Synopses & Reviews
Inand#160;over 200 recipes,and#160;Jessica offers a delicious alternative to fast food, takeout pizza, or over-processed foods from the supermarketand#160;with nourishing, from-scratch meals that donand#8217;t break the bank or take hours to cook. Those recipes are organized into 70 multi-course dinnersand#8212;main dishes, sides, and add-ons such as soup, bread, or dessertand#8212;including: Simple Bean Tostadas, Chunky Tomato Salsa, Lemon Pie with Honey-Ginger Ice Cream
Chicken Kabobs with Mint-Yogurt Sauce, Curried Couscous, Greek Spinach Salad
Asian Chicken Salad with Rice Noodles, Ginger-Orange Crisp
Beef Potpie with Flaky Cheddar Crust, Winter Greens and Citrus Salad
Cajun Shrimp and Sausage Rice, Buttery Dill Carrots, Banana-Walnut Mini Muffins Each dinner feeds a family of four for ten dollarsand#8212;a little more for larger families, a little less for smaller ones and singles.and#160; The menus are just suggestions, and readers can mix-and-match any of the tasty 200-plus recipes as they like.and#160; In more than 100 tips scattered through the book, Jessica distills her hard-won wisdom into a wealth of ideas for how to be a penny-wise shopper, how to find good cuts of meat that are cheap, how to reduce waste and maximize leftovers, and more.and#160; Never before has living so affordably meant living so well.
Synopsis
In over 200 recipes, Jessica Fisher shows budget-conscious cooks how they can eat remarkably well without breaking the bank. Good Cheap Eats serves up 70 three-course dinnersand#8212;main course, side, and dessertand#8212;all for less than ten dollars for a family of four. Chapters include "Something Meatier," on traditional meat-centered dinners, "Stretching It," which shows how to flavor and accent meat so that you are using less than usual but still getting lots of flavor, and "Company Dinners," which proves that you can entertain well on the cheap. The hard-won wisdom, creative problem-solving techniques, and culinary imagination she brings to the task have been chronicled lovingly in her widely read blog Good Cheap Eats. Now, with the publication of the book Good Cheap Eats, she shows budget-challenged, or simply penny-pinching, home cooks how they can save loads of money on food and still eat smashingly well.
About the Author
JESSICA FISHER is a busy mom of six children, ranging from kindergarten to high school. Homeschool mom by day, freelance writer and blogger by night, she writes two popular blogs, LifeasMom.com and GoodCheapEats.com. Jessicaandnbsp;has written online for The Kitchn, Life Your Way, Money Saving Mom, $5 Dinners, and Simple Mom and in print for more than 85 regional parenting publicationsandnbsp;in the U.S. and Canada. She lives with her husband and children in San Diego, California andandnbsp;is an avid home cook. She is also the author ofandnbsp;Not Your Motherand#39;s Make-Ahead and Freeze Cookbook.