Well, maybe glorious isn't quite the right word...
People have been asking us what we cook here and about the price of food, so I thought I would do a blog entry about that. It seems like our grocery bill is less here than it is at home, but that is probably partly because we don't have a car here so we have to carry everything we buy home on the bus - and that certainly makes you very aware of every single item! Keith also has free lunches at work, so this certainly cuts down on our grocery bill and food preparation time.
Here are some of the staples from one of our grocery bills:
Loaf of bread (£1.19)
1L of lactose-free milk (£1.28)
Bag of rice (£1.59)
Can of baked beans (£0.44)
Pkg of 6 bagels (£1.00)
Pkg of back bacon (£2.00)
Jar of instant coffee (£4.00) (This is really expensive here!)
Pkg of 6 salad tomatoes (£0.95)
3lb of carrots (£1.00)
Bag of apples (£2.50) (Apples are expensive here too)
Bunch of bananas (£1.00)
Crisps (£1.19)
Chocolate bar (£0.45-£0.60)
People have been asking us what we cook here and about the price of food, so I thought I would do a blog entry about that. It seems like our grocery bill is less here than it is at home, but that is probably partly because we don't have a car here so we have to carry everything we buy home on the bus - and that certainly makes you very aware of every single item! Keith also has free lunches at work, so this certainly cuts down on our grocery bill and food preparation time.
Here are some of the staples from one of our grocery bills:
Loaf of bread (£1.19)
1L of lactose-free milk (£1.28)
Bag of rice (£1.59)
Can of baked beans (£0.44)
Pkg of 6 bagels (£1.00)
Pkg of back bacon (£2.00)
Jar of instant coffee (£4.00) (This is really expensive here!)
Pkg of 6 salad tomatoes (£0.95)
3lb of carrots (£1.00)
Bag of apples (£2.50) (Apples are expensive here too)
Bunch of bananas (£1.00)
Crisps (£1.19)
Chocolate bar (£0.45-£0.60)
As for cooking (and heating... since I can't claim that we make all these things from scratch), some of our staple meals are: chilli and rice, whole-wheat pasta and meat sauce, meat pies, chicken and vegetable stir-frys, quiche, and (my favourite) breakfast-for-dinner consisting of toast, beans and eggs. Mmmmmm. We are having that now. :0)
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