use. It works out at about £2.50 per application!

Ds2, has started his induction yesterday to secondary school, which is just over the road and for the first time since he was 3 , I haven’t done the school run!!! Ohh I feel so liberated, yay!!! I have got some of my life back!!!!! 

I used this tesco code last night and saved £6:

Groceries £6 off an £60 Spend (23/06/08 to 06/07/0
  Coupon Code: XX-MBKP
  Expiration: Jul. 6, 2008

mfc.premiumtv.co.uk/    Ds2 latest Wilf Mannion  Cup League win is featured on the Boro page!!!    :) Full story two posts below! 

Morning

hubby has been doing some gardening, he has been cutting down a very over-grown tree and he discovered this old birds nest! Isn’t it cute, we could not bear to throw it away, it has been so carefully made!!

Girl dog watching hubby!