Having just eaten a delicious lunch, from the Open Arms’ kitchen, now might not be the best time to look at the menu for next week’s SNAP Challenge, but here goes. With some careful shopping, primarily at Aldi, but perhaps with visits to Cub and a dollar store, I will purchase $27.65 worth of groceries to live on for one week. Here’s what the menu looks like:
Day One
Breakfast: 1 cup Raisin Bran, ¾ cup of skim milk and a cup of coffee
Lunch: Peanut butter & banana sandwich, a sliced carrot and a glass of water
Dinner: Chicken & pasta (one cup spaghetti with three drumsticks and ½ cup
Snack: One six-ounce serving of yogurt…and water
Day Two
Breakfast: One or two eggs, two slices of toast with peanut butter and coffee
Lunch: Leftover chicken & pasta (one cup spaghetti with two drumsticks and ½ cup sauce), a sliced carrot…and water.
Dinner: Grilled cheese sandwich (wheat bread at Aldi for .99 a loaf), a can of tomato soup, one cup of milk…and water
Snack: Banana…and water
Day Three
Breakfast: One cup Raisin Bran, ¾ cup of milk and coffee
Lunch: Peanut butter & banana sandwich, ½ can of pears…and water
Dinner: Spaghetti with ground turkey (one cup spaghetti and ¾ cup sauce), two steamed carrots, one cup of milk…and water
Snack: My second six-ounce yogurt…and water
Day Four
Breakfast: One or two eggs, two slices of toast with peanut butter and coffee
Lunch: Leftover Spaghetti (one cup spaghetti with ¾ cup sauce), ½ can of pears…and water
Dinner: Macaroni & cheese, two chicken drumsticks, ½ cup frozen vegetables, one cup of milk…and water
Snack: One sliced carrot…and water
Day Five
Breakfast: One cup Raisin Bran, ¾ cup of milk and coffee
Lunch: Leftover macaroni & cheese, one or two sliced carrots…and water
Dinner: Grilled cheese sandwich, a can of vegetable soup, one cup of milk…and water
Snack: My second banana…and water
Day Six
Breakfast: One cup Raisin Bran, ¾ cup of milk and coffee
Lunch: Peanut butter & banana sandwich, a sliced carrot…and water
Dinner: Brown rice and black bean casserole (one – one-and-a-half cups), one cup of milk…and water
Snack: My third, and final, six-ounce yogurt…and water
Day Seven
Breakfast: 3-4 slices of French toast with the leftover pear juice substituting for syrup, one veggie omelet and coffee
Lunch: Leftover brown rice and black bean casserole…and water
Dinner: Two drumsticks, one cup brown rice, 2 steamed carrots, one cup of milk…and water
Snack: My third, and final, banana…and water
Next Day – Thanksgiving
Eat whatever I want and be very thankful.
