First of all let me tell you about how smart I am. I wanted to go to coffee with a friend today, but because we are frozen I do not have the budget for coffee outside the home- but we did need to buy beans for the home. We met at Peets, I bought the seasonal coffee from Costa Rica and they gave me a free medium drink as is their promotion. Most of the time they offer a free cup of black coffee with beans purchase, and I thought that was an inventive way to avoid not spending extra money while going to coffee. So today I feel like a hit the jackpot with my pumpkin spice latte.
Despite the very warm temperature today, I decided to make fall comfort food, so I made another cottage cheese "meat loaf" and started to think about what to make with it. Unfortunately at this time my fridge is bare like Old Mother hubbard, so this was sure to be a challenge. Then I remembered that I have a head of cabbage that was getting on in it's life as well as an onion, some carrots, and some celery! SOUP! So the soup is cooking, the loaf is cooking and I'm looking forward to a healthy, protein rich, low calorie meal made for about 1.30 per person. Try buying that on the value meal!
Honestly I've really enjoyed saving this month. I don't have much time left to be on this budget, and refuse to go to the store again this month for ANYTHING else. (even though I've ran out of every condement in our house, and learned I use more soy sauce and mustard then I thought in cooking) So tonight I'm going to plan a menu for the rest of the week. I also plan for future months to keep at least 5 recipes on hand (and the stuff to make them) that are under $1.00 per person. Hopefully I will find more and more recipes that are inexpensive- and live up to my expectations on what a meal should taste like. Only time will tell.
Despite the very warm temperature today, I decided to make fall comfort food, so I made another cottage cheese "meat loaf" and started to think about what to make with it. Unfortunately at this time my fridge is bare like Old Mother hubbard, so this was sure to be a challenge. Then I remembered that I have a head of cabbage that was getting on in it's life as well as an onion, some carrots, and some celery! SOUP! So the soup is cooking, the loaf is cooking and I'm looking forward to a healthy, protein rich, low calorie meal made for about 1.30 per person. Try buying that on the value meal!
Honestly I've really enjoyed saving this month. I don't have much time left to be on this budget, and refuse to go to the store again this month for ANYTHING else. (even though I've ran out of every condement in our house, and learned I use more soy sauce and mustard then I thought in cooking) So tonight I'm going to plan a menu for the rest of the week. I also plan for future months to keep at least 5 recipes on hand (and the stuff to make them) that are under $1.00 per person. Hopefully I will find more and more recipes that are inexpensive- and live up to my expectations on what a meal should taste like. Only time will tell.
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I am doing research for my university thesis, thanks for your brilliant points, now I am acting on a sudden impulse.
- Laura
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