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Made chicken patties.
One chicken breast, 3 potatoes, 5 frozen spinach cubes, one cup of oat and 2 eggs. Plus salt, pepper,. paprika and turmeric.
Almost 30 small "burgers" for sandwich or eating with salad. Delicious and economical.
Kind of healthy too.
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Went to our local store early this morning when walking Mellie.
Found a lot of discount items being put in the fridge, like 2,5kg of chicken breast for 18 euro (normally 13euro per kilo) and 2,5kg chicken leggs for 8 euro, normally 5 euro/kilo.
Prices were like those I used to pay before COVID back when I was living in Paris.
I have enough chicken for the whole month now.
#BeingFrugal #France #Food #AntiGaspi #SouthOfFrance #Economy #France
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Learned my lesson. Went to local supermarket early in the morning and bought bananas, strawberries, clementines, apples and mixed vegetables at their "anti-gaspi" section for 1-2 euro a pack.
Going to make a lot of smoothies in the coming days and try to freeze some of the vegetables for later.
#France #BeingFrugal #AntiGaspi #Fruits #vegetables #smoothies
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I never could have retired at fifty, had I not always driven compact cars and purchased all my "teacher clothes" at Goodwill. Cheapness pays. 1995. #cheap #beingcheap #thrifty #beingthrifty #thriftiness #thrift #parsimonous #parsimony #moneymanagement #frugal #frugality #beingfrugal #teacher #teacherclothes #suits #menssuits #suit #threepiecesuit #threepiecesuits #paintings #oilpaintings #budget #savingmoney #savings #moneymanaging
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I never could have retired at fifty, had I not always driven compact cars and purchased all my "teacher clothes" at Goodwill. Cheapness pays. 1995. #cheap #beingcheap #thrifty #beingthrifty #thriftiness #thrift #parsimonous #parsimony #moneymanagement #frugal #frugality #beingfrugal #teacher #teacherclothes #suits #menssuits #suit #threepiecesuit #threepiecesuits #paintings #oilpaintings #budget #savingmoney #savings #moneymanaging
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I never could have retired at fifty, had I not always driven compact cars and purchased all my "teacher clothes" at Goodwill. Cheapness pays. 1995. #cheap #beingcheap #thrifty #beingthrifty #thriftiness #thrift #parsimonous #parsimony #moneymanagement #frugal #frugality #beingfrugal #teacher #teacherclothes #suits #menssuits #suit #threepiecesuit #threepiecesuits #paintings #oilpaintings #budget #savingmoney #savings #moneymanaging
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I never could have retired at fifty, had I not always driven compact cars and purchased all my "teacher clothes" at Goodwill. Cheapness pays. 1995. #cheap #beingcheap #thrifty #beingthrifty #thriftiness #thrift #parsimonous #parsimony #moneymanagement #frugal #frugality #beingfrugal #teacher #teacherclothes #suits #menssuits #suit #threepiecesuit #threepiecesuits #paintings #oilpaintings #budget #savingmoney #savings #moneymanaging
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I never could have retired at fifty, had I not always driven compact cars and purchased all my "teacher clothes" at Goodwill. Cheapness pays. 1995. #cheap #beingcheap #thrifty #beingthrifty #thriftiness #thrift #parsimonous #parsimony #moneymanagement #frugal #frugality #beingfrugal #teacher #teacherclothes #suits #menssuits #suit #threepiecesuit #threepiecesuits #paintings #oilpaintings #budget #savingmoney #savings #moneymanaging
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Dinner is almost ready
Antigaspi chicken with potatoes, onions and vegetables, slow cooked in pyrex dutch oven.
Both me and Mellie are going to have a delicious meal.
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Bought a lot of chicken and single packed them to freeze.
Each pack is for one day (lunch/dinner) for me and mellie.
Total 16€
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Baking some treats for Neloie, using broth from bones I cooked, some meat, fat and other stuff from butcher, cooked with sweet potatoes, carrots, string beans, oat and flour.
It will be a lot of treats to freeze with a full pot of bones and 2L of broth.
Mellie likes it so far. Will see how she does after a few days/weeks. Good way of saving money and giving Mellie good treats.
#DogFood #Homecooking #DogTreat #MyDog #France #Mellie #BeingFrugal
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Really enjoy my (free) Air Fryer.
Made some fries with Croque Monsieur.
Made some salad and spicy sauce to eat it with while it was cooking.
Delicious food with almost 0 efforts.
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Making dog treats with half of my turkey meat with sweet potatoes, string beans, Turkish yogurt and eggs.
She loves them so much and I save a lot of money buying them.
Going to dry them so they don't go bad.
#DogTreats #HomeCooking #DogFood #Treats #Dogs #France #BeingFrugal
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I love humus.
The good ones are so expensive, and my old mixer wasn't working well to make them at home.
Tried with my new mixer (the one I barter against a jalapeno pepper plant). And the results are just great.
Now I have almost a kilo of hummus, for less than 3 euros.
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One of the greatest things for me living on a budget is looking for discount items.
The french #Antigaspi (Anti-waste) rule requires grocery stores to offer fresh items with short expiration date (fruits, vegetables and any other perishable items) at 30-90% discount price instead of throwing them in the garbage.
Today, I bought 3.5kg of bananas that are perfectly fine, but have brown dots on them for €2. Plus 2 honey melon for €1 each.
Time to make some banana bread.
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I love buying and selling used items.my old vacuum cleaner is not working very well (wires don't go into it) so I put it online for 20 euro (with lots of accessories) and sold it yesterday
Today, I picked up a pretty decent used one for 25.
Mellie didn't like my vacuuming and barked and followed me everywhere.
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One large onion, one small chicken breast, 250g frozen vegetables, salt, pepper, turmeric, soy sauce and 250g of cuscus was enough for dinner last night and late lunch today.
Mellie had some too.
Healthy, economic and delicious.
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I have to stop cooking such huge meals.
Chicken hearts, with string beans, pasta and potatoes. Cooked in cream cheese and red wine.
But it's delicious and economical.
All of that for less than 4 euros. Enough for 4-5 meals.
#Food #Cooking #Homecooking #ChickenHeart #France #BeingFrugal
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Bought some #turkey wings at half price and cooked 4 of them with bone broth, #chickpeas, red #lentils with #spinach, #leak and #parsley.
I have enough for 4 more meals and all for less than 5 euros!
made some fine pasta to eat with it. next time I won't use that much parsley.
#Soup #Cooking #France #BeingFrugal -
Turning 6 chicken wings into multiple delicious meals plus a lot of scraps for Mellie.
Used Swiss Chard, Leak, garlic and parsley from the balcony garden, plus a can of mixed #vegetables, a couple of potatoes and 2 large tomatoes into a big pot of #soup.
The bones, skin and joints will be for Mellie (she actually got more than I got from the #chicken).
#Food #Cooking #Gardening #BalconyGarden #France #HimeCoking #BeingFrugal #ChickenSoup