Hello Dear Reader,
We love to eat well. We also like to take care of our finances. Sometimes, it's difficult to eat well and watch the pennies. We also need to push the boat out and stack up on high levels of nutrition; it's as if our bodies tell us to eat more protein or higher levels of anti-oxidants. Today, I felt as if my nutrition levels needed an energy boost.
To make four portions you will need - 2 for our supper and another 2 potions for our lunch tomorrow.
2 Chicken breasts - £2
250g of smoked lardons - 89p
2 avocado pears - £1.50 - (TBH one would have done, but they go off so quickly that it's not economical to keep them)
1/2 punnet of cherry tomatoes - cut into halves - 45p
1/4 of a cucumber - 10p
1 onion - 3p
3 tablespoons of olive oil - 14p
1 tablespoon of balsamic vinegar 3p
2 little gem lettuce - 39p
Total £5.53 and £1.38 per serving.
Prepare the salad and arrange on two plates and two lunch boxes.
Diced the chicken breast and finely chop one onion.
Add to a hot frying pan with a pack of lardons
Fry until the bacon is crispy and the onions have started to become sticky
Arrange on top of the salad
Add three tablespoons of olive oil, 1 tablespoon of balsamic vinegar and 1 teaspoon of Dijon mustard and a small squirt of runny honey to a jam jar. Secure the lid and shake - drizzle over the salad.
£1.38 a head is a lot for us but totally delicious and after a week of hard exercise...........I needed to say heck to the diet tonight. Don't even ask how many calories are in this!!!!!!!!!
Over to you Dear Reader, who else is finding it increasingly expensive to eat a high level of nutrition on an every shrinking budget? And let's face it, no one's salary has increased so we're all doing more with less.
Until tomorrow,
Love Froogs xxxxxxxx