Allocation $403 $13/day for two people. This covers meals at home and in restaurants.
Cushion -0- The cushion does not carry over from year to year.
What We Ate For Dinner: New Year’s Day: Lemon pork, Greek potatoes , cold black eyed peas salad , spanokatopia; Seafood marinara with pasta, garlic bread, salad; Greek egg and lemon soup with tuna-egg salad sandwiches on homemade bread; Homemade supreme pizza, snacks; Chicken and rice, cottage cheese, winter squash; Taco soup with cheese nachos; Meatloaf, baked potato, roasted carrots, mixed fruit and yogurt ; Stuffed pepper soup, grilled bologna sandwich ; Meatless chicken fried steak, mashed potatoes, orange salad, peas; beef barley soup with sausage balls; Stuffed mushrooms , potato skins ; Spanish bean soup, ham salad sandwich ; Shepherds pie ; Beef bourguignon soup; stroganoff , wild rice blend, Waldorf salad, green beans, garlic bread
Lunches are usually leftovers.
NIdeas for Breakfast: homemade cinnamon rolls, homemade oatmeal breakfast bars, French toast, grits with maple syrup, oatmeal with dried cranberries, grilled pbj, cinnamon toast, fried potatoes and eggs, sausage gravy on toast, bagels, English muffins, homemade scones, omelets, corned beef hash, pancakes, overnight oats, Dutch baby pancakes; oatmeal raisin pancakes;
What We Bought:
Sam’s: Peeled garlic (3#) $9.99 a year’s worth
Aldi: Oranges (4#), apples (3#), Greek yogurt (qt), cucumber $ 9.32 produce were sale items
Sanders: bananas(3.5#), butternut squash, lettuce, mushrooms (2), donuts (6), garlic bread, pork shoulder (5#), yogurt (3) $20.72 All were sale items.
Grocery $40.03 2.67/day 1.34/person/day
Eating Out:
Pats birthday lunch $20.18 Ricardo’s
Mike lunch Cleveland $1.38 Sam’s
Mike breakfast $6.24 McDonald’s
Eating Out. $27.80. $1.82/day. $0.91/person/ day
Total for two weeks. $67.83. 4.52/day. $2.26/ person/day
Remaining Allocation: $335.17
