14 days of NSD can it be done?

Agentmomo

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Do you have a soup flask? If so can you make a batch of veg/lentil/potato (basically whatever’s in your fridge/cupboards still) soup and he can take that in? Very filling and takes a while to eat so feels like a proper meal rather than ‘just’ soup. Throw some tinned tomato in, herbs & spices etc x

Thank you for the idea, I do have some tinned soups in, a couple of chicken and a tomato, so I could use those as a base..... Veg is running low but I do have stock cubes and celery carrot, onion, peppers and other bits. Thanks again for the suggestion x

joedenise

If you have some potatoes you could bake in their jackets and he can just reheat in the microwave along with some baked beans to top it - 5 minutes in the microwave should reheat the potato and heat through the beans.

thriftwizard

Wraps are nicer than sandwiches, and can be made with an ordinary pancake mix, if you have some bits & bobs to use as fillings?

-taff

If you discovered you liked pancakes, what about mince stuffed pancakes with a cheese sauce on top?

Agentmomo

joedenise said:

If you have some potatoes you could bake in their jackets and he can just reheat in the microwave along with some baked beans to top it - 5 minutes in the microwave should reheat the potato and heat through the beans.

Thank you for the suggestion, we are out of potatoes at the minute but will certainly do in the future

Agentmomo

thriftwizard said:

Wraps are nicer than sandwiches, and can be made with an ordinary pancake mix, if you have some bits & bobs to use as fillings?

Good idea, I only have 2 eggs left but you have reminded me that I have some flatbread dough in the freezer so that is now defrosting

Agentmomo

-taff said:

If you discovered you liked pancakes, what about mince stuffed pancakes with a cheese sauce on top?

I will certainly do that in the future, sounds yummy thank you

Agentmomo

Thanks for the lunch suggestions! Flat bread dough defrosting and will be rolled and baked tomorrow for stuffed sandwiches.

Day 8 meals;
Me; toast with marmalade and a banana. OH; Toast and a banana (That's all the banana's gone now, just have Oranges left as fresh fruit)
Lunch; we both had left over chicken with cous cous, OH took his to work
Dinner; Cottage pie topped with left over dauphinoise potatoes from yesterday, served with cabbage.

Fridge is looking very sad, fruit bowl just about depleted, 2 eggs left, freezers are not as full but still plenty to clear out of there. Still plenty in the pantry. 6 days to go 

Agentmomo

Day 9 meals;
Breakfast; Me; Crumpets, OH; Toast, fresh squeezed orange juice.
Lunch; OH, Tuna, Sweetcorn Mayo Flat breads: Me; Cheese and Onion Crisp bake and beans
Dinner; Cheese and tomato pasta bake served with lettuce, onion, tomato and diced pepper.

We are starting to crave things, Bacon! Coleslaw with Jacket potatoes, Fresh bread (we are now onto the freezer slices of bread) and we feel a little sad every time we open the fridge but we are full and well and determined to change our ways going forwards. We also know that there are a lot of people worse off than us, so we are thankful for what we have. Onwards and upwards the the final hurdle.

PipneyJane

Hello. I’ve just found your challenge and wanted to wish you well.  Prior to Lockdown, we did one big shop at a supermarket per month.  This was supplemented by a fortnightly trip a local farm shop, where I’d buy virtually all my fresh veg and eggs.  

Agentmomo said:

A spanner in the works today as I was reminded by OH that he is working more hours next week, will not be here for lunch, can't leave site so requires food to be taken in. Only cooking facility is a microwave! Any ideas would be welcome folks please. Prefer not bread related as we only have a few slices of "fresh" left (not fresh now and only using for toast, remaining slices will probably head to the freezer tomorrow). Tomorrow he has cous cous with added roasted peppers and onion with sliced left over chicken for lunch. Only 4 days of ideas needed!

Re lunches for your OH, the thought occurs to me that you are planning your meals around 2 portions.  When you cook dinner, cook 4 portions instead and set two aside for lunch the next day.  That’s what I do.    Almost every main-course recipe is for 4-6 portions anyway.  At the same time that I dish up dinner, I also dish up the lunchboxes for the next day.  It acts as portion control and also prevents your carefully planned lunch being eaten as seconds.

DH and I have been carting our lunches in to work for years.  It doesn’t matter if it’s a stew, a curry, or a portion of roast dinner with gravy on top, virtually everything can be reheated in the microwave in 2-3 minutes.  I use Lock-n-Lock boxes, which are water tight and never leak.  Before I owned them, I used to seal my lunchbox in a ziplock bag  and hope it wouldn’t leak too badly.  (Some boxes were better than others.)

For a specific meal idea for lunch-boxes, how about doing a chicken stir fry with a breast or two of chicken and stirring it through 2-3 cups of cooked rice.  That’ll make 4 portions for lunch.

- Pip