The Last Supper

Posted on January 30, 2017 by pensitivity101

Well, no not quite, but being the penultimate day to the end of the month and I don’t get paid until the 1st, then it’s all a question of odd and sods dinners, ingenuity, and whatever I can find in the cupboard/fridge.

January has always been a bad month for us regardless.
In the past it saw us with car insurance (mine), 2 MOTs and 2 car services, and in the days of the Credit Card, Christmas to be paid for, even if we had been tight fisted frugal.
credit cardsNow our boat licence becomes due, which had a hike of a whopping 45% this year, but we have managed to cover the unexpected shortfall (I’d allowed around 30-35% following notification in the Autumn of a pending increase) by walking locally instead of driving, and utilising our trips to the hospital for any bulky shopping.

Today I excelled myself insomuch as we had a ‘proper dinner’ all be it from the last of packets or cartons.
gunge-jacketHubby had a McCheese using the last of a packet of pasta quills and I had a jacket spud  (above) using the last baked potato and a quartered tomato.
I made what is affectionately called a ‘gunge’, using up the last of the cheese, last of the ham, and the last of the mushrooms. You could even say I used the last of the milk, but as we ensure we NEVER run out of milk for our daily cuppa, there are always extra cartons in the cupboard, so I guess that doesn’t really count.

Also in the boat kitchen I have been quite busy having had a ferret around in the cupboard to check our tin stock and discovering two tins of mild curry with a best before date of Feb 2017. We had those on two occasions this past week, plus our usual veg stew/stewp over two days.
chop-dinner chicken-and-mush-curry

dinner-24-janBeing the beginning of a new week I shall be donning my SW hat in its entirety and looking for ways to eat well and plentifully whilst keeping to plan, so that hopefully by the end of my Dessert Course (7th March), I have managed to kiss goodbye to that final half stone and reached my target.
Photos: chop dinner, chicken curry with added mushrooms, cheese and ham jacket potato with veg.

About pensitivity101

I am a retired number cruncher with a vivid imagination and wacky sense of humour which extends to short stories and poetry. I love to cook and am a bit of a dog whisperer as I get on better with them than people sometimes! In November 2020, we lost our beloved Maggie who adopted us as a 7 week old pup in March 2005. We decided to have a photo put on canvas as we had for her predecessor Barney. We now have three pictures of our fur babies on the wall as we found a snapshot of Kizzy, my GSD when Hubby and I first met so had hers done too. On February 24th 2022 we were blessed to find Maya, a 13 week old GSD pup who has made her own place in our hearts. You can follow our training methods, photos and her growth in my blog posts. From 2014 to 2017 'Home' was a 41 foot narrow boat where we made strong friendships both on and off the water. We were close to nature enjoying swan and duck families for neighbours, and it was a fascinating chapter in our lives. We now reside in a small bungalow on the Lincolnshire coast where we have forged new friendships and interests.
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2 Responses to The Last Supper

  1. Kate Crimmins says:
    January 30, 2017 at 6:16 pm

    We call them refrigerator meals. Clean out the fridge and make something tasty. Sometimes it’s the best all week!

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