My Weekly Rations - Week Three

 

Week three of my ration challenge already, and actually I'm a day late with everything.  The last Bank Holiday of the year ... before the Christmas ones ... has thrown everything into disarray and just as I thought I knew what day it was it's suddenly not that day at all.  😄

To head the post a black and white photo of my weekly rations this week ... I love black and white photos ... but don't worry the colour version is at the bottom.

I didn't need any milk this week as I have around half of last weeks left.  That will do for me I don't use milk in many things.  If by any chance I suddenly start drinking lots of the stuff there's always the spare Monthly Rations carton still in the cupboard.  

I put my coffee jar on the scales and zeroed them so that I could just add this weeks two ounces to the jar.

I didn't enjoy that cream cheese last week, and as it's a very ultra processed food I won't be buying that one again.  I will however still be using the Violife cheese that I enjoy.  The grated bit is leftover Cheddarton and the block is a new pack of Extra Mature that I opened to make it up to my four ounces.

The extra mature actually has the least ingredients, so I will have to think long and hard about if I want to carry on eating the Cheddarton version ... it is delicious though and the nearest dairy-free cheese to actual creamy cheddar.

The spread that I use as my butter and margarine allowance actually weighed exactly 6oz in it's tub, so I just left it there ... and I've given the butter dish the week off. 

I topped the sugar cannister up with this week's 8oz.

I'm thinking that I now have enough to be able to make my Green Tomato Chutney and maybe a few jars of Compost Heap Jelly too.  🍅

This weeks oil ration in place of lard.  

I will carry on doing this until all my stock is used up ... that may take a few years at just 2oz a week!!

This week's very random sweet ration. 😃

My sweetie stash is building up.  I still have one pack of the little chocolate covered mini rice cakes from week one and one of the little bars of chocolate from week two.

Here is everything all together in glorious colour, including my weekly egg and two veggie sausages.

I ate last weeks egg over the weekend it made for a lovely breakfast, I just fried it with the only little cherry tomato that was ready for picking and had it on a thick slice of toast.  I am finding that having such simple meals, with simple and few ingredients, means that every mouthful is savoured and really enjoyed.  

Sue xx