To my delight, I really didn't need very much this week, mainly because I have very much been eating from my freezer but partly because of being away over the weekend and then having a binge.
So, what did I need?
Fruit and veg:This is the biggest section and even that isn't much. I've been eating beans and apples/raspberries from the allotment which has helped. However, although I am still getting a very few tomatoes from the plants, they are all small and yellow and I fancied some bigger red ones so, as with the cucumber, I'm not buying them again! All good things . . .
These are all speed and free.
Dairy and bits and bobs.
Dairy and bits and bobs.
Milk and cheese are a sort of every other week thing really. I'm not out of either but will be soon. I was totally out of the LM sausages so get two boxes which are now in the freezer.
I got a few seasonings/flavourings sort of things and - let's mention the elephant in the photo - a bottle of Cointreau.
NOT for drinkies though. Next week, Tuesday in fact, I start my Christmas cake by weighing out the dried fruit and steeping it in alcohol. Not brandy as St Delia instructs, but in Cointreau. I did that last year and it was gorgeous. I make the cake over half term and the rest will feed the cake until icing time.
NOT for drinkies though. Next week, Tuesday in fact, I start my Christmas cake by weighing out the dried fruit and steeping it in alcohol. Not brandy as St Delia instructs, but in Cointreau. I did that last year and it was gorgeous. I make the cake over half term and the rest will feed the cake until icing time.
Not in the photo is a medium sliced wholemeal.
The milk and the cheese are healthy As in measured amounts, two slices of bread is a B, the sausages are free and the rest is free apart from the Cointreau. I'm almost afraid to check the syns of that but let's be brave . . .
The milk and the cheese are healthy As in measured amounts, two slices of bread is a B, the sausages are free and the rest is free apart from the Cointreau. I'm almost afraid to check the syns of that but let's be brave . . .
Oh, lordy lord - four suns for 25mls, less than two tbsps - and I will be steeping the fruit in at least 100 mls, probably a bit more. Oh, well . . .
I also got some kitchen towel and dishwasher stuff.
And that's me stocked up for the week to come.
Yes, lots of syns but you're not going to be eating the cake all by yourself and all in one go, are you?! And......it's Christmas!! We all know syns/calories don't count at Christmas ;-) xx
ReplyDeletelol - how very true! It does help make a most delicious fruit cake too.
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Christmas food is calorie free. All the calories are carried away on a tide of good will to all men :-
ReplyDeletelol - wouldn't that be great!
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Oooh, I love Christmas food planning! I don't even like Christmas cake, but I soak my fruit in Guinness (and then feed with something else, depending what I have in usually. I've used ginger wine in the past...)
ReplyDeleteAll of that sounds lovely! xx
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