So didn't go to any food deserts today. But I did get about 2 hours of exercise by snow shoeing at Odiorne State Park in Rye, NH. This is an absolutely beautiful place, and if you don't see it in winter, I think you are missing out. We had a balmy day (temps above freezing), so Sally and I went for a romp along the coast. Great way to get some exercise. So I burned lots of calories today.
The day starte with Power Oatmeal. I think I may make that an official trademark of the Food Desert Diet. So whenever I write it, I will have to add the little "TM" next to it. I guess I'll go ahead and trademark Food Desert Diet while I'm at it. I weighed in this morning at 166.7 - 9.1 pounds lighter than when I started the experiment. Not bad in three weeks - seems like we might be on to something here, Circle K, Discount Beverage, Tedeschi, and me.
So power oatmeal breakfast with coffee:
| Snack | Quantity | Cost | Calories |
| oatmeal | 1.00 | $0.33 | 153 |
| peanut butter | 1.00 | $0.27 | 180 |
| milk | 1.00 | $0.31 | 83 |
| banana | 1.00 | $0.24 | 90 |
| coffee | 2.00 | $0.19 | 5 |
| $1.43 | 514 |
Lunch was left over beans from the night before, but over macaroni instead of rice:
| Lunch | Quantity | Cost | Calories |
| pink beans | 1.00 | $0.50 | 120 |
| olive oil | 0.50 | $0.35 | 60 |
| onion | 2.00 | $0.16 | 15 |
| green pepper | 0.13 | $0.16 | 4 |
| spaghetti sauce | 0.25 | $0.08 | 15 |
| macaroni | 2.00 | $0.16 | 210 |
| coffee | 3.00 | $0.28 | 8 |
| $1.40 | 432 |
Dinner was a special effort - something I had been planning to try for a while. It went kind of badly. I don't have the video yet, but I will later. I made pizza rustica. Pizza rustica is like a regular pizza, except you pour a layer of scrambled eggs over the sauce layer, then put the cheese on top of that. Or you mix the cheese into the egg, which is what I often do. I also often use different cheeses, like ricotta and mozzarella. It's a little different, but delicious when done well.
This one came out ok, though I had some issues, mostly cook-error related.
I didn't build up the crust around the edges enough so when I brought out the crust after the initial baking, there was not enough of a dam around the sides to hold in the egg. As a result it started flowing over the side. A big "doh!" for that one. In the end we were able to salvage the egg layer, but lost probably the equivalent of one egg due to spillage (1/4).
It's very high calorie because of the biscuit dough. I had three pieces for a cost of $1.73 and 753 calories.
| Pizza rustica | Cost | Calories |
| 2 C flour | $0.56 | 910 |
| 3 eggs | $0.62 | 231 |
| sauce | $0.34 | 60 |
| cheese | $2.36 | 179 |
| shortening | $0.31 | 565 |
| milk | $0.21 | 54.78 |
| baking powder | $0.20 | 15 |
| $4.60 | 2014.78 |
When I came back from snow shoeing I had the bag of ranch flavored peanuts I had purchased yesterday ($0.50; 220 cal).
Overall it was a great day, despite the mishap with the eggs.
Day totals:
Cost: $5.06
Calories: 1,922
Exercise: 683 - from 17,464 steps. 2 hours of snowshoeing, about 45 minutes on the treadmill with 12 minutes of running included.
Net calories: 1,239
Weight: 166.7
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