We're about half way through December. I've started being a bit more slack about about weighing out everything single thing going into a meal, though that's partly because I've got a better idea about what everything costs without having to weigh it.
For breakfast this morning I had a bowl of Fruit and Fibre (Waitrose Essentials). I have quite a big bowl -- 50g -- which comes to 13p. The milk adds 5p, so my breakfast was 18p. I was a bit lazy with preparing lunch and didn't take any in. Obviously not the best idea...
For dinner Natasha's sister was round so there were three of us for dinner. I made parmentier potatoes (potatoes @700g = 17p + oil & rosemary = 20p -> 37p), some dhal (28p lentils + 10p oil, one small onion = 8p, 8g curry powder = 4p, 3 garlic cloves = 6p -> 56p) and some fried aubergine & mushrooms with oil and cumin seeds (120g aubergine = 30p, 33p mushrooms, 15p oil & cumin = 78p).
The potatoes and dhal were split three ways, and the mushroom thing (pictured!) two ways between Natasha and her sister Sigourney.
So I dined on 13p + 37/3p + 56/3p = 44p, to which I should two cups of coffee at work (6p) coming to 50p.
Natasha's breakfast was Waitrose Essentials rice pops (10p) + milk (5p). Her lunch was a pre-planned Christmas party at work which completely blew the budget, but her dinner then came to 37p/3 + 56p/3 + 78p/2 = 70p, so at least dinner and breakfast was well within budget.
By the way, that dhal is just great, and I recommend anyone to learn to cook it. The curry powder is cheap if you buy it in bulk (as in the link above), and lentils are also pretty cheap. It's real comfort food but is also pretty good for you. I don't think I'd get tired of eating it every day, especially if I could accompany it by roast potatoes, like I did today. Mmmm.
[edit: When I first wrote this post I missed the lentils from the cost of the dhal. Oops -- fixed now]
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