So I have definitely failed the challenge… Due to an ongoing sinus infection which I just cant seem to get rid of and which got worse for a few days, my husband ended up getting us a take out pizza on Tuesday night! It was the first convenience food this month though, so that is an improvement for us. Anyhow I have started the fight again to be more self sufficient. Yesterday we ran out of mouthwash – Listerine and instead of buying more made one. This is our individual recipe for the mouthwash, based on some generic information on several internet sites, which Daisy and anybody else is welcome to use: 1/2 teaspoon peppermint oil; 125 ml 190 proof ‘Gem Clear’ alcohol; 500 ml distilled water. Obviously it can be tweaked to individual’s satisfaction and different ingredients added but my husband seemed quite happy with it and he said he missed the color of the Listerine a bit, but that he felt it tasted “better” somehow. Today I made some bone broth with some turkey thigh bones and bits and pieces and some left over turkey meat and I will be making a cream sauce based sauce (milk, butter and flour from scratch) to add to it tonight and adding some peas for our evening meal.
