My Morrisons food box arrived promptly at 13.41 yesterday and was placed by 'Simon' on the mat outside. Ooh exciting!
It was in a sturdy box printed with the Morrisons logo (unlike the very first one I ordered which was in a plain box) and there was even a 'thank you' card on the top....
The first item I fished out was the bread....oh dear...a bit squished but never mind....
These were the dry and tinned goods including TOILET ROLLS! (not the kettle, of course!)......
A strange looking tin of baked beans obviously not from the UK..... but a lovely tin of Baxters veg soup, yummy...
The chilled foods were well packed in fleece (which we can use on the allotment) and ice packs so that the meat was still chilled on arrival.....
The apple packaging was undone so that the apples rolled out when I picked them up....
And 2 were damaged so they had to be eaten last night......
The sell by dates on the veg were a bit close (delivered on 11th , sell by 13th) but they will keep well in the fridge....
The milk is dated 17th so that will be ok and I popped the spinach in the freezer to use later in recipes (Sue from Challenging Myself recommended doing that!)….
G's meaty fix:
There was a pack of mince which I made into Bolognese last night, making G three meals (one eaten as spag bol, two separate portions frozen for later). I will keep back one chicken portion (they are very big) to roast for a gravy meal with veg, and cook the other in the slow cooker in a jar of curry sauce to serve with rice (although not the one sent in the box because that one's vegetable rice and we prefer Basmati) I will eat a small portion of the chicken curry, leaving the rest for G. The 6 sausages will make G 3 meals: 2 sausages served with veg and gravy, 2 served as hot dogs in rolls with onions and 2 with streaky grilled bacon as a brunch.
Total : 9 meals plus whatever I can make from the veg, cheese and leftover bacon. This box should feed 2 people for 7 days so I need to create another 5 meals from the rest of it. Baked beans and homemade wedges could be another meal for 2, pasta bake another, also my old favourite cheese on toast....
There is no way that 2 people can get their 5 a day of fruit and veg from this pack as the only fruit is apples and the veg: carrots, onions, spinach and peppers would get a bit monotonous but I do think it's good value for £35 including delivery.
G will get his meat fix and we have fish and veggie mince in the freezer for my own meals. Extra fruit will come from tins and our home grown strawberries. At least I will be cooking something different for the week ahead!
I won't bore you all with a daily meal plan. Sue, from Challenging Myself is so much better at it than I :)
Thanks so much for popping in. Stay safe everyone wherever in the world you happen to be x
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