Monday, January 7, 2013

Post Holidays Food Budget Review


Week 1 of January has been a success!  After consulting with both of my sisters, I decided to start my new years with a trip to Trader Joe's.  I spent about $60 on groceries for 1-2 weeks worth of food (packed lunches, dinner and frig essentials)  This has lasted me for 8 days now, but I will be restocking soon this upcoming weekend.  I also was ate roasted duck (+brocc and rice) brought back from Mama Tai's kitchen over the holidays.

Week 1 food budget review:  I only spent $32 on 2 lunch meals (on New Year's Day and this past Sat lunch).  I also spent $6 on coffees.  I am also trying to cut back on my coffee intake and replace it with tea or just plain water.  But sometimes, I can't help it with my long work hours!

New York restaurant week will start next week: http://www.nycgo.com/restaurantweek
This will be bad for my budget, but hopefully, I can control myself!




simple baked asparagus, roasted potato, baked salmon, veggie soup 

4 comments:

Amy said...

Did you use a recipe for the veggie soup? How did you make the broth? I can't tell if it was an asian veggie broth with a pork bone or an american minestrone style. was it good?

Karen said...

I used a chicken broth. I added too much pepper so it was too spicy!

Jenny Tai said...

it looks yummy!

Amy said...

who changed the background this awesome food photo! it's so awesome!