Slow Food for the Poor Challenge
A week of menus within the food stamp budget using local foods, frugal supermarket shopping, home gardening, home preservation of foods, and preparing meals from basic ingredients. This menu is for two people for one week. Prices for supermarket foods are from independent supermarkets in December 2004; prices for local foods based on Oklahoma Food Cooperative prices, November 2004.
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| SUMMARY OF RESULTS | |||||
| Total spent on food for week: | $60.43 | ||||
| Fd stmp allowance, 2 people 1 week | $61.87 | ||||
| amount under budget | $1.44 | ||||
| amount per day | $8.63 | ||||
| amount bought from farmers | $44.18 | ||||
| amount from supermarket | $16.80 | ||||
| percent of local foods | 73% | ||||
| percent of supermarket foods | 28% | ||||
| Food total | Meal totals | Daily Totals | Super market totals | Farmer totals | |
| MONDAY | |||||
| Breakfast: scrambled eggs, biscuits and gravy | |||||
| 4 eggs | $1.00 | $1.00 | |||
| 2 c flour | $0.30 | $0.30 | |||
| 4 tbsp oil | $0.16 | $0.16 | |||
| 2/3 c milk for biscuits | $0.12 | $0.12 | |||
| sausage gravy | |||||
| 1 cup milk | $0.18 | $0.18 | |||
| 1/8 lb sausage | $0.37 | $0.37 | |||
| Breakfast total | $1.58 | ||||
| Monday Lunch: hamburger stew | |||||
| Grass fed hamburger | $3.15 | $3.15 | |||
| carrots | $0.20 | $0.20 | |||
| onions | garden | ||||
| garlic | garden | ||||
| celery | $0.20 | $0.20 | |||
| rice | $0.13 | $0.13 | |||
| beef stock | made from leftovers | ||||
| tomatoes | garden | ||||
| Biscuits | leftovers | ||||
| herbs | garden | ||||
| Lunch total | $3.68 | ||||
| Monday dinner: Redneck Salisbury Steaks, baked potatoes, gravy, cooked greens | |||||
| Baked potatoes | $0.90 | $0.90 | |||
| 1 lb ground buffalo | $2.95 | 1 lb | $2.95 | ||
| 2 tblspoons olive oil | $0.08 | $0.08 | |||
| gravy | made from stock made from leftovers | ||||
| greens | garden | ||||
| herbs, garlic, onions | garden | ||||
| Dinner total | $3.93 | ||||
| MONDAY TOTAL | $9.19 | ||||
| TUESDAY | |||||
| Tuesday Breakfast: fried eggs, hash browns, biscuits | |||||
| 4 fried eggs | $1.00 | $1.00 | |||
| 4 tablespoons olive oil | $0.16 | $0.16 | |||
| hashed brown potatoes | leftovers | ||||
| yeast raised biscuits | accounted for below | ||||
| Breakfast total | TOTAL | $1.16 | |||
| Tuesday Lunch: hamburger stew, rolls | |||||
| whole wheat rolls | see below | ||||
| hamburger stew | NC leftovers | ||||
| Tuesday Lunch total | $0.00 | ||||
| Tuesday Dinner: buffalo with pasta and tomato sauce | |||||
| Macaroni | $0.50 | $0.50 | |||
| 1/2 lb buffalo | $1.50 | $1.50 | |||
| tomato sauce | NC garden, frozen | ||||
| 2 tablespoons olive oil | $0.08 | $0.08 | |||
| shredded carrots | $0.15 | $0.15 | |||
| rolls | see below | ||||
| Dinner total: | $2.23 | ||||
| TUESDAY OTHER FOOD EXPENSE | |||||
| Refrigerator dough for rolls | |||||
| 2 cups milk | $0.37 | $0.37 | |||
| 8 cups organic whole wheat flour | $1.20 | $1.20 | |||
| 2 tbsp honey | $0.25 | $0.25 | |||
| 4 tbsp olive oil | $0.16 | $0.16 | |||
| Rolls total: | $1.98 | ||||
| Apple pie | |||||
| Apples | garden | ||||
| 2 cups brown sugar | $0.25 | $0.25 | |||
| 4 cups white flour | $0.40 | $0.40 | |||
| 1 egg | $0.25 | $0.25 | |||
| 1-1/4 cup olive oil | $0.75 | $0.75 | |||
| pie total | $1.65 | ||||
| TUESDAY TOTAL | $7.02 | ||||
| WEDNESDAY | |||||
| Wednesday Breakfast: scrambled eggs with italian sausages, biscuits | |||||
| 3 scrambled eggs | $0.75 | $0.75 | |||
| 2 tbspn olive oil | $0.08 | $0.08 | |||
| 2 Italian sausages | $1.60 | $1.60 | |||
| hot rolls | see Tuesday | ||||
| Breakfast total | $2.43 | ||||
| Wednesday Lunch: Buffalo helper, rolls | |||||
| 1/2 lb buffalo | $1.50 | $1.50 | |||
| macaroni | leftover | ||||
| 2 tbsp olive oil | $0.08 | $0.08 | |||
| gravy | made with leftovers and stock | ||||
| carrots | $0.20 | $0.20 | |||
| 1/8 lb cheese | $0.57 | $0.57 | |||
| onions | garden | ||||
| herbs | garden | ||||
| Hot rolls | see Tuesday | ||||
| $2.35 | |||||
| Wednesday Dinner: beans with Italian sausages, rolls | |||||
| Pinto beans | $0.30 | $0.30 | |||
| carrots | $0.20 | $0.20 | |||
| onions | NC garden | ||||
| stock | stock made from leftovers | ||||
| Sausages | $2.40 | $2.40 | |||
| herbs, garlic | garden | ||||
| hot rolls | see Tuesday | ||||
| apple pie | leftover | ||||
| Dinner total | $2.90 | ||||
| $0.00 | |||||
| Wednesday Total: | $7.68 | ||||
| THURSDAY | |||||
| Thursday Breakfast: scrambled eggs, sausage, rolls | |||||
| 3 scrambled eggs | $0.75 | $0.75 | |||
| 2 tbpn olive oiil | $0.08 | $0.08 | |||
| 1/4 lb pork sausage | $0.75 | $0.75 | |||
| hot rolls | leftovers | ||||
| Breakfast total | $1.58 | ||||
| Thursday lunch: Buffalo meatloaf, oven fries, corn on the cob, green beans | |||||
| 1/2 lb buffalo | $1.50 | $1.50 | |||
| shredded carrots | $0.30 | $0.30 | |||
| dried bread crumbs | leftovers | ||||
| chopped onion | nc garden | ||||
| garlic/herbs | nc garden | ||||
| potatoes | $0.90 | $0.90 | |||
| olive oil | $0.15 | $0.15 | |||
| corn on the cob | $1.00 | bought in summer frozen | $1.00 | ||
| green beans | nc garden | frozen summer produce | |||
| 2 tbsp olive oil | $0.08 | $0.08 | |||
| bean gravy | leftovers | ||||
| Lunch total | $3.93 | ||||
| Dinner: buffalo helper, hot rolls | |||||
| Buffalo helper | NC leftover | ||||
| hot rolls | NC leftover | ||||
| apple pie | NC leftover | ||||
| cooked greens | NC leftover | ||||
| Dinner total | $0.00 | ||||
| THURSDAY TOTAL | $5.51 | ||||
| FRIDAY | |||||
| Friday Breakfast: biscuits and gravy | |||||
| Biscuits | $0.50 | $0.20 | $0.30 | ||
| 4 tbsp olive oil | $0.16 | $0.16 | |||
| Sausage gravy | $0.55 | $0.18 | $0.37 | ||
| breakfast total | $1.21 | ||||
| Friday lunch: bean soup, biscuits | |||||
| Beans and soup | leftover | ||||
| biscuits | leftover | ||||
| Lunch total: | $0.00 | ||||
| Friday dinner: rice pilaf with ground buffalo and tomato sauce, hot rolls | |||||
| rice | $0.25 | $0.25 | |||
| 1 lb buffalo | $2.95 | $2.95 | |||
| 28 oz can tomato sauce | $0.77 | $0.77 | |||
| 2 tbsp olive oil | $0.08 | $0.08 | |||
| shredded carrots | $0.15 | $0.15 | |||
| rolls | see below | ||||
| onions, garlic, herbs | garden | ||||
| Dinner total | $4.20 | ||||
| Refrigerator dough for rolls | |||||
| 2 cups milk | $0.37 | $0.37 | |||
| 8 cups organic whole wheat flour | $1.20 | $1.20 | |||
| 1/2 cup honey | $1.00 | $1.00 | |||
| 3/4 cup olive oil | $0.48 | $0.48 | |||
| Other total | $3.05 | ||||
| FRIDAY TOTAL | $8.46 | ||||
| Saturday | |||||
| Breakfast: pancakes with peanut butter and jam | |||||
| flour | $0.30 | $0.30 | |||
| milk | $0.15 | $0.15 | |||
| egg | $0.25 | $0.25 | |||
| Peanut butter | $0.20 | $0.20 | |||
| 3 tablespoons olive oil | $0.12 | $0.12 | |||
| jam | garden | ||||
| Breakfast total | $1.02 | ||||
| Lunch: buffalo pot roast, baked potatoes, cooked cabbage, rolls, apple cobbler | |||||
| 2.5 lbs buffalo round roast | $11.25 | $11.25 | |||
| potatoes | $0.80 | $0.80 | |||
| cabbage | $0.50 | $0.50 | |||
| celery | $0.20 | $0.20 | |||
| 6 tbspn olive oil | $0.24 | $0.24 | |||
| carrots | $0.30 | $0.30 | |||
| onions, garlic, herbs | nc garden | ||||
| Lunch total | $13.29 | ||||
| Apple cobbler | |||||
| apple pie filling | garden/leftovers from pie making | ||||
| 1.5 cups brown sugar | $0.18 | $0.18 | |||
| 1.5 cups flour | $0.23 | $0.23 | |||
| 1.5 sticks butter | $0.75 | $0.75 | |||
| Apple cobbler total | $1.16 | ||||
| dinner: hot buffalo sandwiches | |||||
| buffalo | leftovers | ||||
| potatoes | leftovers | ||||
| rolls | leftovers | ||||
| 2 tbsp olive oil | $0.08 | $0.08 | |||
| cooked greens, herbs, onions, garlic | garden | ||||
| Dinner total | $0.08 | ||||
| Saturday total | $15.55 | ||||
| Sunday | |||||
| breakfast: 2 scrambled eggs, 1/3 lb sausage, hash brown potatoes, rolls, apple cobbler | |||||
| eggs | $0.50 | $0.50 | |||
| 1/3 lb sausage | $1.00 | $1.00 | |||
| 3 tbsp olive oil | $0.12 | $0.12 | |||
| hash brown potatoes | leftovers | ||||
| rolls | leftovers | ||||
| apple cobbler | leftovers | ||||
| Breakfast total | $1.62 | ||||
| Lunch | |||||
| Buffalo rice pilaf, hot rolls | NC - leftovers | ||||
| $0.00 | |||||
| Dinner | |||||
| Buffalo, rice, cabbage soup | NC - leftovers |