Week 3 Day 3

Awful Offal

Early morning cup of tea as usual

Brealfast

Porridge
Cup of tea

Porridge = 9p.

Lunch

nd


Leek and potato soup
Onion bread
A cup of tea

Leek and potato soup =21p.

Onion bread = approx. 10p.

Total = 32p.

I ate the other half of the leek and potato soup, with the onion bread. This time I caramelised the onions and it worked a treat, or as Lexie would say "perfect."

Dinner

Liver and onions
Mashed potato
Cabbage
Cup of tea

Liver = 35p.

Potatoes = 12p.

Cabbage= 17p.

Total = 64p.

Today I decided to concentrate on getting iron into my body, so I went for liver and as cabbage was the cheapest leafy green vegetable I bought some cabbage as well. I also used up the last of my ordinary onion, and only have 1/2 a red onion carried over from last week. It's a long time since I have eaten offal as I am not a great lover of it, but it is nice for an ocassional meal, and in my present circumstances it was a very nice change. 

Tea = 5p. Total = 5p.

Daily Total = £1.07

I have overspent today, although I am still within my budget. I thought I would try to get some meat into my diet, and offal seemed to be the best choice. While you can buy bacon and sausages quite cheaply, I suspect very little meat goes into them, and I like to know what I am actually eating. For meat eaters on the line, meat is definitely a luxury and not an everyday food. I spent another 1.89 today on stock cubes and vegetables which brings my total expenditure so far to £5.60p out of my £7.00 budget 



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