'It's food Jim, but not as we know it ... '

 

'It's food Jim ... but not as we know it!'

This misquote from Star Trek with Mr Spock talking to the Captain came to mind as soon as I tucked into my Vegan Royale.  It looked the part but any taste was just not there.  All I could taste with any flavour was the mayo and the lettuce and the 'patty' was textural and nothing else.

Textural ... but not in a good way.

I managed just over half because I was hungry and then Alan finished it off and we shared a small portion of fries.

Alan's 'Bacon Double Cheeseburger', was quite tasty he said, but we literally both laughed out loud at the size of it.  Four or five little bites and it was gone.  Thank goodness for the chips and the filling power of the coffees.

Such has been our snatched food intake over the last few weeks with Mum in hospital and us up and down the motorway.  The Greggs vegan sausage rolls have been a life saver, but they are so good that they are first thing to sell out so I have had to make other choices on a couple of occasions ... hence the Royale yesterday.

I am going to have to try and make more time to take us a sandwich from home when we are visiting at awkward times, I managed it once and it was so much better.  Sadly because of our distance from the hospital and the motorways we have to use, it takes us a while to get there, and Friday night's trip was the worst one yet.

But the main thing is that Mum was looking a little better yesterday, although sadly she said she felt awful.

My first shopping trip of June, you can tell I needed fresh stuff in my system.

I Spent £6.93

Closely followed by a second shopping trip a couple of days later when Alan asked if I wanted to go to Aldi with him.  A total of £21.19 here in this photo and an overall total for the week of £28.12.

I'm already over this week's budget, but I now have lots of lovely healthy things to eat and bread to make sandwiches with, and that is the main thing.

Sue xx