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Budgeting
7Nov2002 Filed under: Journalish
Vegetable that has saved me the most money this week: Sweet potato
Amount spent: $2.89
Amount saved: $32.00 (rough estimate on what I would have spent on four lunches out, including tax, tip, etc.)
Less than $3.00 for four days of lunch food is pretty good. I don’t think even ramen can compare.
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Hey there. I'm Ariel Meadow Stallings, a native Seattleite who's written my way up and down the Left Coast. Electrolicious is where I post daily randomata, but I also write for a living. My first book, Offbeat Bride, was published last year.
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Choire
November 7th, 2002 at 5:46 pm
Wait. You normally spend 32 dollars total INCLUDING TIP on FOUR LUNCHES? Where the hell do you dine, Taco Bell?
Sam
November 7th, 2002 at 9:09 pm
That’s not too far out… if you figure a hippie burrito or some such thing is $6 and a drink is $1, that leaves a buck for a tip. ’sabout what I spent at my vegetarian lunch cart every day until the onset of unemployment symptoms. (=
dave
November 8th, 2002 at 7:19 am
I love sweet potatoes! And they’re very good for you, too. I like mine with a little butter and cinnamin. Now that I’ve figured out how to do them in the microwave and make them come out just as good as the oven, I probably eat 4 or 5 a week.
dani
November 8th, 2002 at 8:42 pm
and yes, sweet potato is much more nutritious than ramen!