Shopping List Month: List One

welcome bleurg, to yet another daft way to pass time: shopping list month.
i have been collecting discarded shopping lists from baskets, trolleys & footpaths for years now & ol' mate aristos (of early 2000s 'surprise chef' fame...ahem, "fame") up above has inspired me to put them to good use.
i won't be accosting young women in coles & asking to go home & cook from their basket (that's what she said), but i will be accosting myself.
for the month of november 2014, i will be shopping, cooking & eating exclusively from other people's shopping lists.

RULEZ

• lists will be drawn from a (glittery) hat(box), to remove the temptation to simply use up all the good chocolate + lolly filled lists.
• i must only use one shopping list at a time, no taking a bit of this & a bit of that from multiple lists.
• i must buy and use every item on the list at least once before moving on to the next list.
• each list can cover one day of eating, multiple days, part of a day, however long it takes me to get through it.
• consequently, i cannot eat out for the entire month, unless i guess i get a list that states 'chinese takeaway' or similar. i also cannot drink alcohol unless alcohol appears on a list. also goodbye morning coffee, afternoon pot of tea etc.
• the only extras allowed are salt, pepper, water & cooking oil. no herbs, spices, milk, butter etc. unless it's on my list.

onto list one.

contents are as follows: basil, oregano, thyme, onions, 2 celery sticks, red capsicum, spring onions, bean sprouts, chinese cabbage, zucchini, carrot, lemongrass, 4 fresh chillies, 4 kaffir lime leaves, fruit, nuts/seeds, beef mince, white fish, yoghurts, milk, jar of garlic, coconut cream, coconut milk, can crushed tomatoes, tomato paste, wholemeal spaghetti, fried noodles, thai green curry paste, clothes washing liquid, flea spray, engagement card.

note the use of question marks after a number of items in the veggie column. why the hesitation? did they already have those items & weren't certain they were needed? or maybe they just think carrots and zucchini are questionable in general, you know, cos of the shape. WE WILL NEVER KNOW.

i couldn't read the bits under fruit & nuts/seeds at the bottom of the left column...yurgin parasol? galactose? bund? ECG cots? how did the list owner manage to get the damn thing so wet in the supermarket anyway? 

pricey first list.

list one IRL.

meal one: breakfast

meal one ingredients; mandarin, yoghurt, nuts/seeds.

ingredients for my first meal, wankified.

i had hoped that arranging my meal in a visually pleasing manner would make it more palatable, which it did indeed. however, i made a rookie mistake by using up all my sweet items in one go. i am someone who usually eats something sweet with every meal, as well as sweet snacks. desperate sweet cravings haunted me for the rest of this list.

meal two: linner

meal two ingredients; celery, canned tomatoes, tomato paste, jar of garlic, beef mince, wholemeal spaghetti, oregano, green basil, thyme, carrot, zucchini, onion.

tomato-based pasta sauce + spaghetti seemed the obvious choice.

ta...da.

actually turned out pretty delicious, though i did miss the usual mountain of cheese i throw on pasta dishes.

meal three: post-gym snack

meal three ingredients; nuts/seeds, milk, coconut milk, kaffir lime leaves.

usual post-gym snack involves a protein shake, so i figured the nuts/seeds & milk would get me close enough...ish.
i don't know what compelled me to add coconut milk & torn kaffir lime leaves to the milk, but it worked somehow.

meal four: late night snack

leftover pasta mixture & fried noodles. dope.

meal five: breakfast number two

celery sticks filled with leftover pasta mixture, topped with fried noodles + milk/coconut/kaffir drink again.

i'm not gonna lie...this was undelicious. desperate for pancakes at this point.

meal six: lunch

meal six ingredients; fried noodles, spring onions, chinese cabbage, bean sprouts, red capsicum, thai green curry paste, coconut milk, lemongrass, red chillis, green basil, kaffir lime leaves, white fish (flathead).

check it.

a fish thai green curry was the other meal i guessed the list maker was going for. i butchered it slightly by adding some wrongtown ingredients, but the end result was severely tasty (and sweat inducing).

and the rest

a few non-edible items on this list, as per the rules they have to be used at least once.

the clothes washing liquid was easy, chucked a load on.

i couldn't find flea spray, so bought flea powder. i have three cats, but they don't really get fleas. but when they do, it's always kabuki who manages to bring them home. so she will be our price is right model.

thrilled to be here.

i brushed it through her thick coat & it reminded me of the dry shampoo i use. 

last item was an engagement card. i could only find one in the shop, a glittery number costing $10. i don't know any recent engaged types, so surprised my workmate with the news that she is now to marry a donut instead.

end scene!