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Topic: Favorite Recipes or low cost foods?
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Padre35
Knowflake Posts: 3128
From: Asheville, NC, US
Registered: Jul 2012
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posted January 11, 2014 02:35 PM
  
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Originally posted by Randall:
Haha! Some people hate ketchup.
Ever see shredded hashbrowns eaten with a spoon?
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PlutoSurvivor
Knowflake Posts: 200
From: USA
Registered: Sep 2011
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posted January 13, 2014 12:45 AM
Here's a nourishing salad meal.
Make a tossed salad with romaine lettuce and vegetables of your choice.
Dump in a whole can of Italian tuna packed in olive oil (not vegetable oil) and a can of rinsed cannelini beans.
For dressing you don't need to buy olive oil because it comes with the tuna.
Just add lemon or vinegar and a little salt and toss it together really well.
Crusty italian bread is good with this.
Have a sweet orange or other fruit for desert. IP: Logged |
Randall
Webmaster Posts: 36563
From: Saturn next to Charmainec
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted January 14, 2014 01:36 PM
I eat hash browns with a fork.IP: Logged |
Faith
Knowflake Posts: 6739
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Registered: Jul 2011
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posted January 14, 2014 02:28 PM
TortillasYou can build a meal around them..not just tacos and enchiladas, but loading them with beans (refried/mashed for easier handling), scrambled eggs, or tortilla pizzas. Which is what I had for dinner last night: I made tortillas then loaded one with vegetables and pesto sauce and baked it in the toaster oven. I once made the traditional Indian dish of chana dal and potatoes on chapati, that was time-consuming but ultra cheap and delicious. I have this cookbook, World Vegetarian by Madhur Jaffrey, and most of the recipes I've made are very yummy, beautiful in a kind of elemental way, just using the rudimentary staples like grains, legumes, fresh herbs, spices, and a bit of high-quality fat.
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Padre35
Knowflake Posts: 3128
From: Asheville, NC, US
Registered: Jul 2012
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posted January 14, 2014 08:29 PM
quote:
Originally posted by PlutoSurvivor:
Here's a nourishing salad meal.
Make a tossed salad with romaine lettuce and vegetables of your choice.
Dump in a whole can of Italian tuna packed in olive oil (not vegetable oil) and a can of rinsed cannelini beans.
For dressing you don't need to buy olive oil because it comes with the tuna.
Just add lemon or vinegar and a little salt and toss it together really well.
Crusty italian bread is good with this.
Have a sweet orange or other fruit for desert.
Sounds great, do try to keep my food cost to 70 cents per meal So I'd sub out the italian packed tuna for roasted chicken thighs and the canneloni beans for pinto beans w/apple cider vinegar and perhaps some honey IP: Logged |
Padre35
Knowflake Posts: 3128
From: Asheville, NC, US
Registered: Jul 2012
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posted January 14, 2014 08:30 PM
quote:
Originally posted by Faith:
TortillasYou can build a meal around them..not just tacos and enchiladas, but loading them with beans (refried/mashed for easier handling), scrambled eggs, or tortilla pizzas. Which is what I had for dinner last night: I made tortillas then loaded one with vegetables and pesto sauce and baked it in the toaster oven. I once made the traditional Indian dish of chana dal and potatoes on chapati, that was time-consuming but ultra cheap and delicious. I have this cookbook, World Vegetarian by Madhur Jaffrey, and most of the recipes I've made are very yummy, beautiful in a kind of elemental way, just using the rudimentary staples like grains, legumes, fresh herbs, spices, and a bit of high-quality fat.
Love tortillas, especially breakfast ones. Problem is, I'm the only one who eats them. IP: Logged |
PlutoSurvivor
Knowflake Posts: 200
From: USA
Registered: Sep 2011
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posted January 14, 2014 09:51 PM
Padre, you are truly the frugal gourmet !!!IP: Logged |
PlutoSurvivor
Knowflake Posts: 200
From: USA
Registered: Sep 2011
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posted January 23, 2014 02:08 AM
OK, OK Padre, try out this $0.00 cost per serving suggestion.Beets are fresh at market now and nobody takes the beet greens. They give away the greens for free if you ask. That's practically $0.00 per serving when you steam them and coat them with a little olive oil flavored with a pierced garlic clove. Better and more tender than Red Swiss Chard. You can even dice a plum tomato and heat it with the garlic/olive oil. yummy... IP: Logged |
PlutoSurvivor
Knowflake Posts: 200
From: USA
Registered: Sep 2011
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posted January 23, 2014 02:11 AM
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Originally posted by Faith:
Mujadarrah
A big pile of sauteed onions on top
nope, not sauteed, but caramelized onions - there is a big difference. IP: Logged |
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