On Sat, 15 Dec 2007 00:10:23 -0500, "Edwin Pawlowski" >
wrote:


>Your $40 a week translates to $320 a month for two of us. Frankly, I rarely
>spend that much and we eat well. We not only eat leftovers, we plan on
>having them for another dinner or for lunches.
>

One of the things I am finding is that I am not really utilizing all
that amount either... I frequently have money left over. I put that
money aside lately, in a saving account. I just allot this amount for
myself, as a budgetary measure. Some weeks I use it all, but much of
the time I don't.
I am thinking it might be even easier for two people in some ways....
But maybe I am looking at it strangely..LOL.

I am mainly trying to illustrate it is not that hard to eat well,
without resorting to starchy foods, etc for the bulk of what I buy or
cook.

>A few things we do a
>Roast a chicken. Freeze half the cooked chicken, eat the other half for
>dinner and get two lunches from the leftovers.
I do the same. I take sandwiches to work from the leftovers. If it
is a good sized chicken, it may get turned into another dish as
well...
>Buy meat on the last day of sale when marked down $20 or more. I've never
>had a bad one
I do this too.

>Make secondary meals from leftovers. Soups with a ham bone or chicken
>carcass, grind roasted leftover beef for crepes. Or chop it for hash.
Yep, same here.

One of the things I want to illustrate is that veggies don't have to
be exhorbitant. I realize in some areas that they are expensive, but
one can still buy well, and eat well..and eat a very balanced diet,
including plenty of good veggies and fruits.

Christine