His and hers differ minimally on the weekends, but on week days I make him portable savory fare. He often eats in the car on the way to work. His faves include mini breakfast quiches and grits. And when I’m lazy, I’ll give him an Amy’s breakfast burrito. Unfortunately, Amy’s burritos have gotten to be too expensive for our new budget. Convenient, yes. Pricey, yes yes. So we said adios to the luxury of prepared frozen health food and hello to the home-made alternative. Tofu scramble + whole wheat tortilla + cheese = Kyle’s new… Read more >
Elise
January 26, 2013
Amy's, cereal, mexican food, tofu, tortilla wraprecipe
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I know this is not really newsworthy (or title-worthy, for that matter), but since we’ve been on a strict grocery budget we have avoided the restaurant scene to save some cash flow. For a foodie (like me), this is sad. So this weekend we made the most of our sitch. On Saturday we headed to Seed Bistro for lunch. We had a little bit of money left on a gift card, so one of our meals was free. Budget not blown, stomach happy. Win win! Kyle got the sirloin seitan burger (same thing he always… Read more >
Elise
January 22, 2013
big salad, mexican food, seed bistro, seitanrestaurant review
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Since a lot of people have been interested in our budget friendly meal planning, here’s what we had this past week. [Spoiler alert: they’re all really inexpensive dinners] Monday Egg noodles with teriyaki tofu, broccoli, & cashews The organic broccoli was leftover from one of last week’s dinners. The roasted salted cashews are a pantry staple. The egg noodles were on sale at WF (we used half of the 1 lb bag/$1.69). The organic tofu was from WF (I baked the whole block/$1.69). As usual, the ‘fu was pressed for 2-3 hours, then baked for… Read more >
Elise
January 19, 2013
avocado, beans, Daiya, greek yogurt, lasagna, mexican food, millet, nuts, pasta, potatoes, seitan, soup, tempeh, teriyake tofu, tofurecipe
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Sorry if you already saw this post. It went up earlier somehow. I don’t understand computers (clearly). Anyway. I’ve been going through a salad-for-lunch-phase. As far as phases go, I don’t think it gets much healthier. Unlike certain food ruts of the past (Earth Balance on everything, dessert after each meal of the day, etc.). So here are a few of my latest creations. Mexi-chop. I tried to model this one after The Veggie Grill’s Baja Fiesta salad. That salad has “chopped romaine, papaya, avocado, roasted corn salsa, cucumber, cilantro, tortilla strips, and grilled… Read more >
Elise
January 11, 2013
big salad, Daiya, follow your heart, gardein, mexican food
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We went from your average weekly planners to uber type A budgeters this January. I actually started a spread sheet on excel to track our monthly grocery expenses so that we could really stick to our financial goals. Of course the primitive nature of the document was hilarious to Kyle, who could make something a million times more sophisticated in his sleep. So then I signed us up on mint.com (it’s a site that tracks your credit card statements and payments and all that jazz). Way easier. Way more practical. It’s hard to say how… Read more >
Elise
January 9, 2013
chobani, greek yogurt, mexican food, tempehrecipe
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