Day one
Breakfast: 1 serving Organic High Fiber cereal ($0.25) 1 banana ($0.19) 1 cup ff milk ($0.17) Total for breakfast: $0.61 Lunch: 2 slices protein bread ($0.21) 1 scrambled egg (.09) 2 apples (0.40) Total for lunch: $0.70 Snack: 1 peach (.18) 1 cup milk (0.17) 1 apple (.20) Total snacks: $0.55 Dinner: Baked potato (.30) Broccoli (.22) 1 slice 2% cheese (.16) 1 cup salad greens (.17) 1 T salad dressing (.05) Total for dinner: $.9o Day one total: $2.76 Some first day thoughts: I usually have this hot cereal with blueberries, but the banana was much more economical. I must say, too, that I liked it better. It tasted like warm banana bread. It filled me up well, too. (I had budgeted for a peach with breakfast, but decided to save it for later) I know now that I could have added some nuts for protein. Maybe tomorrow. I am doing this on my own and not expecting Jon to keep to this budget. In some ways this is easier, as I eat hot cereal for breakfast anyway. In other ways it is more di...