The Real Food Cart 10/10/24

Image description: chicken bacon, cheese, sour cream, green onions, chorizo sausage, tex mex paste, chipotle sauce, onions, lime zest, lime juice.

Highlighted Meal of the Week

Before my diabetes diagnosis, one of the meals we had regularly was Charles’ homemade nachos. They were amazing. The tortilla chips are too high in carbs and I can no longer eat them. Over time, since my diagnosis, Charles has been refining the recipe to get that wondrous crisp of the chips and the tasty flavours of the dish. He tried pepperoni slices, salami and various other meats, but some time ago, he tried chicken bacon and it turns out to be the perfect conveyance for these very loaded and delicious nachos. He broils them in little squares in the oven, then adds the other ingredients and broils the whole thing again. My blood sugar levels are excellent. We use our home made chipotle sauce and tex mex paste (tomato paste, mexican spice blend (homemade also: chili powder, cumin, red pepper flakes, oregano, garlic powder, onion powder, cayenne pepper, kosher salt, black pepper) and lime juice. This is a meal I would request on my deathbed, folks. We have a whole category for last meals.

The total cost of the meal for two was $12.70 and the single serving was $6.35.

This Week’s Cart

Stores considered this week were Metro.ca, Walmart, Massine’s, Isabella Loblaws, Kowloon and Farm Boy, which are within walking distance, Real Canadian Superstore, Metro Rideau and Food Basics, which are accessible to us by public transit.

If we could get the cheapest price at all the stores, the total amount would be $98.66.

By combining delivery from Walmart, and a few strolls to local stores, Charles has obtained a price of $109.04 for this week’s shopping list, only eleven percent higher than the cheapest price if we could shop all the stores.

Each store on its own will cost a shopper anywhere from twenty-six to seventy-three percent more or an extra $71.93. Any store that provided less than twenty-four of the twenty-six items we were looking for was disqualified.

I wish you nutritious, delicious and affordable meals, lingering conversations with loved ones, joy and whimsy.

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