Day five

Day five.
We have reached the final straight of the journey, through hunger and satisfaction, from bland to delicious. We have fought right to the end. Today I get to escape and go on holiday, but for my brother and my parents, they have to eat one extra 75 cent meal more than me.    

This morning I cooked a smoky Mexican breakfast, it was  probably the most nutritious and by far the most substantial, and the most spicy of all the meals.

Lunch is pancakes, even though this is meant to be a breakfast, it is just so nice. One of the nicest meals. Yummy.....

For dinner there will be roast butternut soup with sour cream. Even though I am not going to eat this, it does sound very nice.

Having now finished I am happy to have been able to complete this challenge and give the money saved on food in the last 5 days to Tearfund , so as to help them, in the work of freeing people enslaved in human trafficking.

 

I finish off my blog with a short book review.

 

One helping published by Tear Fund 2014. You can buy this recipe book online or from Countdown supermarket at a cost of $30, all funds going towards human trafficking.

One helping is a recipe book with a twist, as amongst the recipes there are stories and information about human trafficking. At the bottom of  many pages there are quotes from famous or well known people.  The  stories of those who experienced being part of human trafficking makes the book a very thought provoking and sombre read, and you will realise that this is a huge problem around the world. This book has been published by Tearfund to be useful for those doing the challenge of living on $2.25 a day, for 5 days, to raise money for organisations involved in stopping human trafficking. The recipes come from well known NZ chiefs such as Nadia Lim, a winner of Master Chef and Simon Gault and Josh Emett both judges on Master Chef. A total of 31 cooks and chefs participate in this book. It has recipes for breakfast, lunch, dinner and dessert, all of the recipes are 75 cents or less. They use seasonal produce, which is why the chocolate mouse was so cheap because the avocados are in season. The book is very nicely presented and easy to follow, so it is not a challenge to make the recipes. My favourite recipe for breakfast was the pancakes, by Jean Fund.  Then for lunch the spiced vegetable fritters, by Tracey-lee Hooton, also in Master Chef, was delicious and filling.  Dinner it was the country pizza, by Vanessa Rehm which had a wonderful onion topping and  for desert it would have to be the gluten free decadent chocolate mousse, by Simon Gault. I would recommend this to people on a budget as it is a cheap way to make nice food, and also to people who want to help Tear fund raise money for those enslaved by human trafficking. This is a great recipe book and I would highly recommend it. As you buy this remember, "Helping others is the secret sauce to a happy life" Todd Stocker.             

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Quote of the day

"If you shift your focus from yourself to others, extend your concern to others, and cultivate the thought of caring for the well being of others, then this will have the immediate of opening up your life and helping you reach out." Dalai Lama xvi   

Day 4

Day 4
One more day till we can eat normally.
All the recipes that we use are from the Tear Fund One helping recipe book. All the recipes were crafted by famous chiefs so that they are 75 cents or less.

Today for breakfast we had pancakes again, they were so nice yesterday that we had to have them again.  Mum and dad complaining they had missed out. 57ents.

For lunch we had the fritters again, for the third time. But they were still nice. We saved money so that we could have dessert tonight.

For dinner we had a country pizza, very nice and I would recommend it, and it only cost 73 cents for a delicious meal.

For desert we had a gluten free decadent chocolate mouse. It was rather nice, even though it had avocados

 

 





     Three facts

• In Europe, over 140,000 victims are trapped in of violence and degradation of sexual exploitation and up to one in seven sex workers may have been enslaved into prostitution through trafficking.
• Nearly every country in the world is affected by human trafficking, as a point of origin, transit or destination, and victims from at least 127 countries have been reported to have been exploited in 137 states.
• Globally, one in five victims of human trafficking are children, although in poorer regions and subregions, such as Africa and greater Mekong, they make up the majority of trafficked persons.                

Day 3

Had a good breakfast this morning, which was pancakes, so I was not hungry, the bonus was that it only cost 65cents. I was the chef and Adrian reckoned they were delicious.

For lunch we had the fritters again, but this time with chickpea flour, were not very adventurous for lunch. 40cents

For dinner we had a very nice pumpkin and yellow split pea dahl with flat bread. It was 80cent so it took up the total allowance for the meal. But it was worth the extra few cents.   My brother cooked for us.

Today from all of my meals I have 40cents left over so almost enough for a nice desert.

One thing that we are missing is something sweet like a biscuit. The new diet has meant that we have had to cut down on things, such as almost no fruit, no meat, so we are currently vegetarian, so having a few nibbles on the grass. "yum" Ha Ha.

Pancakes

pumpkin and yellow split pea with dahl flat bread

 

 

SAVED from being trafficked. Three girls story. 

Sangita, Karisma and Bramila three sisters, were making their way to the city of Manahari, when they were followed on to the bus by a man. The man convinced the bus driver to drive past where the girls wanted to get off, so that they would only be seconds from the net he had laid. The man escorted them off the bus, but a local police officer intervened as he knew the man as a renowned trafficker, stopping the group he demanded  to know what the man was doing with the girls. The policeman returned the girls home, and the girls were given by Share and Care free scholarships for school, and enrolled in anti trafficking school.          

Trafficking is a huge problem around the world, more than 30,000 people die a year from being enslaved and  abused. 75% of people who are trafficked are females.   



 

 

 



        
 

Quote of the day

"For to be free is not merely to cast off ones chains,
 but to live in a way that respects and enhances the
freedom of others." Nelson Mandela

Day 2

Day 2

Living on $11.25 per person for 5 day's is so far not to bad, a little hungry, but other wise the food is nice. Went shopping and noticed that a tin of fancy cat food was $1.30 and that would be only one "meal", your budget would blow after just two meals. But luckily for us were not cats!

Breakfast was very carefully measured out to the exact amounts, so we couldn't sneak more. 75c

For lunch we had toasted sandwiches, with banana and cinnamon as our fillings. 75c

For dinner there was nicely cooked pastor (oops, I meant pasta) with a tomato sauce. 40c, pasta on special, whole packet for $1, and mums homemade tomato sauce.

One apple. 33c our only snack through out the day.  

Sadly no nice desert like last night, but we grabbed some free grapefruit from church, "what
a score."


You might be wondering why I would do this?
Well, it is to save money to give to Tear Fund to help stop human trafficking. Also for an English project.
What is human trafficking?
It is the illegal movement of people, typically for the purposes of forced labour or commercial sexual exploitation. This is a huge problem around the world, especially in third world country's.

Quote of the day

"The best way not to fell hopeless is to get up and do something. Don't wait for good things to happen to you. If you go out and make some good things happen, you will fill the world with hope, you will fill yourself with hope." Barack Obama