Today I made some very easy crock pot chili.
Only 6 ingredients plus 2/3 cup water.
1 can Tomato soup
1 can Diced Tomatoes
1 can Black Beans
1 can Corn
1/4 cup onion
1 Tablespoon Chili seasoning
Add all ingredients together in a slow cooker and heat for 2-3 hours on medium heat.
It is a very simple, inexpensive, and good tasting recipe that serves 4. It would go great with some cornbread.
Hello everyone,
I have decided to find new and inexpensive recipes to make in this new year. Today I made Easy Shrimp Lo-Mein. It was good , easy to make, and relatively inexpensive depending on the amount and size of shrimp that you buy. It serves 2-3 people and only takes about 15 minutes to make.
1 bag frozen stir fry vegetables
1 pound (or less) cooked shrimp
1/4 cup of water
1 3 oz package of shrimp flavored ramen noodles
3 tablespoons low sodium soy sauce or teriyaki sauce
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
Directions
1. Combine frozen vegetable, shrimp, and water in large skillet and heat over medium high heat till cooked through and hot. About 7 minutes.
2. Bring 2 cups of water to boil in a small pot. Add ramen noodles and cook for 3 minutes. Drain and add to skillet mixture.
3. Stir ramen noodle seasoning packet, soy sauce, garlic powder, and ground ginger in to the mixture. Stir to mix and cook about 1 minute, making sure everything is hot.
Hello everyone, I'm trying the South Beach Diet this week. It is new to me. Last year I lost 25 pounds on my own. I cut out Coke, candy, donuts, and most sugar. I gained back a few of those pounds due to 2 deployments in Louisiana with the American Red Cross.
On Phase 1 of this new diet, you can't have any bread, pasta, or carrots. These are 3 things I love, so we will see how it goes.
Here is my breakfast for Day 1 of the South Beach Diet.
Veggie frittata with tomato, onion, broccoli, spinach, egg substitute, and mozzarella cheese.
On the side I had 1/4 cup cottage cheese with 1/4 tomato. Also pictured is 1 slice of Canadian bacon that I cut up and ate with the frittata.
For lunch I had cucumber slices, with 1 wedge of laughing cow cheese and 1 teaspoon of spicy brown mustard mixed together, then a bit of sliced turkey and a slice of tomato.
These are hard to eat whole so I cut them in half and ate them with a fork.
For a snack I had celery with some garlic hummus.
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Vegan chocolate pudding!
I made an interesting vegan pudding today!
Put all this in a blender.
1 banana
1/2 avocado
2 tablespoons cocoa or carob powder
1 packet of stevia sweetener
Put in a bowl and refrigerate for about 1 hour.
Yummy!
Day 5 final day with final thoughts!
Today is use up what is left and eat leftovers!
Breakfast day 5 Oatmeal with no fruit!
Today I had enough oats left to make a bowl of oatmeal. I added some cinnamon, but didn't have any fruit left.
Lunch
I made a nice spinach salad with 1/2 a tomato, some garbanzo beans, and a bit of carrot. I also made a tofu veggie scramble with 1/2 tomato, some garbanzo beans, which I fork smashed, some carrot, and some spinach. For a snack I used the rest of the garbanzo beans and added a bit of water, blended them and made a hummus. I added some carrot sticks.
Dinner
I ate the leftover veggie soup which had rice, pasta, and garbanzo beans in it. I also ate some of the hummus, and some of the tofu veggie scramble that was left over from lunch.
My final thoughts on eating vegan for $3 a day.
It is possible! I was able to just use the items I bought for less than $15. The only thing I had leftover was tofu. Which I could have used more of in the meals. At times I wished I had a little more variety. I would have like a bit more fruit and a bit more different vegetables. I would have liked to eat salad more. These are my preferences. I did use some spices I had on hand, but I didn't buy any. I think eating vegan on $4 a day might be a better option. I'm putting together a menu and that will be another project in the works for me.
Day 4 Breakfast
Today I had a potato scramble for breakfast. I shredded 1 potato and cooked it with 1 green onion, tofu, and spinach. It was a nice change.
Lunch day 4 Fried rice tofu
I cooked some tofu and green onion and mixed it with spinach and cooked brown rice.
Dinner was vegetable soup with rice.
