{"id":2383,"date":"2008-10-02T12:10:58","date_gmt":"2008-10-02T19:10:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/of.jennism.com\/?p=2383"},"modified":"2008-10-02T12:10:58","modified_gmt":"2008-10-02T19:10:58","slug":"accounting-the-budget-of-food","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/of.jennism.com\/?p=2383","title":{"rendered":"Accounting the budget of food"},"content":{"rendered":"

Do I really spend more cooking than eating out? People I know rationalize that a meal is around $5 and that cooking is about the same. So why waste money and time cooking?<\/p>\n

So yesterday I made a huge pot of chili for the rest of the week using:<\/p>\n

  • 2 cans of kidney beans – ~$2 (purchased at Costco at least a year ago)<\/li>\n
  • 1 can of tomato sauce – free (parents insisted I take it last time I visited)<\/li>\n
  • 2 lbs of ground beef – $2 (at my favorite local meat shop<\/a>)<\/li>\n
  • 1 can of diced tomatoes – free (Chris insisted I take it since he had too many)<\/li>\n
  • a dash of garlic salt – 2 cents (a huge $4 brand name shaker from Cala Foods)<\/li>\n
  • 14 oz of organic salsa from a 16 oz container – $4 (hastily bought not knowing it was organic and expensive)<\/li>\n
  • half of a large onion – free (it suddenly appeared in my fridge, most likely by someone who didn’t want it)<\/li>\n
  • 2 tsp of chili pepper flakes – free (leftover condiments from some to-go meal a long time ago)<\/li>\n
  • a spoonful of nutella chocolate – free (gift)<\/li>\n
  • 5 turns of ground pepper grinder – ~10 cents (price unknown, purchase date unknown)<\/li>\n
  • 1 shake of the Trader Joe’s 21 seasoning salute – ~2 cents (useful from a $3 bottle)<\/li>\n

    Estimated total amount not including time spent and energy used (30+ minutes of gas stove): $8.05<\/p>\n

    Estimated meal servings: 5<\/p>\n

    Estimated price per serving: $1.61<\/p>\n

    Estimated price per serving with a dollop of sour cream (purchased 3 weeks ago at Delano’s Foods Berkeley Farms brand): $1.71<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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