Saturday, February 28, 2015

Wednesday + Thursday

Wednesday we spent $6 total on food. At QFC we bought three cans of tomato sauce, one red bell pepper, four very ripe champagne mangoes from the reduced section, an organic banana (the regular ones were hella green) and a squirt of bulk natural peanut butter. Jeremy also bought an Orchard Bar from Bartell's where they are currently half price.

I cut up two of the mangoes, and one kiwi and shared them with Winter when I had my lunch. The remaining mangoes and kiwis were cut up and frozen for future Yonanas.

For dinner I stir fried some chicken, a carrot, and the bell pepper, and cooked the 100% buckwheat soba noodles. I also made a curry sauce with leftover coconut milk from the freezer, cashew butter, rice wine vinegar, dried onion, garlic, and curry powder.The sauce was good. I was not a fan of the noodle at all though. Once they were cooked soft enough to eat they got a very gummy and rubbery texture. Jeremy and Winter said they were fine, but at nearly $8 a pound, I did not find them to be worth it.

I still have half the sauce left in the freezer. I think I will pick up some tofu and make a tofu and veggie stir fry with brown rice to use the rest in the next couple of weeks.

Breakfast: lemon Lara Bar, banana with natural peanut butter
Lunch: mango and kiwi, turkey and spicy pepper hummus sandwich with lettuce
Dinner: soba noodles, chicken, pepper, carrot, and coconut cashew curry sauce
Snacks/desserts: dark chocolate, oatmeal walnut chocolate chip cookies
Beverages: water

We cashed in some more credit card rewards for $50 in Panera Bread gift cards, which came in the mail earlier this week. We planned to go there for dinner on Thursday night. We spent $36 on the gift cards, but it was all free! I can currently have pretty much any salad they have with just a couple of modifications. Luckily I love their salads. We also bought 7 more Orchard bars which was less than $6.

Breakfast: smoothie with frozen banana, coconut milk, cocoa powder, PB, and honey
Lunch: leftover navy bean and bell pepper soup with crushed  up onion chive crackers, apple
Dinner: Thai chicken salad (w/o wonton strips), apple
Snacks/desserts: orchard bar, oatmeal walnut chocolate chip cookies
Beverages: water, unsweetened hibiscus tea with lemon

Wednesday, February 25, 2015

Tuesday, the terrible no-good awful day

One of our cats, Friday has been having behavioral problems for the past few days and yesterday the shit really hit the fan. I spent most of the day cleaning up after him, and taking him to the vet. They put him on Prozac. Here's hoping it helps.

During periods of high stress my eating gets pretty terrible. Yesterday was no exception. I ate 5 cookies ( though to be fair I could have done much worse, as they are nutritionally decent), pineapple sorbet with strawberries and raspberries from Menchie's, and a small bowl of dinner, which was diced chicken sausage, carrots, and celery, sauteed in olive oil and mixed with a seasoned quinoa and wild rice blend. It was good, I just wasn't hungry. I spent $3 at Menchie's.

Tuesday, February 24, 2015

Sunday + Monday

Jeremy and I went to Uwajimaya and Target on Sunday. At Uwajimaya we bought hoisin sauce, chili garlic sauce, a Diet Dr. Pepper, some Japanese gummy candy for Winter, and an Orchard bar for me. We spent $9 there. At Target we mostly bought pet stuff, but we also picked up an energy drink and a box of Kashi granola bars, spending a total of $4.

I made pizza for dinner Sunday night. A gluten free one with almond cheese, peppers, and olives for me, and a regular one with peppers, olives, and pepperoni for Jeremy and Winter. I also made cookies with oats, GF flour, pureed dates, walnuts, dark chocolate chips, eggs, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. I thought they were really good but no one else likes them.

Breakfast: kiwi, banana, strawberry smoothie
Lunch: leftover navy bean and pepper soup, turkey and guacamole sandwich with lettuce
Dinner: pizza
Snacks/desserts: Orchard bar, wasabi rice crackers, clementines, dark chocolate oatmeal and walnut cookies
Beverages: water


Monday we spent no money on food. I didn't make anything for dinner. We all just fended for ourselves.

Breakfast: granola and nut milk
Lunch: leftover pizza, clementines, cookies
Dinner: turkey and pepper hummus sandwich with lettuce, Alpha-Bits with almond milk
Snacks/desserts: Kashi granola bar, cookies
Beverages: water