When I was a kid, the five portions of veg a day were unheard of. Funnily enough, we didn't get rickets! We ate what was seasonal, in the garden or cheap to buy at that time of year. In fact, there was always cabbage! I don't know if you share my memory on this one, but cabbages were huge! The outside leaves that were slightly moth eaten, were chopped up, stuffed in a pot along with potato and vegetable peeling and stewed up and fed to our chickens. In fact, the chicken were fed all of the left overs...................then we ate the chickens! Cabbages and root vegetables lasted right round to spring and oh joy of joy! spring greens took over! That went on until the salad started. By this time of year, all of the apples that were stored on boards in the loft, where the apples were individually wrapped in tissue paper, were decidedly wrinkled by now and really only any good if you peeled them. The rest came out of kilner jars or the freezer. Day after day after day, we ate mash, cabbage, carrots, swede, parsnips, kale, spinach or purple sprouting broccoli without an orange or banana in sight! It did us fine thank you very much.
The consequence of this upbringing is that I really don't have a taste for fruit and as I'm breathing in and out and sitting here at the same time, the lack of fruit hasn't killed me either! I predominantly get my nutrition from vegetables and I like to eat as many green leafy vegetables as possible.
Supper tonight, was an entire head of spring cabbage, a green pepper, an onion, a quarter of a bag of prawns and a quarter of a bag of
Quorn (some one asked me what Quorn was, so here's the product link and information) and a teaspoon of Chinese stir fry paste and a splash of water. Everything was sliced and fried and then the paste was stirred through, after that a little water was added that steamed everything through.
It's mainly veggies and as I only eat veg on alternate days, I make the most by having a mountain of it. I know I could take multivitamins but there really is no substitute for cheap and seasonal veggies. I'm sure I won't need breakfast tomorrow!
Many thanks to everyone who is standing on the side line, cheering me on, waving the flags and making me feel as if you are right beside me patting me on the back. Thanks very much. If being frugal isn't enough of a challenge, then trying to lose weight, not spend money and pay back a mountain of debts at the same time is doubly hard. I've really enjoyed the comments and thanks to all of you who have become followers, it's lovely to know that you enjoy reading what I write.
Until tomorrow,
Froogs xx
