Challenge: Part 3 of 6 in Lunch for a week under £10

Day 2, £10 Lunch Week Challenge

To make up for yesterday’s failure, I was determined to spend absolutely nil moola on lunch today. So I hurried back home for a quick peek in the fridge, fearing an empty sight followed by a distinctive, sour odor… I don’t usually stock up on much and if there’s anything at all to be found, it’s usually way past the expiry date.

Time is money, but I think that the most important lesson I’ve learned from my Oola Moola challenges it that Planning = Moola! A number one rule for being clever about money is always plan ahead.

Thankfully, my fridge was not completely empty. I found:

4 small cherry tomatoes

1/4 full box of feta cheese

A little bit of lovely, leafy & still edible spinach (does it make you think of Poopeye too..?)

1/2 avacado

1/2 red onion

Some grilled chicken pieces

A nearly empty bottle of Honey Mustard salad dressing.

Perfect! “Many brooks make a great river” says a Norwegian proverb, and the same is true for food - my small leftovers have become today’s lunch meal.

In no time at all, I put together a salad. I put the dressing in a separate little container to avoid the salad from being soggy by the time it’s time for lunch.

More treasure hunting: I couldn’t believe my luck when I found two, lonely and forgotten pieces of chocolate in a bowl, and a can of diet coke left behind by a friend this past weekend.

That’s lunch all set for today, with dessert:) And I’ve spent absolutely £0 of my £10 budget.

I’m back on track!

Spent today: £0

Spent so far: £2.75

Budget left: £7.75