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.