Do you want to know the first thing I ate upon completion of
the SNAP Challenge?
A peanut butter sandwich.
Last week was quite an experience. My grocery bill was $19.84, and I had ten
items to get me through the week.
By Friday, this is what I had left over in raw product:
And stunningly, this is what I had in prepared leftovers:
The potato salad, oatmeal cookies and mini quiches got
tossed. The lentils got put into the
freezer for a later date. Everything else was either saved or used this weekend
for family meals. Interestingly, once I was able to share with my family, the
food went very quickly. The only things I ran out of during the week were
oatmeal and my frozen broccoli.
Things I learned:
- You CAN live on $20 worth of food for 5 days, it just takes a considerable amount of thought and preparation.
- Variety truly is the spice of life. It’s going to be awhile before I eat oatmeal again.
- Bread is overrated. I only ate two pieces from my loaf all week. Of course, I didn’t have much to spread or put between it, so…
Thank you to everyone who was so invested and interested in
our journey. I had so many thoughtful conversations throughout the week because
of this. I hope everyone learned a
little something. A super special thanks
to my colleagues, Misty, Dr. Beech, Eileen, Maya, Randall and Sean for
participating, and to Timmy for keeping everyone up to date via social media.
One last little tidbit, I was talking to a friend of mine
who works for the United Way THRIVE program this weekend, and she said that our
blog motivated her group to assemble their own SNAP Challenge. I’m glad that we
could provide some inspiration! Be sure to visit me on Facebook, and see what
other interesting things I’m getting up to, and “like” the Legacy page, as
well.
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