The days started in style with a brunch at L'Estaminet, surrounded by family. Orange juice, Diet Coke Salad Merguez, ham and bacon casserole
Stepdad Richard treated us to brunch. Thanks Richard!
In the afternoon, I watched a few episodes of Season 3 of Mad Men. So...
Mom and stepdad Richard where in town and I made a family-style japanese meal for us. It was the perfect excuse to use the preserved sakura blooms I brought back from Japan last May. They are preserved in salt and had to take a fews baths to get the saltiness out. It's a pretty process!
Becks beer while cooking
I made onigiri with the sakura. I also made some stuffed with tuna and umeboshi (plum). They are easy, easy, easy and tasty.
I also made my miso-maple salmon and some roasted peppers with sesame seeds
Onigiri, salmon, peppers
Like a good hostess, I took the broken piece.
We had this with a very nice pinot noir from the Okanagan valley, brought by Richard.
In the evening, we went to Monument National to see "L'eau qui danse, la pomme qui chante, l'oiseau qui dit la vérité", a new contemporary opera.
My brother had a small part in it and he was great!
Club soda at Monument National - $3 including tip Pringles and Pepsi at Monument national - $5 including tip Frozen treat to cheer the end of a beautiful evening
From August 24th, 2009 to August 24th 2010, I photographed everything I ate and made notes of the cost.
This included all the food and drink costs for the year.
And yes, I counted booze.
Grand total: $10 295.92
What is this blog about?
This is not a food blog.
Well, it kind of is. But mainly, it’s about the amount of money I use to feed myself, day after day. Why? Because I just don’t know. I (almost) never check prices when I buy food. I love to cook and I can easily feed six guests for less than 30 bucks (wine is extra, people), but I also spend ungodly amounts of money on grocery, then throw away a fifth of it. It has never been so easy to buy good food, but it often comes at a price. And it is even easier to buy cheap, unhealthy junk food that has an undeniable cost on our health. Where does my food budget go? How do the choices I make impact my budget, my health and the health of the planet?
