Not much to report. On Friday I waited around after work for Winter to finish at art class, so I brought both lunch and dinner with me. The Free Friday Download item was a Russell Stover filled chocolate egg. Winter picked out a caramel one and ate it on the way back. I love the dark chocolate raspberry ones myself. No money was spent on food.
Breakfast: homemade granola with chopped dates and almond milk
Lunch: tuna salad sandwich with lettuce on GF bread, last of the egg drop soup
Dinner: leftover GF spaghetti with chicken sausage sauce and parm-Romano blend, two clementines
Snacks/desserts: none
Beverages: water
Saturday I learned a lesson about not eating enough for breakfast. Now that I'm used to eating more in the mornings, I'm finding that if I don't eat enough it's hard to get through the work day. Duly noted. I had a lot of snacks when I got home.
We spent $4 on a bag of reduced apples, a tub of reduced fat sour cream, and an avocado at QFC. We made chicken and bell pepper tacos for dinner, with corn tortillas browned in a little olive oil. For the chicken and peppers, we cooked it with a jar of green salsa and reduced it down. Winter and Jeremy used sour cream, and I made guacamole for mine.
Breakfast: last banana nut muffin and a small apple
Lunch: tuna salad sandwich with lettuce on GF bread, leftover navy bean and red pepper soup
Dinner: three salsa verde chicken and pepper tacos with guacamole
Snacks/desserts: clementine, 1/3 dark chocolate bar, celery with spicy pepper hummus
Beverages: water
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Saturday, February 21, 2015
Tuesday, February 3, 2015
Replenishing the food stock
Yesterday I was battling a migraine most of the day. My schedule was empty in the morning, so I decided I might as well take the day off. For breakfast I made overnight oats with coconut milk. I added about a tsp of honey, a sliced banana, and six crushed macadamia nuts to it. I didn't mind it cold, but I may heat it up next time.
For dinner I cut up two of the bell peppers I bought the day before and sauteed them with about a pound of chicken breast, olive oil, chili powder and cayenne pepper. We ate it with brown rice and cilantro. Jeremy added cheese to his.
Jeremy and I went to QFC when he got home from work. We spent $40 and got:
3 Yukon gold potatoes
3 lbs small honeycrisp apples
3 red and yellow bell peppers
1 bunch cilantro
Chex gluten free granola
3 boxes wheat pasta
4 cans Campbell's Chunky Soup
6 pack of Blue Sky Zero Jamaican ginger ale (it is made with stevia, and was on sale, which doesn't happen often)
2 cups Kraft easy Mac
4 Lara bars
Rockstar energy drink
Brown rice gluten free bread
2 quarts of cocoa mint flavor coconut milk (RFQS)
1 box of almond cashew milk (RFQS)
Breakfast: overnight oats with coconut milk, honey, macadamia nuts and banana
Lunch: leftover curried lentils and carrots, sliced strawberries
Dinner: chicken and peppers with brown rice and cilantro
Snacks/desserts: split a lemon Lara Bar with Winter
Beverages: Jamaican ginger ale, water
For dinner I cut up two of the bell peppers I bought the day before and sauteed them with about a pound of chicken breast, olive oil, chili powder and cayenne pepper. We ate it with brown rice and cilantro. Jeremy added cheese to his.
Jeremy and I went to QFC when he got home from work. We spent $40 and got:
3 Yukon gold potatoes
3 lbs small honeycrisp apples
3 red and yellow bell peppers
1 bunch cilantro
Chex gluten free granola
3 boxes wheat pasta
4 cans Campbell's Chunky Soup
6 pack of Blue Sky Zero Jamaican ginger ale (it is made with stevia, and was on sale, which doesn't happen often)
2 cups Kraft easy Mac
4 Lara bars
Rockstar energy drink
Brown rice gluten free bread
2 quarts of cocoa mint flavor coconut milk (RFQS)
1 box of almond cashew milk (RFQS)
Breakfast: overnight oats with coconut milk, honey, macadamia nuts and banana
Lunch: leftover curried lentils and carrots, sliced strawberries
Dinner: chicken and peppers with brown rice and cilantro
Snacks/desserts: split a lemon Lara Bar with Winter
Beverages: Jamaican ginger ale, water
Sunday, December 14, 2014
Tuesday at the doctor, and Wednesday
On Tuesday Jeremy had a day long series of appointments at the Swedish transplant center. I took the day off work and went with him. There was a class about kidney transplantation, meetings with a doctor, a surgeon, a financial person, a social worker, and they took lots and lots of blood.
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We stopped at Bartell's on the way there. Jeremy got an energy drink, and I got a package of two hard boiled eggs, which cost a total of $2.49. I also ate a yogurt before we left.
By the time he was done with his labs it was almost two and I was starving. We went to the McDonald's across the street. I had brought a coupon for buy one get one free premium salad or wrap. Jeremy got a grilled chicken wrap, and I got a southwest crispy chicken salad. He also got a snack wrap, and I got a small fries which we shared, and we got two small drinks. We spent a total of $11.14 there. Not bad as we are both pretty big eaters and were both very hungry.
Later that evening we went to QFC and bought:
3 lb bag of small honeycrisp apples $5.99
Brownie ice cream $2.99
1/2 gallon 2% milk $1.99
Sugar free sparkling water $1.00
Gummy bears $.99
Broccoli $1.55
Total $14.51
I made a chicken and vegetable stir fry with brown rice for dinner, and had brownie ice cream with sugar free chocolate syrup and walnuts for dessert.
Breakfast: caramel flavored Mediterranean yogurt, two hard boiled eggs
Lunch: McDonald's Southwest crispy chicken salad, fries
Dinner: stir fried chicken, broccoli and carrots with brown rice and teriyaki sauce
Snacks/desserts: gummy bears, brownie ice cream with chocolate sauce and walnuts
Beverages: water, Sprite, sugar free sparkling water
Wednesday we didn't buy any food. I was off work and had a couple of appointments but didn't do much. The weather was nasty.
Breakfast: protein bar
Lunch: Campbell's cheeseburger soup, apple with caramel cream cheese
Dinner: macaroni and cheese with carrots and broccoli
Snacks/desserts: brownie ice cream with chocolate sauce and walnuts
Beverages: water
Sunday, November 23, 2014
Thursday and Friday
I have not been feeling so great, so there will be a few skipped meals here and there. Thursday we bought not food. Friday we picked up some Herdez tomatillo cooking sauce which was the free Friday download. We also bought a bag of three reduced apples and a bag of three reduced bell peppers, for 99 cents each. We plan to use the apples in a pie for Thanksgiving. I didn't want to waste honeycrisps on that.
Thursday night Jeremy had to go to the emergency room. In the space of 24 hours his right little toe went from perfectly fine and healthy with no broken skin, to severely infected. We were at the ER until 2:30 am. He went to his regular doctor on Friday and hopefully we caught it early enough. He won't be able to get his transplant with an active infection so, I am hoping this doesn't blow up into something worse.
Thursday:
Breakfast: coffee Greek yogurt
Lunch: peanut butter and jelly sandwich, honeycrisp apple, Clementine
Dinner: leftover lentils with tomatoes and carrots, and brown rice
Snacks/desserts: black licorice, lollipop, snickerdoodle
Beverages: water
Friday:
Breakfast: huckleberry yogurt
Lunch: leftover lentils
Dinner: skipped
Snacks/desserts: lollipops
Beverages: instant coffee with coconut creamer, water
We decided to get rid of our giant beanbag couch, and we ordered a new sofa bed on Monday. My mom and dad are coming Wednesday and staying through Friday morning, and I wanted something more comfortable for them to sleep on. They delivered the sofa on Friday.
Thursday night Jeremy had to go to the emergency room. In the space of 24 hours his right little toe went from perfectly fine and healthy with no broken skin, to severely infected. We were at the ER until 2:30 am. He went to his regular doctor on Friday and hopefully we caught it early enough. He won't be able to get his transplant with an active infection so, I am hoping this doesn't blow up into something worse.
Thursday:
Breakfast: coffee Greek yogurt
Lunch: peanut butter and jelly sandwich, honeycrisp apple, Clementine
Dinner: leftover lentils with tomatoes and carrots, and brown rice
Snacks/desserts: black licorice, lollipop, snickerdoodle
Beverages: water
Friday:
Breakfast: huckleberry yogurt
Lunch: leftover lentils
Dinner: skipped
Snacks/desserts: lollipops
Beverages: instant coffee with coconut creamer, water
We decided to get rid of our giant beanbag couch, and we ordered a new sofa bed on Monday. My mom and dad are coming Wednesday and staying through Friday morning, and I wanted something more comfortable for them to sleep on. They delivered the sofa on Friday.
Wednesday, November 19, 2014
Monday and Tuesday
The only food I purchased on Monday was before work. I bought a pumpkin donut for $.89, a banana for $.25, and a spinach salad kit for $1.99. We had one more half used up container of spaghetti sauce in the fridge so we boiled some penne pasta and added a couple ounces of mozzarella to finish off the last bits in the bag.
After dinner I made snickerdoodles with cinnamon flavored chips in them. I overbaked a third of them by accident, but Winter ate them anyway. They didn't really taste burned, but they were extremely hard.
Breakfast: pumpkin donut, banana
Lunch: apple, lemon flavored Greek yogurt, spinach salad with pecans, feta, and balsamic vinaigrette
Dinner: penne pasta with leftover spaghetti sauce and mozzarella
Snacks/desserts: snickerdoodles
Beverages: water
Tuesday I worked at the airport until 4:30 and stopped at Safeway on the way home. This is what I bought:
2 lbs brown sugar $1.99
5 lbs all purpose flour $1.88
Black licorice (RFQS) $1.00
Dannon cherry cheesecake dessert (RFQS) $.84
3 flavored yogurts ($.50 each) $1.50
Oat and nut bread $2.50
P3 snack pack $1.67
Bell pepper $1.00
Bag of reduced bananas $.79
Total: $13.19
We also figured out that the honeycrisp apples would be going off sale on Wednesday, so we walked to QFC after dinner and bought a whole lot of them. We spent $25.74 on about 13 and a half pounds. We also bought a half gallon of milk for $1.50 and a bag of Jolly Rancher lollipops from the disco section for $.99 for a total of $28.23. I may regret buying that many apples when it gets to be the end of the month.
For dinner I cooked a pound of brown lentils with three sliced carrots, a can of diced tomatoes, olive oil, garlic, ginger, and curry. Winter made a couple cups of brown rice to go with it. We have a ton of leftovers. It's very filling.
Breakfast: skipped
Lunch: apple, mango flavored Greek yogurt
Dinner: brown lentils with tomatoes and carrots, brown rice
Snacks/desserts: P3 snack pack (chicken, cashews, and Jack cheese), black licorice, lollipops, snickerdoodle
Beverages: Crystal Light, water
After dinner I made snickerdoodles with cinnamon flavored chips in them. I overbaked a third of them by accident, but Winter ate them anyway. They didn't really taste burned, but they were extremely hard.
Breakfast: pumpkin donut, banana
Lunch: apple, lemon flavored Greek yogurt, spinach salad with pecans, feta, and balsamic vinaigrette
Dinner: penne pasta with leftover spaghetti sauce and mozzarella
Snacks/desserts: snickerdoodles
Beverages: water
Tuesday I worked at the airport until 4:30 and stopped at Safeway on the way home. This is what I bought:
2 lbs brown sugar $1.99
5 lbs all purpose flour $1.88
Black licorice (RFQS) $1.00
Dannon cherry cheesecake dessert (RFQS) $.84
3 flavored yogurts ($.50 each) $1.50
Oat and nut bread $2.50
P3 snack pack $1.67
Bell pepper $1.00
Bag of reduced bananas $.79
Total: $13.19
We also figured out that the honeycrisp apples would be going off sale on Wednesday, so we walked to QFC after dinner and bought a whole lot of them. We spent $25.74 on about 13 and a half pounds. We also bought a half gallon of milk for $1.50 and a bag of Jolly Rancher lollipops from the disco section for $.99 for a total of $28.23. I may regret buying that many apples when it gets to be the end of the month.
For dinner I cooked a pound of brown lentils with three sliced carrots, a can of diced tomatoes, olive oil, garlic, ginger, and curry. Winter made a couple cups of brown rice to go with it. We have a ton of leftovers. It's very filling.
Breakfast: skipped
Lunch: apple, mango flavored Greek yogurt
Dinner: brown lentils with tomatoes and carrots, brown rice
Snacks/desserts: P3 snack pack (chicken, cashews, and Jack cheese), black licorice, lollipops, snickerdoodle
Beverages: Crystal Light, water
Wednesday, November 12, 2014
Saturday and Sunday
I'm going to get caught up since I have a day off today. I promise. Saturday I worked until 7:30. Winter went to a play at her school at 7:00 pm, so she didn't get home until later. Jeremy and I stopped at Menchie's on the way home, which cost $11.97. Jeremy went to the gym for a little while after I got home, so I just heated up something from the freezer.
Breakfast: skipped
Lunch: Campbell's cheeseburger soup, dried figs, celery with red pepper hummus
Dinner: TGIFriday's bacon cheese fries (frozen)
Snacks/desserts: Oreo cookie frozen yogurt with cream cheese frosting topping and brownie bites
Beverages: water
Sunday was my day off. Jeremy decided he wanted to get 30,000 steps in that day, so we did a lot of walking. I didn't do quite as much as he did, but I got at least 20,000 in. I had acupuncture in the morning and he met me after I was done.
He stopped on the way and bought a Rock Star for $2.29. I also got a pumpkin bread at Starbucks for $2.68 as I was finally getting pretty hungry. We went to QFC after that. We bought 5 lbs of clementines for $4.99, 6.85 lbs of honeycrisp apples for $12.89, and a protein drink for $1.99.
We walked back to the apartment, and dropped off the fruit, then Winter walked with us to the Target downtown to pick up cat food. They had dog clothes in the One Spot for $3.00 each and Winter bought a t-shirt, and a quilted jacket for the cats. They were not excited about the new clothes. At all. I also got a limited edition lemonade Mt. Dew for $1.69 which we all shared, some holiday Twizzlers for $1.00, and some white chocolate peppermint M&M's for $3.29. We ate the candy while we watched the Lego Movie later that night.
After we got back from Target I made mac and cheese out of campanelli pasta and a mix of regular and habanero jack cheeses. Jeremy made salsa chicken with rice, sour cream, and a little habanero cheese for dinner.
Breakfast: Starbucks pumpkin bread
Lunch: habanero mac and cheese, honeycrisp apple
Dinner: salsa chicken with rice, sour cream, and cheese
Snacks/desserts: holiday Twizzlers and white chocolate peppermint M&M's
Beverages: water, lemonade Mt. Dew, protein drink
Breakfast: skipped
Lunch: Campbell's cheeseburger soup, dried figs, celery with red pepper hummus
Dinner: TGIFriday's bacon cheese fries (frozen)
Snacks/desserts: Oreo cookie frozen yogurt with cream cheese frosting topping and brownie bites
Beverages: water
Sunday was my day off. Jeremy decided he wanted to get 30,000 steps in that day, so we did a lot of walking. I didn't do quite as much as he did, but I got at least 20,000 in. I had acupuncture in the morning and he met me after I was done.
He stopped on the way and bought a Rock Star for $2.29. I also got a pumpkin bread at Starbucks for $2.68 as I was finally getting pretty hungry. We went to QFC after that. We bought 5 lbs of clementines for $4.99, 6.85 lbs of honeycrisp apples for $12.89, and a protein drink for $1.99.
We walked back to the apartment, and dropped off the fruit, then Winter walked with us to the Target downtown to pick up cat food. They had dog clothes in the One Spot for $3.00 each and Winter bought a t-shirt, and a quilted jacket for the cats. They were not excited about the new clothes. At all. I also got a limited edition lemonade Mt. Dew for $1.69 which we all shared, some holiday Twizzlers for $1.00, and some white chocolate peppermint M&M's for $3.29. We ate the candy while we watched the Lego Movie later that night.
After we got back from Target I made mac and cheese out of campanelli pasta and a mix of regular and habanero jack cheeses. Jeremy made salsa chicken with rice, sour cream, and a little habanero cheese for dinner.
Breakfast: Starbucks pumpkin bread
Lunch: habanero mac and cheese, honeycrisp apple
Dinner: salsa chicken with rice, sour cream, and cheese
Snacks/desserts: holiday Twizzlers and white chocolate peppermint M&M's
Beverages: water, lemonade Mt. Dew, protein drink
Tuesday, November 4, 2014
Nov 1
On Saturday we had the five banh mi that Winter brought back from art class, so we mostly just ate those. Jeremy met me after work and we went to QFC to pick up some stuff we are out of.
2 lt. Diet cranberry ginger ale $1.67
Can of split pea soup $1.25
10 cans tuna ($1.00 each) $10.00
1/2 gal 2% milk $1.50
1 lb butter $3.99
2 bags Halloween chocolate chips ($1.00 each) $2.00
2 Lean Cuisines ($2.00 each) $4.00
4 Petite Cremes ($.59 each) $2.36
4 Greek Yogurts ($.59 each) $2.36
Pint of egg whites $2.50
2 bags pre cut green apples ($.99 each) $1.98
3 lbs clementines $3.99
8 taco shells $1.50
6 whole wheat bagels $2.50
Milk and honey bread $2.50
1 doz eggs $1.89
Flavored sugar free sparkling water $.99
Total: $46.98
Breakfast: skipped
Lunch: chicken banh mi, banana
Dinner: tofu banh mi
Snacks/desserts: Halloween chocolate chips, Halloween candy
Beverages: water
2 lt. Diet cranberry ginger ale $1.67
Can of split pea soup $1.25
10 cans tuna ($1.00 each) $10.00
1/2 gal 2% milk $1.50
1 lb butter $3.99
2 bags Halloween chocolate chips ($1.00 each) $2.00
2 Lean Cuisines ($2.00 each) $4.00
4 Petite Cremes ($.59 each) $2.36
4 Greek Yogurts ($.59 each) $2.36
Pint of egg whites $2.50
2 bags pre cut green apples ($.99 each) $1.98
3 lbs clementines $3.99
8 taco shells $1.50
6 whole wheat bagels $2.50
Milk and honey bread $2.50
1 doz eggs $1.89
Flavored sugar free sparkling water $.99
Total: $46.98
Breakfast: skipped
Lunch: chicken banh mi, banana
Dinner: tofu banh mi
Snacks/desserts: Halloween chocolate chips, Halloween candy
Beverages: water
Saturday, September 6, 2014
Thursday and Friday
QFC had a promo on Thursday that if you spent $50 you would get $12 off (in honor of the Seahawks, of course). That was too good of a deal to pass up so we decided to use it to mainly stock up on some of the more expensive things we get that will last a while. We also picked up some binders and divider sheets Winter needed for school, so not quite all of it was spent on food.
About six pounds of Honeycrisp apples $14.72
18 oz honey $6.19
Box of six protein bars $2.00 (these normally ring up at $1.00 each, so not sure what happened there)
4 cans Campbell's Chunky soup ($1.25 each) $5.00
2 1 lb. Bags white quinoa ($7.49 each) $14.98
Watermelon flavored Sugar cookies (RFQS) $.99
Total after $12.00 discount $31.88
On Thursday Winter took a ham and cheese sandwich with pickles, grape tomatoes, cookies, and a juice box for lunch. For breakfast I split a bagel with her, and she also had a blueberry Petite Cream. For dinner I turned the crock pot on in the morning and put in some chicken tenderloin, soaked chickpeas, a can of petite diced tomatoes, garlic, curry, ginger, and garam masala. My boss also brought me back a small loaf of French sourdough bread from San Francisco, so we had that with dinner too.
Breakfast: half a bagel with chive and onion cream cheese
Lunch: coffee flavored Greek yogurt, leftover chili Mac
Dinner: curried chickpeas, chicken, and tomatoes with French sourdough bread
Snacks/desserts: watermelon flavored sugar cookies
Beverages: water
On Friday Winter had an appointment after school for a polio vaccine, and then went to her Friday night art class afterward. I was pretty exhausted in the morning so I didn't get up till after Winter left for school. She had cereal for breakfast and packed a sandwich, a granola bar, and a juice box for lunch. She ate a can of soup at home before heading to art class, and took a protein bar with her. They provide dinner at her art class, so I'm not sure why she did that exactly, but whatever. I hung out at work till she got done at 9:30 because her class is near my work. I had forgotten to bring something for dinner, so I got a frozen mac and cheese and a banana from QFC for a total of $2.76.
Breakfast: dark chocolate Cheerios, milk
Lunch: leftover tacos, Apple
Dinner: mac and and cheese, banana
Snacks/desserts: jalapeno almonds, mint chip ice cream
Beverages: water
About six pounds of Honeycrisp apples $14.72
18 oz honey $6.19
Box of six protein bars $2.00 (these normally ring up at $1.00 each, so not sure what happened there)
4 cans Campbell's Chunky soup ($1.25 each) $5.00
2 1 lb. Bags white quinoa ($7.49 each) $14.98
Watermelon flavored Sugar cookies (RFQS) $.99
Total after $12.00 discount $31.88
On Thursday Winter took a ham and cheese sandwich with pickles, grape tomatoes, cookies, and a juice box for lunch. For breakfast I split a bagel with her, and she also had a blueberry Petite Cream. For dinner I turned the crock pot on in the morning and put in some chicken tenderloin, soaked chickpeas, a can of petite diced tomatoes, garlic, curry, ginger, and garam masala. My boss also brought me back a small loaf of French sourdough bread from San Francisco, so we had that with dinner too.
Breakfast: half a bagel with chive and onion cream cheese
Lunch: coffee flavored Greek yogurt, leftover chili Mac
Dinner: curried chickpeas, chicken, and tomatoes with French sourdough bread
Snacks/desserts: watermelon flavored sugar cookies
Beverages: water
On Friday Winter had an appointment after school for a polio vaccine, and then went to her Friday night art class afterward. I was pretty exhausted in the morning so I didn't get up till after Winter left for school. She had cereal for breakfast and packed a sandwich, a granola bar, and a juice box for lunch. She ate a can of soup at home before heading to art class, and took a protein bar with her. They provide dinner at her art class, so I'm not sure why she did that exactly, but whatever. I hung out at work till she got done at 9:30 because her class is near my work. I had forgotten to bring something for dinner, so I got a frozen mac and cheese and a banana from QFC for a total of $2.76.
Breakfast: dark chocolate Cheerios, milk
Lunch: leftover tacos, Apple
Dinner: mac and and cheese, banana
Snacks/desserts: jalapeno almonds, mint chip ice cream
Beverages: water
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