Food Stamp Challenge - Day 13

No pictures today, sorry. I was really busy at work last night and ate a nibble here and there while I worked. I packed 2 sodas and water bottle for drinks .42, chips and salsa for a snack .12 chips, .25 salsa, I also packed some instant cream of wheat that I made in the office microwave .38 total for foods packed $1.17 Came home, and Marty had baked some of the refrigerator muffin batter, with diced apple and cinnamon. We each ate 2 muffins .10 x 4, Marty had milk .35 I had tea .05 - breakfast was .80 Marty had lunch at his mom's - I have no way to calculate what he may have eaten there. Supper here is baked fish (pollack on sale for $1.90/lb), french fries .50, and green beans .69 Marty had more milk .35 and I had tea .05 - total for supper $3.49 Total for the day = $5.46

Food Stamp Challenge - Day 12

Not much new to say today. . . For my work time meal I packed 2 of the frozen sour dough pancakes, 2 turkey sausages (on sale for $1/box of 10) and some syrup, my water and a couple of sodas. .08 for the pancakes, .20 for the sausages, .42 for the sodas (running low on the really cheap sodas we got a while back) -- total for my work stuff .70

Marty had his usual breakfast of cereal, milk, OJ - .91 for his breakfast I came home from work and had a sale purchased yogurt .33 and tea .05 - .38 for my breakfast He also had his usual 2 sandwiches, chips, banana, soda for lunch - $1.13 Marty is going with his mom and nephew to a local free concert tonight- they are also serving a free meal of pork burgers, and such. It is not a potluck type meal. I debated on this, but since the meal/concert is free to any one in the area I decided it was ok to not count his food for tonight. I'm having a sandwich, chips, banana and tea for supper before I head to work. .79 for my supper Our total for today = $3.91

Food Stamp Challenge - Day 11

So I'm back to work, on night shifts so my posts are confusing yet again :D I packed my "lunch" or whatever you call a meal at 1:00 AM. I packed salad with diced ham, dressing, crackers. . . a few cookies and a couple sodas plus my frozen water bottle.

Lettuce 0.15, .12 for the meat, .07 for the dressing, .14 for the crackers, .36 for the cookies, and .42 for the soda + $1.26 for my work time foods. Breakfast for Marty was cereal, milk, and OJ = .20, .24, .47 = .91 for his breakfast. I had a yogurt (on sale for .33) and tea = .38 Our breakfast total = $1.29 Marty had lunch with his mom - pork and beans .39, hot dog .40, homemade potato salad .40, tea .05 = $1.24 Supper will be spaghetti, garlic bread, and the rest of the rice crispy squares - spaghetti .50, sauce .50, garlic bread 1.99, rice crispy squares 1.04, soda for Marty, tea for me - total for supper $4.41 Friday's total cost = $8.20 If I'd been better prepared, I could have saved on the garlic bread, by making our own from sliced bread with homemade garlic butter. Oh well. . . we still stayed under our daily amount ($8.99)

Food Stamp Challenge - Day 10

I head back to work tonight. . . Marty had cereal, milk and juice for breakfast .82 for him. I had oatmeal and tea .16 = .89 for breakfast

Lunch was 2 sandwiches, chips, banana, soda for Marty. 1 sandwich, chips, banana , tea for me - total for all $1.89 Supper is fried rice (no meat) - 1/2 cup uncooked rice .12, 3 eggs .04x3-.12, 1/3 package frozen peas/carrots .30 = .54 for the dish, add in another .33 for Marty's soda and .05 for my tea total for the meal = .92 for the meal.

total for the day $3.70 (there is left over jello for dessert if Marty wants some - cost already figured in previous days totals, but we didn't eat quite an entire bowl of each flavor jello)

Food Stamp Challenge - Day 9

I had a rough night with lots of leg pain, so I slept late this morning. Marty was already up and had eaten 2 poptarts and a glass of milk. . . his breakfast .85 I had a bagel with cream cheese, and OJ from frozen concentrate .66 for mine - $1.51 for breakfast Lunch was hot dogs (on sale .79/8) bread, garlic noodles (box mix from marked down bin .50) , soda for Marty, tea for me - $1.23 for our lunch Supper - hand cut , chicken strips , steamed California veggies (on sale .88) $3.42 (chicken, ranch dressing, corn flakes and veggies) splash of bottled BBQ sauce for dipping the chicken adds another .15 soda for Marty, tea for me, the girls each split a small soda - $4.16 for supper

Snack - homemade rice crispie treats - marshmallow .89, cereal $1, margarine .18 = $2.07 for the entire pan, we ate spprox. 1/2 or $1.04

Todays total $ 7.94

Food Stamp Challenge - day 8

First a recap of week 1 -- our daily totals Tuesday $5.06 Wednesday $ 4.44 Thursday $6.85 Friday $5.95 Saturday $17.39 (this was the day we ate out for lunch) Sunday $6.42 Monday $5.45 Weekly total $51.56 our weekly allotted amount is $62.93 so we had $11.37 left over, even after having the horrible day on Saturday. We are also feeding our two grand daughters on the days they are here, yet not increasing our allotted amount. Over all, I think we had a successful week. Today was Marty's colonoscopy - no breakfast before we left for the hospital at 4:30 AM. I packed a drink and the leftover muffin , with the intent to eat it while he was undergoing his procedure. I was afraid to leave the waiting room though, and didn't want to eat/drink in front of people getting ready for their procedures, so I just kept it in my bag. Marty woke up after his procedure - and they gave him soda and graham crackers. But on the way home he was hungry so he ate the muffin I packed. 10 cents for his breakfast. When we got home - I immediately went to take a nap, so I skipped lunch. Marty's gut wasn't feeling good, so he had a slice of cheese .19 and a soda .33 = 52 cents. I ate a handful of chips when I woke up .09 and tea .05 = .14 Supper was canned soup, sandwiches and some of the left over jello - soup was $1.69/can, sandwiches .22 each, jell0 .69 - Marty drank milk .35 I had tea .05

Today's total = $3.76 for today's total.

Food Stamp Challenge - day 7

Another not typical day. . . Marty is doing a prep for a colonoscopy tomorrow. No solid food for him today. We had the girls here today too. Breakfast for the girls - milk .36 (they split a cup of milk) and dry cereal (they ate it like candy) .20 - .56 for both of them. I had a glass of tea .05 but skipped breakfast in respect for Marty. Snack for the girls mid-morning - they split an apple .20 and more milk .36 - so another .56 Lunch for the girls and me - 1 box store brand shells and cheese .99 for the box, we ate 3/4 box so .75 (didn't have to add milk or butter, it had the soft cheese packet in it). The girls split a soda .21, and had 2 cookies each .24. I had the shells and cheese and cookies with tea. .05 for tea .12 for cookies. Marty had whipped jello, soda and a cup of broth for lunch - jello .69, broth .10, soda .21 = $1 Supper for Marty will be different flavor jello and more broth and soda - $1 I'm not going to cook - so I'm just having a sandwich, celery sticks and different cookies for supper with tea - sandwich .32, cookies .24, celery .10, tea .05 I will probably make some popcorn for me later .25 Total today $5.45 Here's a picture of Aubrey having her snack

And here's an interesting link I found today - can't wait to get a sale on pork chops to try some of these recipes! http://www.parentingmiracles.net/2013/09/5-fall-meals-from-5-pork-chops/