| Meal #1) Moujadra - This is a Lebanese dish | | | | Total cost for this dish: pork & beans $1.40. |
| consisting of lentils and rice topped with crispy | | | | Pasta $1.50 Sausage and onions $.90 Bread $1.00 |
| onions. Cook 1 cup green or brown lentils | | | | = $4.80. This recipe is a little low in the vegetable |
| according to package. At the same time, cook 1 | | | | food group, so make sure your side is a |
| 4 cup brown basmati rice with 1 tsp ground cumin | | | | vegetable. This is our family's second favorite |
| in water according to package. Heat 1/4 cup olive | | | | easy cheap recipe. |
| oil in a pan and add 1 large onion, sliced thinly. Fry | | | | Meal #3) Ramen Noodle Stir-Fry - Cook 4 |
| til brown and crispy. Combine cooked lentils and | | | | packages of ramen soup noodles and drain. |
| rice. Top with crispy onions and salt and pepper to | | | | Meanwhile, steam 2-3 cups frozen mixed |
| taste. Total cost for this dish: lentils $.60; rice $.20; | | | | vegetables or saute fresh raw vegetables until |
| cumin $.05; onion $.40 = $1.25. Our family likes to | | | | tender in a little oil. Scramble 2-4 eggs with |
| have 1/2 cup of crispy fried onions per person. | | | | chopped onion, dry parsley and minced garlic. Add |
| See what your family likes. This is definitely one | | | | all together and toss with oyster sauce, soya |
| of our favorite easy cheap recipes. | | | | sauce, or a little catalina salad dressing. If you like |
| Meal #2) Dad's Concoction - This meal was my | | | | yours spicy, sprinkle in 1 of the seasoning packets |
| Dad's concoction when we were kids. Now my | | | | from the soup. This is our family's third favorite |
| family is enjoying it too. Combine the following in a | | | | easy cheap recipe. Total cost for this dish: soup |
| pot and heat just to warm up: 2 cans pork | | | | $1.00; vegetables $1.00; eggs $.35; onion, parsley |
| & beans, 2 cans pasta in tomato sauce (we | | | | and garlic $.25 = $2.60. |
| used canned spaghetti), 1 cup of cooked sausage | | | | It is important these days to be able to put quick, |
| scramble-fried with chopped onions or celery or | | | | easy, cheap meals on the table for yourself and |
| both. Serve on slices of thick buttered toast. | | | | your family. |