It seemes like a good challenge to continue for another week, so we made sure that all our meals came out of the freezer or cupboard. I won't pretend it's hard, we're fortunate to be well stocked.
The third week started, and we continued the challenge. This week was easy, because it started with a roast chicken - one of ours, of course - on the Sunday. And monday. And risotto on Tuesday. And asian-inspired chicken pittas stuffed with leftover risotto on Wednesday. We could easily have had chicken for another two days, but we also gave the cats roast chicken as a treat each day for a few days.
I had to buy butter, as I'd run out of butter and spread. I can't make my own as I don't want to risk going to Costco until the challenge is finished.
We cook from scratch mostly. I found a jar of vindaloo curry sauce in the larder, so we had that with pork yesterday. There are a several packets of fajita spice mix, so I'd better start on them otherwise we'll end up with a week of chilli pork.
Its not really an exercise in economising, at best it's just a case of deferring payment. As soon as it's over, I'll order a load of beef, for example. However, it will make us eat those things that have been lurking at the bottom of the chest freezer, and not just eat the same things all the time.
It's not difficult, we've got lots of different things in the freezer to choose from (at the moment anyway). I'm trying to vary what we take out. so we don't end up with having a week of sausages for example.
We've been mainly having rice or pasta (apart from the roas dinner week when I was using up the huge bag of Marfona potatoes I'd bought to bake for the party. A bit of a tastebud saver they've been!
We're going to try and continue for another week.
