Dinner

   Today I popped a butternut squash, sweet potato and chickpea curry into the slow cooker. Cooking with a slow cooker is an economical way of cooking.

I used half the butternut squash, so that will make another meal another day. That’s two meals out of one item. I also added a couple of peppers, mushrooms, a couple of ordinary potatoes, a red onion, garlic, and then, before serving, some cooked frozen peas. I cooked the curry in a tin of coconut milk, which isn’t overly expensive, providing you use the supermarket brand. Altogether, although I haven’t done a price up for this meal, I reckon it wouldn’t cost more than £3.00 to make. £4.00 at the most.

This meal will do hubby and I two meals, probably three in one form or another. So, this meal, more or less costs £1.00 a time+ whatever you add as an accompaniment. Definitely wouldn’t cost more than £2.00 per night.

Hello!

As a vegan, though I don’t like labels, I like to think of myself as someone who prefers a plant based diet 😊 anyway, being a ‘non meat eater’ has made me think about other things, like waste, ecological stuff. Now, I’m not anywhere near a climate saving warrior, and I am nowhere near going totally ‘Green’, however, I am becoming aware of even the smallest eco changes I make in certain areas of my life helps, and that is what I’m trying to do. It’s a slow process, and it’s a work in progress.

One area where I’m starting the change, (other than cutting down on plastic use with the aim of minimal and unavoidable use) is in my yarn. Sadly, I know acrylic isn’t the best eco wise, but, at the moment I am still using it, but will make sure it gets a full and total usage. I have treated myself, from some birthday money to some re cycled cotton yarn, called re cycle cotton, and I bought that from Amazon. I am amazingly please with it. It knots up well, and it’s very soft. Being aware of the amount of water needed to produce cotton, I was pleased to see this yarn, it does have polyester in it though, so not totally sure on how much eco it is, but I’m on a learning curve, and I don’t want this new life style to become a ‘religion’, so for now, I’m happy with this change. Below will be a pic of what I’ve knitted so far in it.

 

Vegan Victoria Sponge

 The end of June is birthday time. Lots of us in my household have birthdays, including me. This last weekend was busy. I did a BBQ on the Saturday, and a roast dinner on the Sunday. (I went meatless) I made my first ever Victoria Sandwich on the Saturday, following the recipe in the Great British Vegan recipe book by Aimee Ryan. For a first effort I was pleased. It was easy to make and tasted lovely. My brother and his family came for a visit, and he is a Master Baker. It passed his test, so all was good 😊 The only real problem I had was that I didn’t have the right sized tins, mine were too small, so a lovely mess was left on my cooker base 🤪 I now have the right sized tins so I will probably make another one very soon.

Recent Knitting and Crochet

 

Socks and more

 

 Some of the Xmas knitting and crochet 😊

 

Tonight’s butternut squash curry, I did end up adding a stick of celery and a spring onion, as I had them lurking about in the fridge, and it’s amazing how much extra flavour those two ingredients can add. It was very yummy, and economical to make, there’s a fair bit left over, so I will add it to some pasta on Friday for dinner with the little bit of stir fry left over from yesterday. Odd mixture, I know, but I don’t like waste, and it tastes good, which is what it’s all about, and in a weird way, it’s sort of a free meal 😊