Posts Tagged ‘ $56 in Feburary ’

We’re heading downhill on our $56 in February, and I just wanted to check in and give a report. As of right now, we’ve eaten $27 worth of food (exactly!) versus a budget of $30, to be under budget by $3. A typical weekday meal starts with oatmeal, followed by a chicken stew of...
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February starts on Monday, and so does another $56 in February. As of right now, we’re going to try for year three. So what am I talking about? For those of you who come here for Foreign Service related information, the next month might be a bit of a departure from the norm. As...
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February is long gone, and I’m just now getting around to posting my final thoughts on such a busy month. On top of meeting my indispensable FSOA study group twice a week I spent so much time cooking that I didn’t really get a chance to blog. I can’t say I’m surprised since this...
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When people find out about $56 in February, the first question is always HOW do we do it. The short answer is that we eat simple foods that I make from scratch. The pita and hummus we’re eating for dinner this week is ridiculously cheap to make ourselves. A quart of hummus is about...
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One of these years, I’m going to do a good job with blogging about February.  I think that this year was a little better than last, but this month has been so busy (Chad’s taking 3 classes, I meet my study group twice a week) that I’m spending so much of my energy cooking...
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I’ve never been a very good blogger.  Which is why there haven’t been any updates for a while.  Anyway, I thought I’d post the recipe and info for what we had for dinner for most of last week.  It was filling, nutritious, and very tasty (if I may say so myself). This uses my...
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Well, we’re getting into the second week of our $56 in February challenge, and we’re both doing well. Health While we do get a little hungry before meal time, I think that’s absolutely healthy – we shouldn’t feel full all of the time – we aren’t sitting around hungry all day long. My weight...
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Now that the week is almost over, I suppose I should post about the lunch we’ve been eating every day. The mini chicken pies aren’t exactly empanadas in my mind, but they’re definitely empanada inspired. The recipe for the dough comes from epicurious.com’s recipe for empanada dough. Go check it out. For this weeks...
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Here it is, February 4th, and I’m just now getting around to posting my rules for the month, and how I’ll be tracking our food bill. The first time we did this I kept track of how much we spent on food as it was purchased. I think this led to a lot of...
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I meant to blog before January ended, but the stomach flu had other plans for me. On the plus side, my stomach shrank enough that yesterday’s intake reduction didn’t bother me as much as it might have. But I’d rather not revisit how my weekend started, I’d rather talk about how it ended. With...
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