Started Day 10 off with a 4.5 mile walk with Kandie and the dog (about 400 calories). And a final slice of the wheat bread and peanut butter ($0.05 and $0.06).
Came home and had coffee and baked some corn bread from scratch
total $ 0.33
Came home and had coffee and baked some corn bread from scratch
| corn bread | |
| flour 1.25 C | $ 0.15 |
| orn meal 3/4 C | $ 0.10 |
| sugar 1/4 C | $ 0.06 |
| canola oil 1/4C | $ 0.10 |
| 1 egg | $ 0.16 |
| skim milk 1 C | $ 0.19 |
| baking powder 2 tsp | $ 0.01 |
| salt 1/2 tsp | $ 0.01 |
| $ 0.78 | |
| 9 servings | $ 0.09 |
I estimate calories at about 198/slice
I had one slice after it came out of the oven.
So breakfast was:
| wheat bread | $ 0.05 |
| peanut butter | $ 0.05 |
| coffee | $ 0.13 |
| sugar | $ 0.01 |
| corn bread | $ 0.09 |
Lunch was the other half of the sesame peanut noodles - $0.35; 581 calories.
Dinner was a new recipe - sweet and sour beans - also from the American Heart Association cook book.
Dinner was a new recipe - sweet and sour beans - also from the American Heart Association cook book.
| sweet and sour beans | |
| can pinapple | $ 0.69 |
| brown sugar, 1/4 C | $ 0.09 |
| cornstarch 2 tbsp | $ 0.01 |
| 2 tsp sherry | $ 0.01 |
| 1 tsp soy | $ 0.01 |
| ginger 1/8 tsp | $ 0.01 |
| pinto beans 6 oz | $ 0.30 |
| green pepper | $ 0.33 |
| onion, 5 oz | $ 0.31 |
| $ 1.76 |
This was the recipe I meant to make last night. The recipe calls for canned beans - but dried are cheaper - and that was the problem - using dried beans requires soaking and cooking, rather than just heating. So I took the beans I had soaked yesterday and cooked them in the crock pot this afternoon.
The recipe is pretty simple - mix the dry ingredients in a pot, add the juice from the can of pineapple and the other wet ingredients, cook until thickened. Add the pineapple, beans, green pepper, and onion. Cook 3-4 minutes until warmed through. You don't want the onions and pepper to get soft, just warm. This is meant to be like a sweet and sour chicken dish, so the veges should still be crunchy.
Supposed to make 6 servings, I thought it was more like 4, so I had a quarter of it - $0.44. We had it over brown rice ($0.03). Hot tea on the side ($0.02).
So dinner was $0.49.
Kandie and I both liked the recipe. It's not sweet and sour chicken, but it wasn't bad. I'm still struggling a bit with pinto beans (or beans in general) as a main ingredient/meeat substitute. I know they're way better for me than meat, but still, if it weren't for the dollar limit, I'd have preferred chicken. I didn't take a picture because it was pretty yellow and not very attractive. Beans - what do you want?
I had a piece of corn bread in the afternoon - $0.09; and a cup of tea - $0.02.
After dinner I ate the second orange Kerryn had given me from one of the other dietician's trees, a banana ($0.15), and had another cup of tea ($0.02).
Total cost for the day: $1.46
Total calories for the day: 1,876
Rounding out the triad:
After dinner I ate the second orange Kerryn had given me from one of the other dietician's trees, a banana ($0.15), and had another cup of tea ($0.02).
Total cost for the day: $1.46
Total calories for the day: 1,876
Rounding out the triad:
I mentioned walking - 4.5 miles - about 1:10'ish - so 4 MPH - loseit says that's about 400 calories.
Sleep last night was good - almost 8 hours. Today was a chilled out day, working on class materials.
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