Challenge Recipe 3
John Frame
Challenge recipe number 3 was to purchase a meal for two
people using $15 from at a local gas station or CVS. The meal had to be
adequate in nutrition (proteins, carbs, fats, vitamins, minerals) while staying
within the budget. For this challenge, I went shopping at the CVS Pharmacy
located on the corner of Ontario Street and Washington Avenue.
As I began shopping, I found out that the fruit and
vegetable selection was minimal. The fruit selection consisted of some apples
and oranges while the only vegetables to be seen in the whole store were a
frozen bag of mixed vegetables. After
picking up these items, I went to find bread, cheese, and eggs. CVS had all of
these in supply so I purchased each item. My overall total for the shopping was
$20.70. My total was above the $15 amount because I also purchased a gallon of
milk and deodorant.
To prepare the food, I fried up the frozen vegetables in
some olive oil and cut the apple up into 1/8 pieces. I cooked the eggs over
hard seasoning with salt and put the cheese on top of the egg. After the cheese
was melted, I placed the egg and cheese combination onto some bread and made a
sandwich. I went with an egg and cheese sandwich because it seemed like the
sandwich would fulfill a lot of the nutrient requirements and be cheap to make.
Overall, the $15 meal for two people at a corner store was a success and there
were plenty of ingredients left over to make more sandwiches.
I would not like to do any more grocery shopping at CVS because it is very expensive relative to a regular grocery store. I think that I could have gotten the same quantity of food at half the price if I were at a regular grocery store.
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