purplerabbits

This is day 10, and certain things are becoming apparent, one of which is that I am going to run out of milk, which won't be pretty. Even if I drink work's free coffee, I still need to GET myself there to drink it.

The last few days food consisted of:
Thursday - I was very depressed and knackered after a week of work. This was the closest I came to chucking the whole thing in. I had had my usual porridge with sultanas, and pea soup for lunch, but when I got home I just felt shit and ended up eating the other half of the rice pudding and a dish which I will call 'two slices of cheese on a plate' - not exactly cooking, and not enough vegetables. I also ate a handful of sultanas, so now those are going to run out as well. And that still only counted as 3-4 veg portions at the most.

Friday is my day off, so I felt a bit more human after a lie in. I was hungry after the night before so I made a pasta sauce with the second cheap jar of pasta sauce, carrot, onion, a little bacon and some TVP mince made up with half a stock cube. Pretty edible actually, and with a pile of wholemeal pasta and a bit of cheese also very filling.

I also made BREAD, which was absolute bliss after a week without any. The bargain flour wasn't ideal, not so much because it was way after its sell by date but because it was just plain flour not bread flour. I managed to make two small loaves happen anyway and ate half of one almost straight way. I will own up to cheating by using a spoon of sugar cos the recipe called for it, but since it came from a sachet I had clearly swiped from a coffee shop at some point, I'm not going to fret about that. And even imperfect home made bread is awesome straight out of the oven. It is also extra tasty with bargain tomato soup. 3-4 veg portions again. Hmm.

Saturday I had a home made bread BACON SANDWICH for brunch. Food of the gods! Seriously missing ketchup, though :-( I did eat a raw carrot as well, which counts as a vegetable...

And yesterday evening I made cauliflower cheese. I do still remember from my childhood when cauliflower cheese was the highlight of the week and not just a really cheap option, and this was like that, and seriously one of the best cheese sauces I've ever made because I was paying actual attention. And STILL only 3 portions of veg. I must do better today...