June 2 - We had burgers on the grill at home, and tater tots. I'm going to say that the burgers don't count. We had to cook them ourselves, even though they were prepared by the store. However, the tater tots...they count
June 3 - I made lunches and breakfast at home for both of us. We went to a Mariners game with my Dad, so we totally gave in to the ball game food. This counts too.
June 4 -12 - I don't remember exactly what we had, but I know we didn't cheat. We had homecooked meals with nothing pre-prepared. It was also sometime during this time that I realized I do 90% of the cooking, therefore, this months without was all on me. So Josh and I discussed it and decided that we were going to redefine homemade and store bought. Some prepared ingredients to a meal are perfectly acceptable, like raw frozen burger patties or a seasoning packet for lettuce wraps. However, any dish or meal that is more than 75% prepped and ready to eat from the store, is considered store bought and if we eat it this month, we will owe to the charity fund.
June 13 - We went to Costco, which means that we needed to eat something before we went so we didn't buy the entire store. We wanted something quick, so I threw in one of my "emergency" meals I keep in the freezer. It was a Schwan's Orange Chicken Skillet. It was delicious, don't judge. Its nice to keep these kinds of things in the freezer for nights just like this one. We need something that I can cook at home, that isn't awful for us. I fully understand that this is not a healthy meal, however, if you compare it to most of the other freezer meals out there this one is pretty darn good. Excuses for the contents of my freezer aside, this meal counts on the tally.
June 14 - We went out to see the new Star Trek in 3D. We split a Jimmy John's Sandwhich, and ate a ridiculous amount of popcorn. Super tasty dinner, awesome movie, and a date with a handsome man - does it get any better? It could if it also means money for charity, add 1 to the tally.
June 15 - Leftover night! Turns out leftovers (bacon, shredded chicken, various veggies and ciabatta rolls) make phenomenal homemade sammiches.
June 16 - Happy Fathers Day! We went to Grandma and Papa's up in Everett and they made us a delicious flank steak. Nothing you buy at the store can even come close to a meal at Grandma and Papa's table.
June 17 - We got back late the night of the 16th and I'm not sure if I was too tired, or if I just didn't remember, either way I forgot to make lunches. Josh got a pizza bagel and I had teriyaki. The guilt for this one just piles up! I feel guilty for having a bad for me meal, and because I'm cheating on the without. Dinner was good though - we had veggies, buttered bread and a piece of Hake.
June 18-21 - I didn't keep a menu list, but we were home-cooking fools!
June 22 - We did The Dirty Dash again! I'll post some pics of when I have it, in the meantime check out the post about it from last year. We were completely exhausted when we got home, and we took a 2 hour nap. After we woke up, neither of us were thinking clearly and couldn't even comprehend cooking, so we ordered a delicious pizza from Pop's Pizza. Definitely worth an extra tip to charity!
June 23 - Josh's table saw decided it was time to drop out of use, and it broke its second motor. Josh has been looking for a replacement motor on Craigslist, but he ended up scoring a killer deal on a super nice new one instead. All three of us took the truck down to Tacoma, picked up the table saw, took a nice walk on the Ruston Way waterfront, and since we were in Tacoma...we stopped at Steamer's. Steamer's is the perfect rainy Sunday treat, even if it costs us $2 more!
This was Leonard's first trip to the Ruston waterfront, and his first experience with the memorial to fallen firefighters. We had to take some time and let him approach these tough guys. Leonard was terrified, he was jumping back from them, reaching way out with his nose to sniff them, and circling them like at any moment they might spray him with the hose. I agree with him, it is a very nice memorial and they are pretty realistic, but its still funny to watch the 100 lb critter who always has my back, be scared of a statue.
June 24 - Have I mentioned how amazing our new grill is? The hassle we went through to get it is paying off, it rocks! AND, even better than the grill, is the phenomenal grill-master. Josh grills a mean steak!
June 25-30 - We did it! We successfully spent the rest of the month without any store bought pre-prepared meals. With the heat we had to fight off a pretty wicked craving for McDonald's soft serve, but we won the battle! There were BBQ ribs, a pasta primivera, some fish,, and a treat night including a boneless rib-eye and bacon wrapped scallops. We ate well!
Ok, so whats the take away from this month? Buying quick easy meals from the store is...quick and easy. But, by avoiding the easy option, we ate a lot more fresh vegetables and otherwise "whole foods". I think we ate healthier, and its been a good learning experience for me to see that it doesn't take that much more time to cook something from scratch rather than have something ready to go in the freezer. It just take a little bit of planning.
Total Tally for June:
Josh: 8
Kiki: 8
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