Running short on rations
30 June 2022 09:31 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
igenlodeI did a retrospective 'working out of points' on my dry goods rations, and discovered to my alarm that I had managed to use a pound of rice already, and that rice was actually very expensive on discretionary points -- presumably because it was shipped from the Far East :-(
Just as well I did check since it turns out I now have no points left at all, even for such items as oats, lentils and split peas at only 2 points the lb. (Using rice was definitely a mistake, and I used too much of it in the first week thanks to attempting to make a lubia pollow, albeit without meat or tomatoes!)
So my dry goods store for the next week and a half consists of 3oz lentils, 2oz oats, 2oz dried beans and 1oz dried fruit. Probably not as alarmingly little as it looks, since the beans and lentils potentially do one multiple-serving meal each and I still have meat and veg -- including unlimited potatoes for bulk.
Total 'purchases' for the month (16 points):
Just as well I did check since it turns out I now have no points left at all, even for such items as oats, lentils and split peas at only 2 points the lb. (Using rice was definitely a mistake, and I used too much of it in the first week thanks to attempting to make a lubia pollow, albeit without meat or tomatoes!)
So my dry goods store for the next week and a half consists of 3oz lentils, 2oz oats, 2oz dried beans and 1oz dried fruit. Probably not as alarmingly little as it looks, since the beans and lentils potentially do one multiple-serving meal each and I still have meat and veg -- including unlimited potatoes for bulk.
Total 'purchases' for the month (16 points):
- 8 oz dried beans
- 6 oz dried fruit
- 8 oz lentils
- 8 oz oats
- 1 lb rice
- 8 oz split peas
- 4 lb flour (provisional)
