On Sat, 15 Dec 2007 20:12:50 GMT, "Edwin Pawlowski" >
wrote:


>How many people are you feeding on that $100 a week? The OP was talking $40
>for one. You can eat amazingly well for that much money. Good food does
>not mean high prices.
>

I am actually thinking I could go lower if I had to. I don't choose
to do that, as I don't need to do so. I am putting the money I don't
spend into savings.

Part of this challenge for myself is to see how well I can do if I
keep myself to this strict budget and to see if I actually can go
lower. Part of the reason is to save money to get back to
California, where my food dollar does seem to go further.

Last night, I made sweet and sour chicken from The Breath of the Wok.
I used green and red peppers in it, an onion instead of the scallions
that were listed in the recipe, a carrot thinly sliced, and some
pineapple chunks. I cooked some rice to go with it. Some of that
will go with me to work tonight, for my lunch/dinner there.

Tomorrow night, is gumbo night. I will come home in the morning and
defrost the rest of my Thanksgiving turkey, as well as the Andouille
sausage I got a few weeks ago. The scallions and the green peppers
that I got yesterday will go into the gumbo. I already have the
turkey stock made...

The gumbo plus a bit of rice, plus a salad I will make from the salad
fixings I brought home, will give me some good work day dinners next
week. Since it makes a big pot of gumbo, some of it will go into the
freezer in individual sized containers, for more workday
dinners....when I am lazy and don't want to think about doing
anything..

Christine