Day Ten - Final Day - Using Up All the Leftovers ... and Fridge Comparisons

I had three slices of bread left, so I had peanut butter on toast using one of them for breakfast, with the jar being rinsed out with a bit of boiling water for a future 'satay style' sauce addition to a meal.

Mid-morning snack, not something I do very regularly, but I had the nibbles after such a small breakfast.  Three of these Cheeze flavoured Corn Cakes, a bit like rice cakes ... but made with corn. 😁

I used the last of my mayo with my one and only carrot, some leaves from the lettuce and a couple of tiny onions from the garden to make a bowl of coleslaw for my lunch.  At the last minute I crumbled over some walnuts which made a wonderful difference to the flavour and texture of it all.

The final two slices of this loaf, that had been in the freezer, were calling to me.  So I decided on a cheese, tuna, onion and tomato toastie for my tea.

I took a photo before the top went on, just in case I burnt it ... I have a habit of wandering off and having overdone toasties.

But in this case I needn't have worried, it turned out just fine.  I had the last of the baby plum tomatoes as an after-toastie nibble, the sharp flavour really cuts through any greasiness in your mouth.

Still in a 'use up the leftovers' frame of mind I made myself a small bowl of noodles and had them with the last of the roasted vegetables.  It felt really good to get all the little pots of bits and pieces out of the fridge on this the final day of the Challenge.

Comparison Fridge Photos

The fridge at the start.

The fruit and cheese drawer.

The fridge this morning, there's no need for a separate photo of the fruit and cheese drawer as only the cheese is left.  It's what's left of the beetroot in the glass container with the wooden lid.

The easy peelers (which were past their best), and the trimmings from the apple and the lemon have been turned into the juice you see in the jug ready to be made into a pot of Breakfast Jam.

The vegetable drawer at the start of the Challenge ...

... and at the end, with most of my new cucumber left and some of the homegrown onions.

One green Stay-Fresh bag has the lettuce heart in it and the other the last of the celery sticks.  So I actually have the makings of a nice bowl of salad left.

It's been a good Challenge for the last ten days of July, and now heading into a new month I have a whole new £100 food budget all ready to go.  

My total spend for the month of July was £98.79, so there was just £1.21 left over to add to the savings pot.  Without the Challenge it would have all gone to pot.

Sue xx