Food that you make the most?

[ReimTime]

Farsala said:

ReimTime said:
This supper is probably my most common:
- Baked marinated chicken breast with onions (can substitute for grilled salmon fillet with dill and garlic)
- Brown rice, topped with a dab of margarine, soy sauce and a shot of sriracha
- Steamed broccoli

I also eat pasta with sauce sometimes with the chicken, and chop up a nice salad with a lot of vegetables. Furthermore, I always cook so much that I will have plenty of leftovers for lunch the next day.

For breakfast it is either:
- a big bowl of oatmeal with peanut butter + yogurt + apple
- a pan scarmbler made from sliced pan-fried potatoes, eggs, peppers, onions, mushrooms and seasoning.

For lunch I usually have leftovers from the night before, but if I have time to make something:
- Some sort of soup
- Two sandwiches, which could be egg salad, tuna salad, or any type of sliced meat with plenty of toppings.

My most common snacks would be chomping some carrot sticks (or other veggies, maybe fruit) or eat peanut butter with a spoon. I eat so much yogurt, apples, bananas and peanut butter that it isn't even funny. At least 2 cups of coffee and 2 cups of Bengal spice tea in a day as well.

If it is Sunday I might collaborate with roommates to slow cook a roast, or maybe a rotisserie chicken, maybe a lasagna etc. Smokies and perogies are great too. Lots of Mom's recipes like Chili and.....

Ah damn it you got me talking about food lol I can't stop now so hungry

Adding Brocoli to my list for sure, always forget about it.

Sounds great, but expensive. How much you think you spend?

Lucky for you I actually did the math yesterday

I can break down one meal for you. I get a lot of food on sale (ie: chicken breast because of such a selection):

-One chicken breast I can usually get for ~$2 CAD. A salmon filet is approximately the same price. 

-One cup of brown rice = ~$0.90

Half a big head of broccoli = ~$1.50

All the condiments/seasoning and milk per meal won't add up to more than $0.50

One meal = ~$5 (I cook $10 worth, and save the other half for lunch). Keep in mind you get a lot of nutritional goodness from this one meal. Very filling too. 

 

If we substitute pasta/sauce for the brown rice, it would cost a bit more ($1.50 sauce per meal, ~$0.80 pasta, $2 chicken = $4.30 - then add salad on top of that and you'll end up about $5.50)

 

My overall grocery budget for one month is about $300, and that constitutes absolutely everything I buy from a grocery store. Coffee, tea etc. 

A good rule of thumb that I follow in order to eat right is to stick to the outside walls of the grocery store as much as possible. This is where the fresh fruits/veggies, meats, bakery goods, and dairy/eggs are placed. In the middle aisles you will find the pre-prepared or processed foods which will cost you more to purchase and are not nearly as nutritious.

For fun, if I eat breakfast at home (say some coffee, oatmeal, a few spoonfuls of peanut butter, an apple, yogurt and a banana), I will end up spending approximately $3 on that meal. If I went to Tim hortons it would cost me $2 for the coffee alone, adding on the $5 or so of other less nutritious food ($3 for a yogurt parfait there!!!!! $3 for oatmeal!) I would end up spending twice as much money for no nutritional gain.

 

Anyhow I hope this helped a little. If you have anymore questions let me know or check out my Fitness Federation thread. I can talk a little about nutrition in there if I receive enough questions.

Cheers!