Jared Mitovich

Yeah, so the first thing we did was think about what is the agriculture secretary telling us to purchase.

We also wanted to make sure we were consulting the agriculture department's dietary guidance.

Rachel and I decided to hit the two grocery stores we could find closest by.

We both tried to find boneless chicken breasts for as cheap as we could.

I got Purdue.

We both found flour tortillas.

We couldn't find corn in either of our stores.

And then we found broccoli.

My one other thing was Vermont cheddar cheese.

Tried to stick with New England flavors.

The department does advise us to have dairy with our meal.

We were trying to make sure we hit all the groups, right?

Vegetables, protein, dairy, and grains.

So the ingredients that I purchased to put this $3 meal together ended up totaling me $26.

Portioning it out to follow the secretary's guidance did get us to a total of $2.91.

I wouldn't say it was the most filling meal.

I wouldn't say it was maybe the most flavorful, but that wasn't really our goal.

It was trying to see what is the meal that the secretary and the new guidance are advising?

What does that actually look like and taste like?

Well, I do have some leftovers, so I'm probably going to keep parceling it out and seeing if I can really live the full Brooke Rollins $3 meal lifestyle.