Payday is so close I can smell it, but until then we’re going to have to stretch our laaste geldjies and our food just a little bit further.
We’ve officially hit the droee Salticrax stretch of this very long month.
By now you’re probably running on reserve in jou koskas and have run out of supper ideas with the limited stock you have left.
The fridge looks a little bare and no matter how many times a day you open and close it, daar gaan nie suddenly ‘n klomp kos appear nie.
Jinne, but doesn’t it feel like the holidays were a lifetime ago? When the food and drinks were so volop you had to say “no thank you” more times than you can count.
Now, as you wait for payday, those days are just a memory that makes your mouth water - like mine is as I’m typing this.
Anyway, let us not live in the past and rather focus on the here and now - like finding ways to spice up your meals for the next few nights.
The best kos to cook while we wait for the first payday of the year, is anything that’s going to stretch and feed the family for at least two nights.
You can’t go wrong with a smoortjie or brown stew, and does anyone still make eier kerrie?
My ouma used to say “kind, as jy nie weet wat om te maak nie, maak sommer net spaghetti”.
The women in my family take this advice very seriously, because few things are as quick and easy to make than a pot of slangetjies.
After all the festive season’s meat, perhaps a veggie meal is not a bad idea and some winkels have lekker veggie specials.
This week I’ve chosen some lekker cheap meal options from our local kombuis queens that will surely last you until you get that SMS notification you’ve been waiting for all month.
Hou vas mamma, is amper payday!
Try these cheap and easy meals to get you to payday:
EAT UP! Salwaa’s rice dish goes along way