Eating well for little cost!

JessM soulmates! That is my usual lunch -only with 1 slice of bread. Discovered it when I'd assembled the wee sandwich and had to answer the phone..

We always had bread and butter with fruit and custard when we visited my GP, I thought it was a mining tradition.

It was the jam sandwiches which we fought over which had been down the pit and brought back up, best bread and jam I have ever tasted.

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Having lived in Asia, we've always eaten a lot of rice dishes and for many years I've bought basmati rice. However I've recently rediscovered lojg grain rice

I noticed that Lidl's long grain white rice was 40p per kg as opposed to £1.89 for a kg of white basmati rice and decided to give it a try

I boiled it for 8 mins, rinsed it with cold water in a sieve, then just before serving microwaved it for 2 mins. Result - lovely fluffy perfect rice, not sticky or mushy but each grain separate.

Another blast from the past thread. Names gone but not forgotten.

I wish my DH Wot Cooks would be more imaginative with left overs. It's always me that uses them up - soups, omelettes etc - he'd chuck them out!

(Not all gone - obviously!)

Do you all have empty freezers, that you're able to make all this stuff and freeze it? My freezers (two) are jam packed already....