I had a bit of an allergy attack on the evening of Day 18, so I didn't sleep well for lack of breathing, as a result, waking up on Day 19 I really didn't have a lot of energy. I splurged a bit on breakfast and made myself a western omelet with 2 eggs, onion, pepper, and potatoes. Coffee with a bit of sugar, too.
total: $ 0.85
Lunch was the last of the left over chicken pot pie ($0.64).
I had never heard of plantains until I went to Officer Basic here in San Antonio back in the early 90's. I shared a kitchen with a guy who was in the Puerto Rican National Guard. One night I found him chopping up what looked like a big ol' banana. Turns out it wasn't a banana at all, but a plantain. He told me a bunch of different ways to cook them - I like to fry them in a little oil until they're soft as a side dish. But the day I first saw them, he was making plantains and beans. Which is what I decided to make for dinner.
total: $ 0.34
| onion | $ 0.13 |
| pepper | $ 0.08 |
| potato | $ 0.14 |
| oil | $ 0.01 |
| egg 2 | $ 0.31 |
| coffee | $ 0.13 |
| tums | $ 0.04 |
| sugar | $ 0.01 |
Lunch was the last of the left over chicken pot pie ($0.64).
I had never heard of plantains until I went to Officer Basic here in San Antonio back in the early 90's. I shared a kitchen with a guy who was in the Puerto Rican National Guard. One night I found him chopping up what looked like a big ol' banana. Turns out it wasn't a banana at all, but a plantain. He told me a bunch of different ways to cook them - I like to fry them in a little oil until they're soft as a side dish. But the day I first saw them, he was making plantains and beans. Which is what I decided to make for dinner.
Cooked plantains have a meaty quality to them - they are not soft like a banana - so they work well in a vegetarian dish like this as a meat substitute.
This was a pretty good meal. I really liked the spices the recipe used.
I used pinto beans instead of black beans - I think any bean works.
| pinto beans (6.7 oz) | $ 0.34 |
| plantain | $ 0.43 |
| onion | $ 0.38 |
| canola oil | $ 0.03 |
| spices | $ 0.03 |
| total | $ 1.20 |
The recipe made about 3 servings - so $0.40 each. Serve this over brown rice ($0.03), and tapioca for desert ($0.32) - dinner total: $0.76.
Snacks:
| tea | $ 0.02 |
| bread | $ 0.03 |
| corn bread | $ 0.10 |
| peanut butter | $ 0.05 |
| pickle | $ 0.14 |
Day cost total: $2.60
Day calories: 2,056
As you can see, this was one of my highest calorie days, and I still had plenty of money left over.
Rounding out the triad:
Exercise: Nothing, I felt crappy. I did walk around the grocery store for a bit, scoping out prices. I really must look like a fool when I stand in an aisle checking the prices of canned beans for 10 minutes.
Sleep: Crappy. It added up to about 7.5 hours, but punctuated by lots of wakefulness because I couldn't breathe.
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