New Week, New Rations ... and Leftovers

 

After being away for the weekend, yes ... the rations came too ... I am struggling to get back to normal this morning.  So to get myself organised I decided to weigh out this weeks rationed foods.  I used last weeks milk but poured it into one of my litre sized bottles, with the idea that if I can see it properly I might use it up this week.  And this week's cheese is what's left in this 'cream cheese' tub, about two thirds.  It was already opened in the fridge and needs using up soon.

It was a case of topping some of the containers up as I didn't use all of last weeks rations, they've gone a lot further than I thought they would.  Thank goodness for modern scales that I can zero and not have to do maths first thing on a Monday morning.  😄

I was surprised at how much coffee I had left after last week, but I have been getting into the habit of making my coffee a little bit weaker by getting my usual spoonful from the jar and then knocking a little bit of the coffee back in.  I did well and had almost a full ounce left to add this weeks two ounces.

This week's sweet ration - two little bars of dark chocolate.

The leftovers from last week, photographed for posterity.

All of my milk ration, virtually all of my sugar ration, about half of the butter ration, almost half of the coffee ration, two thirds of the oil and even two of my three packs of 'sweets' from the sweetie ration.  I do need to try harder to use all the rations, because it was the combination of the foods on ration and the amount you got that made for healthy eating.

Although I guess being low on the sugar can only be a good thing!!

Oh, and I also had my two sausages left over, tucked away in the freezer. 

What has really helped stretch my rationed goods and the things in the fridge has been the regular little harvests from the garden.  I halved all this with Alan for our lunches.

And made myself what was going to be a one egg cheesy tomato omelette ...

But it slopped out of the pan in a gloriously tasty cheesy mess.

While it was out of the fridge I decided to use the last of the cheese up by making myself a nice 'sandwich spread' for later, with a couple more spring onions two chopped tomatoes and large splodge of the opened mayo from the fridge.

So it was a good first week, a bit disorganised with meals grabbed from the fridge on the spur of the moment rather than properly planned, but this week I intend to make a basic menu plan and follow a few more wartime recipes ... and not leave all my cheese until the last minute and eat it all at once.

Sue xx