We had an extra little cutie (Iraqi delight number 1!) who decided to wake super early this morning. So I was grumpy, hungry (totally psychological) AND tired. Thank goodness for tea (2p).
Sophie is also not a morning person. I suspect I am responsible for this.
She plodded downstairs this morning and declared that if she couldn't have syrup on her porridge then she wasn't playing anymore. Not a great start to the week! So I agreed to make pancakes. I doubled up ingredients thinking I'd save the rest of the batter for another day. The kids had other plans!
2 eggs - 14p. Flour - 7p. Milk - 7p. 28p which made 14 pancakes. So 2p each. Plus sugar, breakfast total - 32p.
Lunch was... Brown. My lentil soup was nice but the chapattis I made yesterday weren't great. The 36p a loaf bread was also pretty yuck, especially without butter. I'm not a brand queen by any stretch but you certainly get what you pay for with that stuff!
Matt had a sausage toastie, which of course Sophie was jealous of, so she also had one after her soup.
Lentil soup - 10p portion, sausage toastie - 14p each, Sophies chicken stock and veg soup - 2p. Total including bread 40p.
In the afternoon, as my back was turned for 5 minutes, Les and the kids found a half eaten packet of sweets in the car, and dove in. I was furious. I have spent hours preparing for this challenge, checking prices, writing meal plans, shopping, cooking. Every year this gets harder. Prices go up, each year the kids appetites grow. But I have tried to ensure this was as easy as possible for everyone else in the house. It felt like a kick in the teeth.
Luckily they went out which gave me some time alone with my sulk and a cup of tea (2p) to adjust. I could ignore it. Just pretend it didn't happen. After all there really are worse things they could have done. No one spent any more money, it was a half packet of sweets which would likely have ended up in the bin in a week or two otherwise. But if I didn't say anything, I would feel disingenuous. People have trust in us to stick to the rules, otherwise what's the point. I class myself as a woman of integrity; I couldn't leave it unsaid. Hopefully you guys will understand and still want to sponsor us! If not, well that's ok too. But at least I've been honest.
**edit** - The only reason I have taken on the entirety of planning this, is because planning is what I do. Les will happily cook every day of the week but I couldn't cope with leaving him to last minute decisions! He's a good 'un really.
So once I'd mentally dealt with that, it was on with preparing dinner - Iraqi delight number 2! This was based on a recipe Abdul gave us last year and it went down a storm. It's probably miles from actual iroog now I've tweaked it. Especially the veggie version which I made with lentils. I also ran out of time and patience to make them small so they are supersized ones! And super tasty!
I'm not 100% on the cost because I kinda threw it together but roughly 1 tin tomatoes - 29p, bread crusts - free, lentils - 10p, minced beef - 70p, carrot - 4p, onion - 10p, flour - 4p, spices - 10p. So £1.37 for the iroog. Rice on the side was around 10p cooked with the juice from tinned tomatoes and a sachet from instant noodles for later in the week. Then, with the exception of peas, all the veg came from the yellow sticker stirfry packs. And there's still TONNES left. At least one more meal for the meat eaters, and 2 for me.
I put our total for the day at around £2.35. So notwithstanding the sweet saga, I think we're doing ok. I expect early nights all round as evenings are going to be the hardest for me!
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