Below The Line

Probably not going to blog much about this challenge, probably because I ate like a queen yesterday and now am grumpy about rationing food... I don't even stretch food this far at the end of the month!

I am stretching a tin of tuna, some salad and bread for the next 3 days.
If you want to try and want less mundane options, here are suggested recipes from http://www.commongood.org.za/volunteer/campaigns

Breakfast – Oatmeal Porridge with apple and cinnamon (serves 1)
Ingredients 

• 50g rolled oats 
• 1 cup skim milk 
• 1T sugar 
• 1 apple 
• a sprinkle of cinnamon 

Method 
1. Pour rolled oats and skim milk in a bowl, mix well and microwave for 2 minutes.
2. Take it out and give it a stir, add some water if it’s too dry.
3. Add sugar and cinnamon and put it back in the microwave for another minute.
4. Serve with apple slices, and a sprinkle of cinnamon.

Lunch - Potato and Leek Soup (serves 1)
Ingredients 

• 1 large potato 
• butter 
• 1 medium brown onion 
• 1 leek (if your budget allows) 
• 1 ½ cups water 

Method
1. Boil water in a medium saucepan and add potato. Simmer for about an hour, adding more water if it
starts to get too dry.
2. Heat butter in a saucepan and fry onion (diced) until soft. Add a leek at this point too, if your budget  allows!
3. Add onion to boiling potato, and mash with a fork or potato masher until the soup is as smooth as you’d like. Taste and season.

Dinner – Chilli Con Carne (serves 2)
Ingredients 

• 1 cup sugar beans 
• 1 onion 
• 1T oil 
• 1T curry powder 
• 1 cup soya mince 
• 1 beef stock cube 
• 2 chopped tomatoes 
• tomato paste 
• 1 cup rice 

Method
1. Soak sugar beans overnight. Boil in salted water the next day until soft.
2. Chop onion and sauté in 1T oil.
3. Add curry powder (to taste) and cook for 1 minute.
4. Add soya mince, cup water, beef stock cube, chopped tomatoes and tomato paste.
5. Stir in beans and allow to simmer.
6. Serve with rice.