And here are the plans . . .
Breakfast: porridge with jam and yoghurt
I'm hopelessly unscientific with this. I have my 30g of oats all weighted out for the week and in little pots. Into the poan they go, followed by a sloosh of milk and some water to make it up to what looks more or less right. Follow that with a pinch of salt, stir well and leave it on a very low heat to cook. Very little need to stir and it won;t boil over or stick (unless you leave it on for hours which I wouldn't recommend).
I'm having this every day so no photos.
Lunch: Today is baked beans on a slice of toast followed by pineapple bits in yoghurt.
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And here it is, all ready for packing in my owly lunch bag. The little pot contains the butter for the toast. |
I made the curry last night. I sautéed a bit of onion, a bit of carrot and some mixed peppers in a titchy bit of oil until they were softening. I then added a little squidge of garlic, a pinch of curry powder, chilli powder and garam masala and cooked it out. Then in went 1/4 tin of kidney beans (drained), 1/4 tin chopped tomato, some sliced peaches from my fruit pot, cut into chunks, and a little more water. I brought it up to a simmer, covered the pan and left it to gently bubble away for a while.
Tonight I will bring it back up to simmering and add some yoghurt before serving with the spaghetti. When I tried it before spooning it into a pot for storing in the fridge, it really tasted nice.
Snack: 2 digestive biscuits. If I can hold off until supper time, I will have some cream cheese (value, of course) on top!
Drinks: 2 mugs of tea (one teabag/teapot), perhaps one coffee at lunchtime, water.
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Its sounding rather spartan Joy. Makes me feel hungry just thinking about it.
ReplyDeleteIt isn't really, Sweffling. It's fine . . . well, I could eat more but it's a challenge and just for five days and it's well balanced and tasty - and all good, home made food! What's not to like?
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