Dining at home

I ate dinner at home last night.
And it was NOT take-out or delivery from a restaurant! (Don't faint)

N. and I did a big grocery shopping run yesterday, mostly because the a/c was out at our condo all weekend and we wanted to be somewhere that was cool. We strolled each aisle, to extend our time in the store, and I ended up talking to him about eating at home to save money, be healthier and less hassled. So we picked up four sets of items that could be dinners for the rest of the week.

Tonight we had chicken caesar salad, one of my favorite warm weather meals. This consisted of two items:

1) Fresh Express Caesar salad kit $4.49
includes romaine lettuce, dressing, grated cheese and croutons
420 calories, 9 g protein, 21g carbs, 36g fat, 3 g fiber, 3.5g sugars

2) Perdue "Short Cuts" Italian skinless chicken breast slices $4.49
(usually $6.49 but on sale because it had hit the "sell by" date)
350 calories, 60 g protein, 7 g carbs, 7g fat, 3.5g sugars

Total cost $ 8.98, Cost/ person $4.49
Calories/person 385

Being less hassled and healthier? Priceless!

Dining at home, day 2

I ate dinner at home again tonight! And it was NOT take-out or delivery from a restaurant! This is unprecedented.

Tonight I had two items:

1) Marie Callender's Creamy Chicken & Portobello Risotto $3.73
(white meat chicken, rice, mushrooms, creamy chardonnay sauce)
320 calories, 19g protein, 39g carbs, 10g fat, 2g fiber, 1g sugars
4.5 minutes in the microwave

2) Green Giant Sweet Peas and Onions $1.99
180 calories, 9g protein, 33g carbs, 0g fat, 9g fiber, 9g sugars
5 minutes in the microwave

Total cost $5.72
Calories 500

I mixed them together, and sprinkled on some parmesan cheese. It was still a little bland, but tasted alright.

So I ate less, ate better, saved money and wasn't out in some restaurant during a tornado warning. I feel so virtuous!