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cmcgee
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Cheap Eats
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Jun 15 14:51 UTC 2007 |
Here's the conversation about Cheap Eats.
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denise
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response 1 of 158:
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Jun 16 01:33 UTC 2007 |
I like [most of] your stco, Colleen. :-) So what kinds of things have
you made out of these items?
I just recently came across a recipe for tomato and corn soup that
sounded pretty good and I plan on trying it out sometime soon [though
I'm not sure what the actual cost will come to]. I'll post it here or
in one of the summery items sometime soon.
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denise
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response 2 of 158:
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Jun 16 01:34 UTC 2007 |
Opps, first sentance above, stco=stock. How I came up with stco, who
knows.
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cmcgee
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response 3 of 158:
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Jun 16 02:11 UTC 2007 |
Last night I had tandoori chicken, (chicken thigh, yogurt, green chili
pepper), steamed brown rice, onion sambal (onion, lemon juice, mint), and
curried cabbage.
The yogurt is an interesting issue. I keep a batch in the refrigerator most
of the time, and have a starter there even if I don't have a quart I'm using
up. I got in the habit when an Armenian friend gave me some of her mother's
starter for mazdoon (yogurt). 1 teaspoon of the old batch is enough to make
a cup of new, just to keep things going. If I lose track, I start another
batch with live culture plain yogurt, or with yogurt starter from the coop.
I usually make a quart at a time. Often I drain off the whey to make yogurt
cheese, a thicker substance that I use in place of cream cheese and sour
cream. This time, I used the yogurt cheese as a marinade to put the chicken
in over night, along with the other tandoori spices.
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slynne
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response 4 of 158:
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Jun 16 02:48 UTC 2007 |
wow. that sounds really tasty
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cmcgee
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response 5 of 158:
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Jun 16 13:28 UTC 2007 |
Yeah, I'm surprising even myself to see what the "bare cupboard" shopping list
can be converted into.
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cmcgee
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response 6 of 158:
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Jun 16 17:31 UTC 2007 |
After lots of fiddling with exchange lists and food diary entries I've
come up with a pretty standard breakfast.
First thing in the morning I indulge in 1/2 of hot milk mixed with a
shot of expresso coffee.
Later, when I get hungry, I have a simple muesli mixture of rolled oats,
yogurt, raisins and walnuts. The walnuts are there to boost my fat
intake for the day, which is sometimes hard to keep at 30-35% of
calories.
End-of-the-day analysis of food intake over the past couple weeks has
highlighted that as an area of imbalance. Since walnut oil is one of
the healthier polyunsaturated fats, I chose it both for the texture and
for its nutritional value.
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cmcgee
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response 7 of 158:
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Jun 18 20:24 UTC 2007 |
This week's sales fliers are online, and here's the pantry-stocking data.
Sugar 5 lb $1.99
Tomato Sauce 15 oz $ .50
Tomatoes,canned 14.5 oz $ .50
Walnuts $4.50 lb
Green beans, canned 14.5 oz $ .50
Milk $2.27 gal (price is rising, now more expensive than dried milk)
Butter $1.99 lb
One Day's Protein
$ .41 Boneless chicken breast tenders $.81 lb
$ .69 Eggs $1 doz
$ .92 Whole chicken $.79 lb
$1.23 Ground Round $1.98 lb
(Chicken breasts are buy 1, get 1 free 8 lb bag. Will split with a neighbor)
Price per exchange
Grapes $.79 lb .15
Mangos 2/$1 .20
Peaches $5.00/4 lb .43
Plums $1.49/lb .47
Cherries $2.99 lb .70
Blueberries $2.50 pint .70
Strawberries $1.50 lb .71
Cantaloupe 2/$3 .80
compared to
Raisins .09
Clearly mango is the fresh fruit for the week
Price per serving
Zucchini $.99 lb .19
Tomatoes $.99 lb .52
Asparagus $1.99 lb .83
compared to: Price per serving
Cabbage, fresh raw .07
Tomato,canned, diced .14
Carrots, fresh cooked .16
Green beans, canned .20
Zucchini comes in under green beans, so for variety, I'll buy a couple.
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slynne
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response 8 of 158:
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Jun 19 02:09 UTC 2007 |
You really put a lot of effort into your diet.
For me, it is better for my mental health if I dont but that is because
of some food issues I have. I sometimes wish that Purina would make
a "people chow" or something.
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jadecat
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response 9 of 158:
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Jun 19 02:52 UTC 2007 |
Colleen- I'm in absolute awe. These are amazing items. I'm really
enjoying reading them. So thanks.
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cmcgee
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response 10 of 158:
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Jun 19 12:28 UTC 2007 |
slynne, we can make you a "people chow" recipe if you like. *grin* I'll even
come help you cook it.
At one point in my backpacking days I carried a few tubes of homemade survival
food. IIRC, it was shortening mixed with dried eggs and powdered sugar in
some ratio that met basic protein and calorie needs. Kinda like icing on a
training program bender. Now days I think I'd use whey powder instead of the
eggs.
You're welcome, Anne. Feel free to post any questions.
WARNING: Don't be fooled by the decimal points! Nutrition is an inexact
science at best. Especially in the US, where your slightly overfilled half
cup is equated with my dead level one. (Cooking systems that use weight
instead of volume for recipes are slightly more accurate).
Just because Excel *can* calculate things to 15 decimal points doesn't mean
that your answer is more accurate.
My logic is that the errors cancel each other out if you are only making
comparisons. In general, it's accurate to claim that carrots have more x than
tomatoes do. You cannot however feel comfortable saying "this carrot lying
on my kitchen counter will contain x calories per ounce".
You can only assume that, over time, and carrots from many different sources,
you will consume carrots that average out to the same values as the hundreds
of carrots that died for science and the USDA database.
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mary
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Jun 19 12:45 UTC 2007 |
That's an amazing breadown of dietary needs correlated to cost.
Really. I don't think I have anything valuable to add but know
I'll be enjoying your item.
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