Lockdown cooking

[S11m]

I used to cook when I was between wives, but, since I was widowered in 2016, I was able to eat at OAP lunch clubs and reasonably-priced cafes and pubs within walking distance -and appreciated the company. There was always a raffle at the lunch clubs- so I accumulated a cupboard full of tinned soup and fish.

My microwave has a "crispy jacket" program that will acceptably cook jacket potatoes in less half an hour - so, for months, for lunch, I have eaten:

143gm raw carrot

3 jacket potatoes with butter and

143gm melted Red Leicester Cheese

Broccoli or whatever green vegetables I could find.

I eat buckwheat Muesli and fruit for breakfast and fast 20:4

This is a lot of carbohydrate, but I am now at 14% body fat and BMI 25.

¿Is this an adequate diet?

My digestive system was beginning to feel that it had had enough cheese, so I ate tinned fish and rice cakes for a couple of days...

...and today I cooked the chicken that has been in the freezer for about four years.

I thought it might be a bit dry, so I cooked it with half a pound of bacon... and it was delicious.

Another speciality in my very limited repertoire is baked fillet of fish... baked in foil with olive oil - and I might try that this week.

[Zest]

Hi S11m

Glad you enjoyed your meals, and I didn't realise there was a function on some microwaves to crisp jacket potatoes! I tend to buy mine ready baked, and then just microwave them to re-heat.

You are brave to eat the chicken stored in your freezer for 4 years, I don't know what safety recommendations would be on that length of time!!! I'm just glad you're safe and well.

Zest

[S11m in reply to Zest]

It is a combination microwave - which is also a fan oven and a grill!

I like to imagine that anything thoroughly cooked is safe.

Some frozen fruit was rancid - so I binned the rest.