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Farsala on 10 February 2016
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guiduc said:
Farsala said:

So I love food and I also love taking everyone elses ideas for foods and adding it to my own style :). I have grown rather bored of bland college kid food like Ramen, frozen pizzas and spaghetti.

 

Recently I made mostly Mac and Cheese, but with added hot sauce to make it not so bland. Before that everyday I made an omelette with 2 eggs, 1/3 green pepper or 1/2 onion, 3 potatoes and topped with a handful of cheese. This was satisfying but took an hour of my time everyday to cut the vegetables...

Oh you do that do? I've been doing this for a while now, it makes it taste so much better. Frank's Redhot, please.

Oh yea, I add it to anything that is bland. $2 hot sauce bottle goes a long way.

ReimTime said:
Farsala said:

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!

I spend about $50 USD a month on food with almost half going to drinks. Not nearly as much calories or nutrition as you but I try to at least get full from 1 meal a day. I could just drink water and be really cheap but the tap water here makes me sick. I am thinking about picking up oatmeal for breakfast and more pasta+veggies for my 3rd meal. I think it would only increase my cost by $20-$30 USD but would definitely feel worth it.

Faxanadu said:
One hour for an omelette? That is really slow Food!

I like making mushroom cream Sauce with rice Or noodles

Yeah I added potatoes and sliced them up daily, and most times onion or green pepper. Then I cooked until my potatoes browned and added eggs and cheese. I guess I forgot to mention that I do dishes right after for about 10 minutes. All in all cooking, eating and dishes amounted to 1 hour. While my Mac and cheese takes 20 min.