Caitríona Redmond: Cooking the books — and my recipe for chicken traybake
Caitriona Redmond's chicken tray bake.
I love the turn of phrase ‘cooking the books’. It’s a phrase used to describe accounting methods that make a company look more financially well-off than it is. I wouldn’t say I have been cooking the finances this week; more like examining our expenses with a giant magnifying glass.
The halfway point in the year is a great time to look at your household spending. I’ve been saving my till receipts from shopping trips, and they tell quite the tale. I used to pop the paper receipts into an envelope and review it every few months when it started bulging to a splitting point. Nowadays, many supermarkets give me a virtual receipt, and I don’t take a paper slip home. The envelope no longer threatens to overflow, so there’s less of a visual reminder to check my spending.
