Wednesday:
Purchased: nothing
Breakfast: granola and almond milk
Lunch: two clementines and a homemade granola bar
Dinner: Orange marmalade and hoisin glazed chicken, haricots verts with olive oil and pepper, roasted kabocha squash with herbed goat cheese, quinoa and wild rice pilaf with almonds
Snacks/desserts: homemade granola bar
Beverages: 1/2 can Blue Sky Free lemonade, water
Thursday:
Purchased: Cadbury dark chocolate bar, Lean Cuisine spring rolls
Total spent: $3
Breakfast: leftover chili with fiesta blend cheese and fried egg
Lunch: leftover tofu, squash and broccoli curry with leftover quinoa, wild rice and almond pilaf
Dinner: salad with lettuce, apple, leftover brown rice, herbed goat cheese, and raspberry walnut vinaigrette
Snacks/desserts: 1/4 dark chocolate bar
Beverages: water, pumpkin spice coconut milk
Friday:
Purchased: frozen yogurt at Menchie's, can of green beans, can of beef tamales, Hormel pepperoni pizza Rev wrap (free Friday download)
Total spent: $10
Breakfast: plain yogurt with strawberry apple compote and pecans
Lunch: leftover tofu, squash, and broccoli curry with leftover quinoa, wild rice, and almond pilaf and a homemade granola bar
Dinner: leftover chili with leftover brown rice, sour cream, and fiesta blend cheese
Snacks/desserts: pineapple sorbet with strawberries and blackberries, homemade granola bar
Beverages: water
Saturday:
Purchased: head of green leaf lettuce, 2 lbs carrots, green bell pepper
Total spent: $7
Breakfast: granola with almond milk
Lunch: plain yogurt with thawed unsweetened blueberries, honey, and pecans and brown rice crackers with herb goat cheese
Dinner: chicken stir fry with bell pepper, green beans, brown rice, and spicy orange sauce (Jeremy made it)
Snacks/desserts: 1/4 dark chocolate bar
Beverages: water
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Sunday, March 8, 2015
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
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
Monday, February 2, 2015
New month, new challenges
So I have been having some problems for a while with pain in my legs, and after doing some reading I may have possibly pinpointed what could be causing the issue. So in an attempt to help with the pain I am trying an anti-inflammatory diet, starting now, or at least as soon as I could. I plan to follow it as written for a month or so, and if it helps I will try reintroducing foods that are not allowed one at a time to see how I tolerate them.
The diet is fairly restrictive. Wheat, dairy, and sugar being the three biggest things I shouldn't have that I normally eat, and the alternatives are all pretty expensive. I'm going to do the best I can to just eat things that are already free from wheat and dairy rather than buying special gluten and dairy free foods. A few things, like milk and bread, will be pretty hard to live without though. At least the Alpha-Bits cereal I got for my birthday is wheat free, and ok in moderation!
On top of that I have noticed huge price jumps on many produce item a lately at QFC. Green lettuce has gone up from $1.99 to $2.99!
Jeremy went to Grocery Outlet yesterday morning and spent $10. He bought eggs, 6 bottles of Mio, a big box of Boo Berry cereal, and two grape flavored Chobani yogurts.
On my way home from work I went to QFC and bought:
Green lettuce
Two bell peppers (red and yellow)
1 lb strawberries
4 bananas
A head of broccoli
1/2 gallon coconut milk
2 frozen pie crusts (I thought they were GF but they were just in the same section of the case. Grr.)
Olive oil mayonnaise
I spent $17 total. I made curried lentils with carrots in the crock pot and had some for dinner when I got home.
Breakfast: protein bar
Lunch: peanut butter and jelly sandwich, apple
Dinner: curried lentils with carrots and fresh cilantro
Snacks/desserts: banana with peanut butter
Beverages: water
The diet is fairly restrictive. Wheat, dairy, and sugar being the three biggest things I shouldn't have that I normally eat, and the alternatives are all pretty expensive. I'm going to do the best I can to just eat things that are already free from wheat and dairy rather than buying special gluten and dairy free foods. A few things, like milk and bread, will be pretty hard to live without though. At least the Alpha-Bits cereal I got for my birthday is wheat free, and ok in moderation!
On top of that I have noticed huge price jumps on many produce item a lately at QFC. Green lettuce has gone up from $1.99 to $2.99!
Jeremy went to Grocery Outlet yesterday morning and spent $10. He bought eggs, 6 bottles of Mio, a big box of Boo Berry cereal, and two grape flavored Chobani yogurts.
On my way home from work I went to QFC and bought:
Green lettuce
Two bell peppers (red and yellow)
1 lb strawberries
4 bananas
A head of broccoli
1/2 gallon coconut milk
2 frozen pie crusts (I thought they were GF but they were just in the same section of the case. Grr.)
Olive oil mayonnaise
I spent $17 total. I made curried lentils with carrots in the crock pot and had some for dinner when I got home.
Breakfast: protein bar
Lunch: peanut butter and jelly sandwich, apple
Dinner: curried lentils with carrots and fresh cilantro
Snacks/desserts: banana with peanut butter
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
Sunday, November 9, 2014
Wednesday grocery shopping
I really should have posted this on Wednesday. I've had too many days since that I was barely even home. On Wednesday morning I had a massage. After Jeremy got home we took a bus to Grocery Outlet. Here is what we bought:
Box of 18 Balance Bars $6.99
Chocolate puff cereal $1.49
Multigrain O cereal $1.49
Casserole lasagna noodles $.99
Rotini $.89
Penne rigati $.89
Organic Columbia bread $2.50
2 green peppers ($.50 each) $1.00
2 cucumbers ($.50 each) $1.00
Shell pasta $.89
Organic frozen blackberries $2.49
Organic dried figs $2.99
Frozen bacon cheese fries $1.29
2 boxes of Red Baron breakfast scrambles ($1.49 each) $2.98
1 lb bag cashews $3.99
11 pre cooked beef pouches $10.89
Chocolate peanut butter Bugles $.50
4 lbs sugar $1.99
Funfetti cake mix $.99
12 Pop Tarts $1.99
Cinnamon baking chips $1.99
2 bottles BBQ sauce $1.98
8 oz chili garlic cheddar $2.50
6 Muller Fruit Up yogurts (3/$1.00) $2.00
2 mango flavored Greek yogurts ($.50) $1.00
2 heads of living butter lettuce $4.99
4 8 oz packages of deli chicken ($1.49 each) $5.96
2 8 oz packages of deli ham ($1.99 each) $3.98
Sliced Colby Jack $1.99
Cocoa powder $1.99
4 individual Campbell's cheeseburger soups ($.99) $3.96
8 ct Keebler pepper jack cracker sandwiches $1.29
1 lb dried cranberries $2.99
18 oz creamy peanut butter $1.99
Blue raspberry frosting with sprinkles $.50
Shredded jack cheese $1.79
Shredded habanero Jack cheese $1.79
18 oz. roasted honey peanut butter $2.49
2 packages of 2 peeled hardboiled eggs ($.99 each) $1.98
X-large pitted olives $.79
Jar of minced garlic $.50
1 lb lentils $.99
Roasted red pepper hummus $2.99
Club crackers $1.49
Toffee Rice Krispies treat $.50
2 cans tomato sauce ($.59 each) $1.18
4 cans diced tomatoes ($.59 each) $2.36
Total $106.14
Winter went to a classmate's house after school to help make bake sale items for a drama club fundraiser. She also took some no bake cookies she made Tuesday night.
Breakfast: cereal and milk
Lunch: chicken sandwich on Columbia bread with Colby Jack, lettuce and dijon, banana, Campbell's cheeseburger soup
Dinner: fettucini with chicken, broccoli, and herb and garlic goat cheese sauce
Snacks/desserts: chocolate peanut butter Bugles
Beverages: Crystal Light, water
Box of 18 Balance Bars $6.99
Chocolate puff cereal $1.49
Multigrain O cereal $1.49
Casserole lasagna noodles $.99
Rotini $.89
Penne rigati $.89
Organic Columbia bread $2.50
2 green peppers ($.50 each) $1.00
2 cucumbers ($.50 each) $1.00
Shell pasta $.89
Organic frozen blackberries $2.49
Organic dried figs $2.99
Frozen bacon cheese fries $1.29
2 boxes of Red Baron breakfast scrambles ($1.49 each) $2.98
1 lb bag cashews $3.99
11 pre cooked beef pouches $10.89
Chocolate peanut butter Bugles $.50
4 lbs sugar $1.99
Funfetti cake mix $.99
12 Pop Tarts $1.99
Cinnamon baking chips $1.99
2 bottles BBQ sauce $1.98
8 oz chili garlic cheddar $2.50
6 Muller Fruit Up yogurts (3/$1.00) $2.00
2 mango flavored Greek yogurts ($.50) $1.00
2 heads of living butter lettuce $4.99
4 8 oz packages of deli chicken ($1.49 each) $5.96
2 8 oz packages of deli ham ($1.99 each) $3.98
Sliced Colby Jack $1.99
Cocoa powder $1.99
4 individual Campbell's cheeseburger soups ($.99) $3.96
8 ct Keebler pepper jack cracker sandwiches $1.29
1 lb dried cranberries $2.99
18 oz creamy peanut butter $1.99
Blue raspberry frosting with sprinkles $.50
Shredded jack cheese $1.79
Shredded habanero Jack cheese $1.79
18 oz. roasted honey peanut butter $2.49
2 packages of 2 peeled hardboiled eggs ($.99 each) $1.98
X-large pitted olives $.79
Jar of minced garlic $.50
1 lb lentils $.99
Roasted red pepper hummus $2.99
Club crackers $1.49
Toffee Rice Krispies treat $.50
2 cans tomato sauce ($.59 each) $1.18
4 cans diced tomatoes ($.59 each) $2.36
Total $106.14
Winter went to a classmate's house after school to help make bake sale items for a drama club fundraiser. She also took some no bake cookies she made Tuesday night.
Breakfast: cereal and milk
Lunch: chicken sandwich on Columbia bread with Colby Jack, lettuce and dijon, banana, Campbell's cheeseburger soup
Dinner: fettucini with chicken, broccoli, and herb and garlic goat cheese sauce
Snacks/desserts: chocolate peanut butter Bugles
Beverages: Crystal Light, water
Monday, October 20, 2014
Sunday in the ER :-(
Saturday night Jeremy met me at work and told me that he wasn't making dinner because Winter said she planned to go to Subway. He had already eaten, so on the way home I bought two cheeseburgers and a chocolate shake at Dick's for $6.13. After I got home Winter said she'd decided not to go and just made a sandwich and a box of Mac and cheese instead. Here is what I ate Saturday:
Breakfast: banana bread
Lunch: apple pie flavored Greek yogurt, honeycrisp Apple
Dinner: two cheeseburgers
Snacks/desserts: none
Beverages: water, chocolate shake
Sunday morning I woke up with severe pain in my lower right abdomen. After waiting about 20 minutes it just kept getting worse, so I walked three blocks to the ER at the hospital. Of course I didn't have my insurance card or my phone, so I had to call Jeremy to bring them.
They took blood and urine samples and started an IV, with some amount of difficulty. They said it was likely either coming from my appendix or my right ovary. They didn't find anything abnormal in the pelvic exam, and were planning to do a CAT scan, but in order to do so they needed to run a new IV, because they couldn't use the one in my hand. They tried twice, each attempt more painful and bloody than the next.
At that point my labs started coming back and all of them were normal, showing no infection. They pain pills they gave me had also started working. We decided to hold off on the CAT scan unless the pain returned or worsened. They said that I may have just had an ovarian cyst that ruptured or something.
The pain came back again today, but since the Aleve I took got rid of the pain, and I'm not having any other symptoms of appendicitis, I didn't go back. Wish I knew what was going on. I'm really annoyed that I had to miss work on Sunday. After being gone twice this month I cannot afford to miss more work.
Anyway, we decided to go to Grocery Outlet Sunday evening and we cleaned up! They had some really incredible deals on stuff we could use. Here is what we bought:
8 boxes of Krave Smores cereal ($.27 each) $2.18
Large box of peanut butter chocolate pop tarts $.77
Fiber one granola bars $.47
Box of 24 packs of strawberry pastry crisps $1.97
4 microwave Campbell's cheeseburger soups ($.99 each) $3.96
4 14 oz. cans tomato sauce ($.59) $2.36
Lemon flavored muddy buddies $.99
4 14 oz. cans petite diced tomatoes ($.79 each) $3.18
3 7 oz. boxes tomato sauce 3/$1.00
18 oz. jar mild salsa $1.49
8 oz. shredded pesto jack cheese $1.79
2 8 oz. bags shredded mozzarella cheese ($1.47 each) $2.94
4 pack frozen black bean burgers $2.49
4 bottles Crystal Light liquid ($.50 each) $2.00
8 pack box of Yoplait light yogurts $2.49
Halloween Funfetti frosting $.99
Roasted red pepper hummus $2.99
2 3 packs of pepper jack turkey sausage ($4.99 each) $9.98
2 6 oz pouches of pre cooked seasoned beef ($.99 each) $1.98
6 6 oz pouches of pre cooked spicy beef ($.99 each) $5.94
3 berry flavored breakfast shakes 3/$1.00
28 oz. Frozen California blend veggies $2.99
2 4 packs dark chocolate pudding ($.67) $1.34
2 Chobani pineapple yogurts ($.59) $1.18
14 oz can refried beans $.59
Large bottle of yellow mustard $.99
2 8 oz. packages turkey deli meat ($1.99) $3.98
4 4 oz packages of turkey pepperoni (these were $.99 each but the cashier only rang one of them up, I just noticed) $.99
Head of living lettuce $1.99
Jar of minced garlic $1.49
2 zucchini ($.99 each) $1.98
6 flavored Mediterranean yogurts (3/$1.00) $2.00
Large bottle of BBQ sauce $.99
1 lb strawberries $1.99
4 oz. four pepper goat cheese log $1.99
4 oz. garlic and herb goat cheese log $2.49
2 green bell peppers 2/$1.00
Chili powder $.99
8 oz chili garlic cheddar cheese $2.54
Natural guava candies $.99
Can of cream soda $.35
Energy drink $1.49
20 oz. Diet Dr. Pepper $1.09
Cucumber (this was not rung up either) $0.00
Total $88.39
Jeremy also bought a bag of Starburst candy corn at Target while picking up cat food, for $2.29
I did not eat much/well on Sunday because I just didn't have much of an appetite, and didn't want to expend any effort.
Breakfast: banana bread
Lunch: skipped
Dinner: cheeseburger soup, blueberry Mediterranean yogurt
Snacks: guava candy, pastry crisps, Starburst candy corn
Beverages: water, Crystal Light
Breakfast: banana bread
Lunch: apple pie flavored Greek yogurt, honeycrisp Apple
Dinner: two cheeseburgers
Snacks/desserts: none
Beverages: water, chocolate shake
Sunday morning I woke up with severe pain in my lower right abdomen. After waiting about 20 minutes it just kept getting worse, so I walked three blocks to the ER at the hospital. Of course I didn't have my insurance card or my phone, so I had to call Jeremy to bring them.
They took blood and urine samples and started an IV, with some amount of difficulty. They said it was likely either coming from my appendix or my right ovary. They didn't find anything abnormal in the pelvic exam, and were planning to do a CAT scan, but in order to do so they needed to run a new IV, because they couldn't use the one in my hand. They tried twice, each attempt more painful and bloody than the next.
At that point my labs started coming back and all of them were normal, showing no infection. They pain pills they gave me had also started working. We decided to hold off on the CAT scan unless the pain returned or worsened. They said that I may have just had an ovarian cyst that ruptured or something.
The pain came back again today, but since the Aleve I took got rid of the pain, and I'm not having any other symptoms of appendicitis, I didn't go back. Wish I knew what was going on. I'm really annoyed that I had to miss work on Sunday. After being gone twice this month I cannot afford to miss more work.
Anyway, we decided to go to Grocery Outlet Sunday evening and we cleaned up! They had some really incredible deals on stuff we could use. Here is what we bought:
8 boxes of Krave Smores cereal ($.27 each) $2.18
Large box of peanut butter chocolate pop tarts $.77
Fiber one granola bars $.47
Box of 24 packs of strawberry pastry crisps $1.97
4 microwave Campbell's cheeseburger soups ($.99 each) $3.96
4 14 oz. cans tomato sauce ($.59) $2.36
Lemon flavored muddy buddies $.99
4 14 oz. cans petite diced tomatoes ($.79 each) $3.18
3 7 oz. boxes tomato sauce 3/$1.00
18 oz. jar mild salsa $1.49
8 oz. shredded pesto jack cheese $1.79
2 8 oz. bags shredded mozzarella cheese ($1.47 each) $2.94
4 pack frozen black bean burgers $2.49
4 bottles Crystal Light liquid ($.50 each) $2.00
8 pack box of Yoplait light yogurts $2.49
Halloween Funfetti frosting $.99
Roasted red pepper hummus $2.99
2 3 packs of pepper jack turkey sausage ($4.99 each) $9.98
2 6 oz pouches of pre cooked seasoned beef ($.99 each) $1.98
6 6 oz pouches of pre cooked spicy beef ($.99 each) $5.94
3 berry flavored breakfast shakes 3/$1.00
28 oz. Frozen California blend veggies $2.99
2 4 packs dark chocolate pudding ($.67) $1.34
2 Chobani pineapple yogurts ($.59) $1.18
14 oz can refried beans $.59
Large bottle of yellow mustard $.99
2 8 oz. packages turkey deli meat ($1.99) $3.98
4 4 oz packages of turkey pepperoni (these were $.99 each but the cashier only rang one of them up, I just noticed) $.99
Head of living lettuce $1.99
Jar of minced garlic $1.49
2 zucchini ($.99 each) $1.98
6 flavored Mediterranean yogurts (3/$1.00) $2.00
Large bottle of BBQ sauce $.99
1 lb strawberries $1.99
4 oz. four pepper goat cheese log $1.99
4 oz. garlic and herb goat cheese log $2.49
2 green bell peppers 2/$1.00
Chili powder $.99
8 oz chili garlic cheddar cheese $2.54
Natural guava candies $.99
Can of cream soda $.35
Energy drink $1.49
20 oz. Diet Dr. Pepper $1.09
Cucumber (this was not rung up either) $0.00
Total $88.39
Jeremy also bought a bag of Starburst candy corn at Target while picking up cat food, for $2.29
I did not eat much/well on Sunday because I just didn't have much of an appetite, and didn't want to expend any effort.
Breakfast: banana bread
Lunch: skipped
Dinner: cheeseburger soup, blueberry Mediterranean yogurt
Snacks: guava candy, pastry crisps, Starburst candy corn
Beverages: water, Crystal Light
Thursday, September 25, 2014
Wednesday grocery shopping
We went to Grocery Outlet on Wednesday afternoon. I was feeling much better from the cold but not quite 100%. Here's what we bought:
3 pack of turkey pepper jack sausages (6 sausages per package) $4.99
2.5 lbs frozen chicken tenderloins $6.99
Box of pretzel thins $1.69
Box of chocolate Toast Crunch Cereal $1.49
Reese's Chips Ahoy cookies $1.99
22 oz package of turkey deli meat $3.49
4 Chobani Greek yogurts ($.59 ea) $2.36
1 Oikos Greek yogurt $.50
1 qt half and half $2.49
8 oz shredded hot pepper jack cheese $1.79
5 oz. shredded smoked gouda $1.49
7 oz. sliced provolone $2.29
Crystal Light water drops $.99
1 green bell pepper $.50
Total $33.05
When I got home I made a large pot of potato broccoli and cheese soup. We ate some for dinner, and froze the remaining soup, which was about 14 cups. Later that evening Winter and I made a batch of oatmeal cookies using this recipe and we used white chocolate chips and cashews for the nuts. They turned out really well. If I made them again I might reduce the sugar a little, because white chocolate chips are very very sweet. We'll eat those cookies first, and wait to open the Chips Ahoy we bought.
Breakfast: protein bar
Lunch: caramel machiatto flavored Greek yogurt
Dinner: potato broccoli and cheese soup
Snacks/desserts: nectarine, oatmeal cookies, lime sherbet
Beverages: water
3 pack of turkey pepper jack sausages (6 sausages per package) $4.99
2.5 lbs frozen chicken tenderloins $6.99
Box of pretzel thins $1.69
Box of chocolate Toast Crunch Cereal $1.49
Reese's Chips Ahoy cookies $1.99
22 oz package of turkey deli meat $3.49
4 Chobani Greek yogurts ($.59 ea) $2.36
1 Oikos Greek yogurt $.50
1 qt half and half $2.49
8 oz shredded hot pepper jack cheese $1.79
5 oz. shredded smoked gouda $1.49
7 oz. sliced provolone $2.29
Crystal Light water drops $.99
1 green bell pepper $.50
Total $33.05
When I got home I made a large pot of potato broccoli and cheese soup. We ate some for dinner, and froze the remaining soup, which was about 14 cups. Later that evening Winter and I made a batch of oatmeal cookies using this recipe and we used white chocolate chips and cashews for the nuts. They turned out really well. If I made them again I might reduce the sugar a little, because white chocolate chips are very very sweet. We'll eat those cookies first, and wait to open the Chips Ahoy we bought.
Breakfast: protein bar
Lunch: caramel machiatto flavored Greek yogurt
Dinner: potato broccoli and cheese soup
Snacks/desserts: nectarine, oatmeal cookies, lime sherbet
Beverages: water
Wednesday, August 27, 2014
Monday and Tuesday recap
Monday I worked from 11-5 at the downtown Convention Center. Here's what I ate:
Breakfast: scrambled eggs with cheese
Lunch: peanut butter and jelly sandwich, Greek yogurt tube
Dinner: sriracha glazed chicken with bamboo shoots, celery, and rice
Snacks/desserts: snickerdoodle ice cream with goat milk caramel sauce, blueberry Petite Cream
Beverages: water
Jeremy met me after work and we walked to QFC. We bought pretty much everything else we'll need to get us through the end of the month. Tonight Winter is going to help me make a hu-normous pot of vegetable soup. I also got some broccoli and cheese to make chicken, pasta, and broccoli with cheese sauce.
Here's what we bought:
10 bag of frozen pre-cooked quinoa (RFQS*) $1.99
Snickerdoodle ice cream $2.50
2 Lean Cuisines ($2.00 ea) $4.00
8 Petite Cremes** in assorted flavors (RFQS at $.29 ea) $2.32
1/2 gal 2% milk $1.50
Mt Dew Kickstart $.99
3 bottles of goat milk caramel sauce (RFQS at $.99 ea) $2.97
box of mac and cheese $.89
2 cans of petite diced tomatoes in juice ($.79 ea) $1.58
jar of baby dill pickles $2.99
Cocoa Krispies $1.79
Honey Bunches of Oats $1.79
8 oz shredded pepper blend cheese $1.99
2 lbs carrots $1.29
.64 lb cauliflower $1.27
.66 lb dried garbanzos $1.18
green bell pepper $.79
4 bananas $1.10
zucchini $1.08
yellow squash $.86
.29 lbs green beans $.58
.58 lbs broccoli $.57
2 Yukon gold potatoes $1.13
*Reduced for quick sale
** It's a new product, similar to Greek yogurt, but less tart. It is made with ricotta I think.
Total after Raise 3% discount $36.04
Yesterday I worked at the airport early in the morning. I had to get up at 6 am after getting home around 11 with Winter, and not getting to bed until after midnight. Winter made some raspberry jam and brought a jar with her, so I had that on my sandwich for lunch. Winter helped me make a pizza from scratch for dinner. I mixed some garlic and Italian seasoning into a little bit of the turkey sausage from the freezer to top it with.
Breakfast: vanilla Petite Creme
Lunch: peanut butter sandwich with Winter's homemade raspberry jam, banana
Dinner: pizza topped with mozzarella, green bell peppers, and Italian seasoned turkey sausage.
Snacks: snickerdoodle ice cream with goat milk caramel sauce
Beverages, iced coffee with simple syrup and cream, water, Coke Zero
For the big surprise I took Jeremy and Winter to see To Be Takei at the SIFF Cinema Uptown in Queen Anne. They are both huge fans of George Takei. It was a really great documentary. I cried a couple of times. It's about his relationship with Brad, his experience in the Japanese American internment camp during WWII, and his acting career, plus his political and social activism. Winter was the only one there who wasn't an adult, which was kind of funny to me. I think this movie was pretty appropriate for pre-teens on up at least.
Our only spending yesterday was on an iced coffee for me at the airport, which was $3.00 with tax and tip, and on a large Coke Zero at the theater. A jaw-dropping $5.50. I am sort of fine with that though since it is a small independent local theater.
Breakfast: scrambled eggs with cheese
Lunch: peanut butter and jelly sandwich, Greek yogurt tube
Dinner: sriracha glazed chicken with bamboo shoots, celery, and rice
Snacks/desserts: snickerdoodle ice cream with goat milk caramel sauce, blueberry Petite Cream
Beverages: water
Jeremy met me after work and we walked to QFC. We bought pretty much everything else we'll need to get us through the end of the month. Tonight Winter is going to help me make a hu-normous pot of vegetable soup. I also got some broccoli and cheese to make chicken, pasta, and broccoli with cheese sauce.
Here's what we bought:
10 bag of frozen pre-cooked quinoa (RFQS*) $1.99
Snickerdoodle ice cream $2.50
2 Lean Cuisines ($2.00 ea) $4.00
8 Petite Cremes** in assorted flavors (RFQS at $.29 ea) $2.32
1/2 gal 2% milk $1.50
Mt Dew Kickstart $.99
3 bottles of goat milk caramel sauce (RFQS at $.99 ea) $2.97
box of mac and cheese $.89
2 cans of petite diced tomatoes in juice ($.79 ea) $1.58
jar of baby dill pickles $2.99
Cocoa Krispies $1.79
Honey Bunches of Oats $1.79
8 oz shredded pepper blend cheese $1.99
2 lbs carrots $1.29
.64 lb cauliflower $1.27
.66 lb dried garbanzos $1.18
green bell pepper $.79
4 bananas $1.10
zucchini $1.08
yellow squash $.86
.29 lbs green beans $.58
.58 lbs broccoli $.57
2 Yukon gold potatoes $1.13
*Reduced for quick sale
** It's a new product, similar to Greek yogurt, but less tart. It is made with ricotta I think.
Total after Raise 3% discount $36.04
Yesterday I worked at the airport early in the morning. I had to get up at 6 am after getting home around 11 with Winter, and not getting to bed until after midnight. Winter made some raspberry jam and brought a jar with her, so I had that on my sandwich for lunch. Winter helped me make a pizza from scratch for dinner. I mixed some garlic and Italian seasoning into a little bit of the turkey sausage from the freezer to top it with.
Breakfast: vanilla Petite Creme
Lunch: peanut butter sandwich with Winter's homemade raspberry jam, banana
Dinner: pizza topped with mozzarella, green bell peppers, and Italian seasoned turkey sausage.
Snacks: snickerdoodle ice cream with goat milk caramel sauce
Beverages, iced coffee with simple syrup and cream, water, Coke Zero
For the big surprise I took Jeremy and Winter to see To Be Takei at the SIFF Cinema Uptown in Queen Anne. They are both huge fans of George Takei. It was a really great documentary. I cried a couple of times. It's about his relationship with Brad, his experience in the Japanese American internment camp during WWII, and his acting career, plus his political and social activism. Winter was the only one there who wasn't an adult, which was kind of funny to me. I think this movie was pretty appropriate for pre-teens on up at least.
Our only spending yesterday was on an iced coffee for me at the airport, which was $3.00 with tax and tip, and on a large Coke Zero at the theater. A jaw-dropping $5.50. I am sort of fine with that though since it is a small independent local theater.
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