Need cheap healthy recipes to feed one person?!
Answers: I'm looking for low cal recipes with normal ingredients that I can get at the local walmart store. I'm on a very limited budget. I can spend about $25 a week. I'm a vegetarian. No meat, fish, or dairy. I do eat eggs and soy products (soy milk, veggie cheese, etc.). I'm trying to lose weight also, around 30 pounds. Breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snack recipes welcome. I don't have alot of time to cook and prepare things so they need to be quick and simple too. Got any recipes to share? Thanks!
Fried rice is the best! If you make too much for one person, you can save it for later and its still delicious :) The ingredients are all vegetarian friendly (and you do eat eggs), and I don't think that the ingredients are too costly. This recipe below is pretty easy:
1 - 2 green onions, as desired
2 large eggs
1 teaspoon salt
Pepper to taste
4 tablespoons oil for stir-frying, or as needed
4 cups cold cooked rice
1 - 2 tablespoons light soy sauce or oyster sauce, as desired
Preparation:
Wash and finely chop the green onion. Lightly beat the eggs with the salt and pepper.
Heat a wok or frying pan and add 2 tablespoons oil. When the oil is hot, add the eggs. Cook, stirring, until they are lightly scrambled but not too dry. Remove the eggs and clean out the pan.
Add 2 tablespoons oil. Add the rice. Stir-fry for a few minutes, using chopsticks or a wooden spoon to break it apart. Stir in the soy sauce or oyster sauce as desired.
When the rice is heated through, add the scrambled egg back into the pan. Mix thoroughly. Stir in the green onion. Serve hot.
beans
rice potatoes
salads
you could buy some veggies and make a stir fry
and you will need fresh fruit
hey check out http://www.vegetariantimes.com,
they have loads of cheap and easy recipes.
I love thai curry,
Plus, whatever you make for dinner, you can save some and take it for lunch for the next day. - cheap and healthy!
Good luck!
I'm a student, so I am definitely all about the cheap.
Dried beans, peas, lentils and chickpeas are a great way to stretch the dollar. They freeze really well, so i always make extra.
I make a really rich lentil stew with 2 cups of lentils cooked in "fake beef" or mushroom broth, two fried onions, a cup of fried, chopped mushrooms (fry them with spray oil - nearly no calories), one tablespoon soy sauce, a half-teaspoon garlic paste, a quarter teaspoon cayenne pepper (for kick - leave it out if you're not a fan). It's really filling and rich, and good served with cherry tomatoes or carrot sticks as a side.
Chickpeas - boil them up first.
Curried - fry a minced onion, add a half-cup of salsa, one tablespoon mild curry powder, 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon, 1 tsp pureed garlic, 1/2 cup plain soy yogurt (if you have it); chuck in 1.5 cups cooked chickpeas and simmer for 20 minutes. Serve with rice.
Salad - 2 cups cooked chickpeas, 1 diced yellow/orange/red sweet pepper, 1 can of corn niblets, 1/2 cup diced tomato or cherry tomatoes. For dressing - 1 tbsp oil, 1 tbsp lemon juice, 1/2 tsp cumin, 1/2 tsp garlic paste, 1/4 tsp cayenne or cracked black pepper, 1/2 tsp chili powder. Let it sit for an hour to blend flavours.
Chili beans - 1 large can crushed tomatoes, 1 cup of dry kidney beans, 1/2 cup texturized veg protein, 1/2 cup canned jalapenos (optional), 1 tbsp chili powder, 1 tsp cumin, 1 tsp garlic paste, 1 tsp cayenne (or to taste).
If there's not much liquid in the tomatoes, add water just enough to cover the beans. Simmer 1-2 hours, adding water if necessary, stirring occasionally.
Pasta, of course, is great. Just use a little oregano and basil and canned tomatoes to make your own sauce.
Snacks
A big bag of popping corn goes a long way.
Store-brand cereals - especially the sweeter ones.
A big bag of peanuts.
Baked apples - an apple, microwaved, with a sprinkle of sugar and cinnamon in the top of it.
Fruit smoothies - a banana, a cup of ice, and a handful of whatever fruit was on sale that week.