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Slow Food USA’s Thanksgiving Guide
Slow Food USA has compiled a Thanksgiving Guide, with an inspiring collection of recipes from around the internet, links to sources of heritage turkeys and local food directories, and time and money saving tips.
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$5 Challenge Meal: Chicken and Dumplings
This week’s challenge meal is a one-pot dish, chicken and dumplings made with a local pastured bird from Green Acres Farm. It provided two nights of dinner for 2 adults and a child. While the chicken is by far the most expensive item I’ve used in this $5 Challenge series, we stretched the entire bird [...]
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$5 Challenge Meal: Roasted Winter Vegetables and Brown Rice
October is always a crazy month for us, and I succumbed at the end to my hectic, overscheduled life. I’m due to post two $5 Challenge Meals, and here is the first, Oven Roasted Winter Vegetables with Brown Rice. Total cost was $8.48, and it served two adults and one child, for a per person [...]
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$5 Challenge Meal: White Bean Soup
This soup, a melange of several recipes that I looked at, provided four very generous servings over two days, eight in all, at a total cost of $12.52, for $1.57 per plate. I doubt I’ll be able to top this one for cost…or perhaps I should say undercut. A note on the soup, which is [...]
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$5 Challenge Meal: Black Bean Tacos
This week I’m going for the classic meal on the cheap, wrapped in a tortilla: black beans and rice. The total cost was $9.02 for three people (two adults and a child), or $3.01 per person, and even less when you consider that there was a healthy portion of beans and rice left over for [...]
$5 Challenge Meal: Butternut Squash Soup, Garlic Greens, and Cracked Whole Wheat Bread
This week, I’m featuring a farmers market-based meal starring butternut squash and turnip greens. The total cost was $10.15, for an average of $2.54 per person, and that’s even including organic cream and butter. Sadly, I forgot to take a photo of this meal. Here’s the cost breakdown for this meal for four (three adults [...]
Market Update and My $5 Challenge
We had a wonderful turnout for the Midtown to Market ride this morning – 16 people out enjoying the lovely fall morning – and there was an additional crew that came from Cream and Sugar. Bikes were lined up all along the cathedral fence. Produce was a bit on the thin side but there was [...]
Eating Close to the Ground at The Splendid Table
I was checking out the redesigned Splendid Table site and liked the featured Eating Close to the Ground page, a collection of vegetarian recipes “to inspire you to eat in a more wholesome and earth-attuned way.” Some examples: Oven-Steamed Herbed Carrot and Leek Chunks; Kashmiri-Style Collard Greens; and Slow-Roasted Bell Pepper with Red Lentils.
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Tips & Tricks from the $5 Challenge
Check out the tips and tricks for healthy eating on the cheap submitted by readers in response to Slow Food USA’s $5 Challenge. There are many recipes, including these promising looking ones: Four recipes that serve eight (with leftovers) for $5 a person. I also like this post on Intention, Portion, and Commitment.
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Salad for 30