So this week I signed up to Live Below the Line, a challenge to eat and drink for less than £1 a day for 5 days. It’s day 3 so far, and interesting! I’ve learned a few things:
1. I’m addicted to caffeine. I spent Day 1 caffeine free, suffered from headaches and intense someone-hit-me-with-a-pole-axe drowsiness, and then caved and spent some of the little money I had left on some tea bags. Life is normal again. But I think maybe I need to cut down on caffeine generally…
2. I can make potato farls with value instant mash potato (see photo – mash made up with water, flour, salt, marg – done).
3. Lemon squash is an entirely feasible acidic liquid when making soda bread. The result is a slightly dense, slightly lemon flavoured bread with a great crust.
4. Less is more – Mum liked my limited ingredient pasta sauce (canned toms, chilli, stock cube and onion) better than the more complicated ones I make!
5. Things like rice pudding are actually sweet enough as is.
I am missing milk in my tea, and vegetables, but otherwise so far so good…
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