Buy up those tins of soup when on special. For $2 you get a good base to which you can add whatever you happen to have (like lentils or 4 bean mix) and stretch it to several meals. Last night I had Tex Mex soup (which is thick and spicy) with slices of sweet potato fried in garlic on the side (cos SP was also on special, $2/kg) and avo (which is cheap if not free).
I'm noticing "cost of living" increases in the supermarket. Obviously bananas, but have you noticed tomatoes?? $2+ for a fresh tomato! That is not a cheap lunch filler. That's luxury. And it's been very sneaky about it, hiding behind the banana price, so people still expect you to put tomato in the salad when you have to bring a salad, but you don't get the gratefulness you enjoy if you spend $2.50 on a banana. The fried tomato probably now costs more than the fried bacon in a cafe big breakfast.
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it's good that you're on to these things JG!
ReplyDeleteI suppose you could sub a tomato with some roast pumpkin. People will think that your salad is gourmet even though pumpkin is pretty cheap
That's clever! Use a fancy but cheap salad ingredient to replace the plain but pricy tomato! I should not be so afraid of making a fancy salad.
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