$3ADDP: Day 1

I stayed up a little later than usual last night to prep some food for the coming week, also known as the first week of the project. Hubby goes between being really excited about it because he wants to scale back our portions and being really wary of the project. We'll see how long he lasts. He'll have the ability to post on this blog as a contributor during this project if the feeling of hunger starts to pervade his life. Lol.

Yesterday, I threw together a soup from navy beans, some veggies, and 1/5 of a roasted chicken I had left over. I considered whether or not this would be considered "cheating" by my dear readers because I was starting with leftovers already in my fridge and then I remembered, this series is supposed to to show that anyone, regardless of whether they're living of food stamps or living high on the hog, can happily live on $3. And let's be honest, haven't most of us had a leftover chicken in their fridge?

I also prepared in the slow cooker 8 servings of steel cut oatmeal so that we'll have premade oatmeal for breakfast and black beans for whenever in the week. I'll post those recipes after I actually consume them in case there's a need to adjust seasonings.

I had a pop a few midol today but it didn't really help so I felt kind of queasy all day so I didn't eat as much as I should have. I skipped my salad, which would have definitely fit in my budget, and had under 1K calories. Hopefully I'll feel better tomorrow.

Here's what we ate today:

Breakfast: Oatmeal 1 serving each ($0.15 - 150 calories). Banana ($0.09 - 53 cals), Maple Syrup ($0.04 - 52 cals), cinnamon ($0.02 - 0 cals), Honey ($0.05 - 15 cals) Josh Only.

Lunch: Chicken and Navy Bean Soup ($0.48 - 308 calories). Salad w/ dressing ($0.24 - 130 calories) Josh Only.

Dinner: Pizza w/ Meat Sauce and cheese ($1.12 - 552 calories) for 4 slices Josh. 2 slices for Leah ($0.56 - 276 cals)

Drink: Vodka (2 oz.) and energy drink (4 oz.) ($0.78 - 184 calories)

Josh Total: $2.97 - 1444 calories

Leah Total: $1.97 - 918 calories.