Ja-NEW-ary 2013 - Take your lunch to work thread

Hi all

Can I join too I'm back at work on 2nd January, and have a week's holiday so have 17 working days in Jan (That sounds good!).

I have had a little think and I probably spend £5 a day on average on lunch and snacks and drinks, so that'll be a saving of £85!!

Thanks Sx

Hi all

I am going to try and make this (apparently it serves 4) and will let you know how I get on. (I am sure Pret's version has cream in it though). I have copied and pasted from the web so hope that's ok.

Will need to pop to the shops to get mushrooms and parsley. I may have to get some cream as well :rotfl:but I am going anyway as I am running low on bread, milk and cat food.

160g arborio rice
600ml vegetable stock or water
sea salt and cracked pepper
2 tablespoons olive oil
2 cloves sliced garlic
250g assorted mushrooms
2 tablespoons chopped parsley
4 tablespoons freshly grated parmesan

Method

Wash rice in cold running water to remove the starch. Place in pot with vegetable stock, bring to the simmer and cook for approximately 20 minutes.

When cooked, season and check consistency adding extra stock if necessary.

Heat oil. Add garlic and cook for 30 seconds. Add in the mushrooms and cook until golden. Add in the chopped parsley.

Add half the amount of mushrooms to soup and mix through.

Place the mushroom and rice soup in bowl and decorate with the rest of mushrooms.

Grate parmesan on top to serve.

I am thinking it could be cheaper to go to Pret and buy the real mccoy though! :rotfl:

CW

Well thats my cheap food done for the month - loads of reduced to clear products at the supermarket today as people haven't been buying much this week. Only went in for some fresh ginger to go in my soup and came out with 39 meat portions (all sorts) for a bargain £12! So head down to your supermarket if you have time. As its Sunday the prices have been cut right down already as they have less than 3 hours now to sell it all!