Cheap As Sausages!

We had sausages, mash and beans tonight (or sausages, noodles and raw carrot for Ayse lol). We already had everything barr the sausages so only had to spend £1.22 on two packs of Tesco value sausages for the four of us. I would say definitely less that £1 a head for dinner tonight, including cooking fuel. (Not my photo, just one from the www)

Mike's diesel consumption for last month was £225!!! More than double the last month's cost. So we definitely have to cut back on food cost this month. We have taken some chicken breasts out of the freezer to defrost overnight and we will use them tomorrow along with pasta, pesto, mushroom soup as a sauce and mushrooms (I think). Yum!

Got my Mum coming over this weekend to see us before we go to Sweden. Will be great to see her, she's only 45 mins by car away but I still don't get to see her as much as I used to, which is a shame. When we're millionaires, I plan on buying us both somewhere very close :oD or she can have a granny annex in our mansion lol. Ooh if I were a millionaire, I'd buy a house here in the UK, one in Sweden, actually one anywhere I fancied... It would be awesome! And I could go anywhere I pleased and just immerse myself in their language and culture without any financial worries... It would be awesome. I would definitely do some charity work too and help people recover from natural disasters and the such. Help them rebuild their lives. Do you hear that PTB, I would be good for the world if I had millions of £! Next time you're dishing out the 6 zeros, keep me in mind lol. On a similar note; if I ruled the world....

So, anyone want to share one of their cheapy meal ideas which you have to help keep costs down?

Hugs xx

My Tummy Rules The Roost

(Or at least it rules my body lol) I went into town today and bought the pig livers. I made the faggots pork balls and I did not like them at all! The whole dinner was quite pants to be honest! Well, the carrots were ok lol. I made instant mash with Sainsbury's basic powder - yuk! Pork balls - yuk! Mike ate his up and said they were ok. Ayse was freaked out coz some of the inside was pink - think was the bacon. My tummy just freaked out coz it knew what was in it. It wasn't a success lol!! I think I tried a bit of liver and it was even worse than the rest of the meat lol! It was almost enough to make me vegetarian again! I won't make it again that's for sure and should Mike or Adam want some there will be plenty in the freezer lol!

Edit: Just found out that the cat likes them! Hehe.

Ayse had pasteena for dinner (pasta in veggie oxo cube) and I just had a bowl of cereal.

Sing with me "what doesn't kill you makes you stronger la la la la" yeah, let's just hope I don't wake up dead in the morning lol.

Altho I have been feeling a bit rough all day (maybe the idea of liver kicked in early?) and I came over all hot in the queue for the bank, my back was killing me and I couldn't wait to get home. I did have a look in the charity shops. Didn't seee much but I did buy a small vintage cookware pot for 50p :oD it made me happy lol :-p

Frugal Tip #9 - Meals

Don't be afraid to experiment with meals... Just make sure you have something edible close by in case it doesn't turn out right or you don't like it.

Hugs xx