I cooked by myself, so I prepared a half batch (enough to make 8 wraps). I bought and used a 14 oz box of instant rice. I misread the box of instant rice and its yield. It wasn’t quite as much as called for in the recipe. My tortillas were 10-12″ size. There was the right amount of filling for 8 wraps.

pulled out a couple of soft tacos for my lunch today at work..yum!..could use a bit of lettuce and/or more taco sauce so will have to remember to put that in…the granola bars are delish..and made a day ahead so I could bring to a boy scout backpack food cooking class I was teaching..and then sending some with the boys..yum! packed those in snack sized zip locks…the shakes work great (I had my doubts)..but brought a different day with a pizza roll/sauce from previous month..the shake thawed by my lunch time so I felt quite snazzy with pizza and a shake!

Not sure how I’ll feel at the end of the month with so many burgers..and still some from last month..guess, it’s a different philosophy with so many of the meals needing cooking/where it’s just the meat not a cooked casserole just to be reheated..we’re game to try most anything.

used all low fat/non fat cream cheeses, grated cheeses and cottage cheese to try to lessen the impact..and found flank steaks in two portions at Costco..can’t remember what the cost was..but they were gorgeous, lean cuts of meat…as were the baby back ribs..they were packed into 3 racks together..and then picked up 1 separately on sale at kroger…

lots of veggies coming on in the garden..so veggie side dishes are going to be getting cheaper as the season wears on so am not as concerned about the cost of more pricey cuts of meat (especially if they are lean)..we tend towards less meat but of a higher quality..so the shrimp/salmon/flank steaks/pork tenderloins/chicken breasts are popular around here..as are fresh tuna/halibut/etc..

thanks for your hard work…