Week 3, Day 4

So it turns out that I am sick but the best way for me to forget that I'm sick is to just keep on moving. That way I get distracted and don't notice much until night time when I finally sit down and am more than done in. That's alright though, I'm hoping I just get this out of my system quickly and then don't have any more trouble over the winter. That and I hope Pearl doesn't catch it. That would be miserable.

This morning for breakfast I actually had some oatmeal which I'm not always in the mood for but it was nice and comforting. Paul had some oatmeal too and three scrambled eggs and a piece of toast (he has class all day on Wednesdays so he needs a healthy breakfast).

For lunch, Paul ate a sandwich and an apple and I had an apple with some peanut butter.

Dinner was something more special. Tonight we had a vegetable stew with Indian spices and it was yummy! Paul loves lentils and so I just threw some in with some chickpeas (another one of his favorites) and some navy beans and some veggies and simmered with good spices for a long time. I really love the taste of dried beans as opposed to canned beans. There is such a difference. I can't believe I ever paid more money for less taste and nutrition, I'm hooked!

Indian-ish Vegetable Stew:

2 diced onions ($1.20)
1 Tbs minced garlic (it's the dregs of a free bottle, I'll charge when I replenish- $0.00)
3 c chicken broth ($0.00- I make my own)
3 c water ($0.00)
1 c lentils ($0.30)
1 c chickpeas ($0.30)
1 c navy beans ($0.30)
4 stalks chopped celery ($0.40)
5 chopped carrots ($0.55)
Spices (to taste): Garam Masala, Cayenne Pepper, more cumin, Cardamom, black pepper, saffron, ginger

Indian-ish veggie stew total: $3.05
Paul also ate half a packet of saltines ($0.13)

I don't feel bad about that total at all considering how much it made. It's actually kind of ridiculous. I only had a small bowl (it's starve a cold, right?) but Paul had 2 or 3 decent sized bowls and when I checked the pot to see how much was left it didn't look like we'd eaten hardly any. This is going to definitely be at least one more dinner, probably more and then some lunches (I'll post a picture for you to see how much is left).

Here's what today works out to be:

Breakfast ($0.52)
Lunch ($0.46)
Dinner: ($3.18)

Day 4 Total: $4.16
Under budget with tons of leftovers- hooray!