Live Below the Line - Day five

Farfalle with broccoli, £0.38

This is my fifth and last day of the Live Below the Line campaign challenge.

Tomorrow I can go back to my 'normal' diet, so I will be able to eat meat, fresh vegetables and fruit.

I will not have to plan my meals so carefully, meaning that I am a very lucky person.

Before taking on this challenge, I never realised how hard is living 'below the line'.

Now I understand why people living in extreme poverty have to eat rice most of the times (cheap and filling), while we (the lucky ones) can eat whatever we want. 

I also realised that if we all give up a little amount of food or drinks every day - donating the equivalent money - we could really make a difference in beating poverty.

How easy for us would be to give up a cappuccino every day, for example. £2 would make such a difference for someone else.

Something to think about...

Let's try helping beating poverty, either:

• Joining the Live Below the Line campaign,
• or, donate for me! or for anyone else. To donate for me, please follow this link.

Live Below the Line challenge - Day 5

For breakfast (£0.09) I had my usual cup of black coffee (£0.09) with half a tsp of sugar (£0.003). 

LUNCH - Farfalle with broccoli, £0.38

I recommend this pasta dish to anyone taking this challenge. It's very healthy, tasty and incredibly cheap (£0.38!).

Ingredients

• Farfalle pasta, 100g (£0.10)
• Broccoli, 50g (£0.10)
• Extra virgin olive oil, 1tbsp (£0.05)
• Garlic, 1 clove (£0.03)
• Crashed chillies, 1tsp (£0.08)
• Salt and pepper (£0.02)

Instructions

Bring 2 pots of salted water to the boil. In the first one, add the pasta and cook until al dente. Add the broccoli to the other pot and boil for 7-8 minutes, or until tender.

Drain the broccoli, reserving a glass of their water. In a small frying pan, heat a tablespoon of olive oil. Add the crashed garlic and the chillies and saute until the garlic is golden but not browned. Add the broccoli, and saute for 1-2 minutes. Transfer the broccoli sauce into a food processor, season and whiz for a minute or so. If the mixture is too thick, add some of the broccoli cooking water (you will need about 5-6 tablespoons).

Transfer the broccoli pesto into the same pan where you cook them. Drain the pasta, add to the sauce and toss everything together for a minute. Transfer to warm serving plates and serve.

DINNER - Egg fried rice, £0.53

Egg fried rice, £0.53

Ingredients

• Sainsbury's long grain & wild rice, 100g (£0.19)
• 1 Egg (£0.20)
• Frozen peas, 40g (£0.06)
• Vegetable oil, 2tbsp (£0.08)

Instructions

Boil the rice in salted water. Drain and let cool.

Put the frozen peas in a glass of hot water and set aside.

Heat 1 tbsp of vegetable oil in a wak. When the oil is almost smoking add the egg and break it up as if you are making scrambled eggs. When cooked, transfer the egg onto a bowl. Add another tbsp of vegetable oil into the wak. Heat until almost smoking. Add the rice and the drained peas, and stir-fry for about 3 minutes. Finally add the egg, a stir-fry for another minute or so. Serve immediately.

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Let's try helping beating poverty, either:

• Joining the Live Below the Line campaign,
• or, donate for me! or for anyone else. To donate for me, please follow this link.

You can join the challenge by registering at www.livebelowtheline.com/uk.

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From 7th to 11th May, join Live Below the Line living on £1 a day for 5 days to change the way people in the UK think about extreme poverty - and make a huge difference.

https://www.livebelowtheline.com/uk 

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