A few months ago, the peeps at Valley Food Storage sent me a 1 Month Food Gluten Free Value Food Storage Kit. Back in 2015 I tried out their regular 1 month food supply kit and really enjoyed the challenge of eating my way through the meal kit and sticking to what was strictly in the box {plus beans and rice} for 30 days. Will power is an amazing thing, and I LOVED the fact that I really didn’t have to think about what I was going to eat for an entire 30 days. That, and honestly, it’s kind of nice every once in a while to step out of your normal day to day routine of stuffing your face with whatever strikes your fancy.
Back then though, I prepared meals for my family while eating my way thorough the meal kit, this time around, they are fending for themselves {yee-haw!} which has made the process even easier. The HH is COOKING everyday and doing the dishes to boot! He’s even been kind enough to make some of MY meal kit food for me as well. 😉
This time around instead of supplementing the meal kit with beans and rice, I decided to supplement the meal kit with whatever I could forage from our backyard. On the second day of this crazy daisy challenge, I decided eggs laid by our backyard hens counted as foraged food as well. The only problem is, I didn’t include any sort of cooking oil or butter in my initial challenge {and I’m not going back on what I said now} so cooking vegetables and eggs hasn’t been that exciting. Boiled or roasted basically. Which has been a little interesting.
Monday
Beverages: Black tea, water
Breakfast/Lunch/Dinner: Maple and brown sugar oatmeal, chicken teriyaki and rice, tomato soup.
Snacks {foraged from the backyard}: Boiled Yukon potatoes x2 with salt and pepper, breakfast radishes
Tuesday
Beverages: Black tea, water
Breakfast/Lunch/Dinner: Oatmeal, tomato soup x2, teriyaki chicken and rice
Snacks {foraged from the backyard}: 2 hard boiled eggs, boiled potatoes with salt and pepper
Wednesday
Beverages: Black tea, water
Breakfast/Lunch/Dinner: Oatmeal x 2, Enchilada beans and rice x 2
Snacks {foraged from the backyard}: 2 hard boiled eggs
Thursday
Beverages: Black tea, water
Breakfast/Lunch/Dinner: Oatmeal x2, sweet and sour rice, Asian rice
Snacks {foraged from the backyard}: 2 eggs, carrots, butternut squash, boiled potatoes
Friday
Beverages: Black tea, water
Breakfast/Lunch/Dinner: Waffle, 2 poached eggs, tomato soup, Teriyaki chicken rice
Snacks {foraged from the backyard}: Boiled potatoes with salt and pepper, carrots
Saturday
Beverages: Black tea, water
Breakfast/Lunch/Dinner: Maple and brown sugar oatmeal, teriyaki and chicken rice x2,
Snacks {foraged from the backyard}: 2 hard boiled eggs, boiled potatoes
Sunday
Beverages: Black tea, water
Breakfast/Lunch/Dinner: Strawberry oatmeal, enchilada beans and rice, strawberry oatmeal
Snacks {foraged from the backyard}: Carrots, 2 hard boiled eggs, boiled potatoes
Tuesday morning I did wake up with a major headache, which I attributed to sugar withdrawal {in my tea and the lack of pastries!} so I took a couple of ibuprofen and went about my day. 3 years ago when I did a 30 day survival food challenge the hardest part was getting through the first three days {and missing the milk and sugar in my tea!} and well, this time around I pretty much the same feelings.
My favorite meals of the week were the maple and brown sugar oatmeal and the tomato soup {which tasted a lot like the tomato soup from Panera to me}. The chicken teriyaki rice was really good as well.
While I was eating rice dishes and oatmeal… The HH and the Girl ate PIZZA!
And pork chops, and things like Ritz Cracker chicken!!!
Oh, and the HH and I stopped by King Arthur Flour while we were out on our fall foliage tour. I didn’t buy anything from the bakery, but I did snag a box of their lemon bar mix to make on November 1st!
This whole food storage challenge thing hasn’t really been that hard, and with 21 days to go…. I CAN DO THIS! Mind over matter, right?
~Mavis
P.S. Did you make anything insanely delicious this past week? Any baked goods? Curious minds want to know. 😉
Total Spent This Week $14.90
Total Spent in October $14.90
Total Spent in September $180.97
Total Spent in August $259.90 <– $30 on salami splurge
Total Spent in July $276.56 < – $38 Spent on Amish meat and cheese
Total Spent in June $206.47 <- Attempting once a month grocery shopping
Total Spent in May on Groceries $216.50 <- Included a stock up trip to King Arthur Flour
Total Spent in April on Groceries $169.98
Total Spent in March on Groceries $306.75 <– Apartment life, moving across the country and settling into a new house
Total Spent in February on Groceries $259.81 <- Living in an apartment and buying a lot of ready-made meals
Total Spent in January on Groceries $240.15 <– Packing mode and not cooking from scratch as much
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