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Lunch

Today we finished two par-baked rolls and created open sandwiches with cream cheese, capers and smoked salmon. Delicious.

• Par-baked roll is 63c
• Salmon was $5.99 or $3.00 a serve
• Cream cheese and capers add 40c.

Lunch today was generous and delicious for $4.03 per serve.

Dinner

Another batch of pea and ham soup, both for tonight’s meal and to give to our friend to take home. As we’ve run out of the ham bounty Greg topped with pancetta.

• The $1.00 of home made stock is split six ways, or 17c per serve
• The pack of split peas was $1.59 or 27c per serve
• The frozen peas is 99c a pack, or 16c per serve
• The pancetta is $3.29 for the pack, but we used only 1/3 and spread it among three, or 37c per serve.

For dinner tonight the soup cost 97c per serve with the ham.

Lunch

Today we used the second half of the second breast of a large supermarket chicken split across two wraps.

• Wholemeal wrap is 50c
• Hummus is $3.99 per container and we used about 1/6 or 33c per serve
• Deli edamame salad was $3.44 or 86c per serve
• The chicken is $9.99. Divided into four portions or $2.50 each, one breast is split into two serves, or $1.25 per serve.

Lunch today was $2.94 per serve.

Dinner

Since there were still two serves of last night’s soup Foodie Greg worked on making it better. The addition of some chopped Trader Joe’s Bratwurst and smoky seasoning definitely elevated the dish. I guess there’s nothing like adding a bit of meat to improve a meal! The potatoes got a little more mashed as well.

We also added a dollop of sour cream when serving for a little creaminess, but also for a little hit of acid to freshen the soup. The sour cream was definitely a worthy addition and could have been stirred through to make it more like a traditional chowder.

Once again we served with the roasted garlic bread.

• Last night’s soup cost $2.96 per serve
• The bratwurst are $3.49 for the pack, or $1.75 per serve
• Sour cream cost $3.99 but we a tiny amount on tonight’s meal, or 25c per serve.

Tonight’s version of the soup was very much improved and cost $4.96 per serve.

Lunch

An indulgent Sunday lunch: wild caught smoked salmon in soft scrambled eggs on an onion bagel. The technique that leads to great scrambled eggs is to stop before you think they’re ready. If you finish cooking in the pan, the eggs will overcook during service because the heat keeps carrying on cooking the eggs.

• Smoked salmon is $5.99 or $3.00 a serve
• The onion bagel is 50c a serve
• Our organic eggs are 50c each, and we had two for $1 per serve.

Lunch today cost $4.50 per serve and was really good and is today’s featured image.

Dinner

The Lemon Chicken Orzo soup had sufficient leftovers that we got another two serves for tonight’s meal, and enough left over for Foodie Greg’s Monday lunch.aop

• Carrots cost 25c or 7c per serve
• Celery, thyme, oil and garlic adds 15c per serve
• Chicken broth cost 40c per serve
• The store-bought rotisserie chicken breast is $2.25 each leg and thigh and we used the other 2/3 of a breast, or $1.50 per serve
• The orzo is $1.42 for a 1 lb box, but only half was used for our four serves, or 18c per serve
• Add in 12 c for the other seasonings, etc.
• Six par baked rustic rolls were $3.29 or 55c per serve

Dinner tonight cost $4.07 per serve!

Lunch

Chicken wrap time today so Foodie Greg picked up a supermarket roast chicken. There was a cold chicken from the day before for just $4.00 instead of the usual $9.99.

• The flatbread is 50c per serve
• The roast chicken is $4.00 for the bird, but we used .75 of a breast, or 34c per serve
• Deli rice salad salad is $2.22 or 56c per serve
• Hummus is $3.99 per container and we used about 1/6 or 33c per serve

Lunch today cost $1.73 per serve.

Dinner

The non-breast remainder of the chicken went into a pot to simmer for a couple of hours to form the foundation of a chicken coconut curry soup. The chicken is removed from the liquid, shredded and added back to the final soup.

This is, literally, chicken noodle soup, although with an Asian influence.

This recipe as we made it with less chicken makes four serves, but we felt it was a little bland. Chicken broth was not necessary as the water from the simmer created its own stock.

• The chicken cost $2.00 or 50c per serve
• The coconut milk is $1.49 or 38c per serve
• Baby kale cost $2.99 or 75c per serve
• The vermicelli works out at about 30c per serve
• The spices, ginger and garlic was 38c or 10c per serve.

The soup was nice, but a little bland for out tastes, but only $2.03 per serve.

Lunch

After a breakfast offering on the plane that was the absolute worst airline food I’d experienced and completely inedible, I was set for lunch in Paris – well, at Charles DeGaul Airport! Because the flights had been delayed by the airline they offered an 8 Euro voucher, which was used to purchase a ham and cheese quiche, which was quite good.

No cost to us!

Dinner

At the recommendation of a friend, Foodie Philip walked the two miles to Bar La Plata where the entire ordering conversations was:

“You want tomato?” “Yes.”

“You want fish?”  “Yes”

“You want beer?”  “Yes”

I wasn’t exactly sure what type of tomato or fish dish I was going to get, but from what was around me, I was pretty sure the fish component was deep fried sardine (or similar small fish) eaten whole.

But first came the tomato, onion, dried olive salad drizzled with olive oil. High quality ingredients simply prepared and utterly delicious. The onion was quite sweet and not at all sulfurous.

The fish was as expected: deep fried sardine lightly salted. And utterly delicious. It’s today’s featured image.

With a beer the dinner cost 7 Euro or $7.70 approximately

And then the two mile walk back to my accommodations!

Lunch

Back at Armadillo Willies to record a Lunch with Philip and Greg with the esteemed Steve Martin of Ripple Training. Because we had a long trip home and would be eating dinner late, we both opted for the Brisket meal.

We enjoyed the BBQ at Armadillo Willies. I have no idea how authentically Texan it was.

Lunch today cost $17.89

Dinner

Back home and looking for something simple, we reheated some Trader Joes OctoberFest bratwurst and put them in a finished par-baked roll with sauerkraut and mustard. Two were more than Foodie Greg could eat, but Foodie Philip managed!

• The bratwurst are $3.49 for the pack, or $1.75 per serve
• The sauerkraut is $2.99 a pack or 30c per serve
• Six par baked rustic rolls were $3.29 or 55c per serve
• Add 10c for mustard.

Dinner tonight cost $2.70 per serve.