Chicken sandwich, Sunny D from the dep - $5.45 Diet Coke - $1.25
I had lunch in the park with Monique and treated her for her b-day Ham and cheese sandwich, salad, soup, rice rolls, soda from Clafoutis - $15 Strawberries from the bistro - free Wasabi peas Dinner was baked ravioli and green beans
Diet Soda ($1.25), yogourt, cereal bar they were giving away in the subway Veal scallopini with eggplant, cheese and tomato, potato salad, hummus, pita, almond pastry, lemonade from the bistro - $6
New pastry chef Gilberto is making it very hard to prevent further weight gain. Blast!
Banana and tea from the bistro - free Doritos - $1.25 Bread, chips and Perrier from the dep - $5.45 Beer Tuna sandwich, chips
Cereal Ritz crackers Spaghetti Rosette de Lyon and soda
I went to my friend Geneviève's bachelorette party. We had drinks in the park then went out for some sushi at Sata and ate cupcakes brought by France.
Scotch at Geneviève's Wine and non-alcoholic beer in the park
France, marie-Claude and I could not resist eating a cupcake in the cab on the way to the restaurant. What, it was crooked! Sushi from Sata sushi - 65$ including tip and a cocktail Saketini Diet Pepsi My huge plate
I have to say, I was not very impressed with that place. The waiter was good, but it took forever to get our order. Plus, the waitress kept going in the back for a smoke and it reaked into the restaurant. Chocolate ganache cupcake Gingery cupcake Late night cereal
Cheese toast and chocolate milk from Pasta Café - $4.75 Michigan hot-dogs, coleslaw, lady fingers with jam from the bistro - $6 Free Amp sample distributed in the subway
Gross
Dinner will be uploaded in a month, after the TV show plays on TV.
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?