Eating It

On the menu today we have:

Breakfast;
Bacon and Egg on toast ( the same as Monday hence the copied photo)
and the ever present cup of tea 🙂

Lunch:
Tuna with pasta, beans and tomato

Dinner:
Chicken,  pasta and vege in soup sauce

Today’s cooking prep was easy.  While my breakfast was cooking I boiled up a cup of pasta ready for lunch at work.  Once cooked, I put the pasta in a microwave container along with the second half of my tuna, the last 1/3 of can of bean mix and 1/3 can of tomatoes.  It all got “nuked” at lunchtime.

For dinner
Start with a drumstick cut off the bone and cut into bite size pieces.
In a pan over medium heat, brown the meat off in a bit of butter.
Once browned,take the chicken pieces out of the ban and keep aside
Add 1.5 cups of water and a sachet of soup mix to the pan along with a cup of mixed vege and a cup of dried pasta.
Gently scrape up any chicken bits that are stuck to the pan.
Simmer gently until the pasta is cooked and the soup reduces to a nice thick sauce.
Add the chicken pieces back to the pan and heat through well.
Serve

People have been asking if I am hungry.  
The answer is NO.  If anything I feel a bit bloated. I put this down to the amount of bread and pasta. ( I am not going to be able to eat all the pasta)  
The menu plan for next week (which I will post on Friday after I shop ) has a lot less pasta and more variety of meals.

Another work day.

The menu today is:

Breakfast:
2 x poached eggs on hot buttered toast
and of course the ever present cup of Tea 🙂
( I am MOST impressed with myself that I managed to get my eggs onto the toast without breaking them.  I was expecting to destroy them because I needed to take a picture 🙂

Lunch:
1 x Cheese sandwich (which I toasted)
Cup of Soup.  
(I am actually pleasantly surprised with this home brand soup.  I would not ordinarily buy this as they have been, in the past, far to salty and without flavour for me.  I was planning on using some of my milk to add to the cup, but have not needed to.  Don’t get me wrong they are still a sachet of artificial colours and flavouring, but they are adequate for a “sometimes” food and are quite satisfying.)

Snack
2 x Wafer biscuits  
Cup of Tea with milk

Dinner
Pasta boiled with a cup of mixed vege, stir through 1/3 can of diced tomato, top with cheese and grill until the cheese is melted.   Who doesn’t LOVE melty cheese  mmmmm 🙂

 

Back to work today 🙁

The fact that I remembered to take my lunch to work is a miracle in itself. We have a well stocked kitchen at work  with a lot of leftover meals in the freezer. So lunch is usua;;y “something” from the freezer heated through in the microwave.

On the menu today we had:
Breakfast
Bacon and eggs fried in a little butter. Serve on top of buttered toast
Sprinkle with a little bit of chopped spinach leaves to make it look pretty !!
Team with a cuppa and you have the perfect start to the day 

Lunch:
1 x Salad sandwich
1 x Cheese sandwich (which I toasted)
Cup of Tea with milk

Snack
2 x Wafer biscuits 
Cup of Tea with milk

Dinner
Chicken on a bed of beans and tomato

Chicken on a bed of beans and tomato
In a pan, heat some butter and gently fry a piece of chicken until cooked through and golden brown. ( I removed the bone from one of my drumsticks and made a “fillet”)
Remove chicken from the pan and keep warm
Pour 1/3 can of diced tomato into the pan the chicken was cooked in.
Stir well scraping up all the ” chickeny” bits off the bottom of the pan.
Add 1/3 can 3 bean mix and simmer until everything is hot and the sauce reduces slightly.
Slice the chicken into pieces and place on top of the tomato and bean mix.

Woke up to grey skies, so a lazy Sunday is in order today.

Breakfast is two eggs scrambled on top of hot buttered toast. ( I added a couple of spinach leaves just to “MasterChef” it up.  🙂   Along with a cup of tea, it is a good start to the day.

Simple lunch of “Pizza” and a cup-a-soup.
“Pizza” is a piece of bread toasted on one side only to create crisp base.  If your toaster cannot take a double piece of toast, you can toast the bread on one side in a frying pan.

A smear of tomato from my tinned tomatoes for a sauce base add some diced bacon, top with cheese and grill to brown, bubbly deliciousness.    A cup-a-soup sachet created a nice warm drink to round out this meal.

We were actually out for the afternoon, so no afternoon tea today.  

Dinner was a quick mix of pasta and mixed veges (cook the mixed veges in with the pasta for a one pot meal)  When the pasta and veges are cooked, add 1/2 tin of tuna and 1/3 can of diced tomato. Stir through and serve.

 

I have made a couple of decisions to aid me in making sure everything lasts the week.

I will measure out out 300ml of milk to use each day.  Now, my math tells me that 7 x 300ml is 2.1L and of course I only have 2L, so the sneaky plan is to take out 100ml of milk from the carton, top it back up with 100ml of water.  Voila!! 2.Ll of milk that you cannot taste any difference with.

I have put 7 teabags out near the kettle and will keep track of how many cups of tea I have.

I have put my block of butter in a separate tub and my husband is under instructions that it is MINE!!!    I chose to use salted butter over margarine for a couple of reasons.  Firstly margarine is just a horrid chemical filled concoction that I cannot justify putting into my body if I have a choice.  Secondly, I can use butter to cook with as well as using as just a sandwich spread. Thirdly, I chose to use salted butter as I do not have any added salt to add to my meals, so this will help add a little more flavour. (not that I use a lot of salt anyway)

Here is the outcome of today’s meals…

On the menu today is..
Breakfast
2 egg omelette with bacon
Cup of tea with milk
Lunch
Cheese and Salad sandwich on multi grain bread
Cup of tea with milk
Snack
2 Wafer biscuits
Cup of tea with milk.
Dinner
Pasta with Tomato, beans and cheese.
Cup of tea with milk