Chicken breast stuffed with bleu cheese, bacon and mushrooms, topped with melted Parmesan
Mushroom risotto with Parmesan cheese and black truffle oil
Grilled asparagus salad with peppers, onions and garlic
Sound extravagant? Think again...
Chicken breast stuffed with bleu cheese, bacon and mushrooms, each = $4.00 Mushroom risotto / per serving = $.95 Grilled asparagus, peppers and onions / serving = $1.45 Black truffle oil and fresh Parmesan cheese gratings = < $.10 / serving
Gourmet meal for less than $7, and I have leftovers for at least two more nights at the same price per meal. Lunch was a small salad / Diet Coke, and I had a muffin and juice for breakfast (all bought at work). Less than $12/day, and many days are less than $10 when I cook at home.
Can't cook you say? Sounds too hard? Think again:
Stuffed chicken breast ready to bake = Whole Foods Mushroom Risotto = Box mix from Superfresh Prepared grilled asparagus salad = Whole Foods Fesh Parmesan and truffle oil = pantry staples from Superfresh
Proof that you can eat well and healthy and not live on Pizza, Ramen, and Kraft Mac N Cheese.
sounds tasty and thrifty, though not sure about "healthy": like restaurant food, prepared food is usually loaded with fat and salt to make it tasty. And that packaged risotto is probably a salt-mine. Life was more fun before I had to start worrying about all this *%*%* !! :)
Oh boy, do I have that beat. I'll probably post about it.