The start of the challenge and my very first breakfast.
Now as each of my breakfasts is pretty much going to be orange marmalade on toast I had to think carefully how to photograph it to make it look a little bit different each day. So here is today's offering, showing how I let my toast cool slightly and crisp up before spreading it with anything, and my yet to be opened jar of marmalade.
My first lunch was a baked potato with some grated carrot and onion coleslaw.
Gosh that was delicious. I have never before eaten coleslaw without adding either lettuce or cabbage. This was juicy, sweet and exceptionally tasty. It was made with two thin slices of onion and a whole carrot ... minus the top and tail which I just couldn't deprive the dogs of.
My tea was virtually the same meal as my lunch, just cooked differently. Herby potato wedges served with some more of the coleslaw made in exactly the same way. I just had to, it was that tasty.
I added an extra dollop of mayo for dunking the wedges in. 😁
Breakfast on day two - triangles of toast with orange marmalade.
Lunch was a bowl of carrot soup made with a couple of the smaller carrots, a couple of slices of onion and some of my store cupboard stock and mixed herbs.
It was delicious and quite filling as I added a slice of toast for dunking purposes.
My tea for day two was really simple, as I was just not that hungry.
A baked potato cooked in the microwave, with salt and pepper and a drizzle of mayo and that was all I needed.
In my opinion it was a good first two days and although I felt slightly hungry at times it was nothing that a cup of coffee didn't cure ... and I slept so well. 😴 zzzz
Sue xx
Well done Sue. I think I'd have had to have grated cheese on the spud! But not on your budget, unfortunately, lol.
ReplyDeleteHaha, that was my first thought, grated mature Violife would have been lovely. :-)
DeleteA good first couple of days, Sue, very well thought out. It struck me though, when you gave the top and tail of the carrot to the dogs, how on earth do struggling families feed their pets? My mum used to boil up the chicken giblets for our Ted and he ate leftovers as well but I don't think you even get giblets now. When I started work at 16 and bought a big pack of dry biscuits for him as a treat I felt so happy for him and Ted was ecstatic!
ReplyDeleteIt's a real struggle for sure, and as Jayne said in her comment the other day, back in the day when she was having a really tough week she had to decide between feeding her cat or herself ... she chose to feed the cat. I think we would all do something similar.
DeleteGood point about pets. We always had dogs when I was a child and I don't ever recall my parents buying dog food specifically.....they may have done, of course, I was a child after all. But I do distinctly remember our family dogs being fed scraps off our plates and leftovers, and I think Mum used to cook up pans of cheap veggies and mince for the dogs too.
DeleteGrowing up our cat had a mix of canned cat food and fish scraps off our greengrocer, who also had a fish counter. Sometimes the scraps we bought off him were good enough to give us a pan of fish stock too, and Bluey the cat got all the fishy bits. Dogs of course are much easier to feed, some dogs will eat anything, and they are not obligate carnivores. Our two are more than thrilled to get a plate of veggies and rice occasionally along with their dried dog food. I nearly always include pet foods in my Foodbank donations.
DeleteThat's something I need to do, I think, a tin here and a pouch there....
DeleteThere are many accounts that rescue centres are bursting at the seams - partly because some people who acquired a new toy during the pandemic have now realised that dog ownership is not for them, and partly because of money. It's heartbreaking, isn't it?
DeleteMy Foodbank contributions are never 'people food'. I always put in dog & cat food, and sanitary/toiletry products.
Well done on days one and two. We were always given bread and potatoes to fill us up as children. I still eat probably more of both than is good for me but all brown bread and potatoes with skin on if possible. Catriona
ReplyDeleteYes, I do prefer brown bread, thank goodness I at least got that this week. :-)
DeleteYou are doing well Sue, we had roasted carrots yesterday with our meal and they were delicious- it would mean putting oven on thought - but maybe you could sneak a tray into Alan’s oven if he’s cooking something…… and crisp up a jacket potato at the same time…. 🥕 🥔
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Roasted carrots have been quite a recent discovery for me, perhaps only in the last year or so ... watch out on Day Six to see them appear.
DeleteAlan rarely uses his oven, even less than me in fact as we both have a Remoska and use them instead, they so much cheaper to run. But our electric costs have been quite low, in fact we are in credit at the moment thanks to the governments fuel payments going into that account. It's the gas for central heating and hot water that has gone through the roof and more than doubled in price. So when I cooked my roasted carrots and onion I did in fact use the oven and then left the door open as it cooled afterwards to heat the kitchen area for a while ... it was bliss.
Oh and a little footnote: I hate crispy jacket potato skins, I always have. I much prefer them soft and pliable. :-)
Oh! I will stop worry about you eating anaemic looking spuds then - and let you get on enjoying them, I won’t be coming to join you for a meal anytime soon as I love the crispy skins 😃 interesting how the taste of carrots are transformed by roasting isn’t it.
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Inspired by this challenge I had 20g of cheddar cheese, 2 sweet digestive biscuits ( I love the combination ) and a banana for lunch.
ReplyDeleteBother, total price - 72p.
Must try harder.
Haha, that's wonderful pricing ... now you have £2.78 for the rest of the week Anne. ;-)
DeleteI used to LOVE digestive biscuits with Lurpak and cheddar cheese and would eat at least four at a time ... I never realised how many calories were in there!!
When I was young I was sent to the butchers for a pound of buff which was heart lungs and other bits of scrap meats. My nana boiled it with oatmeal and that fed the dog all week. It did stink though. When I go to the supermarket I get dog and cat food for the foodbank collection point as I feel people understand shortages but how can you explain to a pet.
ReplyDeleteOh I can imagine the house being a bit whiffy the day the dogs dinners were being boiled up. It's always nice to think of the animals when we are dropping things into the Foodbank trolley isn't it. In our local Sainsbury's they have a separate collection trolley for pet food and supplies for the local rescue centre as well.
DeleteWell done.
ReplyDeleteGod bless.
Thank you. xx
DeleteI love the variety of your toast photos!!! it must be difficult to think of a new idea every time. A really interesting challenge and as you say at the end nobody should HAVE to do this in order to exist. thanks
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