If I could do it again though I would use that $7 towards the purchase of some better quality produce. Since the farmers market I had planned to attend was cancelled this week I didn't get the chance to do that. If my experiment had landed on a different part of the week, I would have gone to the Woodbine Farmers Market on Saturday. But things just didn't work out that way. With very careful planning (and more time to cook it) I may have even been able to afford a whole chicken.
If I were actually on food stamps, I would purchase seeds and grow a lot of my own food (wait, I already do that), if I had access to pots and soil. After being spoiled by my own backyard tomatoes this summer, the supermarket tomatoes I bought seem to have sort of a metallic taste to me. Yuck.
I also could have used a couple of snack foods. Hunger has been striking me late afternoon while I'm still at work. Usually I would grab some crackers and cheese at the office, but not this week.
Anyway, here's what I ate today:
Breakfast - another morning of eggs on toast with the remaining salsa. I switched it up and scrambled them this time. Cost: $0.21
Lunch - Some of the Dal Palak I made last night. I have to say, I'm patting myself on the back for this one. It turned out really good, even though the spinach was overly slimey and stringy. But I blame that on having bought it frozen. I made the whole batch last night for $1.58 and there is still quite a bit left.
Tonight for dinner I've made a small batch of spaghetti. I made the sauce with the remaining canned tomatoes, one whole tomato, one whole onion and the rest of my bell pepper. Cost: At $2.23 this is the most expensive meal I've made this week. I do have some leftovers for lunch tomorrow.
Tomorrow is my last day of this challenge and I'm happy to not have to think about it so much. I do have some parting thoughts from the week that I'll share then.
4 comments:
"if I had access to pots and soil" - and the time to plant and tend a garden, and land that you are allowed to work (i.e, not renting). One thing that strikes me is the amount of time, planning, and attention something like this requires, along with a little luck, as you noted re: possibly breaking eggs. If I were working two jobs, had kids, were tending to a sick relative or sick self, etc., I'm not sure I'd have the time/energy/will to make a lot of effort toward healthiness - I'd have to settle for "mostly full."
Exactly!! I talk a bit about the amount of resources required to live a healthy life in today's post.
This week has definitely made me realize how middle class Jason and I are.
very interesting. Will you be running your menus thru Fitday to check for nutrition?
This is the first I've heard of fitday. I'll check into it when I get time.
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