I'm starting to realize that it's not difficult to eat what I have in the fridge -- we have plenty of yummy things in there -- but it is difficult to break myself of the habit of always eating out.
Breakfast, no problem. I made banana muffins last night and my husband ate those. I ate my trusty oatmeal with berries and maple syrup.
Lunch was challenging. I brought a Kashi frozen meal I had hanging around the freezer. Not a bad lunch, just not ... exciting. In the past, I've brought an unexciting lunch and then promptly went out and bought something else, leaving my lunch to languish in the work fridge. Today, I got that urge. The turkey artichoke sandwich at the Panera bread near my office called my name.
I resisted, thinking of how the sandwich -- and chips, who can forget the chips, the cookie and the lemonade -- cost nearly $10. Ten Dollars. Do I really need to spend that when I brought a perfectly good lunch? How much money do I spend eating out every week?
I ate my frozen meal.
That's a big part of this challenge for me: saving money. Thinking about how I consume mindlessly, while not considering/appreciating what I have in my own fridge, in my own life.
Dinner tonight was delish and comforting: couscous with italian-herbed tofu, fresh plum tomatoes, olives and feta cheese. (I was too hungry to take photos...)
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