I’ve
decided that Mark and I eat too much AND spend too much on food. We don’t go
out very often and we’re not especially unhealthy, but our portion sizes are
probably larger than average! On Friday, I wrote down everything we have in the
freezer and at the back of our kitchen cupboards:
3
cans peeled plum tomatoes
7
cans chopped tomatoes
Crisps
2
cans baked beans
Sausage
casserole recipe mix
2
cheddar cheese sauce mix
Breadsticks
Sesame
seeds
LOADS
of pasta!
2
½ packets rice
2
jars plum sauce
1
packet stuffing mix
Lots
of OXO cubes
Soya
beans
Peas
Six
sausages
and
came up with 10 meals I could cook in the week using as many of these
ingredients as possible. It sounds a bit sad, but it was actually quite fun! We’ve
agreed to spend no more than £10 on fresh ingredients over the 10 days. I’m not
sure if that’s possible, but we’ll see how we get on!
Our
Food Challenge will run from Tuesday 11 to Friday 14 June and Sunday 23 to
Friday 28 June. We go on holiday in the middle!
Here’s
the plan:
Tuesday 11 June
Chicken
Drumstick Casserole (using a jar of the plum sauce)
Wednesday 12 June
Broccoli
and Tomato Gratin (using one of the cheese sauce mixes and a can of the peeled
tomatoes)
Thursday 13 June
All
Green Pasta Bake (using some of the pasta and peas)
Friday 14 June
Honey
and Five Spice Chicken (using some of the Five Spice mix and sesame seeds)
Sunday 23 June
Baked
Bean Chilli Con Carne (using a can of the Baked Beans, a can of the chopped
tomatoes and some of the rice)
Monday 24 June
Spaghetti
Bolognaise (using a can of the chopped tomatoes and some of the spaghetti)
Tuesday 25 June
Baked
Bean Fajitas (using a can of the Baked Beans)
Wednesday 26 June
Sausage
Casserole (using three sausages and the sausage casserole recipe mix)
Thursday 27 June
Sausage,
Bacon and Cauliflower Cheese (using three sausages and one of the cheese sauce
mixes)
Friday 28 June
Chicken
and Stuffing Bake (using a packet of the stuffing mix)
I’ll
post our recipes and photos every day if I can. Wish us luck!
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