Coca-Cola Chicken Catastrophe

I TRIED to make Coca-Cola Chicken today. The problem was that what I had in mind wasn't what my wife was thinking of when she wrote the recipe; when I asked my wife for some advice, she took one look at my pending culinary catastrophe and took her kitchen back before I could do any more damage.

I also nuked something called "delicata squash" in the microwave (it came with microwave instructions on a sticker), scooped it all out of its skin, threw it into the pan with 3 cans of beans and peas, and just stirred it around until it was hot. I'm not sure what to call it, and my wife's opinion was "if you can't say anything polite, then don't say anything at all - so I'm not saying anything". I thought it was decent - the squash was naturally sweet, and everything was naturally soft after being nuked and/or swimming in a can.

Unit cost notes: I ran out of milk, so I bought another jug from Tops. Tops milk is more expensive than Wegmans ($2.19 vs $1.79 per gallon), so my unit cost for milk went up.

No pictures today. I'm too ashamed...

Breakfast:

Cereal in milk: 2 oz cereal, 13 oz milk (cost - $0.49)

Lunch:

Crab fried rice: 2.4 oz brown rice, 1.6 oz white rice, 1.4 oz carrots, 0.8 oz Bok Choy, 0.8 oz spinach, 2.2 oz crab, 1.1 oz egg, 0.6 oz oil (cost - $1.45)

Roasted vegetables: 4.4 oz squash, 2.9 oz potatoes, 1.5 oz onions, 0.2 oz olive oil (cost - $0.43)

Dinner:

Rice: 2.4 oz brown rice, 1.6 oz white rice (cost - $0.28)

Coca-Cola chicken: 4 oz chicken (cost - $0.18) (I deboned 6 oz of chicken leg quarters to get 4 oz of meat), trace amounts of Cola-Cola, soy sauce, and oil.

Mixed veggie mash: 2.5 oz squash, 4.9 oz beans, 2.5 oz peas (cost - $0.47)

Fruits:

Apples: 15 oz (cost - $1.87)

Orange juice: 4 oz (cost - $0.12)

Milk: 13 oz (cost - $0.21)

Summary:

Total cost of food: $5.50

Total eaten / Total daily allowance:  84.8 oz / 91.1 oz

Grains eaten / Grains daily allowance: 10 oz / 10.4 oz

Vegetables eaten / Vegetable daily allowance: 21.7 oz / 21.2 oz

Fruits eaten / Fruits daily allowance: 19 oz / 19.2 oz

Milk Products eaten / Milk Products daily allowance: 26 oz / 26 oz

Meat and Beans eaten / Meat and Beans daily allowance: 7.3 oz / 9.1 oz

Other eaten / Other daily allowance: 0.8 oz / 5.2 oz

Lessons learned:

- Re-read the recipe BEFORE you try to make it.
- Nuked squash is surprisingly tasty.
- Location matters when you buy groceries.