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I can't wait to watch Melissa's new show! Feeding my family quickly and on a budget are very important to me, however, I want the food to taste wonderful. I know Melissa can deliver this!
10 bucks??? not sure she can pull this one through for a whole family. and frankly, not sure if i want to eat a supper that only costs $2.50.
I already know how to stretch my food dollars. Bring me someone who will raise my standards.
You would be amazed at what can be made for under $10 a meal for a family of 4. You have probally already had some meals that are like that and didn't know it.
Guess what, some of us are on a tight budget and for your information, I've made dinners that cost $10 for a family of 4 (2 of which are teenagers) and EVERONE has loved it.
Part 1
Well, I cooked a delicious meal last night for under $10.00 that would feed 4. My homeowner’s association dues and my car insurance came due this last week so I was cooking out of the freezer, fridge and pantry since the grocery store was not in the budget. Last night I cooked chicken breasts, cabbage, carrots and rice. Sounds boring off the top but…__
Part 2
- Chicken breasts were dredged in beaten eggs with a little milk added, then dredged in seasoned flour. Then I sautéed them in a bit of olive oil. When browned on both sides, added tomato sauce, Rotel tomatoes and put a lid on and simmered until done. Delicious smothered chicken!
- Cabbage was cooked with diced onions in a little bacon fat, added sliced carrots, salt and pepper. It was yummy!
I'm on a tight budget too and if Melissa can show me how to cook a meal for $10 that will make my life so much easier. I think she will provide some great tips and I can't wait.
Pleanty of tasty things you can do for $10/4 servings. You can take just about any cookbook published within the last 30 years, and a good portion of the stuff in them can be made to produce a $2.50/person meal. You won't be using grass fed beef, or kobe beef, but you can do it.
Jeffreys steak sandwich could easily be made for that. Some of it has to do with our idea of portions. We don't need 12 to 16 oz of beef at a meal. Done right, 4 or 5 oz. can be quite satisfying.
There couldn't be a better time to put this show on! Can't wait :)
I can't wait either. I like Melissa.
I am so excited she won! I have a family of four and I am a working mom who sometimes doesn't have time to go grocery shopping every week. I can't wait to see what she has in stor for us. I will definately watch her!
I'm the male cook at home in a role reversal due to an economy that is pretty trashed. I have to shop the ingredients and feed three evry day on an extremely limited budget.
This lady Melissa already has given me ideas to use and I have a wife and young daughter that are tough critics and think the inexpensive cooking I do tastes very good.
I already have a lot of chicken recipes, that can be made for $2.50 or less per person, but I'll be curious to see the other inexpensive yet hearty and healthy ingredients she uses. I'm already an olive oil convert and I use it a lot as well as bacon as an accent to other meats and ingredients.
Susie: just wanted to say it must have been a hard decision they were both good.
Congratulations Melissa and will be looking forward to your first show sorry that you both could not have won but, there could only be one and I think you will be great.
We do not know how much time we have left with mom but, we will make the best with what we have and on a good day for her she still tries out your recipes and yes even, some of her babies (the cats) will try it with her. Thank you for your interesting simple home recopies that even someone on a tight budget can do. I think Melissa was a good choice and will have some great tips. God Bless to All the Food Network Staff. I must say I enjoyed watching Duff Ace of Cake and Paula. Duff doing so much mechanical things with his cakes excites me. I was an electrician and mechanic before I got hurt and it excites me, to see what he can do with a cake. Paula is so down home seems so sincere in her life struggles that brought her so far to where she is today.
I am disappointed that they played it safe with another boring girl next door. The viewers in my opinion are hungry for something DIFFERENT and exciting! This was an opportunity to choose something that we have not seen before! Wher e is your vision and edge???
I am with you.
Could not agree more! I don't need to spend 30 minutes of my life watching someone make chicken.
A Mom since 1975, no where near as long as most of our Mother's! I can feed a family of six for under $10 a meal! Do it week after week. So Happy Melessa won!
Susie: PS
Not that my opinion matters I enjoy watching food network and wish I could cook something close to what they do. I do not do much since my disability and now that my best friend that I always did my holiday cooking with my mother had a stroke and has heart problems we tried for a while but now we just do very little for our self. Talked into adopting three stray cats in the winter and to our surprise, they were pregnant. Even with ads, we were only able to give five away the shelter asked please keep them and they would give us a discount fixing them. Well this is the final reason I will not do my holiday cookies.
Susie PS
My mother does not understand at times with because of her stroke and this was the first year, in over 60 years that she has not given our traditional cookies as gifts. Now we cook chicken and fish and sometimes veggies depending on the cat. Unless you are an animal lover, you will not understand it is a responsibility and like a child, they come first. It is too late to give them up now we know them all by name and personality, it has been a year, and my mother will not part with them. So baking is on hold for anyone outside the house. It makes me laugh though because some of them have a sweet tooth others love veggies, fruits, pasta. God Bless to all –good food comes from the hear and soul, looks is only half the battle (Sorry for the long post-pain was high and was just was dong a lot of thinking.