October 2023 Frugal Chatter Thread

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Originally Posted by Frugalbigmama

Happy Monday!

Saturday was such a beautiful day. Did housework and running around to enjoy the weather. Took dog for walk down at the waterfront at the town docks.
Then Sunday was a crappy day weather wise. Went out in the morning to try and walk but then it started raining and made me a homebody!
Today- another dark gray rainy day. I have a busy work day so I guess that is ok. Will get my work done and then hopefully it will be nice out to get our for a bit....wishful thinking :)

Yesterday I was motivated to play in the kitchen. Finally made the pasta shells filled with ground turkey etc dish. Tried it and I am not a fan. DS liked it and ate it all which is good. No waste because it cost a small fortune to make lol Saturday I found evaporated milk on clearance ($2.79 less $2 Expires end of December) Decided to make the fudge receipe on the can for my girls weekend next week. It didn't set (I followed the receipe but put in too much butter so that must be why) So I may try to fix it (reboil it) Boy, not feeling confident in the kitchen now :(

Today- Clean out the fridge and wash up the few dishes. Will make a pot of rice, chop veggies and just need to add a protein (thinking Shrimp since I stocked us up but still have 4 packages we had already that I will use up first- 2 are skewers for bbq- was an amazing deal- I should have bought more then the 3 I did grab to try. Have a bin of clean folded laundry/towels to put away. ( I cheated and went to the laundromat on the weekend to get it all done and folded :))

Ok off to get this work day out of the way so I can get some things done around the house.
Have a great day!

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Bravo on your kitchen projects. Don't give up hope on the fudge! You just inspired me, I picked up a can of Evaporated milk a while back and had no idea what to do with it. I tried making hubby fudge once to use up some cocoa ...hubby loved it but to me, it tasted like a big pan of icing lol..there was no "creaminess" to it. The evaporated milk would obviously improve that. Curious as to what flavour of fudge you tried?

Good luck with your home projects for the day!

Well friends...not much to be had shopping wise IMO in this last set of flyers. I hope that it's a one off and not how the stores are responding to being hauled up on the carpet re: their profits (at our expense!). Thankful for leftovers from Thanksgiving in my freezer(but will wait awhile to eat again) and for already whats on hand.
Fortunate that needs are met while knowing others are not as fortunate!

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Originally Posted by crafter

Bravo on your kitchen projects. Don't give up hope on the fudge! You just inspired me, I picked up a can of Evaporated milk a while back and had no idea what to do with it. I tried making hubby fudge once to use up some cocoa ...hubby loved it but to me, it tasted like a big pan of icing lol..there was no "creaminess" to it. The evaporated milk would obviously improve that. Curious as to what flavour of fudge you tried?

Good luck with your home projects for the day!

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It was chocolate. I just followed the instructions on the can but no nuts added (my sister is picky lol)

I bought a big tray of ground beef yesterday. Pasta sauce is simmering on the stove. I also took some of the ground beef/onions out before adding sauce and it is in a freezer bag labeled "cooked nacho meat". Perfect for a night when we want something simple :)

We always keep evaporated milk on hand for baking but if I have some we need to use up, we use this recipe. It can easily be cut in half and so good. A Full batch lasts me all week for breakfasts:

https://www.carnationmilk.ca/En/Reci...-Baked-Oatmeal

I chop my apples instead of grating them to make it more Apple forward.

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Originally Posted by SassyAshley

We always keep evaporated milk on hand for baking but if I have some we need to use up, we use this recipe. It can easily be cut in half and so good. A Full batch lasts me all week for breakfasts:

https://www.carnationmilk.ca/En/Reci...-Baked-Oatmeal

I chop my apples instead of grating them to make it more Apple forward.

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That looks super healthy @SassyAshley but the chocolate fudge is so tempting. Luckily, I'm out of icing sugar but have lots of Oatmeal so I may be forced into the healthy choice :)

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Originally Posted by Frugalbigmama

It was chocolate. I just followed the instructions on the can but no nuts added (my sister is picky lol)

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https://www.carnationmilk.ca/En/Search?Kw=Fudge

Wow I had no idea that they had so many recipes for fudge. yum

Now I miss the group pay option that used to exist on Bed Bath and Beyond Canada's site. I was able to unload small amounts on someone's group gift to use up the card balance before.

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Today i popped over to no frills before i went to watch the girls with hubby

got (8) degree deodorant p.m freshco 2.96-3.00 cpn=+.04
15 pound bag of no name potatoes 5.00
(2) brocolli crowns .50 each
the best tasting strawberries ever p.m to fortinos 2.99 they were ocean spray from the u.s.a i bought 2 but left one for the granddaughters i like to give them fruit when they get off the bus from school.
(2) no name bagels 2/3.50 or 1.75 each
(3) royale toilet paper is it the 60 rolls for 11.97

used 40.00 in p.c money

We had a somewhat lazy day. DH made his homemade pea soup last night and we had it for lunch and yep, DH ate it for dinner as well.
I opted to use up some of my leftover chili and made a chili and cheese baked potato.
I froze leftover chili in 2 freezer bags, just enough for nachos. We also have leftover ham we need to throw in freezer bags and put away.

Tomorrow we head to the GTA for my 3rd treatment on my back (well neck actually) Hopefully we get back at a good time and I can get back into a normal routine.

I have been procrastinating on some fall cleaning etc and I think I'm going to do something that helped motivate us years back to get some chores done. We tracked chores and repairs that we did at home that someone else might otherwise hire someone for. By tracking our savings, (just on paper savings) but it really spurred us to get more done.

Well a bit of relaxing and tv now

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Originally Posted by crafter

I have been procrastinating on some fall cleaning etc and I think I'm going to do something that helped motivate us years back to get some chores done. We tracked chores and repairs that we did at home that someone else might otherwise hire someone for. By tracking our savings, (just on paper savings) but it really spurred us to get more done.

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Brilliant motivational idea.

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Originally Posted by Frugalbigmama

Happy Monday!

Saturday was such a beautiful day. Did housework and running around to enjoy the weather. Took dog for walk down at the waterfront at the town docks.
Then Sunday was a crappy day weather wise. Went out in the morning to try and walk but then it started raining and made me a homebody!
Today- another dark gray rainy day. I have a busy work day so I guess that is ok. Will get my work done and then hopefully it will be nice out to get our for a bit....wishful thinking :)

Yesterday I was motivated to play in the kitchen. Finally made the pasta shells filled with ground turkey etc dish. Tried it and I am not a fan. DS liked it and ate it all which is good. No waste because it cost a small fortune to make lol Saturday I found evaporated milk on clearance ($2.79 less $2 Expires end of December) Decided to make the fudge receipe on the can for my girls weekend next week. It didn't set (I followed the receipe but put in too much butter so that must be why) So I may try to fix it (reboil it) Boy, not feeling confident in the kitchen now :(

Today- Clean out the fridge and wash up the few dishes. Will make a pot of rice, chop veggies and just need to add a protein (thinking Shrimp since I stocked us up but still have 4 packages we had already that I will use up first- 2 are skewers for bbq- was an amazing deal- I should have bought more then the 3 I did grab to try. Have a bin of clean folded laundry/towels to put away. ( I cheated and went to the laundromat on the weekend to get it all done and folded :))

Ok off to get this work day out of the way so I can get some things done around the house.
Have a great day!

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@Frugalbigmama nice find on the carnation evaporated milk would love to find some at the price of $0.79. I make fudge all the time but I make with carnation evaporated and condensed milk . It usually have to have a slow boil

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Originally Posted by flemeth

@Frugalbigmama nice find on the carnation evaporated milk would love to find some at the price of $0.79. I make fudge all the time but I make with carnation evaporated and condensed milk . It usually have to have a slow boil

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You make it with both? I have done it with condensed milk before. I will try boiling it again tonight and maybe add a bit of milk to it.