Entries tagged with 'Eat for Eight bucks'
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[Photograph: Robin Bellinger] Shopping List 14 ounces boxed chopped tomatoes: $2.00 1 cup dried chickpeas: $0.75 2 cups squash (pro-rated): $1.50 1 medium zucchini: $0.60 2 cups whole wheat couscous: $2.00 Pantry items: Ginger, cumin, paprika, turmeric, cayenne, olive...
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[Photograph: Robin Bellinger] This is about as fast as dinner gets at my house. That isn't saying much, but an hour from start to finish for meat-starch-veg is nothing to sniff at, especially when the cook can put her...
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Mark Bittman calls this dish "Tofu Burgers, Asian-style," but since I can't really imagine these sesame scallion tofu patties on buns, I served them over rice with soy sauce. Even the tofu skeptics at dinner were fans.
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[Photograph: Robin Bellinger] Shopping List 2 cups dried chickpeas: $1.50 2 onions: $0.50 2 stalks celery: $0.20 1 loose carrot: $0.25 2 lemons: $1.50 Cilantro (pro-rated): $0.50 Baguette: $1.50 Bunch carrots: $2.19 Pantry items: Olive oil, garlic, salt, pepper,...
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[Photograph: Robin Bellinger] Shopping List 1 onion: $0.50 1 green bell pepper: $1.32 2 serrano peppers: $0.25 1 cup uncooked lentils: $1.00 1/2 cup uncooked beans: $0.25 2 or 3 canned plum tomatoes (pro-rated): $1.00 Cilantro (pro-rated): $0.50 1...
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[Photograph: Robin Bellinger] Shopping List 1 pound ground pork: $4 1 cup French green lentils: $1 1 carrot: $0.25 1 stalk celery: $0.20 1 onion: $0.50 Pantry items: Salt, pepper, fennel seeds, garlic, chile flakes, vinegar, olive oil, mustard....
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I've never managed to take an attractive picture of enchiladas, so instead here are some of the raw ingredients. [Photograph: Robin Bellinger] Shopping List 1 pound squash (pro-rated): $1.00 1 bunch chard, stems only (pro-rated): $0.50 3/4 cup dried...
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[Photograph: Robin Bellinger] Shopping List 2 cups polenta (about 12 ounces): $1.20 1 bunch broccoli rabe: $2.99 Pantry items: Butter, salt, olive oil, garlic, crushed chile flakes Total cost (for 4 portions): $4.19 I only started making polenta last...
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[Photograph: Robin Bellinger] Shopping List 2 portobello mushrooms: $3.74 2 English muffins (pro-rated): $1.40 Parsley (pro-rated): $0.75 1 pound sweet potatoes: $1.69 Pantry items: Garlic, butter, mustard, olive oil, salt Total cost (for 2 portions): $7.58 As a child...
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[Photograph: Robin Belinger] Shopping List 1 bunch baby bok choy: $2.00 12-ounce package soba noodles: $0.69 1 pound crimini mushrooms: $3.00 1 ear corn: $0.33 Knob of fresh ginger: $0.25 Cilantro (pro-rated): $0.50 Pantry items: Salt, peanut or olive...
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