Mr. and Mrs. Smith Rebooted: Sunday, January 17, 2016

Thursday, January 21, 2016

Goal #1

Breakfast:

Lunch:

Neither good or worth the $30 we paid. (The cheese in the grilled cheese was that yucky plasticy cheese that Kraft Singles are made from.)Yet another showing of expensive, processed foods in the restaurant setting that confirms why eating at home is much better.

Dinner:

I was trying to make a fried noodle dish (like fried rice but with spaghetti squash)
This didn't quite work out

It was grass fed angus beef, but from Safeway in the bargain section, which makes Aaron really huffy. In this case he was right to be wary because it tasted extremely gamey and full of gristle.
Neither of us could eat the meat, it tasted so off. It's possible it was spoiled, but I think it was just extremely low quality in comparison to what we are normally accustomed to.

On the way home from grocery shopping, I was thinking about what would happen if every time we had the urge to go buy junk food or go out to eat we instead put the money we would have spent in our savings account with the intention of purchasing high-quality protein.
One of the reasons we are struggling at the moment is when you're tired and emotionally drained, it's harder to make proper decisions. It's also harder to follow through on your commitment to cook at home, especially if you're making something you've never made before.

I am thinking that fighting the urge to buy junk food will have to be something that we both talk about focusing on. This may mean that we keep our urges to ourselves instead of looking to the other person to justify our wants and grant permission to give in. This will also mean reminding each other that we have date night coming up and if we feel like something in particular, we can defer it until then.
The second item, going back to the idea of emergency meals and soups might alleviate this issue.

Mr. and Mrs. Smith Rebooted