No eating out... again

Before our precious Gideon came alone we went I believe 2.5 weeks without eating out.  Talk about saving money!  I'm really going to try my best to do that again.  If we can go with only eating out twice a month, we would be rich!  Okay, maybe not rich....but at least we will be healthier.

Today was very productive.  Before noon I did all the laundry, swept the kitchen, emptied the dishwasher, washed bottles and other few dishes by hand, played with GX, ran my ct5k (2.25 miles), organized and sized GX clothes, made the bed/clean our room, and started on lunch!  AWESOME!!

Lunch:
Ham, Egg, Cheese, Biscuit sliders.  Very easy and affordable.
Ham was $6.00 for a pound - used maybe an ounce... so less than 50 cents for the whole bit,
Five eggs - another 50 cents
Three slices of cheese - another 50 cents
Biscuits, can of 10 off brand - possibly 25 cents.

Cooked the eggs on a low temp skillet until one side was done and then flipped.  I did break the yolks but did not scramble!  While cooking the eggs I baked the biscuits.  After the eggs were done I tossed in the ham slices to warm.  Combine into little sandwiches!  

I also served green grapes with this meal and Jeremiah made him self some chocolate milk.  It was really easy, cheap and pretty good (specialy if you like breakfast for other meals)!

Tonight Jeremiah has to work until 10:30+ so I threw something in the crock pot for us to eat. It's called Chicken a la Criolla.  I didn't put olives in it and used other type of tomatoes.  Might have added too much garlic too!  We shall see!   It kinda reminds me of chicken faijatas, but with different seasoning.

You basically chop all the ingredients (I just put the chicken in the bottom) and cook them together.  It says it is good served over rice.  So I will make some rice to go with it.    We'll let you know how everything taste!

UPDATE:  This chicken is not worth  making again.   It might have tasted better with a package of fajitas seasoning in with it or something.   Or just use pretty much the same ingredients and make fajitas.  It just didn't have much flavor.  It was pretty bland.  Not something going to keep!

Crock Pot Chicken a la Criolla
Skinnytaste.com
Servings: 5 • Size: 2 thighs + vegetables & sauce • Old Points: 5 pts • Points+: 5 pts*
Calories: 211 • Fat: 6.2 g • Protein: 28.8 g • Carb: 9.9 g • Fiber: 1.9 g • Sugar: 2.1 g
Sodium: 447 mg (without salt)   

Ingredients:

• 10 (2 lbs) skinless boneless chicken thighs, fat trimmed
• 1 small onion, diced
• 1 garlic clove, crushed
• 1 bell pepper, chopped or sliced
• 4 plum tomatoes
• 2 tbsp alcaparrado or pitted spanish olives
• 8 oz can tomato sauce
• 1/4 tsp oregano
• 1/4 tsp cumin
• salt to taste
• 1-2 bay leaf
• 1/4 cup chopped cilantro (plus 2 tbsp more for serving)