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Monthly cooking

 

No knitting updates I’m afraid. The blanket keeps getting rows added to it and the socks keep having rounds knit here and there (mostly on my commute) but it’s BORING things that don’t deserve pictures.

I’ve become rather obsessed with the Money Saving Expert forums lately in the quest to pay off our debts and save for important things like a big holiday, house and wedding and also not so big things like Wonderwool and Ravelry meet ups.

One of the most common things on penny pinching websites is to month cook. Buying in bulk is generally cheaper, having everything you need in for a month stops impulse buys and what may be the biggest bonus – no real cookery outside the one day a month you set aside; you just heat things up. Also bonus is no takeaways, even if you’re too tired to cook it takes 5 minutes to heat up!

Annother good point is that OH is back home now (yay!) but is working shifts (boo!) which means some nights he’s home at 10.30. I don’t want to wait that long to eat and he doesn’t want to cook for himself when he gets in so this should be a win win, I microwave my portion early, he microwaves his later.

I’ve just ordered a pack of 50 takeaway dishes off the internet; I’m going to buy a sharpie when I’m in Gloucester on Saturday and I have my list written ready to do the online shop tomorrow (after pay day) for delivery on Sunday. It’s gonna be scary seeing the price, but probably reassuring knowing that all we have to buy during the month is dairy and fruit.

So this month we’re eating!

Chicken Pasta Bake

Shepherds Pie

Steak and Ale Pie

Chilli

Honey Lime Chicken

Lasange

Brocolli Alfredo.

Even my packup gets in on the act, because bread buns and lunch meat can be frozen I’ll be having a bumper day making my sandwiches on Sunday for the next month! Just take them out the night before and defrost them and assemble the other bits I need such as a drink, fruit etc.

I’m dead excited by this, and wondering if anyone else has tried it? I’ll probably be hating it by the time Sunday lunch time rolls around and I’m up to my eyeballs in dirty dishes!

Comments

  1. Clare25 January 2013 at 04:17

    Sounds like an awesome idea.

    One thing about freezing your sandwiches - you don't need to let them defrost overnight. If you pack them still frozen in the morning then they are normally just right by lunchtime, and have the added bonus of keeping the rest of lunch cool

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