Winter stew

Inspired by Frugal Queens most recent post I decided to make a warming soup/stew in the slow cooker, ready  to be divided up into individual portions which will be eaten over the course of the next week. I was half following a recipe from a cook book, half improvising- so here is my final recipe.

Ingredients 

1. One tin of smart price chopped tomatoes 
2. Teaspoon of tomato puree
3. Sprinkle of Italian seasoning, garlic and paxo stuffing powder
4. Handful of pasta
5. Some roughly chopped green beans
6. Mushrooms
7. Sweetcorn
8. One carrot
9. Half a tin of kidney beans
10. Half a white onion
11. Vegetable stock

Method

• Chop all ingredients which need it 
• Make stock
• Place all ingredients into slow-cooker, sprinkle seasonings 
• Cook for approximately five hours
• Serve with some chunky bread/baguette 

This little lot made four portions; one for tea, one for lunch tomorrow and two are in their plastic tubs ready to be taken to work on Tuesday and Wednesday. Simples. 

Christmas krispy kreams have arrived

A box of Christmas krispy kream donuts have just arrived in the office from total jobs. Nestled safely inside the packaging are a variety of donuts including one in the shape of a Christmas tree and one with a snow mans face.

I've only ever had half a plain, glazed krispy kream before quite a few years ago. I carefully selected toffee glazed donut which was a lovley (free!) substitute to my lunch and was delicious accompanied by a free office coffe. Yummy! I cut it into tiny pieces to nibble throughout the day to hopefully avoid the post-sugar rush slump.

Hopefully more foodie freebies will keep coming my way until payday next week which will keep my tummy feeling Happy :)