A Week Living Off Rations

[jennyjj01]

Day 3

Breakfast: 60g porridge oats with 300ml of that re-hydrated milk and a tablespoon of honey.
Estimated 360kCal ( A larger portion )

Lunch: A sachet of Yum Su noodles in their own broth, dipped with a couple of slices of bread.
Estimated 360kCal

Dinner: The leftover 'Shepherds pie'
Estimated 350kCal

Treat: Mug of Hot Chocolate (about 15g Hot Choc Powder + 250ml Milk)
Also 3 mugs of instant coffee, through the day with milk, no sugar.

Observations:
Porridge with honey feels a great value meal. Cheap, Tasty and satisfying.
The YumSu noodles have to be the cheapest and simplest snack/meal at about 25p a portion. The flavourings are in an optional teensy sachet. Satisfying with dippy bread.
I was thinking of a portion of curry for dinner, but leftovers were filling the fridge.

Leftovers carried forward: 1/3 tin of Pilchards. 2/3 tin Baked Beans, 4 Trifles, Boiled Rice, ~1L made up milk. Bread.

[jennyjj01]

Day 4:

Breakfast : 1/3 Tin Baked Beans on Toast with 2 Hotdog Sausages
Estimated 300kCal

Lunch: ½ Tin of Chicken Tikka Balti with 60g Portion boiled Rice
Estimated 350kCal

Dinner Pancakes: made with 75g Flour. 2Teaspoons sugar, ½ Teaspoon Baking Powder, 1Teaspoon Oil and about 150ml Milk. Served with about 2 Tablespoons of Honey
Estimated 360kCal

Also 5 mugs of instant coffee, through the day with milk, no sugar.

Observations:
Hot Dog sausages are silly as a sausage substitute: They just won’t fry These beggars had sod all flavour, maybe because they were past BBE
I considered using Powdered Egg in the pancakes, but my egg reserves are stupidly out of date. The pancakes were a bit bland and not very well digested without egg.

I still haven’t reached into more fundamental reserves such as soya or chickpeas/dried beans.
So, I set some Dried Onions, Broth Mix and carrots in soak obvernight

Leftovers carried forward: 1/3 tin of Pilchards. 1/3 tin Baked Beans, ½ tin of Curry, 4 Hot Dog Sausages, 4 Trifles, ~0.5L made up milk. Bread

[pseudonym]

Could you batter the hotdogs and shallow fry for another texture?

[jennyjj01]

Could you batter the hotdogs and shallow fry for another texture?

Since I'm a firm believer in getting the Calories from oils, I might have a try. I doubt that even covering with mustard and ketchup would do much.

[GillyBee]

Pilchards and rice can be easily turned into a reasonable & quick fish curry if you add a teaspoon or two of curry powder or garam masala.

[jennyjj01]

Pilchards and rice can be easily turned into a reasonable & quick fish curry if you add a teaspoon or two of curry powder or garam masala.

Good feedback.thanks

[jennyjj01]

Day 5

Breakfast : Porridge again with Honey
Estimated 360kCal ( A larger portion )

Lunch: Made a broth with 80g of Home & Bargain Broth Mix, A Tablespoon Dried Onion, A Chicken Stock Cube and...... The last 1/3 Tin of baked beans. Needed a pinch of salt and pepper. Dipped with a last slice of the bread, which was pretty much stale by now.
Estimated 250kCal

Dessert: Trifle
Estimated 180kCal

Dinner: Half Tin of Curry with 60g Rice with Pilau flavouring.
Estimated 300kCal
Dessert: Bottle of Bud
Estimated 150kCal

Also 4 Mugs of Coffee with the last of the milk.

Observations:
I'm getting fond of porridge with honey.
Two days together with curry.... but the Pilau rice and beer made it different.
I'd thought the sauce from the baked beans would flavour the broth. Just made it look a bit sickly.
The Broth was OK. Quite thick and stodgy.
Was surprised how stale the bread had gone. It tasted OK, but was dry. No good for butties or toast, but OK for dipping in broth.
I look at those Left over Pilchards and Hot Dog sausages with dismay. Might try battering them. Googling Pilchard Ideas

The Fridge Mouse nicked a trifle

Leftovers carried forward: 1/3 tin of Pilchards, 4 Hot Dog Sausages, 2 Trifles.

[pseudonym]

Savoury oats with the hotdogs?

I like the tinned curries too.

Thanks for the updates.

[Arzosah]

You're doing so well!

As a vegetarian, easy access protein is a recurring question for me. It's all very well to say beans etc, but they're not concentrated protein like tinned meat and whatnot. I don't use tofu because its just soya beans, after all, in expensive form, but it might be worth buying half a dozen of the long life packets.

[jennyjj01]

Savoury oats with the hotdogs?

Ive never tried savoury oats, but you give me the idea of staffs oatcakes which pair well with sausages. Frankly, these sausages are tasteless crap for the sake of protein.

I like the tinned curries too.

The Adsa ones are good.

As a vegetarian, easy access protein is a recurring question for me.

Long life veg stores must be a nightmare.
I hadn't realised that oats have decent protein quantity.

Anyhows, it occurs to me that I haven't even opened a tin of tomatoes yet, nor touched the pasta Guess what's coming