Creating healthy meals can be difficult. Creating healthy meals on a budget can be even harder. And creating meals that are healthy, low-cost AND your whole family will like? It can make your head spin.
So here are some 5-ingredient-or-less recipes that are healthy and are very inexpensive and which, through careful couponing, I am enjoying for pennies (or free) per meal this week:
Breakfast or Any Time Strawberry Vanilla Shake (serves 1)
- ½ oz fat-free sugar-free instant vanilla pudding mix
- 2 cups strawberries, sliced (they are in-season right now and dirt-cheap)
- 1 cup fat free or 1% milk
- ½ cup plain fat-free or low-fat yogurt
Place all ingredients in a blender and puree until smooth. Yields about 1 ¼ cup
Ham Wraps & Soup (lunch or dinner)
- 6" whole wheat tortilla
- tbsp mayonnaise of mayonnaise
- 2 slices deli ham
- 1 slice low-fat cheese
- Progresso Zero-point Vegetable soup
spread tortilla with mayo, lay on ham & cheese, roll & microwave until the cheese melts (if desired). Serve with a cup of soup
Caeser Chicken Pasta Salad
- 1 box Sudenly Salad Caesar (use the Coupon Bar in my sdiebar to print off up to 2 $.40 coupons...they go on & off sale all summer for $1. After doubling they are $.20 each)
- 3 tablespoon olive oil (instead of the vegetable oil in the package directions)
- 1 package Purdue Shortcuts (plain variety) (these go on sale BOGO all the time...just clip & save your coupons and wait!) or ½ pound grilled chicken, cubed
- any lightly steamed veggies you care to throw in (even though it isn't "technically Caesar", I throw in halved grape tomatoes, but I don't steam those)
- Parmesean cheese for topping (if desired)
Prepare pasta according to package directions. Mix in all other ingredients + seasoning package from box. A very filling main dish!
What are your favorite frugal dishes?
This post if part of Works For Me Wednesday, hosted by Rocks In My Dryer
Joy @ Joy Of Desserts
Oh, pudding in your smoothie. That's a great idea!
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tiffanie
reading your post made me hungry! those recipes sound wonderful...and easy! 🙂
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