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chili and rice

1 can chili con carne with beans 1/4 cup diced tomato 1/4 cup diced onion 2 cups cooked rice cumin garlic powder onion powder 3 tablespoons sour cream The purpose of this meal is to learn how to make do with little and at the same time learn how to stretch what you do have. [...]

spaghetti dinner

Things have been tough lately and I’m sure most people can agree. For the next few months I will be sharing recipes that depend upon canned goods other items that people receive from the food bank. I’ve known a lot of people that have had to rely on charity from others recently and these are [...]

fajita rice

This is all made with items I got from the food co-op. Well, except for the spices and the butter and the tomato sauce. 1 lb beef sliced into strips 1 green bell pepper 2 cups cooked rice 2 tablespoons butter chili powder cumin onion powder garlic powder cayenne salt black pepper honey basil a [...]

ghetto pork ribs

I normally don’t consume pork, but the food co-op always includes about a pound of the stuff whenever I get food from them and my kitchen is quite bare so I made some quick ribs. Those of you who enjoy pork or slow cooked ribs, leave now because I will probably offend you. Ingredients: 1 [...]

lettuce tuna

Going along with the theme that I am just eating what happens to be left over in my pantry we will make a quick snack. I’d love to spend more than a couple paragraphs on this topic but I will start writing more later about methods and strategies for eating and planning your budget for [...]