We eat out a lot. For one of us it is at least 2 meals a day - breakfast and lunch. Is Dunkin Donuts a publicly traded company? Perhaps I should get some stock in that company - we spend enough money there to own our own franchise. It is also not very weight loss friendly to eat out that much. So I figure if we do our shopping on Sundays we can make a meal plan for the week and maybe even get a head start on some cooking for the week.
Sounds easy, right? Not exactly. See, I recently gave up animal products. Meat, eggs, dairy, fish... if it comes from an animal I am going to do my best to avoid eating it. My boyfriend, on the other hand, is not exactly veggie friendly. He is very particular on what he eats and doesn't eat as far as the "main dish". He is great at trying new flavors and dishes, but they require meat. This translates into shopping for two different eating habits, a squabble during the planning, or one of us eating cereal 24/7.
The great thing about not eating meat is not only the health benefits and environmental impact, but the cost benefits. A bag of dry beans costs far less than a steak and you can get many servings out of just one bag. Plus if they are dry in a bag you don't have all that waste of a can and the chemical additives of BPA in the can.
Yes, chicken can be cheap and if you buy on sale and freeze you can really do some savings. In fact I have lots of chicken and fish in the freezer that we have to use still.
Since I have about 18 days to go until I really am starting this challenge I will take a look at prices at the grocery store and research the price differences in the stores in my area for my normal grocery list pick-ups and figure out the difference in some of these dishes.
Stay tuned to see what I find. I won't really have time to do some more shopping research until Monday- so I will post after that.
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