Saturday, January 8, 2011

What have I been eating this week?

While I am taking part in my $50 a month spent on food grocery challenge, I will be documenting what I eat each week.  Some people have expressed concerns that I can't possible eat enough on just $50 a month.  I hope this type of documentation puts their fears to rest. 

This week, most of my food is coming from food that I already had in the house.  Next week you will start to see more items from my recent shopping trips making their way into my meals.  Assume that i drank water with my meals unless I specify otherwise.

January 1
Breakfast - leftover snacks from my New Year's Eve party (carrots, chocolate, and other goodies)
Lunch and Dinner - Chinese Buffet and hot tea - a friend took me out to eat!; also, I had part of a free Jr. Jamocha Shake from Arby's (I had coupons)

January 2
Breakfast - eggs, pancakes, toast, fried tomatoes
Lunch - ham and bean soup (I made a big batch of this the week before so my freezer is full of it)
Dinner - leftovers from Christmas that needed finished up, milk

January 3
Breakfast - banana with peanut butter
Lunch  - ham and bean soup
Dinner - mushroom flavored pasta with shrimp, mushrooms, and garlic; salad; milk

January 4
Breakfast - banana with peanut butter
Lunch - leftover mushroom/shrimp pasta from the night before; salad
Dinner -turkey quesadilla with turkey, cheese, lettuce and tomatoes; milk

January 5
Breakfast - banana with peanut butter
Lunch - ham and bean soup; orange
Dinner - mac and cheese; salad; milk; leftover Jamocha Shake

January 6
Breakfast - banana with peanut butter
Lunch - leftover mac and cheese; salad
Dinner - egg white omelet with leftover shrimp and mushrooms mixed in; toast with guava jelly, fruit juice

January 7
Breakfast - toast with peanut butter; half a tomato (needed to use this or it was going to go bad)
Lunch - chipotle turkey wrap with lettuce and tomatoes; orange 
Dinner - loaded baked potatoe with bacon bits, cheese, broccoli, and sour cream; milk

January 8
Breakfast - free spicy chicken biscuit from Chick-Fil-A
Lunch - Peanut butter and jelly sandwich (using leftover jelly from the breakfast biscuit); half a Pepsi
Dinner - catfish; broccoli; potato; "Pepsi float" made with ice cream and the rest of my Pepsi from lunch



4 comments:

  1. looks like you are doing pretty good

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  2. Looks like you are eating very well.

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  3. You do really good at using leftovers-that's an area that I still need to improve on!

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  4. Looks like nothing is going to waste....great job!

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