Day 6 - nothing exciting

I have not much to say about day 6.  For lunch and dinner, we ate the left-over from yesterday but to make it taste better, we added chicken and some onions to the soup.  Here’s the itemized cost today:

Item	Price
2 cups of cereal	1.2
1 apple	0.21
1 green tea bag	0.1
2 cups of milk	0.5
crackers	0.25
2 chicken breasts	2.36
1 clove of garlic	0.1
4 onions	0.2
1/2 cup cashews	1.5
Total	6.42

Day 4-5 -- Forget about the $100 budget

Yesterday (day 4), we weren’t home so lunch was basically what was served at church.  It’s now day 5 and so far we have spent a total of $62 – very close to our budget of $100 which is of course impossible at this point.  I’ve made a big pot of soup today and it will last us until day 7 unless of course if I get tired of it.  I baked brownies today because I just felt like it.

So here’s the breakdown of food expenses.

Day 4

Item	Price
1 egg	0.2
lasagna	5
Total	5.2

Day 5

Item	Price
2 tbsp roasted peanuts	0.1
6 kiwis	1.5
dried mangoes	1
1/2 cup cashews	1.5
1 small yogourt	0.25
2 cups dried beans	0.5
2 packs of onion soup mix	1
2 carrots	0.11
1 cup sugar	0.25
1/2 cup vegetable oil	0.24
1 tsp vanilla	0.25
1/2 cup flour	0.4
1/3 cup cocoa powder	0.5
1/4 tsp baking powder	0.5
1/4 tsp salt	0.1
1/2 cup chopped walnuts	4.15
chocolate milk	0.88
3 eggs	0.6
Total	13.83

Day 3 - spending like day 14

Food expenses today is much lower than the previous two days because today’s lunch is chicken stir-fry leftover from yesterday’s dinner.  And we’re still snacking on the Carrot bread leftover I made two days ago.

I originally planned to make Chickpea & Sweet Potato Curry for dinner but realized I don't have curry paste so I just experimented using coconut milk instead and some fish sauce.  Surprisingly enough, it tastes good (or am I just really hungry) with fish.    So far we spent $10.41 today.  I can predict $100 a month is not possible for us. 

Here’s the details:

Item	Price
2 cups rice	1
2 eggs	0.4
dressing (lemon poppy seed)	0.1
chocolate milk	0.88
540-ml can chick peas	0.8
400-ml can coconut milk	1
796-ml can diced tomatoes	1
2 apples	0.42
cod fish	3
sweet potatoes	0.81
fruit cake	1
Total	10.41