The cost of living... what can we do?

I don't often buy frozen prepared food but when I do, such as a lasagna, I let it thaw before baking. I don't see any point in paying to heat it up to refrigerator temperature!

I just realized a good way to repurpose my tea ball or whatever you call that mesh thing that is supposed to hold loose tea. I have never used mine so I put some mosquito bits in it and sunk it into the capillary watering tank for my indoor plants. That way the plants will draw up water that will kill any gnats in the soil.

That is my way of trying to save on costs. Repurpose anything I've got before chucking it or buying new items I can make myself from things on hand.

 

@Fat Controller you'd like a Sunoven. I use mine like a slow cooker to make batches of spaghetti sauce, or stews or chili con carne. I can also do hard cooked eggs in there, some desserts - and it doesn't cost a thing for power.

Mine is about 6 or so years old and though it costs a bit initially, it has paid for itself.

 

I can honestly say I've never had a ready meal.
Mostly because they never come out like the picture, I've seen the end results.
I mostly only have 2 or 3 items on my plate any way and they have to taste of what they look like.

 

The salt is to hide the dire flavour of the bad ingredients. There is a school of thought, to some extent backed by science, that the sugar is there to make it addictive. This latter point they can get away with because although there is a growing body of evidence that sugar is actually addictive, it has not yet been definitively proven.

 

I would have been eating cold food for the last three weeks if I had a sun over. First requirement is sun!

 

You just take it out the freezer before going to work in the morning.
It's not rocket science.

 

Has anyone got a good recipe for gruel, just asking for a friend.

Apparently it's coming back in fashion.

 

I think you boil it overnight in a big cauldron.
Stirring regularly.