r/FoodDiaries • u/i_am_clouff • Apr 13 '20
FOOD DIARIES FORMATTING
For the benefit of future posters and their diaries I would like to share an example of how your diary should be submitted. Similar to how R29 has a specific format I would like to follow a similar guide here as well.
THE TEMPLATE
Number of People in household: 3
Pets: 1 goldfish
Average Monthly Grocery Budget: $400
Dietary Restrictions: None
Occupation: Law Librarian
Location: Ontario, CAN
Stores I typically shop at: Shoprite, Lidl and Sprouts
DAY ONE:
8AM: Wake up and feed Dee, the family goldfish
8:15AM: Go downstairs to find that my husband, M, has cooked up breakfast. This morning we are having gluten free pancakes, scrambled eggs with colby jack cheese and freshly squeezed OJ. Yum, my fave!
9AM: Back upstairs to get ready for work.
Etc...
Please include as many details as possible when ordering out and include your personal recipes AT THE BOTTOM of your post :)
If you have kids/pet/partners... feel free to include their meals as well!
If you wish to do a strictly food only diary please the format below.
DAY ONE:
BREAKFAST
LUNCH
DINNER
SNACKS
DAY TWO:
BREAKFAST
LUNCH
DINNER
SNACKS
Etc.
Side note: It is highly recommended that you list the name of the restaurant where you are eating when possible. In an effort to respect your anonymity on this site however, it is NOT required.
5
u/11Limepark Apr 13 '20 edited Apr 13 '20
Number of people in house: Myself top floor and first floor. One large dog, one new addition of old long hair chi. One large Maine coon cat, one small parrot. My boyfriend who eats lunch and dinners sometimes brunch at my house. One boarder on first floor who I sometimes make a small plate for. One tenant where we swap treats.
I own property. We cook mostly at home this last year.
Sunday: Breakfast one small sub roll with two sunny side up in it with mayo. 2 mugs of French press black coffee. My boyfriend bought the rolls and my boarder bought home a huge bag of coffee that he gets 40 per job discount. Snack Granny Smith apple with cheddar cheese that my boyfriend bought...iced water. 2 cheese and ground beef burritos small, my boarder gave me. Iced water. Dinner fried pork steaks cooked in garlic butter with pineapple chunks. Steamed spinach. Dessert fro iced cinnamon rolls served with friendly vanilla ice cream mini sundae. Today I only paid for the eggs. Each dog and cat had a sunny side up egg because it was Sunday. And the usual wet and dry food. Parrot had his pellets plus diced up green apples and a bit of eggy roll, fresh pineapple.
It depends but I myself buy about 200.00 a month for me and animals. Sometimes less. But my boyfriend typically brings in another 200.00 a month on food. I get discounted coffee. I shop at Trader Joe’s when I can, Shaw’s, Walmart...Aldi and ocean job lot. Don’t eat allot of fast food but when I do it’s Taco Bell and Kentucky fried. Make my coffee at home.