I have been cooking...a lot. I have also been eating out, an awful lot. Too much. Not that its too much because its not good, its very good, but very expensive. I have good taste, what can I say? Say, you need to figure out how to eat well while spending less Tara Ann Irwin!

I am currently eating breakfast at work, as per usual. Today, I am eating leftover oatmeal my partner Clay made-with frozen blueberries, butter and maple syrup. It is very good of course with maple syrup! Usually I put coconut oil and banana and its sweet enough.

So anyway, I need to plan out some budget friendly meals to keep food expenses down this month. This week we made (and by we, I mean Clay)

* ricotta, walnut, mixed mushroom pappardelle
* white bean, chicken chili in the instant pot
* nachos
*white sturgeon with rice

Everything tasted great, and we have enough for leftovers. Its a fine line-how much to make for leftovers. If you make too much, some people don't want to eat it the next couple days...I try to freeze leftovers in portion sizes to take out when we need a quick meal. Except I always forget to do that so it sits in the freezer for a long time. I need to work on that.