What I Spent
I was thinking…I often spend around $110 in a week, and even if that was feeding only me, that would average out to a little over $5 a meal (dividing by 21 for three meals, seven days a week).
Given that I am also feeding Zoe a number of meals during the week, I’m likely spending less than $5 on each of my meals.
And that tells me that my packed lunches are cheaper than cafeteria food. You can’t usually get a decent meal there for less than $5!
I spent:
- $97 at Aldi
- $8 at Safeway
So, $105, which is pretty close to the $110 figure I mentioned above!
What We Ate
Saturday
I did a great job of taking pictures of every other meal for the week, but I’m missing Saturday, and my brain is coming up empty.
I can’t even say, “Oh, I probably had pancakes.” because I know I had blueberry pancakes that morning. And even I rarely eat pancakes for two meals in a single day. Ha.
Sunday
BBQ chicken sandwiches, broccoli, and cantaloupe.
Monday
I made a pot of chicken gnocchi soup with carrots and spinach, and I packed it up for lunch for my following two work days.
Tuesday
St. Patrick’s Day! I wore my modified green-ish shirt, and reader Kristin reminded me to look in my pack of Halloween earrings, where I found a pair of green studs to wear. 🙂
Anyway, Zoe baked a pan of ham and Swiss sandwiches and we ate those after I got home from work.
Wednesday
I switched to the peep bunny badge holder since Easter is the next holiday. 🙂
After work, I made some chicken quesadillas with cilantro sauce; easy because the chicken was already cooked and the sauce was already prepped.
Thursday
I just had my monthly new grad residency class from 8:00-1:00, so I had time to cook some dinner. I sauteed some fish fillets, made some potato cubes, and a spinach salad.
Friday
I’m working a regular 12-hour shift today, which means I might just have raisin bran for dinner. 😉
What did you have for dinner this week?
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