Jan. 10: What I Ate and What It Cost

Tazo Zen green tea (not pictured) (25 cents per serving).
McCann's steel-cut oatmeal (36 cents per serving), organic raisins (41 cents per serving), fat-free milk (27 cents per serving). Breakfast:  $1.29

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A banana (36 cents):

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At last I have finished the macadamia nuts (72 cents per ounce):

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Peanut butter (28 cents per 2 tbsp.) on whole-wheat bread (46 cents per 2 slices) with 2 cups of skim milk (54 cents per 2 servings). I'm regressing.

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A local McIntosh apple (75 cents):

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Whole-wheat pasta (80 cents per 2 servings) with homemade sauce adapted from Jane Brody's Good Food Book (about $1 per 2 servings) .

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Total for the day: $6.20. Good? Bad? What do you think?

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