I haven't blogged since we received our grocery order last Wednesday but needless to say, I'm still budgeting and sorting out cheap, healthy and tasty meals. On Thursday night I had the remains of the previous evening's pizza but to ensure the topping didn't burn when I reheated it I decided to add some chopped spring onions (scallions), chopped baby plum tomatoes and sweetcorn on the top. I then decided to sprinkle a little bit of extra cheese on the top so my newly added veg didn't burn and I'm wondering if all this cheese gave me one ofthe weirdest dreams I've had in years! You'll be pleased to know that I'm not normally that fractious with people. Yesterday I spent just about all day doing online surveys which netted me a not inconsiderable sum of money. Today, I went back to complete more surveys and was fortunate enough to be offered a free sample of breakfast cereal.
i think today must have been my lucky day ... made some more money from surveys, was offered a free sample and, in this morning's post I received a DVD of The Accountant with Ben Afleck.
I won the film in a magazine prize draw. Looking forward to watching that tonight while I'm eating my garlic and herb tortellini with seafood in a tomato and basil sauce. I'll give you my views on it maybe tomorrow.
Since having an accident back in October last year and being unable to work my partner and I have been 'making do' with relatively cheap and cheerful food. I shop online each week and get a delivery every Wednesday so today was stock up day. Our delivery arrived just before lunch so I had a toasted crust left over from our old loaf of bread which had gone a bit dry, some vitalite (vegan) spread and topped it off with some garlic and herb cream cheese. In order to ensure I got part of my five a day fruit and veg I had a handful of baby plum tomatoes, gorgeously juicy and extremely sweet. I topped this off, rather naughtily, with a custard filled donut (we have to have some treats - five in a packet for just 65p - 83 US cents). Tried not to lick my lips while I was eating my sugary treat but just couldn't hack it. Being English I couldn't survive without a cup of tea to wash down my repast and now, at 3.30 in the afternoon, I've had another portion of my 5 a day (a handful of dried cranberries and another refreshing cuppa. This evening we're having supermarket bought pizzas. Adam, being a meat eater is having a meat feast and I've gone for a cheese and tomato one but will add some onion, sweet red peppers and sweetcorn to mine. Each pizza costs £1 - $1.28 - but I'll manage to save half of mine for a meal later in the week as I'll add some salad to it. Adam, on the other hand, being a typical man, will eat all of his in one sitting. For a dessert I'll probably open up a tin of fruit which costs no more than 50p and that tin will last me about three days. So, no major food prep involved, no special cooking skills but a really cheap meal. Oh, and to wash down my pizza, this week I'm trying a supermarket brand flavoured water - mango and passion fruit. Another little treat but I got 1 litre (2 pints) of it for just 40p - 51 cents. I'll keep you tuned as to what cheap and cheerful and easy prep/cooking meals I decide on tomorrow.
