Back on the be

This morning my sister gave me a slice of homemade Danish rye bread with good butter. Price free courtesy of sisterly love.

Yesterday,  I had some kim chee always a delicious and a bargain because I can only eat a little at a time.

The rest of lunch and dinner was leftover baked pasta. I made it with Rao's, the most amazing pasta sauce ever, $7 a bottle,  free pasta ( SafewY Monopoly game) and mozzarella $3. Each serving is $1.50.

Off the rails and back on

Today,  I made a breakfast casserole.  We have 11 chickens so eggs are abundant and breakfast casseroles make sense when you're eggs are over flowing. I'm saying the eggs are free but we did build them a fancy coop and feed them. Plus, potatoes, spinach, butter and some Sunny Paris spices from Penzy, another favorite. I think it will be six servings at about $1.00 a serving.

Full disclosure,  I fell off the rails... I had to go to Washington, DC to a speech by Michele Bachelet, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, which meant I ate lunch in DC. So fast forward to yesterday,  Monday April 15, and I'm back on track for zero spending. So back to blogging today,  Tuesday.  This morning, I had a strata with our hens' eggs (free), goat cheese (.75) and roasted artichokes (3.50) and stale baguette (1.00) both from Trader Joe's plus Sunny Paris.  Two meals at $2.63 each and it tasted better than the casserole above. Cheers for goat cheese and artichokes!
For lunch more eggs ala egg salad on "free" hamburger roll from Safeway Monopoly game, spices and mayo = .05.
Dinner a TJ biryani meal $4. Total= $6.68
 Quick and easy because I taught riding tonight so didn't get home until nearly 8pm.😊 lesson pony Bella!

Wednesday- woot! Last night, my sister and I bit the bullet and bought tickets to Australia! I think we got a pretty good deal at $814 rt Washington DC to Sydney. Can't wait to see the Great Barrier Reef! Saving money for adventure makes me happy.

 For breakfast,  more yogurt, Fage on sale .80

Then lunch was half of a cheese tray from Wegman's, my favorite. $3.82. Dinner was repeat of yesterday $3.50. Yum!

New Daze

So It's been almost eight years since I posted about my month long experiment and I'm about to embark on a new experiment as of today. I'm going to see how long I can go without purchasing any food. I'll be eating out of my pantry, fridge, and freezer. I'll still estimate costs and any daily adventures. I'm going to see if I can make it to the end of the month when my sister and I have a camping trip to West Virginia planned.

Today's breakfast was strawberry Noosa yogurt. Noosa's been around for 11 years but it didn't come to Southern Maryland to  maybe 6 or 7 years ago. It is delicious and only a $1.75.

For lunch, a salad with olives, jalapenos, cottage cheese, poblanos, blue cheese dressing and a dolma from Mom's on the side. I get the lettuce at Aldi for .89 and it lasts 2-3 days. The olives are the costly thing on the salad at $6 a jar. My guess is this salad cost about $1.80, and it's pretty healthy. 

Finally,  for dinner,  I had tofu korma ($1.50 + $3/3 meals) with butternut squash coconut dal ($4/3) and Rancho Gordo heirloom beans ($8/8) on rice (.35). Total meal = $4.18 Frenchie stares from Tally at no cost.

To watch this amazing sunset,  I enjoyed a Ben and Jerry's ice cream bar ($1 on sale)

$7.87