Challenge 4 – Whole
Foods
John Frame
The instruction for challenge 4 was to purchase and prepare
a meal for two people from a “health” foods store such as Whole Foods with $15.
The store I went to purchase my food was the St. Paul Whole Foods store. I knew
going into the store that I had to think cheap and find the food that would
give me the most bang for my buck. I thought that a peanut butter and banana
sandwich along with roasted vegetables would be my best bet.
As I was going through the store, I noticed some butternut
squash that was 69 cents a pound. I picked one of those up and then went to get
some carrots. Picked up four carrots and then two bananas. I went to get some
peanut butter and saw that it was over $4. With a 4$ purchase on peanut butter,
I would have to make my bread purchase very cheap. To find my cheap bread, I
bought a pack of tortillas for 99 cents.
Preparing the meal was very simple. I started roasting the
vegetables using the recipe found in the Bittman book. When the vegetables were
getting tender, I started making the peanut butter and banana wraps. I was
surprised at how well the wraps turned out. I tried a tortilla right out of the
package and it was horrible. But the peanut butter and banana fixed any
problems that the tortilla had. The vegetables were very good. Overall, the
meal was good but it was not worth the extra money for buying the food
at a
Whole Foods store. I would not go shopping at a foods store like this when I
can purchase food that I think is just as healthy and cheaper.
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