Budget Cooking

This post is part of a series.  Read post one, post two, post three, post four and post five.  I’m over halfway through the SNAP challenge, and at this point I’m quite confident I’ll have enough food for the week.  I’ve still got three servings of Thai Lentil Curry, two servings of Curried Cauliflower...

This post is part of a series.  Read post one, post two, post three, and post four. I’m starting to realize just how many of the things I think of as relatively modest parts of my everyday life are in reality luxuries.  A cup of coffee, for instance.  I’m not talking a fancy...

This post is the fourth in a series.  Read post one, post two, and post three. I’ve been thinking a lot about waste these last couple of days.  Suddenly I’m weighing my day to day frivolities with the cost of food.  Yesterday’s mojito, this afternoon’s manicure… I could go on.  But you...

This post is the third in a series.  Read post one and post two. Even at a serious bargain of a happy hour, the single cocktail I bought this evening was more than my entire daily budget for food… and that’s before tip.  The realization of how quickly I can guzzle...