Recession Proofing Your Meals: How about a $5 Dinner?
OK we are not talking 3 Course Meals here.
You will not be able to squeeze Tuna or Chilean Sea Bass or Artisan Cheese on that budget.
On the positive side, having to pick a main dish with such budget limitations might make you less complacent, more creative.
The people at $5 Dinners are there to help and offer this example:
3 chicken breasts ($2.31)
Marinade
3 Tbsp olive oil (.25)
1/4 c lemon juice ($.05)
2 pinches salt and pepper
1/4 tsp garlic powder ($.02)
1 lb pasta ($.99) I used rice pasta to keep this meal GFCFSF.
2-3 heads fresh broccoli ($1)
Sprinkles of lemon juice ($.05)
Marinade
3 Tbsp olive oil (.25)
1/4 c lemon juice ($.05)
2 pinches salt and pepper
1/4 tsp garlic powder ($.02)
1 lb pasta ($.99) I used rice pasta to keep this meal GFCFSF.
2-3 heads fresh broccoli ($1)
Sprinkles of lemon juice ($.05)
What would you cook for dinner if you had only 5 bucks to spend?
Another one for the Consumed to Thrifty crowd.
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