Saturday, April 5 - $22
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For breakfast I toasted the last bagel, spread it with cream cheese, and shared it with DH. DH also made coffee from ingredients in the pantry.
For lunch we ate at the Flowertown Festival. For $22 we sampled a variety of things from local restaurants. I planned to take water bottles along with us, but we rushed out of the house and I forgot them. We ended up spending $3 on 1 bottle of coke and 1 cup of sweet tea. We sampled BBQ pork sandwiches, coconut shrimp, shrimp cakes, a beef gyro, mahi mahi bites and a large cookie. All of the food was quite good. The mahi mahi looked like grilled chicken, and DH confirmed that it tasted as it looked.
It was hot and humid at the festival. There had obviously been a rain shower before we arrived, and we left shortly before another thunderstorm rolled through. I've lived in Charleston my entire life, but that humidity still gets me every year.
For dinner I tried a new recipe for Brown Rice and Lentils (inspiration here). DH rarely eats a meal without meat, unless it's a Friday during Lent, and then he has fish or shrimp. He's really not interested in vegetarian meals, regardless of health or economy. I could tell he was not looking forward to this experiment, and a few times he asked for chili and cornbread. I didn't have the ingredients for the chili he likes, so Brown Rice and Lentils remained on the menu. I offered to make him the rest of the Pierogies if he really didn't like it. I also made corn bread using a mix from the pantry and some frozen corn.
The Brown Rice and Lentils were amazingly good. I've never cooked (or eaten) lentils before, so I didn't know what to expect. The dish came out slightly creamy, and we ate all of it. We also finished the pasta and tomato sauce leftovers.
Total food cost today: $22 (eating out)
Food from the refrigerator:
Milk
Cream Cheese
Butter
Grated Parmesan
Leftover Pasta and Tomato Sauce
Food from the freezer:
Frozen corn
Ice cream
Food from the pantry:
Bagel
Coffee, splenda, creamer
Brown rice
Lentils
Corn bread mix
Mini microwave popcorn bag
For lunch we ate at the Flowertown Festival. For $22 we sampled a variety of things from local restaurants. I planned to take water bottles along with us, but we rushed out of the house and I forgot them. We ended up spending $3 on 1 bottle of coke and 1 cup of sweet tea. We sampled BBQ pork sandwiches, coconut shrimp, shrimp cakes, a beef gyro, mahi mahi bites and a large cookie. All of the food was quite good. The mahi mahi looked like grilled chicken, and DH confirmed that it tasted as it looked.
It was hot and humid at the festival. There had obviously been a rain shower before we arrived, and we left shortly before another thunderstorm rolled through. I've lived in Charleston my entire life, but that humidity still gets me every year.
For dinner I tried a new recipe for Brown Rice and Lentils (inspiration here). DH rarely eats a meal without meat, unless it's a Friday during Lent, and then he has fish or shrimp. He's really not interested in vegetarian meals, regardless of health or economy. I could tell he was not looking forward to this experiment, and a few times he asked for chili and cornbread. I didn't have the ingredients for the chili he likes, so Brown Rice and Lentils remained on the menu. I offered to make him the rest of the Pierogies if he really didn't like it. I also made corn bread using a mix from the pantry and some frozen corn.
The Brown Rice and Lentils were amazingly good. I've never cooked (or eaten) lentils before, so I didn't know what to expect. The dish came out slightly creamy, and we ate all of it. We also finished the pasta and tomato sauce leftovers.
Total food cost today: $22 (eating out)
Food from the refrigerator:
Milk
Cream Cheese
Butter
Grated Parmesan
Leftover Pasta and Tomato Sauce
Food from the freezer:
Frozen corn
Ice cream
Food from the pantry:
Bagel
Coffee, splenda, creamer
Brown rice
Lentils
Corn bread mix
Mini microwave popcorn bag
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