There’s nothing quite like running a small business to truly understand the value of 101 Ways To Cook Mince or its second edition Toasties Toasties Are Nutritious.
It’s either feast or famine in our house. And we are in the in-between stage. The stage when you check the bank account a little obsessively waiting for bills to be paid. The stage you know you’re owed money, but it’s sitting in an accountant’s To Do tray.
Meal planning becomes paramount, holidays become wishful thinking and internet shopping becomes internet browsing. I like to put things in the “basket” and then empty it before moving onto my next online store. Somehow it makes me feel like I’ve actually purchased stuff. It just never arrives, which doesn’t usually bother me, because in most cases I’ve forgotten my imaginary purchases by then anyway. And for the kids, there’s always Ikea for a fun and cheap day out. Those 20c ice-cream cones are a big hit, so is the free ball pit. Easy peasy.
What do you do to stretch out your cash in the lean times? Have you got any good mince recipes?
bigwords x
I know this all too well, and this year seems to be even harder for any number of reasons.
Feast or famine has been our way for as eleven years. When it’s really bad I like to remind my Hubby he has managed to keep us going all that time.
I have wish lists on my favourite online stores, I keep only the most coveted items in there.
There is nothing I can’t do with mince, or lentils. And I can do a weeks shopping for under $150 when needs be – and that includes my weekly visit to the bottle shop. It can be hard some weeks, really hard. But I love that my HUbby gets to be creative and earn a living for it, even if some weeks a “real” job that pays every 2 weeks like clockwork seems tempting.
Hang in there xxx
Sooooo in touch with this emotion in our house! Have you cooked Barack Obamas Crock Pot Chilli? Google it – it’s so yummy and a cheap dinner with rice. I like to get creative running the pantry down in feast times, and if you grow some basics in the garden like rocket and parsley it can make a cheap dinner feel special.
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mince? you betcha. Lucky we all love it 🙂
spaghetti bolognaise, asian mince with noodles, meatballs, meatloaf, rissoles, turkish kofta with flatbread, hommous and tabouli…oh god, I probably have more 🙂
Mince + tinned tomato is a staple in our house, add rice, pasta, potato, taco, whatever and serve.