2 Eggs - $0.36
Organic Black Beans - $0.13
1 Tbs Salsa - $0.06
2oz Spinach - $0.12
TOTAL: $0.67
Heuvos Rancheros is one of my favorites, but with spinach instead of tortillas it really gourmet-ify-ed it! If that's even a word. Sometimes I'm over doing it on bread products and sometimes I skip 'em. Spinach is an amazing bread substitute. Tastes nothing like it... feels nothing like it, but it goes with almost anything savory.
LUNCH - Smoothie
Frozen Banana - $0.14
2Tbs Greek Yogurt - $0.25
4 Strawberries - $0.20
8oz Apple Juice - $0.25
8oz Water - $0.00
TOTAL: $0.84
Smoothies are great! Tons of nutrition, great taste, and good at keeping you cool on a hot day. It was hot today!
Hi, hi, Andrea here! Okay, so when we started this blog, we really started thinking ... how often do we have the opportunity to eat for free? That's right .. free. I bet you don't even realize it yourself, but so many of us have this opportunity to get "free" calories more than we realize. From the free samples (or "stamples" as Noe would say) at Trader Joe's to eating at a friend's house to eating leftovers, free food is simply that ... free!! So take advantage when you can, well, without being a total free loader and annoying all of your friends!!
With that said, today I had a quick bowl of cereal before heading off to work. I nanny 2 sweet little girls in Westwood 3 times a week. The family generously offered their food to me while on the clock (as do we with our sitters and guests alike). So, gratefully I accept that offer and now get 3 free lunches a week!! This is fantastic.
Recap:
BREAKFAST - Bowl of cereal with Milk - $0.40
LUNCH - Chicken Sandwich and Apple - FREE
DINNER - Baked Chicken with Green Beans & Smashed Potatoes
(Serves 10 adults)
2 Whole Chickens (10 lbs @ $0.69/lb): $6.90
3 lbs of Potatoes - $1.50
2 onions - $0.13
Fresh green beans - $1.00
Stick of butter - $0.50
Total: $10.03/$1.00 per person
For dinner we had our good friends over to share in the dollar experience. We had baked chicken, blistered potatoes with crispy red onion and blanched green beans. There's some good ol' Midwest food for ya, hey? (said like a true Wisconsinite that I am). I prefaced the meal that "one" portion of food is under a dollar ... if you choose to eat more than one portion, I cannot be held accountable for that. Ha, ha, but seriously, you know what I mean. Obviously our friend that is 6'6" is going to eat more than me! Btw, I'm so sorry we forgot to take a picture of this beautiful feast. We were in entertaining mode.
Recap:
BREAKFAST - Bowl of cereal with Milk - $0.40
LUNCH - Chicken Sandwich and Apple - FREE
DINNER - Baked Chicken with Green Beans & Smashed Potatoes
(Serves 10 adults)
2 Whole Chickens (10 lbs @ $0.69/lb): $6.90
3 lbs of Potatoes - $1.50
2 onions - $0.13
Fresh green beans - $1.00
Stick of butter - $0.50
Total: $10.03/$1.00 per person
For dinner we had our good friends over to share in the dollar experience. We had baked chicken, blistered potatoes with crispy red onion and blanched green beans. There's some good ol' Midwest food for ya, hey? (said like a true Wisconsinite that I am). I prefaced the meal that "one" portion of food is under a dollar ... if you choose to eat more than one portion, I cannot be held accountable for that. Ha, ha, but seriously, you know what I mean. Obviously our friend that is 6'6" is going to eat more than me! Btw, I'm so sorry we forgot to take a picture of this beautiful feast. We were in entertaining mode.
BREAKFAST - $0.67
LUNCH - $0.84
DINNER - $1.00
total: $2.51
