It's overwhelming to throw down $100+ at the supermarket. It feels like quite a bit of money, and it kind of makes me want to cry sometimes, but we do everything we can to keep the costs low, and while we do treat ourselves every now and again (we don't scrimp on olive oil, for instance, or certain spices), we use coupons, buy store brands, and take advantage of sales.
I made myself kind of sad with the photography. Food photography is tough to begin with, but our apartment has such shitty lighting, and I occasionally get a good shot,
But mostly, I get shaky shots, or shots of pork tenderloin looking undercooked.
And then nights like last night, when I had a stressful day and have been eating cheese since 10AM, we make a 1/3 cup of lentils, have some hummus and call it a night. No, it's not gourmet cooking, but it's better than our usual standby of Taco Bell or Aram's Pizza.
So documenting hasn't improved my cooking, but cooking has improved my cooking, if that makes any sense.
The only recipe to emerge from this month was the Rosemary Chicken (first picture of the three shown above). It's delicious, it's baked, and it's got sweet potatoes and leeks, so the vegetables are right in there with everything - a one stop cooking wonder. I just need to get the quantities right, because the recipe calls for a whole chicken, and I'm just not comfortable with that. Next step: mastering the Rosemary Chicken, and finding a new recipe.
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I'm in the same boat. We spend between $150-$200 on groceries every two weeks, which always makes me go, "Ack, that much?!?!?!" too. But in the long run I figure it's saving us a lot of money and making us healthier. I used to eat fast food at least every 3 days and now I'm down to going through a drive thru only once or twice a month. We also have restaurant meals less than once a week. So at about $30-$50 per week per person, in the long run it's cheaper, even when I indulge the boy's steak-buying habit.
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