Forever Alone Cooking Challenge
I heard about the Slow Food USA $5 challenge last week. Seemed like a good idea. Who couldn't stand to eat healthier and cheaper?
This challenge poses some logistical questions for a single girl, though. It's certainly less economical to cook for one and it's difficult to measure 3/16th of something if you're transposing a recipe that serves a family of four. I'm not the biggest fan of leftovers, either. I have texture issues. But whatever. Challenge Accepted.I found this cool thing: 1 List 5 meals (vegetarian list). Awesome. Shopping completed: $64.34 /5 = $12.86 per meal (most meals make multiple servings, though)Day one: Veggie Fried Riceresults: The rice came out softer than I was hoping. Probably because I couldn't resist peeking at it. Made 4 servings. I ate one for dinner, one for lunch the next day, and gave two away. It was tastier than it looked. I only cooked two cups of rice, instead of the entire bag, as the recipe calls for. I don't even own a pan big enough to cook that much food. I ended up not using about half the peas so I tossed them in the freezer. Overall, I'm a fan of any recipe that only involves dirtying one pan.
