When everybody got home, we made a vegetarian and a pepperoni pizza.
I used part of a jar of pizza sauce and froze the rest on an ice cube tray so I could put them in a freezer bag and that what I needed for other pizzas.
Pizza dough is some salt, sugar, yeast, water and flour.-- about .80 worth of flour. Add cheese at .50 and pepperoni at fifty cents . Now there is 1.80 plus a quarters worth of sauce. 2.05 for two pizzas,
--a bit more if you add veggies,
My daughter brought me an article about a lady that was attempting to feed herself vegan in 1.50 a day trying to emulate some world stats.
I'm still a believer that the USDA food Pyramid as it was revised is a good benchmark for nutrition. The jury is still out in all these alternative diets. Our great grandmothers are living well into their nineties. Not to shabby in my scheme of things. If it ain't broke, don't fix it. I get washing your fruit, cooking with sanitary conditions, Watching fat, sugar and salt contents. Avoiding trans fats and hydrogenated oils. But, that's as far as I am willing to go. Most trending diets have resulted in people getting sick. I'm for using the tried and true in moderation.
As for a dollar fifty a day, she couldn't do it balanced, and I don't think I could either. I do it for three dollars a day.
On another note, I had a request for No Brainer Pasta. My nephew named it that. I was looking for an alternative to the boxed Mac and cheese dinner that was better, cheaper, faster.
This is :
Better because it os made with real food.
Cheaper because dot makes more quantity and the ingredients are inexpensive
And
Faster because there is almost no non- passive cooking.
Ingredients :
1 package dry pasta - almost any shaped pasta except spaghetti -those or whole wheat.
1 can pasta sauce
Water
Grated cheese
- cooked meat optional.
Directions
1) spray or grease a 9X13 pan
2) pour the contents of a box of pasta on the pan ( raw, dried pasta )
3) mix a can of pasta sauce with a can of water and pour over the pasta. Stir.
4) cover with foil , not letting the foil touch the food.
5) bake 45 minutes in a 425 degree oven or until pasta is tender.
6) reduce heat to 400, uncover and add grated cheese to the top and optional cooked meat. Cook until cheese is melted.
- Pasta .50
- Cheese .50
- Pasta sauce .88
Total 1.88 plus leftover meat
Less than two dollars for 8 servings
Less than two dollars for 8 servings
Groceries on the cheap is looking at the Put Dinner On The Table meal train from a different
Perspective . The emphasis is on purchasing good food( shelf- stabll/ freezer staples )at the lowest possible cost and purchasing enough to last you until it goes on sale again -- Keeping a controlled non-perishable stock of the things you use on a regular basis.
It means that when you shop, rather than purchasing just what you need for a day or a week, you buy a loss leader protein, produce you will need on sale, a stock item if it's a RBP, and dairy instead. This allows you to put well balanced meals on the table consistently for a four dollar a day budget per person.
You spend more time on the planning and shopping end of the meal train and less on the cooking mend by cooking efficiently.
It means that when you shop, rather than purchasing just what you need for a day or a week, you buy a loss leader protein, produce you will need on sale, a stock item if it's a RBP, and dairy instead. This allows you to put well balanced meals on the table consistently for a four dollar a day budget per person.
You spend more time on the planning and shopping end of the meal train and less on the cooking mend by cooking efficiently.
Four dollars a day is the target amount for people on snap. My premise is that of you can do it on four dollars a day, spending more isn't hard. You still get more bang for your buck.
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