#BelowTheLine - Day 4.. I cheated.. sort of

I know. I am a terrible human being but I did.. I cheated. Sort of.

You see it was bloody lovely outside and in the fridge were some cans of Fosters lager. I didn't buy them. They are my mums. But she doesn't want them... so they are sort of a gift.. so that means free right?? Did I cheat???? I don't know!!! But between lunch and tea time when I was absolutely starving and sitting outside enjoying the sunshine I cracked and I had one. It filled me up a little bit which I really needed today, I was so hungry!

My menu today was EXACTLY the same as Tuesday. And it was still really nice but this was the third day of value instant mash - my inside are starting to hurt a little bit and thats honestly, not exaggerating. I feel very heavy in the mid section.

Tomorrow is the last day!!!!!!! And I have pizza and garlic bread for tea!! YIPPPEEEE!!


Breakfast = 16p
25g porridge - 2p
Jam - 2p
Banana - 12p

Lunch = 31p
2 slices bread - 12p
Cream cheese - 10p
Cucumber - 9p

Dinner = 41p
Mash - 13p
Sausages - 14p
50g peas - 5p
Carrot - 9p

Treat = 8p
2 Digestives - 2p
Cup of tea - 1p
Chocolate mousse - 5p

DAYS TOTAL SPEND = 96p

#BelowTheLine Day 3 - Not that bad really!

Chicken Pie 28p

TEA! 1p

Hia! I won't bore you with everything I did today again (or if you haven't read, click here) but a quick update on here - it's not that hard really!! As long as you keep busy then you get used to it incredibly quickly. Yes I had the 3.30pm munchies and 5.30pm seemed an age away, but after tea I am SO full that I can't fit in my tea and biscuit!! (I still will though. Because I'm fat)

Breakfast was a lovely porridge, jam and banana medley. I must admit I am craving an egg or two with soldiers.. porridge is starting to look a little bit like snot. With a nose bleed.

Mousse 5p

Digestive 1p

Lunch was the same as the other day - a nice ham sandwich which I had to eat within seconds between driving lesson and job interview. 

Tea was SO FILLING!! I had exactly what I did yesterday but today I had a chicken and veg pie. As you will see from my shopping list below, 3 whole pies were only 86p and mercifully there was gravy in it.. I say mercifully because that mash is so damn dry!!

For pudding I had a 5p chocolate mousse and for the start of the soaps, a cup of tea and a digestive biscuit :) yummo scummo and very satisfied. Oh by the way... missing chocolate biscuits?? Put some chocolate mousse on a digestive!!!

Breakfast = 16p

25g porridge - 2p

Jam - 2p

Banana - 12p

Lunch = 38p

Ham 20p

Bread 12p

Lettuce 4p

mayo 2p

Dinner = 37p

Chicken pie 28p

Carrot 9p

500g peas - 5p

Mash 13p

Treat = 8p

2 custard creams 2p

Cup of tea 1p

Mousse - 5p

DAYS TOTAL SPEND = 99p

Salmon with Red Pepper and Butternut Squash Stir Fry

My first tea post!! I had a salmon fillet with a red pepper and butternut squash stir fry, mixed with fresh egg noodles and sweet chilli sauce.

Ingredients:
1 x The Saucy Fish Co. Salmon fillet with a chilli, lime and ginger dressing (available from Tesco for £4.00)
1 x Chunky Pepper and butternut squash stiry fry mix (Tesco Finest range for £2.00)
1 x Fresh Egg Noodles (available from Tesco for £1.00)
20ml of oil - I think any,
Optional: Extra sweet chilli sauce

Step 1. Liberate the fish! And whilst you are wrestling with the vaccum packaging that holds the salmon with an unforgiving suck, heat a few squirts of oil in a non stick frying pan. Once the fish is finally free and you have wiped your brow and apologised to the kids for screaming "you bollocksing twat head!!", make sure the pan is set to a medium heat and place the fish skinside down. Every 4 minutes turn it onto a different side so in 16 minutes time, all 4 sides have been cooked.

Step 2. Let the fish rest on the side (because it's clearly worked so hard) and chuck in the vegetables making sure you don't throw in the leaf. Toss and cook these for around 5 minutes on full heat now. Once that's done you can now put the leaf in for 1 minute. Let it wilt and go all floppy (yes I am still talking about the leaf).

Step 3. Chuck the wonderfully colourful aray of vegetables in a bowl and lob in the salmon. Give it a good forking - snigger.

Step 4. Add 15ml of oil into the frying pan you were using and slodge in the noodles. Now this is important.. NEVER STOP STIRRING!! EVER!! for the next 5 minutes. After 5 minutes, allow the eggy noddley goodness to join the most colourful bowl you have ever seen and
give it another good forking - snigger.

Step 5. Add the sweet chilli mix they gave you with the fish. If it isn't enough, or you're just a mega fan of the sweet chilli, then pour some more in. As much as you want really but try not to overdo it so you can still taste the salmon.

Step 6. Eat it! Dish it up into two bowls and save a wee bit for a lunch tomorrow. Enjoy it and if you have any suggestions for a twist on this idea then please comment below.

Fin. (see what I did there?? It means finished but also, fish have fins!! God I'm amusing.)

Mission Statement

Good afternoon food people, or bored and just surfing people. Or just people.

I am one of you and I am also someone who loves food but is stuck in the endless "what shall we have for tea?" before deciding on the same thing every time; "sausage and mash".

So I am here in order to push myself into eating something new as often as I can, or putting a new spin on an already made thing - like sausage and mash but add leaks and mustard and then we don't have just normal mash eh!

I might not do a tea one sometimes, I might do a cake or a flapjack, or maybe a breakfast. I could possibly do a lunch who knows!! But what I can promise is I will put up a picture of the finished product, maybe a couple of prep pics and most definitely, I will put up a list of ingredients and a step by step.

Tonights dinner is going to be salmon thai pepper stir fry - I may also attempt to make all my tea's rhyme. See you later with results!!