20-40 a month? that's all? I spend that much in a week, if not more. Granted, I like food, and I seem to be cooking for my two roommates and myself. (Ok, budget looks like I spent about $250 on food this month. Again, buying for roommates, and sometimes when we go out, roommates pay for me - so it's unclear if that is the exact amount that I spend on food individually...details below)
I usually do not eat breakfast. Nor do my roommates it seems. We bought some instant oatmeal packets, and I bought some yogurt because it was on sale and i thought I should eat breakfast more often. But I never wake up with enough time to pack my lunch and get dressed and all that, and to eat breakfast. Once or twice i've brought food with me to eat once I arrive at work, but I find I'm not (too) hungry before lunch, sooo...
My lunch during the week is usually leftovers from dinners of nights before. My roommate who works at disneyland eats food at their cafeteria which is cheap and good. She buys lunch for 2.14 each day. But I think this usually consists of a grilled cheese sandwich or a quesadilla. There are other options, but she eats very little in the first place, and is a bit picky in her tastes.
Dinners. I cook. Occasionally, Brittanie volunteers to make something. This usually consists of mac and cheese casserole (mac and cheese plus a can of peas and a can of tuna. Actually, quite tasty methinks, as long as it's not every day=p), or reheating of the frozen food, or hamburger helper, or a recipe of mine under close direction and supervision (or, at least a lot of input time-wise) by me. Cooking takes a long time. At least an hour each day. I also cook mainly from scratch. We also do not have a very well toolified kitchen. (ie: I'd love it if we had more counter space, and a larger than 5x11 cutting board=P). To clean, we use a dishwasher. This is convenient because there are many people, and out pots and pans can go in there, too. Except, I am the only one who ever remembers to load, run, and empty the dishwasher anymore=P I know my roommates will do it, because they've done it in all the time before I arrived, but I want my dishes clean in a timely manner, damn it! I try very hard to eat healthy. This makes Brittanie happy, because she is overweight, and is tempted by evil things like mcdonald's and pizza. I feel like a mother, asking if everyone's eaten their vegetables. In fact, i would like to keep more fresh veggies in the house (Brittanie and Trisha seem to live off of canned veggies, when they do eat veggies), but as I am the only one who eats and prepares them, it is difficult to keep enough variety and to eat them before they spoil. Anyway, Brittanie is happy because I am an excuse to buy milk, even if she only remembers to ditch the soda and drink the milk occasionally. Her tendency is to go get McDonald's on the way home or while out on errands. I insist on tasty things like the Citrus Salmon at Mimi's, and she likes this dish very much, too, so she is glad that I push for the healthier food restaurants instead of the default carl's junior or taco bell.
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(Ok, budget looks like I spent about $250 on food this month. Again, buying for roommates, and sometimes when we go out, roommates pay for me - so it's unclear if that is the exact amount that I spend on food individually...details below)
I usually do not eat breakfast. Nor do my roommates it seems. We bought some instant oatmeal packets, and I bought some yogurt because it was on sale and i thought I should eat breakfast more often. But I never wake up with enough time to pack my lunch and get dressed and all that, and to eat breakfast. Once or twice i've brought food with me to eat once I arrive at work, but I find I'm not (too) hungry before lunch, sooo...
My lunch during the week is usually leftovers from dinners of nights before.
My roommate who works at disneyland eats food at their cafeteria which is cheap and good. She buys lunch for 2.14 each day. But I think this usually consists of a grilled cheese sandwich or a quesadilla. There are other options, but she eats very little in the first place, and is a bit picky in her tastes.
Dinners. I cook. Occasionally, Brittanie volunteers to make something. This usually consists of mac and cheese casserole (mac and cheese plus a can of peas and a can of tuna. Actually, quite tasty methinks, as long as it's not every day=p), or reheating of the frozen food, or hamburger helper, or a recipe of mine under close direction and supervision (or, at least a lot of input time-wise) by me.
Cooking takes a long time. At least an hour each day. I also cook mainly from scratch. We also do not have a very well toolified kitchen. (ie: I'd love it if we had more counter space, and a larger than 5x11 cutting board=P). To clean, we use a dishwasher. This is convenient because there are many people, and out pots and pans can go in there, too. Except, I am the only one who ever remembers to load, run, and empty the dishwasher anymore=P I know my roommates will do it, because they've done it in all the time before I arrived, but I want my dishes clean in a timely manner, damn it!
I try very hard to eat healthy. This makes Brittanie happy, because she is overweight, and is tempted by evil things like mcdonald's and pizza. I feel like a mother, asking if everyone's eaten their vegetables. In fact, i would like to keep more fresh veggies in the house (Brittanie and Trisha seem to live off of canned veggies, when they do eat veggies), but as I am the only one who eats and prepares them, it is difficult to keep enough variety and to eat them before they spoil. Anyway, Brittanie is happy because I am an excuse to buy milk, even if she only remembers to ditch the soda and drink the milk occasionally. Her tendency is to go get McDonald's on the way home or while out on errands. I insist on tasty things like the Citrus Salmon at Mimi's, and she likes this dish very much, too, so she is glad that I push for the healthier food restaurants instead of the default carl's junior or taco bell.