Roasted cauliflower on a bed of quinoa and spinach leaves, topped with salted yogurt. Delicious. One head of cauliflower was $2.00 at was enough food to feed both of us. Took spinach leaves from our 1/3 pound bag of fresh spinach, and yogurt from one of our giant tubs that we also eat for lunch. Quinoa, for those who haven't tried it, is an amazingly nutritious and tasty grain that you cook and use like rice. One 1lb box cost about $3 and easily lasts several weeks.
At this point, we have probably run through half of the food purchased last week, so there will definitely be a trip to the grocery store by the end of the week. This puts on a pace to meet our monthly budget, especially since the chicken we purchased for our Super Bowl party yesterday will allow us to cook one or two more dinners.
Eating a granola bar for breakfast is getting pretty boring, and I really miss the Health Nut sandwich bread we usually have for our lunches. Almost one week in, and our biggest challenge is being innovative with low-cost ingredients while staying healthy (although, this is pretty fun) and not being able to eat some of our favorite products.
Though 1 month is a relatively short time span, assuming your physical activity (or lack of it) remains the same, will be of some interest to see whether there is any variation in your body weight from baseline to your endpoint. I must say the pics of your meals are more appealing and palatable than one might have predicted.
ReplyDeleteKeep up the good work as I get ready to raid the fridge of those three leftover pieces of pizza ;-))