When I was little, I was never hungry. Note, little, not teenager. I later went on to be bullied at school for the amount of food that I ate and now have weight issues.
I digress..
Mum and Dad, as parents should, always used to make sure we were well fed and only occasionally palmed us off with fruit instead of proper pudding. I don't understand why all these reflection programmes make it look like we lived on Smash and frozen foods in 70's/80's as that certainly wasn't my experience of it. In fact, I can't stand Smash. I hate smooth food full stop.
So, I've been quite surprised that my clever Mummy, who was always a fairly inspired cook (she could think things up, they just didn't always taste brilliant) has been asking me about planning meals for the week, supporting Dad to change his diet now that he's diabetic and saving money on their weekly shop. Completely bizarre and a little bit worrying to be honest.
Last night, I sat down to write the meal plan for the week as an example for her. I pulled all the stops out and costed it up per portion and the theoretical shop came to £48. I was cross with that, it was too much! Then I checked my freezer and reaslised that it would only be £48 if I bought it all from scratch and since portion control is the biggest problem with my weight, cooking meals that are the size they should be will be the first step in controlling cost and losing weight.
Today, we have had
Toast & coffee (juice for kids)
Spinach & bacon quiche
(using frozen spinach and "cooking bacon" which is cheaper)
Frankfurter pasta
(half a packet of frankfurters, garlic butter, beetroot, courgette & green pepper)
Then little snacky bits, like fruit and yoghurt and Xmas treats left over. I don't reckon we did too badly today?
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