Happy New Year's Eve, everyone!
Today's meals were...
These wonderful apple cider pancakes for breakfast. Mmmm. We made a few adjustments, using soy milk instead of cow's milk, pumpkin pie spice instead of apple pie spice, and apple juice instead of apple cider, but we mostly stuck to the recipe. They certainly kept to the promise of the website and gave us a big meal for under $5, probably closer to $3 if I factored in all of the little ingredients, like a tsp of spices.
{These pancakes are very cakey, and to get the batter to the right consistency you need to add up to a cup more liquid.}
Samuel had a playdate with his friend Edwin for lunch, and the boys had peanut butter and honey dip (microwave equal parts peanut butter and honey until runny) with apple slices, grapes, cheese cubes and sliced pizza buns. When David got home from work he had leftover apple cider pancakes for his lunch. I'm estimating here, but I'd say lunch was probably under $5.
After the playdate I made stock. I'm trying to think how much money I spent on this, but it's hard to guess. I used the carcass from our Christmas duck for the broth, so I can't count that.
For supper we had a layered southwestern salad with diced tomatoes, corn, lettuce, black beans, grated cheese, grilled skirt steak and a creamy dressing. {Lettuce = 1.00, Steak = 3.09, Tomatos = 1.42, Can corn = 1.39, black beans = 0.89, 1/3 block cheese = 2.00. Plus dressing. Total = $9.79} It easily fed us tonight and will give the family a big lunch tomorrow.
At close to $20 worth of food today, it isn't a good day to count as 'frugal'. On the other hand, every single recipe covered more than one meal, and lunch is covered for tomorrow. Does that make it better? How much does your family spend every day on food? Are we eating pretty much what other families eat? More? Less?
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