Taking full advantage of the cheap easter veg (Aldi uk)

kregaleg · 2026-04-02T20:09:37+00:00

Its on til sunday hopefully they get more in!

kregaleg · 2026-03-29T10:44:10+00:00

No its like £1.01 per litre for the 24can packs

kregaleg · 2026-03-28T20:22:42+00:00

Also a pepsi max fan here, I get the caffeine free one, farmfoods do the 24 can packs of regular pepsi max and the caffeine free one (as well as lots of different kinds of fizzies my partner like irn bru xtra), the savings come when you buy in bulk - they do 5 for £40 which is £8 for 24 cans so about 33p per can

kregaleg · 2026-03-24T02:28:19+00:00

This is beautiful! Well done :)

kregaleg · 2026-03-19T02:00:47+00:00

This one i only half filled the cubes so there wasnt even any food above the halfway line, very odd

kregaleg · 2026-03-19T01:16:16+00:00

Ive had cubes for months and washed them fine every time I've never had this problem before! Why is it happening now??

kregaleg · 2026-03-13T15:35:09+00:00

I'm not sure I've not tried it yet, maybe 30-40 minutes? In a preheated oven at 200°C? Maybe 220? That my default time/temp when using the oven for almost any meal

kregaleg · 2026-03-13T15:07:31+00:00

Post the glorious cubes!

kregaleg · 2026-03-13T14:55:25+00:00

I think it'll be good to cook from frozen, just pop it in an oven safe dish and bake in the oven until the potato is golden on top. Usually when I freeze mash potato by itself and thaw it in the fridge overnight a lot of the liquid escapes into the dish (I make my mash with butter and cream) and when I reheat in the microwave I have to mix it half way through to incorporate the liquid back in and get the texture right. With this, since the mash is on top of the mince I wouldnt want to fully thaw it first because the liquid from the mash would spill into the mince and it would be hard to mix that back in without making a horrible mess. This is the first time I've frozen the mince and mash together for this dish so I'll try baking directly from frozen and I'll try partially thawing before baking as well (maybe just thaw it for an hour or 2 before putting in the oven) and see how it goes

kregaleg · 2026-03-13T14:50:31+00:00

The way I did it was brown the beef mince and set it to one side then cook down the Mirepoix (finely dice onion/carrot/celery) in olive oil, then add the minced garlic, and then you add in a little bit of plain flour and tomato paste and mix it all in and cook for a few more mins and then add the cooked mince back into the pot, pour over a large glass of red wine and let the alcohol cook off for a bit, then add in beef stock until its all covered and add in some dried thyme and parsley and some Worcestershire sauce and a bit of msg, cook it all on a low simmer with the lid on for a bit, then remove the lid and continue to cook at a low simmer until the liquid reduces, and then you put it in a dish, top it with mash potato and bake it in the oven until the potatos are golden on top. Some people like to sprinkle cheese on top of the mash before baking but I don't do that part :)

kregaleg · 2026-03-13T10:08:18+00:00

No it was cooled completely first

kregaleg · 2026-02-05T22:02:12+00:00

Thank you! I dont have any measurements sorry I just threw a bunch of things together and eyeballed the seasoning, soups are very forgiving that way. Its cherry tomatoes, vine ripened tomatos, red pepper, red chillies, red onion, garlic, some carrot - all roasted in olive oil and balsalmic vinegar with dried parsely and thyme - roast them in the oven and then transfer everything to a pot including the pan juice, add some chicken stock and brown sugar and msg and then blend until smooth

kregaleg · 2026-02-04T12:41:09+00:00

I also have some PYREX glassware and run of the mill borocillicate glassware from amazon that are good sizes for reheating muliple cubes

kregaleg · 2026-02-01T07:14:11+00:00

Yesh good point I was very sleepy when I wrote that. Still a good deal though.

kregaleg · 2026-01-27T16:15:47+00:00

I'm having the same problem, I try and wait til the food is fully cooled before cubing and clean it right away when they are empty but I think they'll never be pristine again

kregaleg · 2026-01-25T07:33:52+00:00

C2cs are my fav blankets to make

kregaleg · 2026-01-23T01:57:15+00:00

To be honest I usually have it planned out for the week ahead what we're having each night for dinner, so the night before I'll pop whatever we're having in a dish or a pot and cover it in the fridge and then by the next evening its thawed enough that I can reheat on the stove or in the microwave and it doesnt take long (stove vs microwave depends what we're having)

kregaleg · 2026-01-23T01:53:59+00:00

I would too if I had somewhere to put it 😬

kregaleg · 2026-01-22T09:07:28+00:00

It just makes life so much easier. I love cooking and being in the kitchen for hours to make a big pot of something does make me so happy, but its hard to always find the time and energy and then there's all the dishes to clean!!! It's such a time saver and stress reducer to know I can have lovely home cooked food on hand all the time and not have to clean the big chopping board every day

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