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Firstly I need to explain the rice - I previously stated that I have two packets of pasta and that was enough for eight meals. I decided that it was unlikely that I would cook pasta eight times - so with five days in the challenge I decided on five evening meals. One packet of pasta is four meals - the rice I purchased will be the basis of the fifth. By reducing the pasta I could also reduced the number of tins of tomatoes I indeed to use. I've therefore dropped those from four to two.
Therefore my total spend so far is:
Pasta - 500g - 99c
Tinned Tomatoes - two tins (800g) - $1.38
Rice - 105g - 32c
Rolled Oats - 260g - 75c
Sugar - 100g - 23c
Milk - 2l - $2.40
Kiwifruit - nine - 99c
Total spent so far - $7.06c
I intend to buy a loaf of bread at $1.47 so that brings the total spend to $8.53. So I have $2.72 left.
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Next - Porridge. I will have the same breakfast each day for all five days. Simple recipe:
52g Rolled Oats (15c)
200ml Milk (24c)
50ml Water (0c)
20g Sugar (5c)
Total Price - 44c
This uses up all the sugar and rolled oats I purchased and half the milk. At 44c per breakfast - that leaves $1.81 for food and drink for the rest of the day.
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I already know that pasta and tomatoes (without cheese - I miss cheese already and I can still eat it) costs 25c for 125g of pasta and 35c for half a tin of tomatoes - so 60c all up. But what to for the rest of the meals (which as I see it is the evening meal made with rice and five lunches). With the kiwi fruit, bread and the odd glass of milk as the way to ensure I get to as close as possible to the $2.25 a day.
So what to have with the rice and what to have for lunch. The rest of the ingredients need to allow me to cook and fill in the gaps. I already said I'd get bread. I will use silverbeet in the evening meals if budget allows (definitely with the rice dish) and will use a lemon a day. Thats 50c in total - leaving me $2.22 left. Throw in a pinch of herbs here and there and oil, salt, pepper... I'm being conservative and saying I have $2 left to spend.
Decisions Decision! I want those eggs! Eggs would be great back fill. Splash of milk and an egg plus pasta - poor mans Carbonara. Boiled rice in a wok with an egg - simple fried rice. Eggs on Toast. Boiled egg with toast soldiers! The list goes on... but none of those are lunch.
But I actually rarely eat lunch - mind you I rarely eat breakfast as well. But common sense says that having just one big evening meal might not be the best idea. I was envisaging luncheon meat (perhaps ham... I hate luncheon) sandwiches and a kiwifruit for lunch. And the luncheon/ham could be added to the rice dish and the pasta dish depending on how much was bought.
Other options includes baked beans/spaghetti. You can generally pick this up cheap but again not really lunch. Having pasta at lunchtime is an option - I can just cook it the night before and reheat at work, but changing my habits so that I don't have the largest meal of the day in the evening - well it just doesn't seem to work for me.
So it seems that eggs are out. I think I'll buy 200g of luncheon for 98c - and that leaves me $1. And I honestly have no idea what to buy for that last dollar. Hmmm.... I'll let you know what I decide when I get back - T Minus One - Part Four
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