#morning cofffee

A while back a friend of mine asked me (very kindly and very clearly) to post about living on a budget - grocery shopping, eating healthy, minimize waste, etc. I still haven’t. But I’m hoping I can taylor this post later to fit his blog, because routine is such an important part of eating healthy, especially while living on a budget. 

Routine doesn’t have to mean eating literally the same exact thing day after day, but being aware of what you like to eat and will eat is a good place to start for building a routine shopping list. 

For example, using similar ingredients for multiple recipes throughout the week: banana oatmeal one day and peanut butter banana sandwich the next, or sweet potato fries one day and sweet potato egg scramble the next. The list literally goes on and on (as I posted a while back)

For now, it’s been best for me to stick to routine rather than seek out brand new recipes; I find it more fun and resourceful to come up with new recipes using ingredients I already have in the kitchen. 

poached egg on toast literally every day of my life, unless I have oatmeal because I ran out of eggs

And coffee. I feel like this is a given with a title “ROUTINE ROUTINE” but to be extra clear, this is also part of my every day

In my fridge: eggs, Ezekiel bread, greek yogurt, hummus, carrots, kale, brussels sprouts, vanilla almond milk, marinara, peanut butter

In my pantry: granola, oats, pasta, cinnamon

On the counter: tomatoes, onion, sweet potato, bananas, apples

I can make about three different breakfasts, three different lunches, and three different dinners, knowing I will be able to use all my perishables in about a week without much going to waste. It also makes it much easier to meal plan more or less and whip up something quickly.