"sf" > wrote in message
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> On Fri, 11 Jul 2014 08:10:49 -0700 (PDT),
> wrote:
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>> If I was going to prune our grocery bill:
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>> Beans once a week.
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> I'd be eating beans more than that because there's so much you can do
> with them. Variety is the spice of life!
Yes. Alas when I was on my poverty diet, I didn't think of beans. I ate a
Carnation Breakfast Bar or boiled eggs for breakfast every morning. I
bought the bars when I had coupons. I liked them because they contained
vitamins.
Lunch at work was spaghetti with red sauce. No cheese. I did not have a
microwave at home so I made a huge pot and reheated at work.
At home I had peanut butter sandwiches for lunch and dinner. Rounded out by
canned peas, carrots (no baby carrots in those days) and apples. I did grow
some of my own things including lettuce and onions so I always had salad.
I also ate air popped popcorn for snacks.
About once a week, I went out to eat. My parents paid. We usually ate at
Sizzler and I took the all you can eat aspect of the salad bar seriously. I
only ate the vegetables, trying to get my fill of things I couldn't afford
to have at home.
Thankfully I only had to do that diet for a month. But it was pretty well
balanced and cheap.