Can You Eat on 1 Dollar a Day?
This link will lead you to a short article and a YouTube video describing an experiment on low-cost eating. I cannot view YouTube videos on my computer, so I am wondering if someone could gives us a rundown of what is said.
Leftovers Tortilla Pizza
Do you have a leftovers night at home? Perhaps, like me, you like to eat leftovers for lunch. There are some very quick, easy ways to accomplish this.
Most people love pizza, and I would like to share with you three leftover pizza tricks this week. These are easy to prepare with leftovers. And, since they are already made from leftovers, making these pizzas will not cost you any money at all.
Leftovers Tortilla Pizza:
Serves: 1
1 soft tortilla/taco shell
leftover cheese(s)
leftover pizza topping
1. Put the shell on a baking sheet and top with cheese and toppings.
2. Bake 10-20 minutes, or until cheese is melted.
Happy eating!
Shannon
Strawberry Salad
How to create this recipe for almost no cost:
Strawberry Salad:
Serves: 4
1.) Pick a small head of lettuce from the garden, rinse, chop and put into a mixing bowl.
2.) Add halved or quartered strawberries that you obtained for free.
3.) Add 4 or 5 tablespoons of vinniagrette.
4.) Toss it all together and serve.
Price:
Minimal if you grow the lettuce and can find a free source of strawberries. It will only cost a few cents to prepare.
Serve with:
Sandwiches at lunch.
Soup at dinner.
Strawberry Recipes: Strawberry Yogurt Surprise
I love strawberries, and I love yogurt. My favorite yogurt is Dannon Low-Fat Vanilla, which I purchase in tubs to save money.
Last year I purchased fresh strawberries at the farm for a good price. Sometimes I find them where I can pick them for free. When I was going to the food cupboard, I would get the there for free as well.
I also like to add things to my yogurt. I do not like fruit or berry yogurts, becuase I only like to eat fruits and berries fresh. Otherwise, I find them nasty. (Of course, I can freeze them for use in breads/muffins and smoothies.)
Strawberry-Yogurt Surprise:
Serves: 1
parfait or sundae cup
long handled spoon
yogurt
3 large sliced strawberries
a sprinkling of chocolate chips
1.) Layer into cup and enjoy!
Price:
One tub of yogurt can go a long way if used properly, so there is minimal cost to this recipe. I will say about .50 per serving. Less if the berries were free.
Great served with:
Toast with peanut butter or oatmeal at breakfast.
A sandwich at lunch.
Frugal Recipe Happenings for 6/16/2009
I have been working on some plans for the blog. I want to try to create and sell some affordable cookbooks, so that I can offer up some new ideas and clear the blog of older recipes while still keeping them available.
Why would I want to clear them? Well, to put it simply…I would like to be able to start each year over with a clean slate, adding new recipes as I can. Compiling them into an eBook at the beginning of each new year.
I want to be able to offer up new frugal recipe ideas, new categories, and new pages.
I also want to begin adding other information, like this-for-that’s, nutritional information, tips for saving money at the grocery store…
So, sound off on this for me. What do you want? Does any of this sound like something you want as a reader of this blog? I am always open to suggestions.
Shannon
Garden Vegetable Salad
This would make a great side salad to any meal, or even a wonderful snack. If you can keep it cold, you can even pack it for school or work lunches, or as part of your picnic meal.
This salad is easy to prepare, and can be almost completely free if you grow everything yourself. If you purchase the items needed, you should look at spending about $15.00. You will have leftover ingredients to use with other meals.
Adding salads to an already vegetable rich meal is a healthy way to get in all of your vegetable servings each day. I have read that we should be getting in about 9 servings of vegetable a day, rather than the 4 or 5 servings that we are all used to.
Garden Vegetable Salad:
Serves 4:
4 cups cabbage, shredded
4 cups lettuce, shredded
1 cup snap peas, uncooked
1 cup beans, uncooked
1 cup carrots, shredded
1/4 cup fresh chives, chopped
1/4 cup fresh parsley, chopped
20 cherry or grape tomatoes
1 cucumber, sliced
1) Combine everything into a large bowl.
2) Toss and serve.
Vegetable, Chicken and Egg Salad
Yet another yummy salad from the lover of salads herself, LOL. Yes, I love to create salads. Why? Because I do not like to eat the same thing over and over again. I like to change things up, try new combinations of food.
This salad makes a complete lunch or dinner salad, and would be even better with corn on the cob and some garlic bread. Dressing is not necessary.
Vegetable, Chicken and Egg Salad:
Serves 4
4 cups lettuce, shredded
1 cup Radicchio, shredded
1/4 cup fresh parsley, shredded
1/4 cup fresh chives, shredded
1 cup carrots, shredded
4 pieces cold chicken, chopped into bite size pieces
4-8 hard-bolied eggs, sliced
1) Combine everything in a large bowl and toss together.
2) Serve with dressing if you like
Price:
You could make this completely free if you visited the food cupboard, depending upon what you came home with. The whole kit-n-caboodle wouldn’t cost to much if the herbs and vegetables were grown in your own garden. Expect to pay about $16.00 for ingredients if you purchase everything. You will have plenty of fresh produce left over for other meals.
Vegetable and Egg Salad
I love salads during the summer months. They are lite meals, and can be very quick and easy to make.
If you happen to use the food cupboard, then you likely have a lot of produce that needs to be used. Salads are a great way to use these items up, without a lot of fuss and without heating up the house too much.
If you happen to grow some of your own food, then you can utilize this gift by growing salad gardens.
This salad could be eaten with a meal, or as lunch. Why? Because the eggs make the salad more filling and give you needed protein.
Vegetable and Egg Salad:
Serves 2
2-4 hard-boiled eggs, out of the shell and sliced
lettuce, shredded
carrots, shredded
cucumber, sliced
cabbage, shredded
sunflower seeds
1.) Simply toss everything together in a bowl.
2.) Dish this up and add dressing of your choice.
I do not use dressing.
This recipe would be great served with garlic or Italian bread.
Price:
Could be next to free if you grew the food or went to the food cupboard. Otherwise, look at spending about $8.00, which will give you plenty of leftover food for other meals.
Tomato Soup Idea #3
You may realize by now that we love tomato soup here. It is great on the chillier days that we are still having, especially after a walk or yard work.
I regularly come up with ideas for making soup more wholesome. I do this very cheaply, either by using leftovers or by purchasing items on sale. Sometime, the entire meal is free. This happens when everything has come from the food cupboard and/or friends or my own garden.
Tomato soups are easy to make:
1 can tomato soup
1 can milk or water
corn
tomatoes, diced
You can serve this soup with oyster crackers or a grilled cheese sandwich.
What interesting things do you do with your tomato soup?
Shannon
Tomato Soup Idea #2
I wanted share another soup idea with you today, again using tomato soup as the base. Tomato soup is high in sodium, so you may want to try to find a brand with less sodium for optimal health effects.
I regularly come up with ideas for making soup more wholesome. I do this very cheaply, either by using leftovers or by purchasing items on sale. Sometime, the entire meal is free. This happens when everything has come from the food cupboard and/or friends or my own garden.
Tomato soups are easy to make:
1 can tomato soup
1 can milk or water
peas
celery, diced
You can serve this soup with oyster crackers or a grilled cheese sandwich.
What interesting things do you do with your tomato soup?
Shannon
