Week 4, Day 2

Monday wasn't much better as far as eating goes. Paul had a doctor's appointment in the morning so he had a few pieces of toast and then for lunch he ate a sandwich. For dinner we had leftover Indian Vegetable Soup (there's still enough for another meal- I can't believe that). We had a couple pieces of bread to go with the soup- I like it better (like I like most things) on bread.

Day 2:

Breakfast $0.21
Lunch $0.50
Dinner $0.06

Day 2 Total: $0.77

Week 3, Day 2

Today was a more normal day. This morning I went off to class without eating anything which was a mistake. That meant that I was so starving by the time that I got home that I had grand ideas of just what I wanted to stuff my face with, namely bran muffins. Bran muffins? I know, I know. Weird and gross and they make you poop or something but that's what I wanted.
A long time ago (when I was first pregnant), I had the same interest in bran muffins but I didn't do much baking that first trimester and so I never used the box of bran that I purchased. First thing when I got home was to search my cupboards to find that bran. I found the graham crackers that I was looking for for Pearl. I found an old (but still good!) package of pecans that I don't even remember getting which made me extremely happy because now we can have soda cracker pie this weekend! But still, no bran. This made me sad but I still wanted those muffins so because Pearl was still napping, I made a mad dash to Kroger and found a decent package of Organic Wheat Bran for $1.28. When I got back, Pearl was awake so she played in her Johnny Jump Up in the kitchen door way while I whipped up these bran muffins:
They're actually really pretty good. I knew I should have dipped the frozen blueberries in flour to keep them from bleeding but it wasn't that big of a deal (instead of being blue though, they're green which is kinda fun!).

Here is what they work out to be:

1.5 cups wheat bran ($0.42)
1 cup milk ($0.33)
1 apple made into sauce ($0.48)
1 egg ($0.07)
1/2 c brown sugar ($0.11)
1/2 c white flour ($0.03)
1/2 c whole wheat ($0.00- we were given some free wheat to grind)
1 tsp baking soda ($0.01)
1 tsp baking powder ($0.01)
1 cup frozen blueberries ($0.68)

Blueberry-Bran Muffin total: $2.14

This recipe only made 12 muffins and they were alright. We only ate 6 and so they'll last us another breakfast or snack or something. I think if I made them again I would use less blueberries (only because I felt like they were a bit overpowering- I feel like they're the dessert part of the meal and there should be a dessert portion, that makes me a weirdo, I know. I got this recipe off of AllRecipes but I think next time I feel like making muffins I'm going to make another one I like better. This afternoon I purchased a small amount of powdered milk at the same price (but lower quality) that I will get powdered milk at Sam's and that will do a lot to make food prices stay low.

For lunch, I had an apple and some peanut butter. It was delicious! Have I ever told you how much I LOVE Jiff extra crunchy peanut butter? Because I do. A lot. Paul wasn't feeling well so he didn't eat anything. I'm really starting to get worried that the things he things are colds coming and going are actually a full blown case of mono. He slept from 3-7 and is ready to sleep again at 10. Tomorrow we will definitely be calling the doctor to make an appointment.

During Pearl's second nap I made bread again. Usually Thursdays are my bread days but since we were gone last Thursday, I didn't want to make the same mistake I made two weeks ago and make bread on Wednesday only to let it sit and get a little less delicious while we were gone. Here are some pictures:
As you can see, my recipe makes a lot of bread. It's kind of embarrassing that we go through about 3-3.5 loaves a week but it's delicious and healthy and we do eat it two meals a day so that has to count for something.

For dinner we had leftover chicken fajita soup (there's at least one more dinner left in that too). I had a piece of fresh bread with my soup and Paul had 3 so dinner wasn't free tonight but it's not that big of a deal. After I cut up all of the loaves, I realized that I get more slices than I thought I did so it's cheaper but I'll just leave my accounting the way it is.

Here is how today turned out:

Breakfast: ($2.14)
Lunch: ($0.58)
Dinner: ($0.12)

Day 2 total: $2.84
I feel very full so I think that total is fabulous!

Week 2, Day 2

Usually on Mondays I don't make breakfast other than a hot cereal or eggs and toast because Paul already gets a late start on work and school owing to my Civil War class but he was just so cute and sweet this morning I couldn't say no so French toast it was.
We LOVE French toast. Paul would probably eat French toast 5 times a week without getting tired of it (and that's saying a lot). I especially love my recipe- it has flour in it and makes it taste better than just egg and milk on bread.
Since breakfast was so late, I quickly made Paul a peanut butter and honey sandwich ($0.30) and cut him some apples ($0.96) (which he didn't eat and will eat tomorrow) and sent him on his way. I didn't feel hungry until I was making dinner so there was no lunch for me... whoops.
Tonight for dinner I made Mulligatawny Soup. I made it for a couple reasons, one was that it had curry in it and Paul loves curry and the second was that it reminded me of "exotic" stories I used to escape in when I was little. I'm glad we tried it because it's delicious!
Here's what Mulligatawny Soup works out to:

1 small onion ($0.60)
2 stalks celery ($0.20)
1 carrot ($0.11)

Paul discovered the price of single carrots by accident when he didn't notice the random carrot in his cart- less calculating for me! :)
4 T Butter ($0.28)
1.5 T Flour ($0.01)
1/4 lb shredded chicken ($0.25)
4 C chicken broth ($0- free from cooking chicken)
1/2 apple ($0.24)
1/4 C rice ($0.03)
1/2 C half and half ($0.24)

Mulligatawny total: $1.96

Okay so it doesn't look THAT appetizing in my phone picture but those chunks of celery, carrot, and apple were SO yummy!

This is what today's total looks like:

Breakfast: $0.54
Lunch: $1.26
Dinner: $1.96

Day 2 total: $3.76