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Aka: almost done and getting a little sick of looking at the same foods all the time Sunday's food! Sunday: my dad bought me spring rolls again, so that's another $5.99 spent from my budget. They were really delicious, and it was good to have some fresh veggies in my life. There was also food at church, but it was gumbo, Caesar salad, cheese cubes, and king cake... So I could only eat rice. It was kinda depressing because I was starving by 1:00. I think because of that I ended up eating way too many crackers (the whole box... Oops). Monday & Tuesday  I ate so much this week... I think I was getting sick of eating the same things over and over again... Tuesday & Wednesday  On Wednesday I stopped at Racetrack And bought myself a giant coke icee and two 50 oz bottles of water... I was nearly falling asleep driving and this was my way of staying awake: sugar, caffeine, and fluids. Wednesday & Thursday & Friday   I tried some new je...

... and the last bit from week two! So my dad bought me veggie rolls at the store Saturday morning and I had to eat them before the avocado went brown... So another $5.99 added to last week. Food from Saturday night and Sunday  On Sunday my awesome friends Elizabeth and George took me to get Starbucks and treated me. It was really sweet that they did that, and I had so much fun hanging out with them in between church and choir practice. I did eat the last of the cheese noodles I had made last week and I froze the rest of the curry because I was getting sick of it. Monday's food Monday was a very long day with lots of running around from appointment to appointment to class to rehearsals. I ate some trail mix as snacks between things and some really yummy meals to keep me going. I added kale to my tomato sauce and some elbow macaroni... Such A great idea! Also, the breaded mushrooms from Dollar Tree? fantastic!!! Tuesday's food Tuesday was another day full of...

Hey everyone! I decided it's better to do weekly recap posts instead of a post every day. Here we go: Be ready for lots of pictures! So, I didn't spend any money on food this week! But, I was taken out to lunch by my grandmother and I received a package of vegan almond biscotti as a late Christmas present. So "free" food did happen. I have also managed to get myself sick. So I have spent the last two days in bed I'm drinking tons of fluids. I've been eating a lot of leftovers, things I don't have to cook, and drinking vegetable broth. I'm hoping that next week will be a little bit better. I've got a few things that are easy to make, but they're really spicy and I don't want to aggravate my sore throat. I'm planning to start using up my giant box of snack foods... Whenever I get back out into the real world instead of sitting in bed all day. I think the foods I enjoyed most were the pasta dishes and rice dishes. ...

Shop my pantry: day three has been a success! Ready to see the amazing food? Breakfast was the rest of the Sabra garlic hummus and the end of a container of quake Quaker rice cakes. Used up two things this meal: score! I've still got another container of hummus and more rice cakes, so I'll probably be eating this again in a day our two. Lunch was made of leftover white beans and curry rice from last night. It was definitely an interesting blend of spices (Indian and Creole flavorings have a few similarities, but all really different beasts when it comes down to it.) I loved the combo, and would totally eat it again soon. Dinner: 2 vegan spicy chick'n patty sandwiches on sourdough bread. I'm not the hugest fan of Boca burgers, but their chick'n is really quite delicious! Also, I'm really loving this nuco coconut mayo I found at whole foods. A little vinegary, but awesome. Great texture! The mustard is the 365 brand and super vinegary... It works w...

Day two dawned cold and with a need for warmth! Breakfast was an Amy's Kitchen tofu scramble pocket with salsa. Lunch was pretty big today: two veggies patty sandwiches and sea salt kelttle chips.  Dinner was this epic tofu and veggies curry rice bowl... It was really easy to make... I just threw all the ingredients in the pot and cooked for 20 minutes. Super simple and yummy. And I have leftovers for later! Not pictured today: some vegan jerky and yogurt I had for snacks! Overall, this challenge is going pretty well. I think the first thing I'm going to run out of is tofu, but I can live with that. I'm counting this as a successful day!

Happy New Year! Today I began my challenge to shop my pantry, a good way to use up things and not spend as much money. Breakfast today was oatmeal (which I hardly ever eat) mixed with cinnamon, nutmeg, and brown sugar. I also had frozen blueberries and some orange juice. Apparently we have 4 bags of frozen blueberries in the freezer. Lol! Someone got excited when shopping once (hint, it was probably my mom). My pre-lunch snack was a delicious pear... I am a pear fanatic! Lunch was leftover fried rice from a few days ago and some spring rolls I picked up at the dollar store last week. They are actually really good... Much better than I was expecting. I ate them with sweet chili sauce I've had in the fridge forever. Snack was a little bag of vegan trail mix I made for Christmas. It's full of pretzels, mixed nuts, cereals, chocolate, and dried fruit. I still have about 10 of these to eat. Lol. Dinner was a bowl of black eyed peas and mustard greens...

Hello everyone! It's almost Christmas and then comes that time of year again: New Years Resolutions!!! I've decided that this is the year I'm going to simplify and downsize my life. Over the past few years I've lost about 90 lbs (hurrah!) and as a result my clothes no longer fit. I've been slowly going through my closet and giving away the nice clothes and turning the hole-filled ones into rags. But recently I realized I need to go through more than just my clothing. I was going through my food-stash (what I call my vegan section of the family pantry) and I realized that I have a ton of food I really need to eat before it expires and a lot of duplicate items (I guess I went overboard with hurricane preparations this year). So, starting this January, I'm going to try "shopping my pantry" AKA not buying stuff at the store unless I really really really need it. I've given myself a food budget for the month of $60 to cover the cost of fresh f...