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

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.

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

Friday and Saturday

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

Last big trip to Grocery Outlet on Wednesday

On Wednesdays I work a short morning shift and am home by the early afternoon. Jeremy and I took the bus up to Grocery Outlet after I got home. We spent $41 and got the following:

8 chicken burger patties
Protein granola
Gluten free sour cream and wasabi crackers
Gluten free white bread
4 bottles of Mio
2 lbs frozen strawberries
2 lbs clementines
1 lb brown rice
3 Galazo SF energy drinks
Huge bottle of dried minced onion
6 whole wheat bagels
6 pack chicken Ramen
Blueberry fruit crisps
Pretzel M&M's
Zucchini
3 bell peppers
2 lb organic celery hearts
Large jar low sugar apricot preserves
2 packs of cheese filled cheese sandwich crackers
7 oz can tomato sauce
Large tub spicy pepper hummus
12 oz honey
Can of sliced black olives
2 hardboiled eggs
18 corn tortillas
Organic unsweetened almond milk

For dinner I made gluten free spaghetti, and made sauce with a 28 oz can of diced tomatoes, the zucchini, two organic chicken sausages, olive oil, red wine, garlic, dried onion, and Italian seasoning. I also made salad with the rest of the lettuce and the other half of the cucumber.

After dinner Winter and I made homemade pop tarts and pie crust cookies with the last few tablespoons of various kinds of jam from the fridge and two frozen pie crusts. We made glaze out of powdered sugar, water, and a drop of red food coloring, and added rainbow sprinkles.

Breakfast: homemade granola with almond milk and a sliced banana
Lunch: two hardboiled eggs and chive and onion crackers with spicy pepper hummus (late lunch after shopping)
Dinner: gluten free spaghetti with chicken sausage sauce and parm-Romano blend, and salad with balsamic vinaigrette
Snacks/desserts: dark chocolate avocado pie
Beverages: water, cocoa mint coconut milk


Thursday Jeremy and I went to QFC and spent $4 on pickle relish and a head of lettuce. We had leftovers for dinner. Winter had bought half price Valentine's candy with her own money and saved me a couple pieces of dark chocolate.

Breakfast: banana, banana nut muffin
Lunch: navy bean and red pepper soup, peanut butter honey sandwich on gluten free bread
Dinner: egg drop soup, turkey and spicy pepper hummus sandwich with lettuce on GF bread
Snacks/desserts: last of the dark chocolate avocado pie, two pieces of dark chocolate
Beverages: water

Haircut and other stuff

Yesterday I was feeling much better, though I was glad to still have a day off. I wasn't quite ready to go back to work. And I was actually wanting to eat again.

I got my hair cut, went to acupuncture, and went to Goodwill and Value Village looking for things for Winter and I to use for our Comic Con costumes. Comic Con is at the end of March. I also picked up an almost full quart of chalkboard paint from the Buy Nothing group.

I made navy bean and roasted red pepper soup in the crock pot, which I blended smooth with our new stick blender. It also had chicken bouillon, carrots, a Yukon gold potato, chili powder, mustard powder, dried onion, garlic, and cilantro.

I also made granola after dinner with a couple kinds of oats, teff, quinoa, cinnamon, nutmeg, orange zest, coconut oil, honey, an egg, and pecans and almonds. It made six cups.

Breakfast: banana, banana nut muffin
Lunch: gluten free onion and chive crackers, spicy pepper hummus, clementines, dark chocolate avocado pie
Dinner: navy bean and red pepper soup
Snacks/desserts: 1/4 bar dark chocolate
Beverages: water

Not hungry

I don't know if it was the two extra strength horse-pill sized Sudafed I took yesterday or what, but I have zero appetite. Even now it is 8:00 am Tuesday, and I have no desire to eat anything.

I ate a bowl of egg drop soup around 1:00pm, a small slice of chocolate pie around 3:00pm, a Clementine around 5:00pm, and nothing else. I had planned to at least have another bowl of soup and a green salad, but I was too exhausted to make the effort while not hungry.

I sent Jeremy to QFC, and he spent $5 on a dozen eggs, five or six large bananas, and a low carb yogurt. Winter is on vacation from school until Wednesday and she ate a bunch of leftovers. Jeremy made some hideous egg white and chicken meatball scramble with BBQ sauce.