Nearly There

Well, the weekend casserole spilled over into Monday,

and on Tuesday we found a trout in the back of the freezer which, when  defrosted, checked for smell and flavour, skinned, and cooked up with desiree spuds from the cellar,

made six delicious fishcakes which we enjoyed along along with carrots and swede and a handful of chard from the garden, and finished off for me with a baked apple stuffed with mincemeat from a jar found in the back of a cupboard!

Inbetween the main meals this week, lunch has been a very tasty soup made from one of the half dozen remaining summer squashes with added savings of chopped carrot and vegetable stock and a packet of pureed tomatoes.

Just a few days to go now before the end of the week and the end of the challenge, and there's no doubt that we shall finish in satisfactory style. We are making note of the items still in the cupboards and the freezer which we haven't used as yet, and thinking ahead to meals for next week. There's a curry waiting to be done as well as one or Italian dishes to use up some of the packets of pasta, not to mention the noodles which have been hiding away for many years! We are eating well and interestingly, but at this stage Sue is missing her fresh greens as there is little of that left in the garden. We have parsnips, carrots, leeks, and a few beetroots there (as well as the potatoes in the cellar), but the chard is only just about hanging on.