About Me

I am working toward my MSSW from The University of TN. As part of a course, I am taking part in a food stamp challenge. This requires me to spend a mere $21 on food for 7 days. I am married to my college sweetheart, and we have a very cute puppy. Neither my husband nor the puppy will be joining me in this challenge!

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Day Two Challenges

Today's menu:
Breakfast: breakfast sandwich with egg and cheese on honey wheat bread
Lunch: Frozen dinner (chicken linguine carbonara)
Supper: leftover lentil soup and 2 chicken legs seasoned with cumin

In a typical day, I normally eat a breakfast sandwich.  This breakfast sandwich is on a whole wheat Enclish muffin with egg whites, turkey sausage and cheese.  I literally was only eating half of an egg and throwing the rest away.  What a waste!
Normally I pack my lunch with a turkey sandwich and lots of things to snack on throughout the day...string cheese, yogurt, apple slices and almonds.  Yes, all of that for one lunch.  I snack throughout the day so that I don't eat too much right before bed.
My husband and I take turns fixing supper and it varies from grilled cheese with soup to lasagna.  It just depends on how much time (and energy!) I have after work. 
I never look at prices when grocery shopping.  I typically buy the same things week to week and change it up with spices (which is why the lentil soup that I made last night was made with authentic spices from India). 

Today at lunch was a hard core challenge!  In the teacher's lounge there was a box of sugar cookies and a vanilla pudding cake.  SUGAR COOKIES!!!   That is my all-time favorite thing on the planet to eat.  It took everything I had to sit there and eat my $1 frozen dinner and glass of water.  I'm not sure how people do this all the time.  Miraculously, I haven't been hungry...yet.  Although I could really go for a sugar cookie right about now!

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