CheapMeals.com Cookbook - Softcover

Rhode, Steve; Kidwell, Mike

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0967025516 ISBN 13: 9780967025513

Publisher: Debt Counselors of America, 2001

Synopsis

Steve Rhode and Mike Kidwell bring you the CheapMeals.com Cookbook. It's the result of years of helping people at Myvesta solve financial problems. For most American families food takes one of the biggest chunks out of the family budget. Plus there’s the time you have to spend figuring out what’s for dinner, breakfast or lunch, grocery shopping and preparing the meal.

But what’s the alternative? Skipping meals is out - it’s just not healthy and everyone’s too hungry! So maybe you pick up the phone and call the local pizza delivery place, or head out to a restaurant. Both of those options can be pretty pricey if you use them frequently.

There’s a Better Way!

The CheapMeals.com Cookbook is the collection of some of the best cheap recipes out there. This book is the culmination of the best - fast, inexpensive meals that will help you feed the family for less, and spend less time in the kitchen

Order your printed copy of the CheapMeals.com Cookbook below and start trimming the food budget without sacrificing good meals.

The cookbook is divided into six sections.

Section One: Introduction
Here you will find the winning recipes from our national CheapMeals.com contest.

Section Two: Appetizers
While the section contains a lot of recipes, here’s a couple I love.

Orange Salad (Almost Like Dessert)
1 Container (12 oz) whipped topping
1 small carton of cottage cheese (small curd)
1 can mandarin oranges (drained)
1 box [3 ox] gelatin, orange flavor
Mix whipped topping and cottage cheese, add drained mandarin oranges and gelatin (dry). Stir together and refrigerate for about one hour. Serve.

It’s easy, fast, inexpensive, yummy and even a family favorite.

Tex-Mex Dip
1 can chili
1 can tamales, chopped
1 lb Velveeta Cheese, cubed
1 onion, chopped
1 tablespoon Tabasco sauce
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce

Combine all ingredients. Simmer slowly. Stir mixture until cheese melts. Serve with taco or corn chips.

We had this at an office party recently. It was fabulous. The serving dish was left empty and everyone wanted the recipe. The person who brought it was grinning from ear to ear from all of the compliments.

Section Three: Soups & Salads

Section Four: Entrees

Section Five: Desserts

Section Six: A La Carte: Kitchen Tips & Tricks In this section you will find some amazing quick tips to help you in the kitchen. For example:

Pale gravy may be browned by adding a bit of instant coffee straight from the jar...no bitter taste, either.

A slice of soft bread placed in the package of hardened brown sugar will soften it up again in a couple of hours.

You Will Regret Not Having a Copy of This Cookbook. The cookbook is everything we’ve promised it would be, good food, money saving recipes and quick meals to feed a rushed and hungry family. It’s even spiral bound so it will lie flat on the counter and make it easy to use for a long time to come.

About this title

From the Publisher:

The Cookbook is Family Tested and Kid Approved!

Recently, we asked Hillary, the busy Mom of a family of four to test the recipes in the CheapMeals.com Cookbook for a couple of weeks. Here is what she reported.

Hillary’s Comments

Overall

The recipes were quick to put together and used things that I already had in the kitchen. Nothing took a huge amount of preparation or planning ahead. The dishes were easy to fix, low cost and my family loved them.

It is very simple to substitute fresh vegetables or low fat/low sodium items in the recipes in order to meet specific diet needs and still keep the meal low cost.

Recipe Comments

Quick and Easy Hummus pg

* Easy to add other items to make flavored hummus.

Quick Corn Chowder pg

* Add fresh veggies for an even healthier meal.

* Emily, age 6, said, "I want you to make this every cold day."

Mexi-Bites pg

* Great for a party or for those long Sunday afternoons in front of football.

* Kids ate them minus the chilies.

Cream of Broccoli Soup pg

* Easy to throw together in a hurry.

* Easy to adapt to make other "cream of" soups.

Corn & Rice Casserole pg

* Great side dish that everyone in the family will eat.

Creamy Chicken Breasts pg

* Really good to mix the sauce in with the rice.

* Excellent leftover.

* Emily ate everything without complaint.

Chicken, Rice and Beans pg

* A zesty, offbeat recipe.

* Great for lunch or an on the go dinner.

* Great for a potluck dinner.

Quick Skillet Dinner pg

* Emily, who doesn’t usually eat red meat, ate her whole plate without complaining. It must be good!

* Stephen, age 14, wolfed his plate down and went back for seconds.

* A good comfort food on a cold day.

Taco Casserole pg

* Easy for kids to help with.

* We used Tostitos chips and Emily had a great time breaking them into pieces.

Tex-Mex Pasta pg

* Steve, who didn't think he'd like it, said it was really good.

* A good alternative to a regular red sauce for pasta.

Creamy Chicken Salad pg

* I don't like mayo so I never eat chicken salad. I really liked this one and would make it again in a heartbeat!

Note: I used mostly things I already had in my pantry or fridge, like chicken, canned soups and beans, and dried pasta, so my total outlay for all those recipes was really small. I spent only about $20 to add in the items I needed, like tortilla chips, cream cheese, flour tortillas, ground beef, etc. This cookbook rocks! If you don’t have it, get it now.

From the Author:

So, why did we put together this cookbook?

In our work of helping people overcome financial problems and issues we observed that a huge chunk of the family money is spent on food. Families have problems reducing the food expense because they eat out frequently. Preparing meals at home can be a pain, take up a lot of time and who has that kind of time or patience these days. So we gathered up the best cheap and easy recipes we could find and here they are to help you save your sanity, time and most of all, money.

About this edition

• Publisher: Debt Counselors of America
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0967025516
• ISBN 13: 9780967025513
• Binding: Spiral-bound
• Number of pages: 126