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
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.
Monday, July 21, 2014
What we ate and what we bought 07-20-14
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| banana bread French toast with goat milk caramel |
I saw something about banana bread French toast online a while back and thought I'd give it a try. It was pretty good, but the caramel sauce was maybe a bit much. I think it would have been better plain, or with some fresh fruit. It sure stuck with me a long time. I did not get hungry at all until dinner time, which is good because I was pretty busy at work. I took a PB sandwich with me but I didn't eat it till I got done at 6:30.
I decided to cook a lot of extra food last night so we'd have some leftovers. Jeremy got a fistula graft surgery this afternoon, and I am working late on Tuesday and Thursday.
Breakfast: chocolate banana oatmeal bread French Toast with goat milk caramel
Lunch: nothing
Dinner: parmesan crusted cod, macaroni and cheese, green beans and carrots with garlic
Snacks/desserts: peanut butter sandwich, strawberry sorbet, Reese's peanut butter cup Oreos
Beverages: water, Dr Pepper Ten
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| same plate, different food |
We went to both QFC and Grocery Outlet. Jeremy wanted more energy drinks from Grocery Outlet but sadly they were out of the ones he likes.
QFC:
4 boxes of 6 protein bars ($1.00 per box. I really cannot believe these were so cheap. I wonder if it was a pricing error?) $4.00
.45 oz cod (reduced for quick sale) $1.34
.25 oz dried onions $2.00
.71 lbs green beans $1.07
Total $8.41
Grocery Outlet:
20 oz. Diet Dr. Pepper $1.09
dried minced garlic $.99
4 pack of coffee flavored yogurt $1.29
1 qt half and half $2.49
20 oz BBQ sauce $.99
2 lbs. turkey deli meat $5.99
Lemon flavored SF energy drink $.79
Mandarin flavored SF sports drink $.50
5 Mio/Crystal Light water flavor drops ($.99 each) $4.95
2 frozen entrees ($1.99 each) $3.98
Reese's peanut butter Oreos $2.29
Pint of Haagen Dazs strawberry sorbet $1.49
Total $26.84
Thursday, June 26, 2014
Green bean and cheddar quiche
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| Very clever dinner... |
I halved the recipe for pie crust that was printed on the back of my all-purpose flour bag, reduced the salt, and replaced the shortening with coconut oil (because, again, this was what I had). It has a very slight coconut flavor, which isn't altogether unpleasant. I used to use this recipe for quiche, but over time I have adjusted some of the proportions to make it slightly firmer and have more room for veggies.
1 cup all purpose flour
1/3 cup coconut oil
5 T cold water
1/4 t salt
3 eggs
1 cup half and half
1 14 oz can of French cut green beans
2 oz white cheddar with black pepper
pinch of nutmeg
Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Use a pastry blender to mix together coconut oil, salt, and flour in a medium sized bowl, until well incorporated. Mix in cold water a little bit at a time until it feels like a nice dough ball. Roll out the crust and place it in a pie pan. Or just do what I did and smoosh it relatively flatly into the pie pan for a "rustic" look. Grate the cheese, drain the green beans, and mix them together in the pie crust. Whisk together the eggs, half and half, and nutmeg. If your cheese does not already contain black pepper, I'd recommend adding some at this juncture. Pour the egg mixture over the cheese and beans. Bake at 425 for 15 minutes, then reduce the heat to 350 and bake for another 25 minutes. Let it cool a while before you cut it. Nutrition info is for 1/6th of quiche.
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