Before the pandemic ground everything to a halt this year, I had been fighting a losing battle with my addiction to Starbucks coffee.

I really could not go a single day without going to Starbucks, and since I usually got two cookies with my regular coffee, I was burning through $8.57 every single day.

I am constantly struggling to improve my financial habits in pursuit of financial freedom, so the irony that I was burning through $260.67 a month wasn't lost to me, but try as I might, I just could not stop myself.

Anyway, as more and more alarming news started coming out of China, I started seriously reconsidering the wisdom of my daily interaction with the barista at Starbucks, especially since they were having even more interactions with other people, so I stopped going despite horrible cravings for coffee.

At first I was at a loss for what to do, but on a whim, I decided to pick up some brightly coloured Pukka teas during my grocery run, and it turns out I really really like their tea.

The three ginger one is wayyyy too strong

I honestly just grabbed every colour they had in the store to try, and I figured I might like at least one, but I'm glad I took a chance, because I found that I really love the Lemon, Ginger, and Manuka Honey one, the Lavender Sleep one (despite hating the smell of lavender), and the Matcha Green Tea one.

I also decided, despite hating yoghurt since childhood, to take a chance on Siggi's skyr since technically, it's not yoghurt, and skyr is it's own thing.

I still think I'll never eat regular yoghurt, but I really, really like skyr, especially the plant based ones.

Another discovery I made due to having to make do with what I could get from the empty shelves at the grocery store was I really really like seaweed.

I've taken to mixing in a pack of dried seaweed into all my eggs now, so I invented seaweed fried egg, and I love it!

Overall, my daily routine now is making a cup of tea in the morning and eating some skyr, and I think my eating habits have definitely changed for the better during the lockdown.

I finally kicked my daily coffee habit, although it can be argued I've replaced it with a daily tea habit, but I've lost 20lbs since March 6, so hey.

I recently ordered from All I Do Is Cook because I follow the chef, Tobi on Twitter, and I missed food from home. I'll post a review about it soon.

I also really miss the food they serve at Ikea. I didn't go there often but whenever I did, I always got the same thing. Isn't this absolutely delicious looking?

Well, thanks to the pandemic, no more of that.

What have you been eating?

Sugabelly

What I've Been Eating during Lockdown