Today's cost of meals--$7.40
Breakfast--$1.21
My Breakfast: store brand egg substitute omelet with turkey, cheese, and onion (i used such a little amount of cheese, I don't know why I even bothered)
Shelby's breakfast: cereal and milk
Lunch--free
Left over homemade chicken nuggets and rice (how I would have loved my salad but must saved it for dinner another day)
Dinner--$4.19
Red Beans with Turkey sausage and rice
Snack--$2.00
Shelby and I split a vanilla yogurt mixed with strawberries and grapes
I have not noticed a big difference in the meals that we are eating this week. I do notice a difference in the snacking we do throughout the day, an apple here, some crackers there really adds up. I am not starving, so I have realized that we eat way more than we need to. I always thought, we well are snacking healthy but if we don't need it, we don't need it.
Thank goodness for leftovers, apparently we drink a lot more milk than I thought, so to save the milk for breakfast and dinner, we will not be having turkey tetrazzini :(. I love this stuff! Instead we will mix it up with the left over spaghetti, chicken nuggets, and red beans and rice. I know that Shelby and Toby will both be so thrilled.
And if we run out of milk, I am sure Shelby will be excited that she does not have to drink milk for dinner but disappointed when she finds out she will be drinking water.
I started thinking about a lady I was helping about 2 years ago. She was interested in her sister coming to our adult day program. We were looking over her finances to see if she qualified for the Medicaid Waiver program. She brought along her sisters food stamp statement...this lady received a huge amount of $14 a week. Are you kidding me!?!?!?!?!?!?
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