(I definitely didn't make this)
Returning home for a long, hard day at the office, much like Mother Hubbard, I discovered that my cupboards were bare. And while this is in no way unusual (well-stocked for me means bread AND milk) it did leave me in the predicament of what feast to conjure up for my dinner.
Usually I'd take a trip down to the local 7-11 (I think this might be an American thing but it's always open when I go to work and open when I get the last tube; but closed when I venture into night bus territory so...) and get myself a dreamy tinned feast, Stagg Vegetarian Chilli is my current fave. But alas, it's the day before payday and my purse is as empty as my cupboard.
(this isn't the mix I used, I just liked the word melange)
In a flash I recalled a bag of frozen mixed veg that I once bought at 3 o'clock in the morning but never quite got around to eating. Hurrah! Even for me this constitutes a bland meal so I decided to have a rummage around in my ex-flatmate's cupboards (the pyscho was unceremoniously slung out a couple of month's ago) and discovered some gravy, yesss. As you may recall from my previous post, frozen veg and gravy constitutes fine dining in my household. But lo' the gravy is out of date... by 2 years. Thinking on my feet I spotted a couple of oxo cubes, could it be... the packet shows a simple recipe for vegetable soup = SUCCESS.
Delicious Vegetable Soup
What you will need:
Mixed frozen vegetables
2 vegetable oxo cubes
Recipe:
1. Boil kettle
2. Pour water into a saucepan
3. Put frozen veg in saucepan
4. Tip some of the water out because you used too much
5. Crumble one oxo cube into saucepan
6. Wash hands
7. Crumble up other oxo cube into saucepan
8. Watch for a bit
9. Put into a bowl
10. Eat quickly (it tastes of nothing but you don't notice as much when it's really hot)
And voila! A feast fit for a dog.
