Day 14 summary Don’t take the husband shopping (£= ouch)

Day 14

Sunday is usually a relaxing day in our house however today has been a journey and a half.

Tomorrow is my eldest sons school trip and he, out of all the children is the fussy one. Sandwich wise he loves loads of filling so that way I'm winning, however the snacks are a issue as he likes junk in plastic wrapping, His 12 and eats me out of house and home. So I've baked and brought alternatives to suit him. 

I found a household winners to keep as an alternative for the dishwasher.

My husband and children joined me for a trip to Sainsbury's and it turned out when hubby and kids accompany you very expensive. I am pleased I took them though as they went around the isles searching the plastic free options, Sainsbury's has quite a few alternatives.

Very please to find dissoluble wrapping on the dishwasher tablets, I did if you remember make my own but they did not clean very well and I ended up rewashing the dishes by hand after. So until I do a workshop on making dishwasher tablets this is the only sane option. 

Turns out the husband has a great eye for searching out our alternatives. As you know from following this blog I suffer terribly with my skin, as I have atopic eczema. I am intolerant to many foods and have to make many food alternatives to cater for simple dishes such as pizza. For my base sauce on a pizza I usually roast and blend peppers as tomatoes are a no go for me. Today the husband found a premixed ready blended option that will go perfectly on a pizza base.
The chili peppers I could not find for my curry making without them being in plastic packaging, he found the jar alternative, I will give it a go and let you all know how we get on.  

we had many frozen berries in the freezer that have now been turned into ice cream by Chloe.

Cold ham and fresh salmon fillets for the week from the deli

This biscuit recipe can be adapted to suit with the flavors and it makes 3 lots of dough you can use as and when needed just leave it in the fridge. The dough last 4-5 days refrigerated.

Berries blended and sieved

I'm very tired today and I am feeling the plastic free challenge due to the amount of washing up needed after making alternatives. I have been talking to many parents about my finds and the reality of this journey is staring to sink in. I can understand someone expressing their thought as

"This plastic free stuff is far to difficult for them to do".

The time consuming side to this is ridiculously difficult but the rewards are also incredible, more fun and time with the kids, reduced waste, etc. But when a mom is tired the grab the packet option to pacify the kids with is a very attractive alternative.

So I'm not giving up, last week I was unorganized, busy, tired and stressed, the reason we went to the supermarket was to plan our meals for this week. That means that everything is in the fridge ready to grab, make and bake. Let's hope it was my busy schedule last week and that this week it can be made a lot simpler, by having the products I need at hand, snacks made today ready to put into the oven as and when needed and no more shop visits needed.

wish me luck guys