Annual virtuous reboot

Another year, another resolution!

The goals:

$800 of groceries in a month

No takeout (especially donuts!)

1500 calories a day (ugh...we'll see if this is more achievable than 1200)

For Round 1.1, the lineup includes the following:

* Turkey (well, chicken) biryani

* Salmon with apricot-chili sauce and spinach

* Beef bulgogi

* Tuna salad

* Kale salad

* Cottage cheese and pineapple for breakfasts

Snacks:

* Instant miso soup (with fresh tofu and green onions)

* Rice crackers, goat cheese, hummus

* Mandarin oranges

* Tea

Today's grocery tally:

AFP provisions: $106.71

Other food: $58.28

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                     $164.99

Turkey Biryani

Fine Cooking, online here.

Super flavourful, very filling, cooks up nice and fast. Used ground chicken, since that was what was available, and I could not track down any cilantro tonight for some reason, so substituted juice of half a lemon. Dollop of sour cream would probably be pretty delicious too.

$3.99 per serving (since I haven't counted the cashews as pantry staples - if they're on hand, it's more like $2.24.)