Day 31, and Grandma makes 13! Hearty vegetable beef soup with brown rice. Whole wheat bread. Healthy.

Here is our precious Grandma, Rodger's mom, visiting from Canada.  An added bonus to having Grandma visit is that the children are allowed to have sugar in their tea during her whole stay.

beef and vegetable soup with brown rice, very hearty

half the fry-bread was dipped in cinnamon sugar for dessert

here is the whole wheat plain fry-bread, which we dipped in our soup

soup with an African tablecloth on the table

Noah made sure he had a place next to Peter.  Boys have to hang together when they can in this family...they're outnumbered 10 to 2.

Trudy taking a call from her cousin Grace before her first bite

It looks like fried chicken, but it's not.  It's whole wheat fried bread.

I fried the dough because my oven isn't functional yet since the baking day at the school.  A range top is all I have.

I also fried up enough for tomorrow in the sack lunches, much to everybody's delight.  Hopefully I'll get an oven going soon.  I don't like serving too much fried food.

breakfast menu:   cold cereal and milk

Cost: $2.90

14 bowls of cereal (Rodger and Peter got a double portion):  1.40

3 quarts milk:  1.50

Sack lunches:  whole wheat cheese sandwiches, carrot sticks, gogurt for the kids, canned peaches

Cost:  $4.06

2 boules of my honey oat bread:  .76

8 oz cheese (Rodger sliced it very thin):  .75

1/2 head iceberg lettuce:  .42

24 oz carrots:  .41

one box gogurt (8 individual):  .72(close dated)

2 quarts of canned peaches:  1.00

Snack:  2 sleeves of crackers

Cost:  $.50

Supper menu:  beef/vegetable/rice soup with fry-bread

Cost:  $4.52

1 lb brown rice, boiled in the soup base:  .49

hamburger meat:  .86

1/2 full stock of celery, chopped:  .38

20 oz carrots:  .34

2 oz beef soup base:  .49

1/2 lb each, frozen peas and frozen corn:  .98

1 diced onion:  .10

whole wheat fry bread:  .60

1/2 cup oil for frying:  .20

1/2 cup sugar:  .04

cinnamon:  .04

Today's food bill (remember, we have 2 extra people, so I am allowing 2 extra bucks for spending):  $11.98

   Having extras to feed isn't usually a problem for me, but this time, with our project going, plus being tired from the baking, has me discombobulated.  I was in a pretty good rhythm, and now things have been shaken up a little bit.  It takes more mental effort.  

Tomorrow we will have 3 exra Boothies.  Grandma B can't eat potatoes, so we'll have to come up with something else for her tomorrow, even though it will be Saint Patrick's Day.