Wow! Where have I been? How is the Paleo on 100 a month challenge going?
I didn't even last three days this time. That nasty stomach flu came to our household, so I was playing nursemaid and top chef for others. There was too much food that wasn't being eaten by others not on the challenge. There was too much new food being purchased because said patients wouldn't eat this. Or that. Or that other thing. And then throw it all up anyway.
The other really weird and sort of funny thing is when the advice nurse told us what foods to eat. She mentioned soup and rice and Gatorade and we just laughed. I don't have soup or rice or Gatorade. She continues, "That's OK, just eat crackers," and despite being very sick, we got lots of laughs from that suggestion, too.
I didn't have any time to shop or cook for myself either. I did purchase some liver for the second day, but didn't get around to cooking it until later. I had to actually run to several stores to get the required food, and then was so overwhelmed by everything that I forgot to get the Emergen-C's and had to go back again. It was very difficult finding a canned soup without either wheat or milk.
Anyway, with all this going on, I just didn't have the energy or will to continue the challenge. And, I felt guilty for maybe giving my family food poisoning. Wait! I was the one eating all the weird stuff, and I was just fine. Anyway, I threw out all the soup, cleaned out the fridge, cleaned off the counters dozens of times, racked my brains regarding what we ate and did not eat together. Then I remembered that everyone else was getting the flu this winter. Still, we threw away the carrots because that was the only thing we could think of that could have been contaminated and not properly cooked.
After a few batches of white rice, I eventually settled upon gluten-free waffles made with real butter as the go-to carb. (No stick-um.) I know, not Paleo. Who cares. Just getting some perspective.
My fridge is pristine and empty. There is some bacon, neatly sealed off from anything it may contaminate. There is a bag of shredded cheese, a tightly-wrapped chicken carcass, and a box of tangerines from a friend's tree. A container of sour cream, a pack of butter, a carton of cream and a carton of eggs. I have become one of THOSE people. People who have no food. The cabinets are full of various kinds of canned fish, nuts, spices, vitamins and teas. There is still a small container of Trader Joe's gluten-free mix.
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Sunday, January 26, 2014
Wednesday, January 1, 2014
A New Year and a New Challenge
It's time for a new "Paleo on 100 dollars a Month" challenge!!!!!
Was it supposed to be April this year? I keep moving it to see how the challenge changes with the seasons. On first thought, you might think that January would be the hardest month. Them Paleo's say that we need to eat whale blubber in the winter because our ancestors couldn't get fresh food. Well, everyone around here knows them Paleo's are stupid, right?, and that there is plenty of fresh fruit coming in at this time of year, and the greens have never been better. In fact, today's menu includes my own fresh home-grown tomatoes and strawberries.
Of course, this is with a modern twist, 'cause unlike Grok, who didn't have no stinkin' freezer, I do. And it would have been too hard for Grok to keep the wooly mammoths out of his stash of fall berries that he hung from a tree branch right outside cave, but apparently, once some food goes into my freezer, it rarely gets stolen. That's the modern twist. Outrageous abundance, or waste for some, and always new food coming in so you don't even really have an opportunity to use left-overs unless you work at it.
Originally I was just trying to free up some freezer space right before the holiday rush, but the food kept coming in. Our "cave" is a mecca for heat-seeking friends and family in the winter. They visit, take us out to eat, buy stuff like liquor, books, small appliances, medicines and extra clothing, and then can't fit it in the luggage, so we end up with more stuff than ever. I thought, "I can't possibly eat down the fridge by the next challenge!"
Sooo, this early challenge is just really a way to incentivize cleaning out my freezer. This challenge will be harder than last year's, mainly because the prices of meat and dairy have risen, and I don't usually get all that stuff for free. The biggest challenge for me will be to eat healthy instead of just to eat for cheap or free. There really is plenty of free bad food. I don't want to eat so much of it this time.
Yes, there is some stuff I actually paid for in the freezer. Staples like ice cream and liver, and probably a pound of grass-fed butter somewhere way in the bottom. (Just joking on the staples-thing there. I know many reading this here blog don't "do" ice cream anymore.) There are a few ice packs, and a tray of ice cubes for eating, but the rest is free stuff from people's gardens, bits of this and that, and a gaggle of plastic bags stuffed with various kinds of rendered animal fat.
Happy New Year, and wish me luck!
Was it supposed to be April this year? I keep moving it to see how the challenge changes with the seasons. On first thought, you might think that January would be the hardest month. Them Paleo's say that we need to eat whale blubber in the winter because our ancestors couldn't get fresh food. Well, everyone around here knows them Paleo's are stupid, right?, and that there is plenty of fresh fruit coming in at this time of year, and the greens have never been better. In fact, today's menu includes my own fresh home-grown tomatoes and strawberries.
Of course, this is with a modern twist, 'cause unlike Grok, who didn't have no stinkin' freezer, I do. And it would have been too hard for Grok to keep the wooly mammoths out of his stash of fall berries that he hung from a tree branch right outside cave, but apparently, once some food goes into my freezer, it rarely gets stolen. That's the modern twist. Outrageous abundance, or waste for some, and always new food coming in so you don't even really have an opportunity to use left-overs unless you work at it.
Originally I was just trying to free up some freezer space right before the holiday rush, but the food kept coming in. Our "cave" is a mecca for heat-seeking friends and family in the winter. They visit, take us out to eat, buy stuff like liquor, books, small appliances, medicines and extra clothing, and then can't fit it in the luggage, so we end up with more stuff than ever. I thought, "I can't possibly eat down the fridge by the next challenge!"
Sooo, this early challenge is just really a way to incentivize cleaning out my freezer. This challenge will be harder than last year's, mainly because the prices of meat and dairy have risen, and I don't usually get all that stuff for free. The biggest challenge for me will be to eat healthy instead of just to eat for cheap or free. There really is plenty of free bad food. I don't want to eat so much of it this time.
Yes, there is some stuff I actually paid for in the freezer. Staples like ice cream and liver, and probably a pound of grass-fed butter somewhere way in the bottom. (Just joking on the staples-thing there. I know many reading this here blog don't "do" ice cream anymore.) There are a few ice packs, and a tray of ice cubes for eating, but the rest is free stuff from people's gardens, bits of this and that, and a gaggle of plastic bags stuffed with various kinds of rendered animal fat.
Happy New Year, and wish me luck!
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Paleo on $84.88 a month day 30 - Done!
I finished the last challenge day by finishing odds and ends.
For breakfast, I had the usual greens and eggs, with some of the container of grass-fed beef that I had put in the freezer (containing lots of leeks and fennel) and beets and half a grapefruit from trader Delta.
Lunch was a stir-fry of greens, the last of the mushrooms and chicken. I also enjoyed beet juice with lemon, and a dab of pineapple guava jam from trader Rebekah.
For dinner, I enjoyed the other half of the grapefruit, chicken cooked in butter, a soup made with meat broth, fennel, leek and celery, nuts from trader Dean, beets, a can of smoked oysters and and eggs cooked in beef fat with greens and feta cheese from trader Felix.
I bought a can of smoked oysters for a dollar, leaving me with $15.12 in the kitty. I still have tons of food: purchased chicken and a kitchen full of lemons, oranges, tangerines and kumquats.
This challenge was much more fun than last year, probably because I got to know of more places in town that hold quick sales. Within the year, a new dollar-type store came to town, and I was able to enjoy a few more luxuries like liver sausage, sardines, oysters and eggs at a much better price than before. It also helped that a trading partner moved across the country a few weeks before starting the challenge and left me with a couple of bags of pantry and fridge stuff. There was lots of crap in the bag, too, but you didn't hear about it until now. I took all the pasta and bean soup to a local community center, and then threw out (I mean composted) the inedibles like the 20-year-old spices and the rancid snacks. But I did have several kinds of vinegars, pickles, sauces and sugars at my disposal, and that helped with variety. It also helped that I started a seasonal volunteering gig mid-challenge, and they sure did come through with some wonderful food and some really great coffee. (And a wonderful time, I might add. I will certainly be helping them out next time!)
I get so so tired of hearing how a paleo diet is unattainable financially. Sure, it is more expensive than the beans and rice diet I used to follow. But I really doubt that eating paleo for 84-some dollars a month is three times what a vast majority of vegetarians and SAD-eaters pay for their food, with the required soy analogs and packaged necessities.
Some friends were complaining about the price of bread, and of having to pay more than $5 for the loaves that they enjoy, and then having to waste it when they made a sandwich for a visitor and they wouldn't eat the bread. Mock meats and bags of salad greens are also really expensive, as is almost any type of fruit. So, I really saved some bucks by not having to purchase 3-5 pieces of exotic fruit every day. I was fine on just my locally-sourced and home-grown citrus, and the few berries and freezer jam I came across.
Today, I thought I would jump out of bed, go to the kitchen and scarf down a sweet potato or some cheese. But instead, I made my normal breakfast with the last of the grass-fed beef, and forgot about the other foods. Could I do this forever? It certainly is a pain to cook "my food" and "their food" at home, and to keep track of everything, but I think it is certainly doable.
Thank you for reading!
For breakfast, I had the usual greens and eggs, with some of the container of grass-fed beef that I had put in the freezer (containing lots of leeks and fennel) and beets and half a grapefruit from trader Delta.
Lunch was a stir-fry of greens, the last of the mushrooms and chicken. I also enjoyed beet juice with lemon, and a dab of pineapple guava jam from trader Rebekah.
For dinner, I enjoyed the other half of the grapefruit, chicken cooked in butter, a soup made with meat broth, fennel, leek and celery, nuts from trader Dean, beets, a can of smoked oysters and and eggs cooked in beef fat with greens and feta cheese from trader Felix.
I bought a can of smoked oysters for a dollar, leaving me with $15.12 in the kitty. I still have tons of food: purchased chicken and a kitchen full of lemons, oranges, tangerines and kumquats.
This challenge was much more fun than last year, probably because I got to know of more places in town that hold quick sales. Within the year, a new dollar-type store came to town, and I was able to enjoy a few more luxuries like liver sausage, sardines, oysters and eggs at a much better price than before. It also helped that a trading partner moved across the country a few weeks before starting the challenge and left me with a couple of bags of pantry and fridge stuff. There was lots of crap in the bag, too, but you didn't hear about it until now. I took all the pasta and bean soup to a local community center, and then threw out (I mean composted) the inedibles like the 20-year-old spices and the rancid snacks. But I did have several kinds of vinegars, pickles, sauces and sugars at my disposal, and that helped with variety. It also helped that I started a seasonal volunteering gig mid-challenge, and they sure did come through with some wonderful food and some really great coffee. (And a wonderful time, I might add. I will certainly be helping them out next time!)
I get so so tired of hearing how a paleo diet is unattainable financially. Sure, it is more expensive than the beans and rice diet I used to follow. But I really doubt that eating paleo for 84-some dollars a month is three times what a vast majority of vegetarians and SAD-eaters pay for their food, with the required soy analogs and packaged necessities.
Some friends were complaining about the price of bread, and of having to pay more than $5 for the loaves that they enjoy, and then having to waste it when they made a sandwich for a visitor and they wouldn't eat the bread. Mock meats and bags of salad greens are also really expensive, as is almost any type of fruit. So, I really saved some bucks by not having to purchase 3-5 pieces of exotic fruit every day. I was fine on just my locally-sourced and home-grown citrus, and the few berries and freezer jam I came across.
Today, I thought I would jump out of bed, go to the kitchen and scarf down a sweet potato or some cheese. But instead, I made my normal breakfast with the last of the grass-fed beef, and forgot about the other foods. Could I do this forever? It certainly is a pain to cook "my food" and "their food" at home, and to keep track of everything, but I think it is certainly doable.
Thank you for reading!
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Paleo on $100 a month - day 29 - yes, Virginia, I can eat blueberries, avocados and eggs on the same day
I should have taken a photo of my garden basket today, as it would have looked better than the finest farm-to-table article in any fancy wine magazine. I had blueberries. I had strawberries. I had potatoes. I had fave beans. I had beets. I had baby onions. I had artichokes. And of course, the usual greens, fennel and lemon balm.
I am harvesting and drying the lemon balm in earnest, especially after a trading partner asked for another container. She said she would even go in on a dehydrator, because the lemon balm was so important and helpful for her family. I probably gave her about $100 worth of dried lemon balm this season, that is, if she had to buy it on the open market as packaged tea.
Today's breakfast was the usual, along with grapefruit from trader Eta. While commenting to my family that I might even run out of lemons, I ran into a lemon bonanza from traders Humberto and Delta, and so have plenty. Delta also gave me several giant grapefruit, so there won't be any vitamin C deficiencies here for awhile.
Lunch was cold chicken burgers with pickles and feta cheese from trader Felix, beet and lemon juice, nuts from trader Dean, kumquats, blueberries, strawberries and the other half of the avocado. I also finished the last of the olives and the last tangerine from trader Humberto.
Dinner was chicken, fava, potato, leeks, greens, beets, artichokes and nuts from trader Dean. Oh, and kumquats. I also finished the last of the buffalo, with pickles. Dinner took a long time, because so many of the food selections for the day needed the pressure cooker or extra preparation.
A vegetarian friend send me a link to the "archaeological scientist" with vegetarian leanings. I must say, she should stick to something she knows, maybe like science or or maybe archaeology, because she sure is effin' clueless about real food. Her talk is also a great illustration of how there is no good review process for choosing TEDx lecturers.
She made some crack about the stupid paleos who think they are OK with eating a meal of eggs, blueberries and avocado, when EVERYBODY KNOWS that blueberries all come from Maine and there aren't any avocados there. Hey paleo peeps, I would like you to make this post viral. I DID eat real-time eggs, avocados and blueberries on the same day. It is not hard to do. Millions of people in SoCal can do this all through February to May, that is, if they can source that many local eggs. This is the time of the year where backyard farmers are selling their excess eggs, their blueberry plants are bursting at the seams, and the avocados are ready. Yep, fully available for one in ten people in the US in February, and more and more, as the blueberry harvest gets in full swing all the way up the coast.
Maybe she was spending so much time in the scientific lab studying ancient animal scat to notice that avocados do not ripen until they are removed from the tree, resulting in an extremely long season, and the ability of long-distance transport. Even by food, the avocados could reach over 100 miles away from the orchard no problem.
No food purchases today, leaving me with $18.42 in the kitty.
I am harvesting and drying the lemon balm in earnest, especially after a trading partner asked for another container. She said she would even go in on a dehydrator, because the lemon balm was so important and helpful for her family. I probably gave her about $100 worth of dried lemon balm this season, that is, if she had to buy it on the open market as packaged tea.
Today's breakfast was the usual, along with grapefruit from trader Eta. While commenting to my family that I might even run out of lemons, I ran into a lemon bonanza from traders Humberto and Delta, and so have plenty. Delta also gave me several giant grapefruit, so there won't be any vitamin C deficiencies here for awhile.
Lunch was cold chicken burgers with pickles and feta cheese from trader Felix, beet and lemon juice, nuts from trader Dean, kumquats, blueberries, strawberries and the other half of the avocado. I also finished the last of the olives and the last tangerine from trader Humberto.
Dinner was chicken, fava, potato, leeks, greens, beets, artichokes and nuts from trader Dean. Oh, and kumquats. I also finished the last of the buffalo, with pickles. Dinner took a long time, because so many of the food selections for the day needed the pressure cooker or extra preparation.
A vegetarian friend send me a link to the "archaeological scientist" with vegetarian leanings. I must say, she should stick to something she knows, maybe like science or or maybe archaeology, because she sure is effin' clueless about real food. Her talk is also a great illustration of how there is no good review process for choosing TEDx lecturers.
She made some crack about the stupid paleos who think they are OK with eating a meal of eggs, blueberries and avocado, when EVERYBODY KNOWS that blueberries all come from Maine and there aren't any avocados there. Hey paleo peeps, I would like you to make this post viral. I DID eat real-time eggs, avocados and blueberries on the same day. It is not hard to do. Millions of people in SoCal can do this all through February to May, that is, if they can source that many local eggs. This is the time of the year where backyard farmers are selling their excess eggs, their blueberry plants are bursting at the seams, and the avocados are ready. Yep, fully available for one in ten people in the US in February, and more and more, as the blueberry harvest gets in full swing all the way up the coast.
Maybe she was spending so much time in the scientific lab studying ancient animal scat to notice that avocados do not ripen until they are removed from the tree, resulting in an extremely long season, and the ability of long-distance transport. Even by food, the avocados could reach over 100 miles away from the orchard no problem.
No food purchases today, leaving me with $18.42 in the kitty.
Paleo on $100 a month - day 28 - Going Nuts!
Now that I am winding down with this challenge, I am trying to use up what I have instead of buying more items. This means that breakfast was the usual eggs, with kale from trader Gamma, and some baby buffalo burgers for breakfast, with tea from trader Olga and kumquats from trader Rebekah.
Lunch was a handful of nuts from trader Epsilon. MMM, the good kind I don't even let myself buy when I am not on a challenge. It looked like most people at the meeting were following a low fat diet, and no one else was enjoying them, so I grabbed another handful. Trader Eta also brought in a bowl of avocadoes. I also had an afternoon snack of buffalo burgers with lettuce, feta cheese from trader Felix and yogurt with lemon.
I planned to buy some sale pork, but it was max pack only, so I would have had to save it for Wednesday, or dip even further into the kitty. As it turned out, the pork was SO CHEAP that it turned out to be only pennies more than the chicken. I found a container of boneless skinless chicken breasts (not really my fave food now that I am a fat-burner) and marinated them in lemon and olive juice. The lemons were from trader Delta.
Dinner was a bowl of chicken cooked in butter, greens, fennel, leek, hot pepper and zucchini, served with beet and lemon juice. I'll have to say, I outdid myself. The dish was beautiful so I made more of it for later. I also ate half the avocado and saved the rest for Monday. (Please stay tuned to THAT story!!!!)
I had another nut snack in the evening, courtesy of trader Dean.
I bought the chicken for $4.12, leaving me with $15.21 in the kitty.
Lunch was a handful of nuts from trader Epsilon. MMM, the good kind I don't even let myself buy when I am not on a challenge. It looked like most people at the meeting were following a low fat diet, and no one else was enjoying them, so I grabbed another handful. Trader Eta also brought in a bowl of avocadoes. I also had an afternoon snack of buffalo burgers with lettuce, feta cheese from trader Felix and yogurt with lemon.
I planned to buy some sale pork, but it was max pack only, so I would have had to save it for Wednesday, or dip even further into the kitty. As it turned out, the pork was SO CHEAP that it turned out to be only pennies more than the chicken. I found a container of boneless skinless chicken breasts (not really my fave food now that I am a fat-burner) and marinated them in lemon and olive juice. The lemons were from trader Delta.
Dinner was a bowl of chicken cooked in butter, greens, fennel, leek, hot pepper and zucchini, served with beet and lemon juice. I'll have to say, I outdid myself. The dish was beautiful so I made more of it for later. I also ate half the avocado and saved the rest for Monday. (Please stay tuned to THAT story!!!!)
I had another nut snack in the evening, courtesy of trader Dean.
I bought the chicken for $4.12, leaving me with $15.21 in the kitty.
Sunday, April 28, 2013
Paleo on $100 a month day 27 - kumquats!
Hey, day 27 I just coasted, eating the usual breakfast of eggs, greens, beet juice, tea from trader Olga, and a couple of buffalo burger bites.
I snacked on blueberries in the garden, and then on purslane and strawberries. I could have enjoyed more. Then I ran into trading partner Rebekah, who offered me a huge bowl of kumquats. We exchanged recipes, and then I ate a few of them without the benefit of any type of recipe.
I continued to snack on them all day long. I put a couple in the yogurt I had for lunch, a few slices in the buffalo lettuce wraps, even a bit of the juice in my beet drink.
Oh, I love getting seasonal gifts, and now, to work! Those buggers are small and there are lots of seeds.
No purchases today, so there is 16.12 in the kitty. Dinner out (entertainment budget, dear readers, and yes, we were entertained!)
I snacked on blueberries in the garden, and then on purslane and strawberries. I could have enjoyed more. Then I ran into trading partner Rebekah, who offered me a huge bowl of kumquats. We exchanged recipes, and then I ate a few of them without the benefit of any type of recipe.
I continued to snack on them all day long. I put a couple in the yogurt I had for lunch, a few slices in the buffalo lettuce wraps, even a bit of the juice in my beet drink.
Oh, I love getting seasonal gifts, and now, to work! Those buggers are small and there are lots of seeds.
No purchases today, so there is 16.12 in the kitty. Dinner out (entertainment budget, dear readers, and yes, we were entertained!)
Paleo on $100 a month day 26 - Buffalo Stampede
I lucked out at the supermarket today! I found a few packages of veal for a very low price, and started digging down for what ever else was down in the pile.
Yes! A pound of buffalo for only $2.99. When I got it home I realized it was beyond the sell-by date, and probably was frozen even though the package said it was fresh. Well, I am not going to turn this violation into the meat authorities, because when I opened the package, it smelled fine.
Of course, I made more dehydrated-zucchini-and-olive-brine hamburgers, and ate them with sauteed leeks, kale from trader Gamma, feta cheese from trader Felix, wrapped in lettuce. This time I made a ton of mini-burgers so that I could eat a whole plate of them. And, that's just what I did.
I also ate the rest of the scallops, with mushroom, leek and fennel, along with eggs, for breakfast, with the usual fresh juices. For lunch, I enjoyed more blueberries, but the strawberries were all eaten by pests, so no strawberries today. Dinner included more of the mini-burgers, yogurt with lemon and a pinch of sugar from one of my traders, fresh roasted butternut squash, two artichokes, a few olives and a couple of pea pods from trader Beta.
Today's purchases: buffalo for $2.99, yogurt for $1.00, eggs for $1.00, leaving me with 12.91 in the kitty.
Yes! A pound of buffalo for only $2.99. When I got it home I realized it was beyond the sell-by date, and probably was frozen even though the package said it was fresh. Well, I am not going to turn this violation into the meat authorities, because when I opened the package, it smelled fine.
Of course, I made more dehydrated-zucchini-and-olive-brine hamburgers, and ate them with sauteed leeks, kale from trader Gamma, feta cheese from trader Felix, wrapped in lettuce. This time I made a ton of mini-burgers so that I could eat a whole plate of them. And, that's just what I did.
I also ate the rest of the scallops, with mushroom, leek and fennel, along with eggs, for breakfast, with the usual fresh juices. For lunch, I enjoyed more blueberries, but the strawberries were all eaten by pests, so no strawberries today. Dinner included more of the mini-burgers, yogurt with lemon and a pinch of sugar from one of my traders, fresh roasted butternut squash, two artichokes, a few olives and a couple of pea pods from trader Beta.
Today's purchases: buffalo for $2.99, yogurt for $1.00, eggs for $1.00, leaving me with 12.91 in the kitty.
Friday, April 26, 2013
Paleo on $100 a month day 25 - Splurge!!!!!!
This week, I have been pretty happy with my food choices, always managing to hit a sale or two at just the right time. Due to all the frugality, I was able to save up enough in the kitty in case something interesting came along.
Yes, yes it did! I found a huge package of scallops and mushrooms, and I also picked up another package of Kerry Gold butter. (Sorry to break it to you, Steve Cooksey, but I got the same slab for half the price that you did!!!)
Breakfast: eggs, turkey sausage, fennel, tea from trader Olga.
Lunch: coffee and turkey sausage from trader Ingrid, blueberries, beet juice, vegetable broth, tangerines from trader Humberto, scallops cooked with mushrooms and butter, then more butter.
Dinner: Leeks, fennel, feta cheese from trader Felix, greens cooked in beef fat, scallops and mushrooms cooked in butter, then even more butter.
Evening snack: almonds from trader Dean. (And how about that full moon?)
There is only $14.69 left in the kitty, but there are only 5 more days left on the challenge and I still have beef in the freezer.
Yes, yes it did! I found a huge package of scallops and mushrooms, and I also picked up another package of Kerry Gold butter. (Sorry to break it to you, Steve Cooksey, but I got the same slab for half the price that you did!!!)
Breakfast: eggs, turkey sausage, fennel, tea from trader Olga.
Lunch: coffee and turkey sausage from trader Ingrid, blueberries, beet juice, vegetable broth, tangerines from trader Humberto, scallops cooked with mushrooms and butter, then more butter.
Dinner: Leeks, fennel, feta cheese from trader Felix, greens cooked in beef fat, scallops and mushrooms cooked in butter, then even more butter.
Evening snack: almonds from trader Dean. (And how about that full moon?)
There is only $14.69 left in the kitty, but there are only 5 more days left on the challenge and I still have beef in the freezer.
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Paleo on $100 a month days 23 and 24 - Deep seasonality
This week marks the beginning of the blueberry season, and also the first fava beans. Some of the lettuces are bolting, but the romaine is still going strong.
For Tuesday's breakfast, I ate chicken and eggs with greens, coffee from trader Van and a tangerine from trader Humberto.
I found a really great deal on chicken sausage and so I cooked it with greens, and also had bone broth, herb tea, black tea from trader Olga, strawberries, blueberries and beet juice.
For dinner, I had beef, sauteed leeks and fennel and more chicken sausage served with lettuce, olives, fava beans and feta cheese from trader Felix and "chocolate" milk made with cocoa from trader Felix.
For Wednesday's breakfast, I had chicken sausage with eggs and greens and tea from trader Olga.
For lunch, I opened up a pouch of hot-sauce-laden sardines, which were much more appetizing when heated slightly. I also had some coffee and an apple-fritter-thing from trader Gabrielle.
For dinner, I had another chicken sausage cooked with purple cabbage and celery, tangerine and lemon from trader Humberto, some lamb and veggie broth, feta cheese, olives, butter, tea, beet juice, lettuce and purslane. That wasn't really lots of protein for the day, so I finished up with a chocolat-y shake made with hemp powder from trader Jerry, cocoa from trader Felix and cream.
The chicken sausage was two dollars and the sardines were 70 cents. I still have $27.16 in the kitty.
For Tuesday's breakfast, I ate chicken and eggs with greens, coffee from trader Van and a tangerine from trader Humberto.
I found a really great deal on chicken sausage and so I cooked it with greens, and also had bone broth, herb tea, black tea from trader Olga, strawberries, blueberries and beet juice.
For dinner, I had beef, sauteed leeks and fennel and more chicken sausage served with lettuce, olives, fava beans and feta cheese from trader Felix and "chocolate" milk made with cocoa from trader Felix.
For Wednesday's breakfast, I had chicken sausage with eggs and greens and tea from trader Olga.
For lunch, I opened up a pouch of hot-sauce-laden sardines, which were much more appetizing when heated slightly. I also had some coffee and an apple-fritter-thing from trader Gabrielle.
For dinner, I had another chicken sausage cooked with purple cabbage and celery, tangerine and lemon from trader Humberto, some lamb and veggie broth, feta cheese, olives, butter, tea, beet juice, lettuce and purslane. That wasn't really lots of protein for the day, so I finished up with a chocolat-y shake made with hemp powder from trader Jerry, cocoa from trader Felix and cream.
The chicken sausage was two dollars and the sardines were 70 cents. I still have $27.16 in the kitty.
Paleo on $100 a month day 22 - We're just a bunch of porkers
For breakfast I enjoyed the usual greens, eggs and this time chicken cooked with fennel and leek, and a tangerine from trader Humberto.
For lunch I enjoyed some coffee and chicken salad from trader Ingrid, beet juice, chocolate mint tea, strawberries and blueberries fresh from the garden and some nasturtium blossoms.
For dinner, I ate the whole package of pork sausage, cooked with leek, fennel and peas from trader Beta, "chocolate" milk made with chocolate mint tea, heavy cream and sugar from trader Felix.
I spent 99 cents on the pork, and so have $23.44 in the kitty.
For lunch I enjoyed some coffee and chicken salad from trader Ingrid, beet juice, chocolate mint tea, strawberries and blueberries fresh from the garden and some nasturtium blossoms.
For dinner, I ate the whole package of pork sausage, cooked with leek, fennel and peas from trader Beta, "chocolate" milk made with chocolate mint tea, heavy cream and sugar from trader Felix.
I spent 99 cents on the pork, and so have $23.44 in the kitty.
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Paleo on $100 a month day 21 - The 3 C's
Hmmm, not so paleo today, trouble with the 3-C's again. I went to a potluck. The "menu" was full of Carbs, Corn and Canola.
I am going to have to re-think my potluck strategy. We used to have attendees who thought someone would starve, so they brought several dishes, enough for each person for each dish. Those folks don't attend regularly anymore, and the place seems to be taken over by vegetarians and carbaholics. Some of the meat-eaters started bringing their own dishes, from fast food places, but they weren't sharing. (I wouldn't want to eat crusted, fried meat anyway.) One thing we can all agree on: putting aspartame in milk without a label is BAD.
I brought a cucumber salad made with the persian cucumbers I purchased, red shiso, olives and rice vinegar from trader Felix. Nobody ate much of it.
We also had berries and whipped cream, cornbread, lentils, salad and a custard dessert made with rosewater. Carbfest for sure.
When I got in, I tore into the leftover braunschweiger and cheese, and finished most of it.
The rest of the day was just leftovers and grazing from the garden, no new purchases today.
I am going to have to re-think my potluck strategy. We used to have attendees who thought someone would starve, so they brought several dishes, enough for each person for each dish. Those folks don't attend regularly anymore, and the place seems to be taken over by vegetarians and carbaholics. Some of the meat-eaters started bringing their own dishes, from fast food places, but they weren't sharing. (I wouldn't want to eat crusted, fried meat anyway.) One thing we can all agree on: putting aspartame in milk without a label is BAD.
I brought a cucumber salad made with the persian cucumbers I purchased, red shiso, olives and rice vinegar from trader Felix. Nobody ate much of it.
We also had berries and whipped cream, cornbread, lentils, salad and a custard dessert made with rosewater. Carbfest for sure.
When I got in, I tore into the leftover braunschweiger and cheese, and finished most of it.
The rest of the day was just leftovers and grazing from the garden, no new purchases today.
Saturday, April 20, 2013
Paleo on $100 a month days 19 and 20 - lamb burgers
I finally made it to the store to get a bit more variety. I bought more eggs (great sale!), some cheese, braunschweiger, cream and Persian cucumbers. I toyed with the idea of buying brie, but ended up with a cheaper cheddar block. I also found some cooked "fresh" mussels on quicksale, but the package was HUGE and I didn't want to risk it. I haven't ever eaten them in this form before.
I have $18.01 in the kitty. OK, time for the macadamia nuts? Not so fast. The butter is running out.
For my meals, I finished up the bean soup and sugar-free Jello from trader Humberto, had lunchtime coffee from traders Ingrid and Jerry, enjoyed morning tea from trader Olga, oranges from trader Noel, tangerines and lemons from trader Humberto. I made lots of tea, mostly lemon balm, mint medley and chocolate mint. Of course, nasturtium blossoms and purslane for lunch.
The bone broth turned out really well, so I have that for breakfast too.
The huge treat for both days was the lamb. I made burgers with lots of dehydrated zucchini and pepper, olive brine, and a ton of greek oregano. I ate them wrapped with cheese in large leaves of lettuce. Then I couldn't stop eating them!
I ran into a trading partner on my shopping trip, and that is always a nice treat. She yelled, "Hey! Thanks for the fennel, it was wonderful."
I have $18.01 in the kitty. OK, time for the macadamia nuts? Not so fast. The butter is running out.
For my meals, I finished up the bean soup and sugar-free Jello from trader Humberto, had lunchtime coffee from traders Ingrid and Jerry, enjoyed morning tea from trader Olga, oranges from trader Noel, tangerines and lemons from trader Humberto. I made lots of tea, mostly lemon balm, mint medley and chocolate mint. Of course, nasturtium blossoms and purslane for lunch.
The bone broth turned out really well, so I have that for breakfast too.
The huge treat for both days was the lamb. I made burgers with lots of dehydrated zucchini and pepper, olive brine, and a ton of greek oregano. I ate them wrapped with cheese in large leaves of lettuce. Then I couldn't stop eating them!
I ran into a trading partner on my shopping trip, and that is always a nice treat. She yelled, "Hey! Thanks for the fennel, it was wonderful."
Friday, April 19, 2013
Paleo on $100 a month day 18 - What would Grok do?
Well...when the going gets tough, Grok would head for the freezer, and tucked behind all the animal skins and bear grease he had frozen before he got caught up on all the tanning he'd been planning to do after Christmas, there's some other stuff. Stuff that will free him from the boredom and monotony that an early-spring, deeply seasonal diet affords.
I dug past my own sale liver, ham bone, multiple ice packs, bits of beef fat and rendered this and that, searching for something else. Yes! I found variety somewhere under there, and even after removing a few packages of food-put-by, I still had trouble getting the door closed. I found some jerusalem artichoke puree and some applesauce, made with apples from trader Rebekah. And I savored each bite of the applesauce, knowing that trader Rebekah cut down the apple trees and this will be the last year to enjoy them.
I cleaned the fridge yesterday. Now that it is mostly empty, every little crumb or spill is really bothersome. That's when I found the forgotten cabbage. It was my own, and small, but put aside when I received a gift cabbage that needed to be rushed into the ER immediately. It is still in great shape after over a month in the fridge and should make everyone wonder how old that stuff is in the store that we buy as "fresh".
Today's menu
Breakfast: coffee from trader Gabrielle, the last of the pork, fennel, tangerine and green tea from trader Humberto.
Lunch: bean soup, beef, sugar-free jello from trader Humberto, purslane, nasturtium blossoms, parsley, turkey with onion, fennel, pepper and jerusalem artichoke, iced herb tea, iced green tea, beet and lemon juice.
Dinner: artichoke from trader Alpha, beef, apple sauce, purple cabbage, leek, olives, bone broth with lettuce and celery
I bought some more ground lamb for $2.99 and I have 18.27 left in the kitty.
I dug past my own sale liver, ham bone, multiple ice packs, bits of beef fat and rendered this and that, searching for something else. Yes! I found variety somewhere under there, and even after removing a few packages of food-put-by, I still had trouble getting the door closed. I found some jerusalem artichoke puree and some applesauce, made with apples from trader Rebekah. And I savored each bite of the applesauce, knowing that trader Rebekah cut down the apple trees and this will be the last year to enjoy them.
I cleaned the fridge yesterday. Now that it is mostly empty, every little crumb or spill is really bothersome. That's when I found the forgotten cabbage. It was my own, and small, but put aside when I received a gift cabbage that needed to be rushed into the ER immediately. It is still in great shape after over a month in the fridge and should make everyone wonder how old that stuff is in the store that we buy as "fresh".
Today's menu
Breakfast: coffee from trader Gabrielle, the last of the pork, fennel, tangerine and green tea from trader Humberto.
Lunch: bean soup, beef, sugar-free jello from trader Humberto, purslane, nasturtium blossoms, parsley, turkey with onion, fennel, pepper and jerusalem artichoke, iced herb tea, iced green tea, beet and lemon juice.
Dinner: artichoke from trader Alpha, beef, apple sauce, purple cabbage, leek, olives, bone broth with lettuce and celery
I bought some more ground lamb for $2.99 and I have 18.27 left in the kitty.
Thursday, April 18, 2013
Paleo on $100 a month - day 17 - citrus!
Today was the same as most weekdays. I ate some leftover meat for breakfast, enjoyed some coffee from trader Gabrielle, and stayed away from the free donuts.
For lunch, I had the usual purslane and nasturtium blossoms, with bean soup, herb tea and some wonderful tangerines from trader Humberto. They are a bit dry and seedy, but very sweet. There is no way they can be eaten quickly for that sugar rush, since they need to be peeled, all the strings pulled off, and then each section deseeded. The original slow food.
For dinner I ate more beef and pork, a tangerine, lemon balm tea with lemon, beet juice, olives, potato pancakes cooked in butter, and a bowl of lettuce soup.
Lettuce soup you say? I tried this after seeing cooked lettuce at an Asian eatery. I just heated up some beef broth, added plenty of oregano and summer savory, and then the bottom half of the lettuce leaf, shredded. I also added in bits of pork.
No purchases today, so there is $18.05 left in the kitty.
For lunch, I had the usual purslane and nasturtium blossoms, with bean soup, herb tea and some wonderful tangerines from trader Humberto. They are a bit dry and seedy, but very sweet. There is no way they can be eaten quickly for that sugar rush, since they need to be peeled, all the strings pulled off, and then each section deseeded. The original slow food.
For dinner I ate more beef and pork, a tangerine, lemon balm tea with lemon, beet juice, olives, potato pancakes cooked in butter, and a bowl of lettuce soup.
Lettuce soup you say? I tried this after seeing cooked lettuce at an Asian eatery. I just heated up some beef broth, added plenty of oregano and summer savory, and then the bottom half of the lettuce leaf, shredded. I also added in bits of pork.
No purchases today, so there is $18.05 left in the kitty.
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Paleo on $100 a month day 16 - I'm very bored
The cherries are gone, but the blueberries aren't ready yet. There are just a few blackberry blossoms, so it will be awhile. Meanwhile, all I will get from the veggie garden this week is chard, fennel, onion, beets and lettuce, and the lettuce is about to bolt. Today I will pick a bunch of it and throw it in the fridge so I can enjoy it for another week. Hopefully that will put off bolting for another few days, while the predicted heat wave blows over.
Snails ate virtually all of my seedlings, but there is one lone yellow zucchini plant. All the new cucumbers, winter squash and gourds will have to be replanted and then will be late. Sigh. I might have to break down and actually buy a vegetable.
The good news is that I finally found some poultry on sale. This year's challenge is weird in that there seems to be so much sale beef, and I am getting tired of the same old same old. The turkey package was 2.07, leaving me with $14.84 in the kitty.
Today's meals
Breakfast: swiss chard, eggs and ground beef with enchilada sauce from trader Humberto, coffee from trader Gabrielle.
Lunch: nasturtium blossoms, purslane, beef with fennel and onion, beet and lemon juice, chocolate coconut milk from trader Felix; coffee, cheese and a bite of turkey roll-up from trader Ingrid. Green drink made from celery, shiso, mint and lemon.
Dinner: liverwurst (yea, I froze it), bean soup, turkey cooked with onion, fennel, hot pepper and summer savory; beet and lemon juice from trader Gabrielle, butter, bread and butter pickles from trader Felix, potato pancakes made with egg and a mix from trader Felix, cooked in pork fat.
Snails ate virtually all of my seedlings, but there is one lone yellow zucchini plant. All the new cucumbers, winter squash and gourds will have to be replanted and then will be late. Sigh. I might have to break down and actually buy a vegetable.
The good news is that I finally found some poultry on sale. This year's challenge is weird in that there seems to be so much sale beef, and I am getting tired of the same old same old. The turkey package was 2.07, leaving me with $14.84 in the kitty.
Today's meals
Breakfast: swiss chard, eggs and ground beef with enchilada sauce from trader Humberto, coffee from trader Gabrielle.
Lunch: nasturtium blossoms, purslane, beef with fennel and onion, beet and lemon juice, chocolate coconut milk from trader Felix; coffee, cheese and a bite of turkey roll-up from trader Ingrid. Green drink made from celery, shiso, mint and lemon.
Dinner: liverwurst (yea, I froze it), bean soup, turkey cooked with onion, fennel, hot pepper and summer savory; beet and lemon juice from trader Gabrielle, butter, bread and butter pickles from trader Felix, potato pancakes made with egg and a mix from trader Felix, cooked in pork fat.
Monday, April 15, 2013
Paleo on $100 a month - day 15 ups and downs
Today's plan went pretty well, and then not so hot. I started out with the potluck coffee, with the usual eggs and greens cooked in butter.
I had even more coffee from trader Gabrielle, and then couldn't pass up the donuts either. I did pick one with cinnamon, quipping that cinnamon helps reduce the incidence of diabetes. Some non-careful listeners were taken in by my argument.
I just have to find a way to pass on the donuts. It is so hard when I have to walk by them all the time and they call out to me. Earlier it has been a bite or two, or a donut hole, but today it was a full-fledged pastry.
For lunch I had nasturtium blossoms, coffee, salad and trek mix from trader Ingrid and some bean soup and the last of the herb tea made yesterday.
The REALLY GOOD THING that happened today is that I found some organic grass-fed ground beef on sale. This was especially nice to find after my weekend phone call turned up only boutique prices for local beef. The quick-sale beef was $3.99 a package, so I snapped up three of them. This compares to the $8 a pound from the other place.
The store had about a half-dozen packages. I should have gotten more, but I don't have room in the freezer.
For dinner, I had BEEF, cooked with the last of the enchilada sauce from trader Humberto, leeks, fennel, oregano and celery, a huge artichoke from trader Alpha, butter, coconut milk with chocolate powder from trader Felix, a tangerine from trader Pablo and some winter squash with even more butter.
The grass-fed beef was $8.97, so I have only $13.70 left in the kitty. However, I am doing well, with some liverwurst in the freezer, several servings of pork, a half dozen eggs, almost two sticks of butter and almost half a can of olives.
I had even more coffee from trader Gabrielle, and then couldn't pass up the donuts either. I did pick one with cinnamon, quipping that cinnamon helps reduce the incidence of diabetes. Some non-careful listeners were taken in by my argument.
I just have to find a way to pass on the donuts. It is so hard when I have to walk by them all the time and they call out to me. Earlier it has been a bite or two, or a donut hole, but today it was a full-fledged pastry.
For lunch I had nasturtium blossoms, coffee, salad and trek mix from trader Ingrid and some bean soup and the last of the herb tea made yesterday.
The REALLY GOOD THING that happened today is that I found some organic grass-fed ground beef on sale. This was especially nice to find after my weekend phone call turned up only boutique prices for local beef. The quick-sale beef was $3.99 a package, so I snapped up three of them. This compares to the $8 a pound from the other place.
The store had about a half-dozen packages. I should have gotten more, but I don't have room in the freezer.
For dinner, I had BEEF, cooked with the last of the enchilada sauce from trader Humberto, leeks, fennel, oregano and celery, a huge artichoke from trader Alpha, butter, coconut milk with chocolate powder from trader Felix, a tangerine from trader Pablo and some winter squash with even more butter.
The grass-fed beef was $8.97, so I have only $13.70 left in the kitty. However, I am doing well, with some liverwurst in the freezer, several servings of pork, a half dozen eggs, almost two sticks of butter and almost half a can of olives.
Paleo on $100 a month day 14 - Are these Vegetarian times?
Sunday was potluck day, and unfortunately, lots of people attending were vegetarians and worse yet, vegans, which meant that there was a dearth of protein and even fat. Since I was one of the first in line, I did snag some half and half for my coffee and a couple slices of cheese, but the rest of it was carby, wheaty or had mostly salad greens in it. There wasn't even any butter to be found anywhere (except in my dish, of course!) I took a huge container of swiss chard cooked in butter and a container of herb tea with citrus from my trees from trader Noel and honey from trader Felix.
The chard was immediately devoured but the tea went untouched, probably because of all the competition from the sugary fruit drinks.
I came home hungry for protein and so raided the fridge for more beef ribs and pork and a small package of protein powder from trader Jerry. I also steamed three artichokes and enjoyed the tea I had prepared earlier, along with extra beet juice, 4 salty olives and some butter. Breakfast was just more leftovers with tea from trader Olga. It sure was nice to have the free-trade coffee. I poured another mug and then my ride announced that we were leaving immediately. Good for me I had my trusty thermos!
The vegans seemed malnourished and righteous. The food issue at these potlucks has been contentious for awhile, with the ethical vegans insisting that "flesh" not be served for anyone. For a time, some folks refused to comply with the request. (The vote to keep it all vegan didn't pass so the measure died and the ban was voluntary.) I started bringing lots and lots of garden veggies to these events, since most people don't bring enough food for everyone who attends and I always have tons of greens. This time it was all vegetarian, which wouldn't be all that bad for a meal if there was some protein besides hummus.
No purchases today, so I have $19.46 left in the kitty.
The chard was immediately devoured but the tea went untouched, probably because of all the competition from the sugary fruit drinks.
I came home hungry for protein and so raided the fridge for more beef ribs and pork and a small package of protein powder from trader Jerry. I also steamed three artichokes and enjoyed the tea I had prepared earlier, along with extra beet juice, 4 salty olives and some butter. Breakfast was just more leftovers with tea from trader Olga. It sure was nice to have the free-trade coffee. I poured another mug and then my ride announced that we were leaving immediately. Good for me I had my trusty thermos!
The vegans seemed malnourished and righteous. The food issue at these potlucks has been contentious for awhile, with the ethical vegans insisting that "flesh" not be served for anyone. For a time, some folks refused to comply with the request. (The vote to keep it all vegan didn't pass so the measure died and the ban was voluntary.) I started bringing lots and lots of garden veggies to these events, since most people don't bring enough food for everyone who attends and I always have tons of greens. This time it was all vegetarian, which wouldn't be all that bad for a meal if there was some protein besides hummus.
No purchases today, so I have $19.46 left in the kitty.
Saturday, April 13, 2013
Paleo on $100 a month - day 13 - back to reality
The reality is, cheap food is hard to get and hard to grow. I spent much of the morning in the garden, putting up a couple of trellises salvaged from damaged patio umbrellas, and killing the snails that have been taking up residence all winter long underneath them.
Oh, I am just too tired to get out the camera and take a picture of it all. Besides, I ate much of it, and the rest is in the fridge for tomorrow.
For breakfast, I enjoyed the last of the leftover coffee from trader Pablo, greens and eggs cooked in pork fat. For some reason, this didn't fill me up, so I had a whey shake mix from trader Jerry mixed with some coconut milk from trader Felix and my own strawberries.
Today's garden haul consisted of a boatload of swiss chard, a pile of fennel bulbs and several artichokes. I could have harvested more herbs, but I won't be cooking today and I am tired of throwing them out. The parsley is starting to look sad, and the rabbits ate my reserve plants. So, now that the cow has gotten out, I am going to go outside and close the barn door, and put a better screen on the parsley plant.
For lunch, I ate more ribs, nasturtium flowers, strawberries, winter squash and lemonade. I also ate a bit of the liverwurst, even though the package says to eat or freeze by the 11th. I am going to live dangerously and leave a little bit for tomorrow, too.
No purchases today, so there is $16.25 left in the kitty.
I chatted for awhile with the grass-fed beef distributor I was introduced to yesterday. He was lots of fun, but pretty much out of my price range. It is just a bit less than WF, and even he said I could do better if I did mail-order through some of the other farms in NorCal. They can jack up the prices here because there is so much demand for local food and the volume is so low. I am not about to pay boutique prices, challenge or not. Besides, he never has hamburger, that goes fast. He did mention a good source of grass-fed marrow bones, which I will follow up on after the challenge.
Oh, I am just too tired to get out the camera and take a picture of it all. Besides, I ate much of it, and the rest is in the fridge for tomorrow.
For breakfast, I enjoyed the last of the leftover coffee from trader Pablo, greens and eggs cooked in pork fat. For some reason, this didn't fill me up, so I had a whey shake mix from trader Jerry mixed with some coconut milk from trader Felix and my own strawberries.
Today's garden haul consisted of a boatload of swiss chard, a pile of fennel bulbs and several artichokes. I could have harvested more herbs, but I won't be cooking today and I am tired of throwing them out. The parsley is starting to look sad, and the rabbits ate my reserve plants. So, now that the cow has gotten out, I am going to go outside and close the barn door, and put a better screen on the parsley plant.
For lunch, I ate more ribs, nasturtium flowers, strawberries, winter squash and lemonade. I also ate a bit of the liverwurst, even though the package says to eat or freeze by the 11th. I am going to live dangerously and leave a little bit for tomorrow, too.
No purchases today, so there is $16.25 left in the kitty.
I chatted for awhile with the grass-fed beef distributor I was introduced to yesterday. He was lots of fun, but pretty much out of my price range. It is just a bit less than WF, and even he said I could do better if I did mail-order through some of the other farms in NorCal. They can jack up the prices here because there is so much demand for local food and the volume is so low. I am not about to pay boutique prices, challenge or not. Besides, he never has hamburger, that goes fast. He did mention a good source of grass-fed marrow bones, which I will follow up on after the challenge.
Paleo on $100 a month day 12 - Food Reward Friday
I was a good day in paleo-land. I met my first IRL paleo pal (not counting those at AHS11, as that was deliberate) and got a source for local grass-fed beef.
The day continued with generosity from trader Pablo, with a nice breakfast of chicken salad, coffee and a corn chip.
I enjoyed a lunch with trader Noel. It started with a salad topped with garbanzo beans and avocado. There was some really great hard cheese, hummus topped with lemon, and home-made bread with butter. I washed it all down with a diet coke from trader Pablo.
Well, that's the end of the ton of free food, now that a big project is winding down. This weekend, I'll be returning back to reality.
For dinner, I enjoyed leftover beef ribs and pork, greens cooked in meat fat, lettuce straight from the garden, beet and lemon juice and a couple of licks off a lollipop from trader Wendy.
No purchases today, so I have $13.04 left in the kitty.
The day continued with generosity from trader Pablo, with a nice breakfast of chicken salad, coffee and a corn chip.
I enjoyed a lunch with trader Noel. It started with a salad topped with garbanzo beans and avocado. There was some really great hard cheese, hummus topped with lemon, and home-made bread with butter. I washed it all down with a diet coke from trader Pablo.
Well, that's the end of the ton of free food, now that a big project is winding down. This weekend, I'll be returning back to reality.
For dinner, I enjoyed leftover beef ribs and pork, greens cooked in meat fat, lettuce straight from the garden, beet and lemon juice and a couple of licks off a lollipop from trader Wendy.
No purchases today, so I have $13.04 left in the kitty.
Thursday, April 11, 2013
Paleo on $100 a month day 11 - this will kill me
Day 11 brought more trades with a trading partner, so for breakfast, I ate more roast beef, with a really sad, sad salad, some cheesecake and coffee from trader Pablo. After all that, I had to work it off, so took a nice mid-morning walk in the open space. I would have taken off my shoes except for the rattlesnake warning signs.
For lunch, I enjoyed beef, chicken, mashed potatoes and salad courtesy of trader Pablo, and some diet soda and a brownie. I'm waaay too high on the aimed-for carb count for the day, but the desserts were worth it! The food looked like this.
Afternoon snack: green drink with celery, lemon and orange juice. The oranges were from trader Noel.
It was a light dinner, with some beef ribs, the last of the bone broth and lettuce.
Beef! Its what's for breakfast. And lunch. And dinner. I can feel my TMAO rising as I type this last sentence. Hope I make it to the end.
For lunch, I enjoyed beef, chicken, mashed potatoes and salad courtesy of trader Pablo, and some diet soda and a brownie. I'm waaay too high on the aimed-for carb count for the day, but the desserts were worth it! The food looked like this.
Afternoon snack: green drink with celery, lemon and orange juice. The oranges were from trader Noel.
It was a light dinner, with some beef ribs, the last of the bone broth and lettuce.
Beef! Its what's for breakfast. And lunch. And dinner. I can feel my TMAO rising as I type this last sentence. Hope I make it to the end.
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