Breakfast
I had a late breakfast because I needed to buy food before I could eat, and since I knew it was going to be a busy day (I needed to get more food plus take a trip to the food bank to deliver food I had gathered), it needed to be a fairly quick meal. I opted for the Quaker Instant Oatmeal.
I purchased the regular type because it doesn’t have all the sugar that the flavored types have (and which my sister would give me grief and say that I wasn’t eating healthy), but I definitely would prefer not to eat just plain oatmeal if given the choice. I decided to cut up an apple and mix it into 2 packets (one would definitely not fill me up) to give the oatmeal some flavor and make it a bit healthier breakfast:
Lunch
Again, I needed to fix something up quickly because I was running around and didn’t even have time to really think out what I should have for lunch. I decided to go with an apple with peanut butter, carrots with onion and chive cream cheese and some Wheat Thins:
Dinner
I made two significant discoveries during dinner: 1) Not only do I not really enjoy cooking, I don’t know how to cook. It would have been good for me to consider this fact before I decided to do this. 2) I am not very partial to Pork and Beans. It would have been good for me to know this fact before I decided to buy two cans of it.
I decided to try a sort of rice burrito and at the last minute to add Pork and Beans to it (mistake). I cooked a cup of the long grain brown rice and added a carrot to it, warmed the Pork and Beans and warmed a couple of the whole wheat tortillas:
Day one ended with some fairly healthy meals and a full stomach that is ready to tackle day two…
Funny about the pork and beans. Those things probably have more sugar than you would have put on your oatmeal anyway.
Good job with combining the ingredients. I am no better at cooking, but I like the idea of adding carrots to the rice. I do love apples in the oatmeal, and often get the Quaker flavour of “Apples and Cinnamon”. I’m looking forward to reading the rest of this month’s meals.
Large box of store-brand oats on sale ($1.99) add cinnamon, maple, fruit, whatever- quick cook in micro, can also use for cookies. better buy and no salt or sugar
You’re very creative with your meals, much more than I expected considering what you bought. Your little girl is adorable as she eats the dip. Such pretty eyes!
Not to creep you out or anything, but are you single and straight? Because, if you are, a single, straight man who is frugal, has a sense of humor, writes well, and has a charitable spirit is very, very, very sexy.
I found your project via boingboing. Impressive!
Your daughter is adorable!
Pork & beans are fantastic ONLY when there are hot dogs and ketchup added. As a child, I would use ONLY Van de Kamps & add hot dog weiners and ketchup (Heinz). Put all after heated inside a hot dog bun. Absolutely wonderful and filling. Today, I only use Hillshire sausage but continue to add the ketchup & whole wheat hot dog bun. Hope you try the Hillshire w/Van de Kamps & Heinz kechup. You will learn that in some instances it is the quality that makes it taste good and you cannot cut corners when it comes to flavor.
You’re such a man 🙂
Opening a can of beans and zapping a tortilla in the microwave can hardly be considered cooking, lol.
As I’m reading through the entries I’m considering that this isn’t really a healthy diet. It’s as healthy as many young people eat but if I fed this to myself, my husband and my 85 year old mother who I care for, we’d spend a small fortune in either vitamin, mineral and protien supplements or if we didn’t, in medical bills. Eighty percent of our population that’s on a fixed income (seniors) have dietary restrictions. Eating a healthy diet that costs $30 A DAY and my mother still requires hundreds of dollars each month in prescribed supplements. I know this isn’t the demographic the author fits into but I feel compelled to point it out.