This week has been a good food week. I love to cook, and I'm a foodie, and we always menu-plan, so I can plan food shopping and the budget. Recently, we've been having vegan/vegetarian meals 4 times a week, then meat meals or fish the other 3. It's cheaper this way, and besides, I don't want to eat meat/fish every single day; I get bored.

We've discovered something called Dopsu No Beef/Chicken/Pork and so on. It looks like cooked shredded meat, and is great in a stir fry. It costs less than £3 a bag, and the way we have it, it serves 4 so it's very cost effective. Tastes good too! Monday, we had No Pork in a BBQ sauce with rice, shredded carrot, watercress and pineapple. Oh my...

Tuesday was one of my favourites: beef caserole cooked in stout with carrots, mushrooms, and served with potatoes.

Wednesday was sweet and sour tofu. Delicious.

Thursday was turkey meatballs and pasta.

Friday we had 'fake' breaded chicken fillets with chips and salad. One of my favourite meals, even if it's fake chicken.

Saturday I made a meal using green lentils, kidney beans, and chopped walnuts, lots of herbs, some onion, mushrooms. You blitz it in a food processor. It made a kind of paste not unlike refried beans, that we had in wraps with shredded lettuce, and served with sweet potato wedges. Different, but nice, and very easy. Another cheap meal.

Sunday we pushed the boat out and had roast pork dinner with all the trimmings, followed by a sour cherry pana cota. Delicious! Both were heavily reduced, so not too expensive.

I like to experiment in the kitchen, and we're often checking the internet for different vegan dishes to keep things interesting. My son loves a tofu curry, or bean caserole. Often when he has these kinds of dishes I'll have fish of some kind; he doesn't eat fish, ever. Strange... lol

Work has been good. The odd screamer, but mostly not too bad. The one day I espied what was obviously Granddad pushing a trolley with a baby carrier in it, and I asked if I could have a peek. Such an adorable little girl! The store was noisy, music was playing, and she was fast asleep. We love the quiet ones.

I managed to work 4 hours overtime, but it was hard work getting the overtime as nobody seemed sure how many hours were available due to the usual supervisor being off sick. So far, I have almost 11 hours extra pay coming this month. It all helps keep the wolf from the door, and this wolf has very big teeth!

Have a good week ahead. Take care, enjoy the sunshine if you have it.