GO!

Weight: 149 lbs

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Breakfast: $1.25

Yogurt $0.50
Mixed nuts $0.50
Toast $0.25

Snack: $0.25

Grapefruit $0.25

Lunch: $1.76

Noodles $0.50
Pesto $0.50
Eggs x 2 $0.26
1/2 Cucumber $.50

Dinner: $7.50

Pho $7.50 (with tax and tip)

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Total today is around $10.76
Went out for Dinner tonight. Probably the first time in a while (relatively speaking - “while”). Even a cheap meal is expensive.
On the other hand I [...]

Weight: 149 lbs

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Breakfast: $0.10

Banana $0.10

Lunch: $2.64

Yogurt $0.50
Mixed nuts $1.00
Mango $0.75
Eggs x 3 $0.39

Dinner: $2.82

Pan fried green onion bread paddies $1.00
Stir Fry: Chinese leeks, Tomato, and Eggs $1.82

Chinese leeks $0.75
Tomato $0.50
Eggs x 4 $0.52
spices and sauce $0.05

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Total today is around $5.56
Woke up a little late for breakfast so I was only able to snatch a quick [...]

Weight: 147.5 lbs

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Breakfast: $0.85

Rice Balls $0.75
Banana $0.10

Lunch: $1.80

Sandwich $0.80
1/2 cucumber $0.50
mixed nuts $0.50

Dinner: $1.51($4.52 for 3 servings)

Stir Fry: Eggs and Chinese Chives $1.37

4 Eggs $0.52
Chinese Chives $0.80
Garlic 0.05

Stir Fry: Snow Pea and Mushrooms $2.15

Mushrooms $0.70
Shiitake Mushroom $0.20
Dried Tofu $0.75
Snow Peas $0.50

Pot Stickers $1.00
Rice $0.50

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Total today is around $4.16
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Weight: 147.5 lbs

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Breakfast: free

Carrot Cake: free (courtesy of Megan and Angela)

Lunch:$0.95

Porridge

Black rice: $0.20
Rice Balls: $0.75

Dinner: $0.80

Sandwich $0.80

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Total today is around $1.75
Worst day in dietary history!!!
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Weight: 147.5 lbs

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Breakfast:$2.50

Parfait $2.50

Lunch: $6.50

Hamburger $6.50

Dinner: Free

Pasta: free (courtesy of Matt Smith)

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Total today is around $9.00
No pictures, but still a good demonstration of how impractical it would be to eat store-bought for both breakfast and lunch (on the cheap too). It could easily amount up to $150.00 a month if I were to eat [...]

Weight: 147.5 lbs

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Breakfast: $1.21

2 Eggs $0.26
Black Porridge

Black rice: $0.20
Rice Balls: $0.75

Lunch:$1.11

2 Eggs $0.26
Rice $0.10
Steamed Broccoli $0.50
Grapefruit $0.25

Dinner:

TBA

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Total today is around
Man the last few days have been pretty hectic. Or I could just be having too much fun. Lagging pretty behind on the documentation here. I haven’t been taking pictures of everything, [...]

A year ago I stopped recording the progress of the food project. Even though I came in under budge at the end of the month in 03/07. I will start adding back dated entries for the sake of completion starting on the 21st.

This dish contains:

kale - $1
chard - $1
1 tomato -$1
green onions - [...]

Tilapia fillet with sauteed asperagus, tomatoes, garlic, ginger and wood ears. Cayenne pepper, cracked black pepper, sea salt and beer + grape seed oil were also involved (seemed right at the time while I was drinking the Shiner).
The total price of this recipe is hard to work out because there is still plenty [...]

Cost: ~$13.5
Cooking time: 5m prep; 40m cook
Serves 4
Ingredients:

1 onion
ghee
2 lamb shanks (~1.2 lbs.)

Herbs and Spices:

cumin powder
cracked black pepper
sea salt
rosemary

Cost: ~$5
Cooking time: 10m to prep; ~15min cook
Serves 2
Ingredients:

2 bunches of arugula
1 tomato
1 cup of brown button mushrooms
2 cups of brown jasmine rice cooked however you like

Herbs and spices:

2 sprigs sweet basil (~13 leaves?)
3 cloves of garlic
1 pinch of pepper
1 pinch of salt

I think this recipe would have worked better if I added half a [...]

Cost: ~$5
Cooking time: 5m to prep; ~15min cook
Serves 2
Ingredients:

1 bunches of Kale (steamed)
1 cup of brown jasmine rice (pre-cooked)
3 eggs (only two yellows)

Herbs and spices:

1 half cup of green onions
4 cloves of garlic
1 pinch of pepper
1 pinch of salt
2.5 tablespoons of teriyaki sauce

Cost: ~$8
Cooking Time: 10min to prep; ~30m to cook (mostly unattended)
Serves: 6
Ingredients:

2 eggplants
2 large tomatoes
a small bunch of Arugula
whole wheat pasta

Herbs and Spices

1 bulb of garlic
1 pinch of sea salt
1 pinch cracked black pepper