Living Below the Line - Day 2

We had a good first day and started Day 2 well but forgot to write it up. So here goes.

Breakfast was the left over rice which I made into egg fried rice which went down well with John. I was off to Communion so did not eat.

Lunch  Nigerian Pancakes with tomato sauce
75g porridge oats (ground into flour)
60ml milk
120ml water
1 egg
3/4 onion, finely chopped
salt
1tbsp oil

Whizz all the ingredients together and fry as thin pancakes using a little more oil. Serve with sauce. ( Sauce is 1/4 onion and 1/4 tin tomatoes whizzed together.)

Supper Rice and Beans
250g rice
125g beans (green split peas, soaked)
1tbsp tomato puree
3/4 tin of tomatoes
1 large onion
salt
curry spice ( more to season than flavour)

Cook peas until nearly tender. Bring rice to boil in 2x water to rice. Brown onions and reserve a few. Cook tomato puree, tomatoes and spice for a few minutes. Add peas to the rice pot with a little of their cooking liquid. Add onions, tomato mixture and salt to the pot. return to boil, turn down low and cook till rice is done (about 10 mins). serve with reserved onions scattered on top.

Again we enjoyed all we ate but felt a need for something around cup of tea time. I had some oat flour left and mixed it with oil and a little water, made a dough and dry fried it into an oat cake which was very tasty and hit the spot. Even the hot water drunk with it tasted good. It made us reflect on how lucky we are to live in a country of clean, safe water on tap. Even the water we flush our toilets with is drinking quality.