Training & Nutrition - Eating for under $6 a day

Give me your cheap food ideas.

I eat for under $6 a day right now. Here's how it breaks down:

Breakfast
~1/2 box of cereal = $1

Lunch/Dinner
1 pound meat (I can usually find chicken for 99 cents/lb. Right now ham is 79 cents/lb.) = $1
1/4 cup beans or lentils (1 bag = 99 cents) = $0.13
Peas or Carrots (1 can = 33 cents) = $0.11
Fruit (varies greatly- I'm most likely to "splurge" here) = ~$0.69

So Breakfast ($1) + Lunch ($1.93) + Dinner ($1.93) = $4.86.

Sometimes I buy bread, tortillas, spices, teryaki sauce, etc., so I just round it up to $6.

Can I make this cheaper? I was thinking about making my own cereal because I can buy a pound of oats for 44 cents. Rice is cheap, but I like beans better. Bananas are a great cheap food, but I get tired of them after a while.

Give me your cheap ideas.

you eat half a box of cereal every day?

Well, yeah, it takes 10 bowls of Cap'n Crunch to equal the nutritional value of one bran muffin, doncha know?

Don't forget the most famous cycling staple food: pasta! It's cheap.

Good riding,
desmobob

If sodium is of no concern, Ramen Noodles at 5 packs/$1. (Just don't go cycling afterwards since, if I remember from my college days, it just sits in your stomach)

oatmeal, whole wheat pasta, potatos, brown rice, beans, whole wheat bread, and whatever fruit and veggies are on sale.

Switch to Malt-o-Meal. Tootie Frooties keep me goin'.
You can get beans in massive quantity for cheap from Sam's Club. Same for fruit - Bananas are 33c/lb
Try looking at turkey, occasionally (especially after thanksgiving) it can be had for 20c/lb. Also, where do you get your chicken? I pay about .69/lb for chicken at Sam's.

Tuna can also be had in massive quantities for cheap if you have a way to store it. Just don't eat more than 16oz a week, due to mercury content...

I eat for about $20/week. It's not glamorous, but it's good enough for me!

If sodium is of no concern, Ramen Noodles at 5 packs/$1. (Just don't go cycling afterwards since, if I remember from my college days, it just sits in your stomach)

The way I remember it, that stuff wont stay in my body, nevermind my stomach for 5 minutes :eek: :eek:

Eating half a box of cereal is easy. Breakfast is key for me. If I don't eat a big breakfast I'll spend the rest of the day hungry and can never seem to make up for it. If I eat a huge breakfast I feel good all day and can get by on less lunch and dinner. Half a box of cereal is only two bowls usually (and no, I don't get sugary cereal. I usually eat whatever shredded wheat or granola-type cereal is on sale).

Oatmeal is cheap, but I can never seem to get full on it. Same goes for raman noodles. I'd love to find some whole wheat pasta, but it's usually more expensive than regular pasta.

I wish I could find 20 cent/lb turkey around here! I love turkey. I usually go to Meijer because it's right off the bike trail. Sometimes I go to Kroger when they have deals on cereal. Oh yeah, and they always seem to be giving out free samples of something in there.

Eating for $6 a day?

Hitchhiker: You heard of this thing, the $6 dollar meal?
Ted Stroehmann: Yeah, sure, $6 dollar meal. Yeah, the economy diet.
Hitchhiker: Yeah, this is going to blow that right out of the water. Listen to this: $5...dollar...meal.
Ted Stroehmann: Right. Yes. OK, alright. I see where you're going.
Hitchhiker: Think about it. You walk into a grocery store, you see a $6 dollar meal sittin' there, there's $5 dollar meal right beside it. Which one are you gonna pick, man?
Ted Stroehmann: I would go for the $5.
Hitchhiker: Bingo, man, bingo. $5 dollar meal. And we guarantee just as good a workout as the $6 dollar folk.
Ted Stroehmann: You guarantee it? That's -- how do you do that?
Hitchhiker: If you're not happy with the first 5 dollars, we're gonna send you the extra dollar free. You see? That's it. That's our motto. That's where we're comin' from. That's from "A" to "B".
Ted Stroehmann: That's right. That's -- that's good. That's good. Unless, of course, somebody comes up with $4 dollar meal. Then you're in trouble, huh?
[Hitchhiker convulses]
Hitchhiker: No! No, no, not $4! I said $5. Nobody's comin' up with $4. Who eats on $4 a day? You won't even get your stomach goin, not even a Tse fly on a ham sandwich.
Ted Stroehmann: That -- good point.
Hitchhiker: 5's the key number here. Think about it. Jackson 5. five fingers. 5, man, that's the number. 5 chipmunks twirlin' on a branch, eatin' lots of sunflowers on my uncle's ranch. You know that old children's tale from the sea. It's like you're dreamin' about Gorgonzola cheese when it's clearly Brie time, baby. Step into my office.
Ted Stroehmann: Why?
Hitchhiker: 'Cause you're f'in fired!

Eating half a box of cereal is easy. Breakfast is key for me. If I don't eat a big breakfast I'll spend the rest of the day hungry and can never seem to make up for it. If I eat a huge breakfast I feel good all day and can get by on less lunch and dinner. Half a box of cereal is only two bowls usually (and no, I don't get sugary cereal. I usually eat whatever shredded wheat or granola-type cereal is on sale).

Oatmeal is cheap, but I can never seem to get full on it. Same goes for raman noodles. I'd love to find some whole wheat pasta, but it's usually more expensive than regular pasta.

I wish I could find 20 cent/lb turkey around here! I love turkey. I usually go to Meijer because it's right off the bike trail. Sometimes I go to Kroger when they have deals on cereal. Oh yeah, and they always seem to be giving out free samples of something in there.
ok I see I guess. But I'd be careful with the granola cereals. A lot of them have partially hydrogenated oils and sugar in them.

You might want to check out a couple of books called The Tightwad Gazette and Your Money or Your Life.
The author of Tightwad gazette has a lot of tips on eating cheaply and other ideas on saving money. I have found it at the library.

Hi,
chicken thighs and turkey thighs are pretty cheap.
Buy a couple pounds. Buy a pound or two of beans you like.
Lentils work well. Now get some veggies, a bag of carrots,
anything you like. Mix it up from week to week.
Now, make a stew with all the stuff you got.
That's your dinner for about a week.Keep it covered when in the fridge. Each night take out about a pound, then you can add different spices,
pour it over noodles, throw in some tomato paste .... or add a can of Campbell's cream soup.. all to add a little variety.

Here's the trick. Find a good bakery and get fresh bread every few days. Get real butter, preferably the real stuff you can't get in stores (my source dried up years ago, but maybe you are luckier)
What makes it work is good bread and real butter. I don't know why, but it does.

Have something different on the weekends.

I got through med school on a similar budget.

Breakfast:
Wholewheat toast with peanut butter. Orange juice (from frozen)

Lunch: sandwich

Dinner: Budget Gourmet (when they were 99 cents on sale), macaroni and cheese in those little 3 for $1 box, turkey hot dogs.

In retrospect....not a very nutritious approach...but it seemed like the thing to do at the time.

Really, though, peanut butter is a very affordable source of calories.

Where's the BEER? This is difficult on a budget. I can never decide whether to drink a few good beers a week, or to include several cheap beer in my daily diet!

Tyson

My main meal is the giant burrito... With rice (dressed up with cilantro and lime juice in the pot, plus a little Goya magic powder for color) and black beans and whatever sauteed veggies are cheap (I like mushrooms, yellow squash, eggplant, etc) plus lettuce and onions, you can do a very filling meal for around a buck a serving, if you're willing to make up several days' worth of fillings at a time and use dried beans. I generally have a giant burrito in the middle of the day; breakfast is a bagel (55 cents daily, plus about a buck and a half in cream cheese every week), and dinner is a frozen "health-food" meal, usually Healthy Choice ($1.64 on sale) plus an extra serving of veggies (usually spinach or broccoli, also bought in big frozen bags; the last ones I bought were 4 pounds for $3). Most days I have an ice cream sandwich before bed, at $2.50 per box of 12. Because I buy on sale almost exclusively, my weekly purchases vary pretty widely; I often buy for several weeks of any given product in one go. Averaged out, though, I'm usually at around the $5/day mark, and could go lower if I switched to oatmeal for breakfast and/or pasta or PBJ or similar at dinner time. At first, I had nutritional deficits, I'm sure, but as I've upped the ratios of veggies, I think I'm doing pretty well now...

1 can of Campbells Chunky Soups (whatever flavor): $2.50
1 can of Del Monte Stewed Tomatoes: $1.00

That's an entire nutritious meal full, low in fat, high in protein, vitamin A, C and Lycopene for $3.50

Can't beat that.

$6 a day ain't that cheap really. make sure you eat some pasta and plenty of things with calcium. like broccoli.

Oh, yes, and dont forget eggs! Great source of protein, quick to cook too.

Peas or Carrots (1 can = 33 cents) = $0.11
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Cannned vegetables...yech


Frozen taste great and are much more nutricious.

When I was in school I used to buy

Top Ramen buy the case (2 for 10$)
5 loaves of wheat bread for 6$
Water was free, either from the hose or sink
2 giant containers of peanut butter for 4$

All that would last me about 10days. That’s 2.00$/day.
Every few days the girls that lived in the same apartment complex I did would cook me steak, burgers or chicken with steamed veggies. It was a good set up for a student with little income ;)

:beer:

The Tightwad Gazette author fed her family of 8 for $180 a month. - $6 a day for 8 people.

Breakfest
Ceral Bar $.25
Mixed Fruit Bowl $.38
Coffee/tea Free @ work
= $.68

Daily Lunch Ride
PowerBar $.60
Gatoraid $.90
Cup o noodle $ .25 or leftovers (free)
= $1.75 w/ noodles

Dinner 1
1/lbs steak $1.99
3 cups rice $.15
Small brown onion $.10
Couple potatoes $ .20
= $2.49 Dinner feeds 2 people


Dinner 2
Pasta $1
Spagitti Sauce $2
Ground Beef $2
= $5 feed 3-5 people

Dinner 3
Pasta $1
2 Can of tuna $1
1 Can of cream of Mushroom $.50
1 Can of Cream of chicken $.50
2-3 slices od cheese $.20
1 cup of Milk $ .30
= $3.50 Tuna casarole Dinner feed 3-5 people

Dinner 4
1 Package Hilshire Farm Sausage $2
1 bag of house brand fozen veggies $1.50
3 cups of rice $.15
1 brown onion $.10
=$3.75 Dinner feed 3-4 people

Dinner 5
Small package of chicken, 4-5 pieces (whatevers on sale) $3
3-4 potatoes (chopped) $.30
1 Brown Onion $.10
1cup water Free
1/4 cup or so of Soy sauce $.20
2-3 tablespoon Apple Cinder Vineger $.10
2 hard boiled Eggs on the side $.20
= $3.90 Chicken Adobo Dinner (Filipino Dish) feeds 2-3 people pending on # of chicken pieces made.

As you can see, I eat pretty light in the early day and have a good size dinner. All those meals take 25-40 minutes to make pending on if the meat was defrosted before cooking started. All are very easy to make and cheap and feeds more then just me. I ride almost every day after work so I'm hungry after I ride and don't want to spend much time in the kitchen. I cook for my girlfirend and myself everynight, anything left from dinner is lunch the next day for the 2 of us.

Breakfest
Ceral Bar $.25
Mixed Fruit Bowl $.38
Cof
= $.68

Daily Lunch Ride
PowerBar $.60


Dinner 1
1/lbs steak $1.99

= $2.49 Dinner feeds 2 people


Dinner 2
Pasta $1

Ground Beef $2
= $5 feed 3-5 people

Dinner 3
Pasta $1

1 Can of cream of Mushroom $.50
1 Can of Cream of chicken $.50


Dinner 4
1 Package Hilshire Farm Sausage $2
.


Disgusting. Way too much processed food and red meat.

Steak is 2/pound? blech

Oatmeal is cheap, but I can never seem to get full on it. .

Do you eat instant or old fashion? Old fashion Rolled oats taste much better and are more filling IMO

Disgusting. Way too much processed food and red meat.

Steak is 2/pound? blech


Steaks are usually on sale, sorry I don't spend 6-8 bucks on Ribeye or New York strips per lb unless we're BBQin for a party or family. As far as the rest, it's cheaper and faster to buy the items like that from the store rather then make things from scratch.

I guess you're a picky eater. Care to list what you eat through the day/week and how much it puts a damper on the wallet?

Steaks are usually on sale, sorry I don't spend 6-8 bucks on Ribeye or New York strips per lb unless we're BBQin for a party or family. As far as the rest, it's cheaper and faster to buy the items like that from the store rather then make things from scratch.

I guess you're a picky eater. Care to list what you eat through the day/week and how much it puts a damper on the wallet?


Picky? Well, the name of the forum is Training and Nutrition.

Usually what i will do is buy 10 dollars worth of chicken and marinate it for 2-3 days.
I then grill it and have my supper meat for the week.

For breakfast I usually have a banana or two rolled in raw sunflower seeds, or organic grapes.
Lunch is a spinach salad with other fresh vegetables, feta cheese, nuts and light Italian dressing.

Supper is the chicken with steamed vegetables and fruit.

Weekends I usually just play it by ear. But i don't eat burger/pork or processed garbage.

FX,
that is good for you and your training and nutrition. We are a very well rounded group of people here, the question wasn't posed to ask for critisism.
I For one eat like a horse, I wish I could eat for 6 a day, I am about double that. I also eat the best steak money will allow this weeks budget. I also eat hotdogs and all kinds of chopped and formed and processed foods. But that works fine for my metabolism.
Stacey

FX,
that is good for you and your training and nutrition. We are a very well rounded group of people here, the question wasn't posed to ask for critisism.
I For one eat like a horse, I wish I could eat for 6 a day, I am about double that. I also eat the best steak money will allow this weeks budget. I also eat hotdogs and all kinds of chopped and formed and processed foods. But that works fine for my metabolism.
Stacey

Just think how much better good clean fod would be for your metabolism.
Try it for a month.
If you're going to buy good steak, why not substitute it with good salmon?

Picky? Well, the name of the forum is Training and Nutrition.

Usually what i will do is buy 10 dollars worth of chicken and marinate it for 2-3 days.
I then grill it and have my supper meat for the week.

For breakfast I usually have a banana or two rolled in raw sunflower seeds, or organic grapes.
Lunch is a spinach salad with other fresh vegetables, feta cheese, nuts and light Italian dressing.

Supper is the chicken with steamed vegetables and fruit.

Weekends I usually just play it by ear. But i don't eat burger/pork or processed garbage.

Sounds like pretty good food. I'm trying to eat healthier to shed off some extra weight. Biking, running and eating whatever I want, has gotten me only so far (30lbs in 6 months lost). I'm currently 200-205# and stand 6'2" But I'm also on a budget as well, so trying to eat right, not feel starved and not break my wallet is pretty hard. I want to get down to 170# by next spring and race XC and Super D. I recently gave up drinking soda, started making smoothies (strawberry/bananas/ lil bit of apple juice and PB) for breakfest to replace my normal daily coffee. My work out schedule has not changed though.

What do you marinate your chicken in? Is chicken the only type of meat you eat?

Let me give this game a try; here is my daily food intake for Tuesday:

2 Bowls of Cereal + Soy Milk = $1.63
Large Banana Smoothie = $0.93
4 oz Dried Dates = $0.31
4 oz Dried Figs = $0.53
Whole Wheat Bagel w/Honey = $0.55
3 Slices of Whole Wheat Bread = $0.40
1 cup Hummus w/Pita = $0.67
2 cups Shorbat Adas (Lebanese Red Lentil Stew) = $0.58
Lots of Water (after cost of filter) = $0.10
GRAND TOTAL: $5.70
TOTAL CALORIES: 3000 kcal (roughly)

Being vegetarian helps cut down the cost of dinner quite a bit, just as doing all your own cooking does (that and it keeps the food quite a bit healthier). A bag of lentils or chickpeas only costs $1-1.50 and will last you more than a week. Of course, I splurge a bit with the Soy Milk and dried fruits, but that just goes to show that you can eat healthy, cheaply, AND treat yourself. You don’t have to deprive yourself to eat well. It just requires a bit of planning and a little work.

Let me give this game a try; here is my daily food intake for Tuesday:

2 Bowls of Cereal + Soy Milk = $1.63
Large Banana Smoothie = $0.93
4 oz Dried Dates = $0.31
4 oz Dried Figs = $0.53
Whole Wheat Bagel w/Honey = $0.55
3 Slices of Whole Wheat Bread = $0.40
1 cup Hummus w/Pita = $0.67
2 cups Shorbat Adas (Lebanese Red Lentil Stew) = $0.58
Lots of Water (after cost of filter) = $0.10
GRAND TOTAL: $5.70
TOTAL CALORIES: 3000 kcal (roughly)

Being vegetarian helps cut down the cost of dinner quite a bit, just as doing all your own cooking does (that and it keeps the food quite a bit healthier). A bag of lentils or chickpeas only costs $1-1.50 and will last you more than a week. Of course, I splurge a bit with the Soy Milk and dried fruits, but that just goes to show that you can eat healthy, cheaply, AND treat yourself. You don’t have to deprive yourself to eat well. It just requires a bit of planning and a little work.

Wow, pretty impeccable.
Dried figs are good, I buy em now and again.
Didn't really see any mention of fresh raw fruits and vegetables, besides the smoothie, but I'll
bet we all wish we ate that good every day.

Just think how much better good clean fod would be for your metabolism.
Try it for a month.
If you're going to buy good steak, why not substitute it with good salmon?

Well for one I can not stand the flavor of Salmon. I am a shellfish fan but that does not meet with the pocket book very freindly. I do however eat fresh fish quite often as I fish alot. And I eat what I catch. Most of the steak I do eat is harvested by myself. The steak I do buy I know where it comes from and you will never get me to believe that good quality steak that was grown on the family farm is bad for me or anyone else.
I am 33 years old, 145 lbs and 5'11". I eat healthy and excersise. I run on 5 hours of sleep a day and manage between 100 and 200 miles on the bike during the week and then a nice long ride on the weekend.
Liek I said in my previuos post, the way you eat may be good for your training and health, I however would starve to death....lol. In the 30 mins I sat here and decided what and how to write this so as not to seem as though I am flaming anyone, I ate 1/2 of a watermelon. Now its time for my nightly snack so I will stop rambling.
Stacey

My meals of the day are:

Breakfast 4egg whites 1/4cup of oats = .60 + .09
1 banana 5 chucks of white melon .12 + .12
1 cup of tropicana orange juice mixed with water .17
1 cup of skim milk
lunch tuna in a can .77
carrat
mashed potatoe
2nd lunch chicken breast
potatoe
carrot
Dinner half chicken $3.00
potatoe
lettuce
2nd Dinner spaggetti with tomatoe sauce
Total cost who knows?

you could eat for free if you wanted and had some room to grow vegetables, turnips and beans store very well and don't require much expertise or attention, carrots and tomatoes do need to kept from animals, you can raise chickens for eggs and hunt for meat.

Canned beans 59c. Tortillas? maybe 20-30 cents each--> Burritos.
Non-instant oatmeal is always good too.

1 can of Campbells Chunky Soups (whatever flavor): $2.50
1 can of Del Monte Stewed Tomatoes: $1.00

That's an entire nutritious meal full, low in fat, high in protein, vitamin A, C and Lycopene for $3.50

Can't beat that.

Yes, and it is mostly sea water. If you like a lot of salt, ok.

I.e.

Baked Potato with Bacon Bits & Chives Soup 920mg
Classic Chicken Noodle Soup 890mg

Del Monte Stewed Tomatoes 360mg

Total of about 1280. The current recommendation is to consume less than 2,400 milligrams (mg) of sodium a day. You just blew over 1/2 of RDA, which is high to start with IMHO.

you will never get me to believe that good quality steak that was grown on the family farm is bad for me or anyone else.
I.
Stacey

Good for you then, ignore all the studies and fill your guts and veins full of saturated animal fat.

Let me give this game a try; here is my daily food intake for Tuesday:

2 Bowls of Cereal + Soy Milk = $1.63
Large Banana Smoothie = $0.93
4 oz Dried Dates = $0.31
4 oz Dried Figs = $0.53
Whole Wheat Bagel w/Honey = $0.55
3 Slices of Whole Wheat Bread = $0.40
1 cup Hummus w/Pita = $0.67
2 cups Shorbat Adas (Lebanese Red Lentil Stew) = $0.58
Lots of Water (after cost of filter) = $0.10
GRAND TOTAL: $5.70
TOTAL CALORIES: 3000 kcal (roughly)



Hey DUDE!

Where's the vegetables in your diet. A vegetarian that doesn't eat vegetables! Even though I'm the heretic who loves butter and lard I still have green salad's every day and I've just finnished a nice soup made with homemade chicken stock, butter, onions, cauliflower, asparagus, mushrooms and some dill.

You need some more vegetables in your diet.

Regards, Anthony

Frozen taste great and are much more nutricious.

I believe you... but where'd you get it? I was looking for an article I remember reading that said frozen was more nutritious (due to freezing right at peak ripeness) than fresh, which is often over- or under-ripe... your source might be what I was looking for!

Good for you then, ignore all the studies and fill your guts and veins full of saturated animal fat.
There is no study that says meat in moderation is bad for you. We are by nature carnivors. Glutony is what kills. You can eat whatever you like or believe. You can also believe whatever study you choose, as can I. That is the beauty of the American way.
We can go round and round about this till we are both blue in the face, chances are that I will never change your ways and you will never change mine.
Stacey

We are by nature carnivors.

Omnivores, actually.

There is no study that says meat in moderation is bad for you. We are by nature carnivors. Glutony is what kills. You can eat whatever you like or believe. You can also believe whatever study you choose, as can I. That is the beauty of the American way.
We can go round and round about this till we are both blue in the face, chances are that I will never change your ways and you will never change mine.
Stacey


Sure, whatever, and the average caveman never saw 30 years old.
.
If you want to go against studies like Ornish and clog your veins up
with beef fat, go ahead, you don't have to make excuses.
The science is out there.
I'm thinking with civilization comes knowledge.
Just because your daddy ate that way and it tastes good doesn't make it healthy.

What is wrong with Ground Beef? Why does everybody talk about it like its bad :-/

Hey DUDE!

Where's the vegetables in your diet. A vegetarian that doesn't eat vegetables! Even though I'm the heretic who loves butter and lard I still have green salad's every day and I've just finnished a nice soup made with homemade chicken stock, butter, onions, cauliflower, asparagus, mushrooms and some dill.

You need some more vegetables in your diet.

Regards, Anthony


I suppose that I should have given a brief ingredient list for Shorbat Adas (since I think it is safe to assume that everyone knows what is in Hummus):
-Red Lentils
-Spinach
-White Onions
-Garlic
-Cumin
-Paprika
-Olive Oil

So, while the majority of my diet is not vegetables (it is mostly, of course, legumes), I hardly think that that really speaks to the healthfulness or unhealthfulness of my diet. The primary concern is nutrients, and if you run a nutritional analysis (which you can do at www.mypyramid.gov) of my diet, it stands up well. And, in my defense, I always make it a point to eat some spinach or other leafy green.

Vegetables are the real clinching point (much like meat) if you want to eat healthy and cheaply. With a few exceptions (cabbage comes to mind) most vegetables are pretty expensive, especially on a calories per dollar basis, that you have to find ways around it. For example, mine are buying dried fruits for anti-oxidants and vitamins, and using frozen vegetables (in soups). Fresh vegetables are expensive (better to grow them yourself, if possible), canned vegetables are usually loaded with unhealthy amounts of salt, and frozen vegetables are the only affordable alternative for those on a budget. I cope by eating lots of legumes. As I said, you have to work at it, and I probably should of said that you also should be a bit creative.

I suppose that I should have given a brief ingredient list for Shorbat Adas (since I think it is safe to assume that everyone knows what is in Hummus):
-Red Lentils
-Spinach
-White Onions
-Garlic
-Cumin
-Paprika
-Olive Oil

Ever try making dhal? It's kind of similar to the shorbat adas minus the spinach & add in a few Indian spices. It's one of my favorite dishes & very easy to make.

I've made Masoor Dal a few times, but that's about it. I love red lentils and am always looking for new recipes to use them in. My family is Lebanese, ergo, most of my recipes are Lebanese (which is similar to Greek food).

If you have any good Dal recipes, I would love to hear them. I am always looking to try something new, and since Dal's are lentil recipes and therefore cheap, they would be pertinent to this thread.

If you have any good Dal recipes, I would love to hear them. I am always looking to try something new, and since Dal's are lentil recipes and therefore cheap, they would be pertinent to this thread.

OK, here's one that can be modified to suit your taste:

Combine into 3 cups veg. broth: 1 cup red lentils, 1 cup diced onion, 3 gloves crushed garlic, 1 tsp. grated fresh ginger, 1 1/2 tsp. cumin, 1 1/2 tsp turmeric & bring to boil. Reduce heat & simmer.

Saute 1 cup diced onion, 2 or 3 of your favorite variety of chopped hot peppers, 3 cloves crushed garlic, 2 or 3 seeded & chopped plum tomatoes in olive oil until soft & golden.

Add sauted veggies into the simmering lentil mixture & continue simmering until everything's well combined. I tend to cook it until the lentils start to break down a bit, but that's just my preference.

Serve it over basmati rice & garnish with fresh cilantro.

Enjoy!

OK, here's one that can be modified to suit your taste:

Combine into 3 cups veg. broth: 1 cup red lentils, 1 cup diced onion, 3 gloves crushed garlic, 1 tsp. grated fresh ginger, 1 1/2 tsp. cumin, 1 1/2 tsp turmeric & bring to boil. Reduce heat & simmer.

Saute 1 cup diced onion, 2 or 3 of your favorite variety of chopped hot peppers, 3 cloves crushed garlic, 2 or 3 seeded & chopped plum tomatoes in olive oil until soft & golden.

Add sauted veggies into the simmering lentil mixture & continue simmering until everything's well combined. I tend to cook it until the lentils start to break down a bit, but that's just my preference.

Serve it over basmati rice & garnish with fresh cilantro.

Enjoy!

Yum! Ever thought of writing a Sleestak recipe book. Could be a bestseller.

Yum! Ever thought of writing a Sleestak recipe book. Could be a bestseller.

Haha! I'll keep that in mind. ;)

I was thinking maybe this forum might benefit from a sticky thread for recipes.

Mods?