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.