Can you feed a family of three a meal on only $20?!
a healthy meal for a three peeps (dinner)Www@FoodAQ@Com
Answers:
at home or out!? at home!? absolutely!!!!
out!? dunno!
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Simply Elegant Veggie Wrap or Pita Pocket
Recipe Ingredients:
4 whole wheat wraps or pita pockets
1 cup (250 mL) of dried beans (mung beans, chickpeas, or kidney beans)
1 head lettuce, shredded
2 tomatoes, diced
3 tbsp (45 mL) mustard or Italian salad dressing
salt and pepper
Total Cost: $4!.92
Preparation:
Soak and cook 1 cup of dried beans!. Just 1 cup of dried beans turns into 2-3 cups of cooked beans (depending on the bean)!.
Mix beans with choice of dressing or mustard!.
On a whole wheat wrap, place lettuce, beans, tomatoes and roll!.
Add salt and pepper to taste!.
Embellish It: Add some cottage cheese or mozzarella!.
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Rotini with Veggies and Hummus Sauce
Recipe Ingredients:
3 cups (750 mL) whole wheat rotini pasta
2 cups (500 mL) homemade authentic or low fat hummus
1/2 cup (125 mL) water
2 tomatoes, diced
1 zucchini, diced
1 tbsp (15 mL) olive oil
1 tbsp (15 mL) dried basil
pinch of cayenne pepper
Total Cost: $5!.03
Preparation:
Cook rotini in rapidly boiling water until al dente, then drain!.
Heat olive oil in a saucepan!. Add the zucchini and saute over low heat, 1 to 2 minutes!.
Add the tomato, basil, and cayenne!. Saute over low heat, 1 minute!.
Add homemade hummus and water!. Simmer very gently over low heat, 2 minutes!.
Serve hummus sauce over hot pasta!.
Embellish It: Sprinkle served pasta with a dash of parmesan cheese!.
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Spaghetti with Sneaky Black Eyed Pea Sauce
Recipe Ingredients:
24oz (700 mL) jar or can of tomato-based pasta sauce, preferably spicy
1lb (500g) of whole wheat spaghetti (buy in bulk)
1!.5 cups (350 mL) of dried black eyed peas
1 medium onion, diced
2 cups (500mL) green vegetable of choice
1 tbsp (15 mL) olive oil
1 tbsp (15 mL) dried basil
Total Cost: $5!.21
Preparation:
Soak and cook 1!.5 cups of dried beans!.
Cook spaghetti in rapidly boiling water until al dente, then drain!.
In a large heavy saucepan, heat oil over medium heat!. Cook onion until tender, about 5 minutes!.
Add jar of pasta sauce, cooked beans, green vegetables, and dried basil!. Simmer for 10 minutes, stir often!.
Serve sauce over hot pasta!.
Embellish It: Find ground beef on sale!? Then skip the beans and brown some beef!. also, sprinkle served pasta with a parmesan cheese or mozzarella!.
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Easy Beany Quesadillas
Recipe Ingredients:
4 large whole wheat tortilla wraps
1!.5 cups (350 mL) of dried chickpeas, kidney beans, or mixed beans
2 cups (500 mL) spinach
1 cup (250 mL) broccoli, chopped
1/4 cup (60 mL) shredded mozzarella
2 tbsp (30 mL) chili powder spice
1 tomato, diced
1 tbsp (15 mL) olive oil
Total Cost: $5!.11
Preparation:
Soak and cook 1!.5 cups of dried beans!.
In a large bowl toss beans, chili powder, tomato, and broccoli!.
On 2 tortillas, add spinach and then evenly distribute bean filling!. Sprinkle mozzarella on top!. Cover each quesadilla with a second tortilla!.
Place quesadilla in a non-stick skillet prepared with olive oil and cook over medium heat for 3 minutes or until bottom is toasted!. Flip over and toast the other side for 3 minutes!.
Remove from heat!. Please each quesadilla on a cutting board and cut into wedges!.
Embellish It: Add more cheese to make wedges even cheesier!
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Hearty Potato, Chickpea, and Tomato Stew with Basil
Recipe Ingredients:
1 tbsp (15 mL) olive oil
1 medium onion, chopped
2 medium potatoes, peeled and diced
1!.5 cups (350 mL) of dried chick peas beans
28 oz (800 mL) can of tomatoes, undrained and coarsely chopped
2 large cloves garlic, minced
1/2 tsp (2!.5 mL) paprika
1/2 tsp (2!.5 mL) dried basil
1/2 tsp (2!.5 mL) dried oregano
1 cup (250 mL) water (or vegetable stock)
salt and pepper
Total Cost: $5!.14
Preparation:
Soak and cook 1!.5 cups of dried chickpeas!.
In a large heavy saucepan, heat oil over medium heat!. Cook onion until tender, about 5 minutes!.
Add garlic, paprika, 2 of the canned tomatoes, basil, and oregano!. Simmer, stirring often, for 5 minutes!.
Add potatoes and water!. Cover and boil for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally!. Add chickpeas!. Reduce heat and simmer for 5 minutes or until potatoes are tender!.
Add remaining tomatoes and salt and pepper to taste!. Heat for 1 minute and then serve!.
Embellish It: Sprinkle stew with fresh parsley, basil, and grated cheese
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crock pot pulled pork sandwiches(serve them with deli bought cole slaw!)
2 lbs of pork (any kind works, but the leaner the better!. If fatty, cut off all visible fat first!. Pork steaks (minus bone) work great and often are on good sales)
Mix in a bowl:
1 c ketchup
1 c mustard
1/2 - 1 c brown sugar (can add to your taste)
Add mix to pork!. If really thick, add 1/4 c water!.
Cook on high for 4 hours or low for 6-10 hours!.
When done cooking, use a spoon to spoon out any visible fat that has come off!. Take two forks and shrWww@FoodAQ@Com
out!? dunno!
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Simply Elegant Veggie Wrap or Pita Pocket
Recipe Ingredients:
4 whole wheat wraps or pita pockets
1 cup (250 mL) of dried beans (mung beans, chickpeas, or kidney beans)
1 head lettuce, shredded
2 tomatoes, diced
3 tbsp (45 mL) mustard or Italian salad dressing
salt and pepper
Total Cost: $4!.92
Preparation:
Soak and cook 1 cup of dried beans!. Just 1 cup of dried beans turns into 2-3 cups of cooked beans (depending on the bean)!.
Mix beans with choice of dressing or mustard!.
On a whole wheat wrap, place lettuce, beans, tomatoes and roll!.
Add salt and pepper to taste!.
Embellish It: Add some cottage cheese or mozzarella!.
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Rotini with Veggies and Hummus Sauce
Recipe Ingredients:
3 cups (750 mL) whole wheat rotini pasta
2 cups (500 mL) homemade authentic or low fat hummus
1/2 cup (125 mL) water
2 tomatoes, diced
1 zucchini, diced
1 tbsp (15 mL) olive oil
1 tbsp (15 mL) dried basil
pinch of cayenne pepper
Total Cost: $5!.03
Preparation:
Cook rotini in rapidly boiling water until al dente, then drain!.
Heat olive oil in a saucepan!. Add the zucchini and saute over low heat, 1 to 2 minutes!.
Add the tomato, basil, and cayenne!. Saute over low heat, 1 minute!.
Add homemade hummus and water!. Simmer very gently over low heat, 2 minutes!.
Serve hummus sauce over hot pasta!.
Embellish It: Sprinkle served pasta with a dash of parmesan cheese!.
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Spaghetti with Sneaky Black Eyed Pea Sauce
Recipe Ingredients:
24oz (700 mL) jar or can of tomato-based pasta sauce, preferably spicy
1lb (500g) of whole wheat spaghetti (buy in bulk)
1!.5 cups (350 mL) of dried black eyed peas
1 medium onion, diced
2 cups (500mL) green vegetable of choice
1 tbsp (15 mL) olive oil
1 tbsp (15 mL) dried basil
Total Cost: $5!.21
Preparation:
Soak and cook 1!.5 cups of dried beans!.
Cook spaghetti in rapidly boiling water until al dente, then drain!.
In a large heavy saucepan, heat oil over medium heat!. Cook onion until tender, about 5 minutes!.
Add jar of pasta sauce, cooked beans, green vegetables, and dried basil!. Simmer for 10 minutes, stir often!.
Serve sauce over hot pasta!.
Embellish It: Find ground beef on sale!? Then skip the beans and brown some beef!. also, sprinkle served pasta with a parmesan cheese or mozzarella!.
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Easy Beany Quesadillas
Recipe Ingredients:
4 large whole wheat tortilla wraps
1!.5 cups (350 mL) of dried chickpeas, kidney beans, or mixed beans
2 cups (500 mL) spinach
1 cup (250 mL) broccoli, chopped
1/4 cup (60 mL) shredded mozzarella
2 tbsp (30 mL) chili powder spice
1 tomato, diced
1 tbsp (15 mL) olive oil
Total Cost: $5!.11
Preparation:
Soak and cook 1!.5 cups of dried beans!.
In a large bowl toss beans, chili powder, tomato, and broccoli!.
On 2 tortillas, add spinach and then evenly distribute bean filling!. Sprinkle mozzarella on top!. Cover each quesadilla with a second tortilla!.
Place quesadilla in a non-stick skillet prepared with olive oil and cook over medium heat for 3 minutes or until bottom is toasted!. Flip over and toast the other side for 3 minutes!.
Remove from heat!. Please each quesadilla on a cutting board and cut into wedges!.
Embellish It: Add more cheese to make wedges even cheesier!
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Hearty Potato, Chickpea, and Tomato Stew with Basil
Recipe Ingredients:
1 tbsp (15 mL) olive oil
1 medium onion, chopped
2 medium potatoes, peeled and diced
1!.5 cups (350 mL) of dried chick peas beans
28 oz (800 mL) can of tomatoes, undrained and coarsely chopped
2 large cloves garlic, minced
1/2 tsp (2!.5 mL) paprika
1/2 tsp (2!.5 mL) dried basil
1/2 tsp (2!.5 mL) dried oregano
1 cup (250 mL) water (or vegetable stock)
salt and pepper
Total Cost: $5!.14
Preparation:
Soak and cook 1!.5 cups of dried chickpeas!.
In a large heavy saucepan, heat oil over medium heat!. Cook onion until tender, about 5 minutes!.
Add garlic, paprika, 2 of the canned tomatoes, basil, and oregano!. Simmer, stirring often, for 5 minutes!.
Add potatoes and water!. Cover and boil for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally!. Add chickpeas!. Reduce heat and simmer for 5 minutes or until potatoes are tender!.
Add remaining tomatoes and salt and pepper to taste!. Heat for 1 minute and then serve!.
Embellish It: Sprinkle stew with fresh parsley, basil, and grated cheese
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crock pot pulled pork sandwiches(serve them with deli bought cole slaw!)
2 lbs of pork (any kind works, but the leaner the better!. If fatty, cut off all visible fat first!. Pork steaks (minus bone) work great and often are on good sales)
Mix in a bowl:
1 c ketchup
1 c mustard
1/2 - 1 c brown sugar (can add to your taste)
Add mix to pork!. If really thick, add 1/4 c water!.
Cook on high for 4 hours or low for 6-10 hours!.
When done cooking, use a spoon to spoon out any visible fat that has come off!. Take two forks and shrWww@FoodAQ@Com
Yes, it is possible!.
Chicken is good because it's fairly low cost, as are pastas and rice!. For beef options, stews and soups are one way to get lower grade cuts to be a little more tender, however for the best flavor, things like oxtails make for excellent stock, however there will be a limited amount of actual meat!. Barley can be a nice change from rice in soups, but it can be hard to find!. Pasta is also good in soups!. For a good "hearty" meal that is low cost, I like chicken and noodles!. Whatever whole chicken is on sale works well (3-5 pounds), some salt, a little pepper, and a couple of bay leaves, boiled at a low boil for roughly 2 hours, with a little bit of chicken base for extra flavor!. You'll want to take the time to really go through and pick bones out, but generally you'll miss at least one (at least I normally do)!. About half an hour before dinner, add frozen or home made egg noodles!. You can use regular pasta, but home made egg noodles tend to be better overall flavor in my opinion, and they're really not too difficult as they're pretty much flour, butter, oil, egg, baking powder and salt!. Unless you "nail it" the first time, to get the thickness and size you want it will probably take a couple times making them before you're 100% satisfied, but overall, I think you'll be happy with it!. Www@FoodAQ@Com
Chicken is good because it's fairly low cost, as are pastas and rice!. For beef options, stews and soups are one way to get lower grade cuts to be a little more tender, however for the best flavor, things like oxtails make for excellent stock, however there will be a limited amount of actual meat!. Barley can be a nice change from rice in soups, but it can be hard to find!. Pasta is also good in soups!. For a good "hearty" meal that is low cost, I like chicken and noodles!. Whatever whole chicken is on sale works well (3-5 pounds), some salt, a little pepper, and a couple of bay leaves, boiled at a low boil for roughly 2 hours, with a little bit of chicken base for extra flavor!. You'll want to take the time to really go through and pick bones out, but generally you'll miss at least one (at least I normally do)!. About half an hour before dinner, add frozen or home made egg noodles!. You can use regular pasta, but home made egg noodles tend to be better overall flavor in my opinion, and they're really not too difficult as they're pretty much flour, butter, oil, egg, baking powder and salt!. Unless you "nail it" the first time, to get the thickness and size you want it will probably take a couple times making them before you're 100% satisfied, but overall, I think you'll be happy with it!. Www@FoodAQ@Com
Yes, but then it also depends on what your family want to eat and what store is nearby you!.
I would suggest a chicken and rice dinner!.
You can buy chicken (thighs, legs, etc!.), rice, and 1 can of mushroom soup!. Make sure you have milk too (think that's part of the ingredients unless its water)!.
Chicken and rice recipes are online!. Cambell's has a good one!. You can serve greenbeans (from a can) for a side with a fruit as a dessert such as pinnapple (from a can) or applesauce!.
Well, there are many ideas!. If you have a Trader Joes by you, I would suggest getting their Chinese Orange Chicken!. It feeds a lot and less than $5!. Maybe served with mashed potatoes, green beans, a fruit and some cookies!. Well, hope this helps!. There is always the easy soup method too!. Just say winter's aroung the corner and you're making sure you all don't get colds!. LOL!.=>Www@FoodAQ@Com
I would suggest a chicken and rice dinner!.
You can buy chicken (thighs, legs, etc!.), rice, and 1 can of mushroom soup!. Make sure you have milk too (think that's part of the ingredients unless its water)!.
Chicken and rice recipes are online!. Cambell's has a good one!. You can serve greenbeans (from a can) for a side with a fruit as a dessert such as pinnapple (from a can) or applesauce!.
Well, there are many ideas!. If you have a Trader Joes by you, I would suggest getting their Chinese Orange Chicken!. It feeds a lot and less than $5!. Maybe served with mashed potatoes, green beans, a fruit and some cookies!. Well, hope this helps!. There is always the easy soup method too!. Just say winter's aroung the corner and you're making sure you all don't get colds!. LOL!.=>Www@FoodAQ@Com
Look in the paper for the King Soopers coupon page!. They have several different meals that they break down the cost of everything from the spagetti noodles to the tomato sauce!. It was on the front page of their coupon handout!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Yes, there is lots you can do with $20! How about some Salmon with Uncle Ben's whole grain rice and a side of Broccoli!.
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Pork Chops with red potatoes and a Cesar salad
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whole grain pasta with turkey meatballs and marinara sauce!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
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Pork Chops with red potatoes and a Cesar salad
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whole grain pasta with turkey meatballs and marinara sauce!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Yeah, at KFC you can feed them for only 9!.99Www@FoodAQ@Com
yeah at a buffet you pick your own food and yes there is healthy food at a buffet!. Yum YumWww@FoodAQ@Com