2018: AMC A-List – the movies I saw and the ones I recommend

Total cost paid for movies watched in 2018 in theatres: $297.42… total value for movies watched = $839.45

“*” indicates a movie I particularly enjoyed and would recommend.

March: $10

  • A Wrinkle in Time (10)

April: $42.97

  • A Quiet Place (12.49)
  • I Feel Pretty (12.49)
  • Avengers (17.99)

May: $45.49

  • Black Panther (5)
  • Tully (5)
  • Overboard (23)
  • Deadpool 2 (12.49)

June: $55.76

  • Adrift (14.49)
  • The Incredibles 2 (12.49)
  • *Tag (12.49)
  • Jurassic World (16.49)
  • Uncle Drew (12.29)

July:  $110.32 value… paid $20.95

  • Ant Man and the Wasp (17.99)
  • Sicario (12.49)
  • Skyscraper (12.49)
  • *Sorry to Bother You (12.99)
  • Mamma Mia (12.49)
  • Purge 2 (12.59)
  • Equalizer II (11.29)
  • Mission Impossible: Fallout (17.99)

August: $92.93 value… paid $20.95

  • Darkest Minds (12.49)
  • The Meg (free showing)
  • Spy Who Dumped Me (12.49)
  • BlackKKlansmen (12.49)
  • Alpha (12.49)
  • AXL (12.49)
  • Crazy Rich Asians (17.99)
  • Happytime Murders (12.49)

September: $96.93 value… paid $20.95

  • *Searching (12.49)
  • Predator (17.99)
  • A Simple Favor (10.99)
  • White Boy Rick (12.49)
  • House with a Clock in the Walls (17.99)
  • Life Itself (12.49)
  • Fahrenheit 11/9 (12.49)

October: $117.12 value… paid $20.95

  • Smallfoot (10.19)
  • *A Star is Born (12.49)
  • Venom (18.99)
  • First Man (18.99)
  • Bad Times at El Royale (12.49)
  • Halloween (18.99)
  • The Hate U Give (12.49)
  • Goosebumps (12.49)

November: $125.92 value… paid $20.95

  • *Bohemian Rhapsody (18.99)
  • Nutcracker (12.49)
  • The Grinch(18.99)
  • Overlord (12.49)
  • Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: Crimes of Grindelwald (18.99)
  • *Creed II (12.49)
  • Ralph Breaks the Internet (18.99)
  • Widows (12.49)

December:  $142.01 value… paid $38.45

  • *Spider Man into the Spider-verse (free showing)
  • *Green Book (12.49)
  • Schindler’s List (18.99)
  • Robin Hood (12.49)
  • Once Upon a Deadpool (12.59)
  • Mortal Engines (12.49)
  • They Never Grow Old (17.50)
  • Bumblebee (12.49)
  • Aquaman (17.99)
  • The Mule (12.49)
  • Vice (12.49)

Rachel’s Favorite Recipes throughout 2018

2016 Favorite Recipes

2017 Favorite Recipes

My health and my work influenced the new recipes I tried this past year. I went from working two part time jobs to working both a full time job and a part time job to finally working a full time job from home. I also had a lot of gut healing going on in 2018 and for half the year was on a strict LEAP diet. According to Emily Fonnesbeck, RD Nutrition Therapist, “The Lifestyle Eating and Performance (LEAP) program is a diet for those suffering from delayed food and food chemical sensitivities. These sensitivities can result in an immune system reaction with the release of mediators which cause pain and inflammation in the body.” I was not eating the following foods strictly for 3 months and then reducing my intake of the yellows and continuing to avoid the reds: Coffee, Salmon,  Sweet Potato, Onion, Cherry, Cocoa (Reds). Chicken, Turkey, Pinto Bean, Soybean, MSG, Cottage Cheese, Cow’s Milk, Whey, Maple, Sesame, Clam, Tuna, Wheat, Amaranth, Honeydew Melon, Banana (Yellows).

These are the recipes I have liked and used more than once:

  1. Instant Pot Split Pea Soup
  2. Gluten Free Bread
  3. Pistachio Macarons
  4. Black Bean Brownies
  5. Banana Muffins
  6. Meringue Cookies

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