One Dollar Breakfast (Burrito)

Trent Hamm, always a fantastic read at Simple Dollar, brought us the seventy-two cents breakfast burrito earlier this year (hint: buy in bulk and make a lot at once – then freeze).

With some minor tweaks, these can easily be organic and about a dollar each. Either way, they are a healthy, balanced delicious (and fast) way to start the day.

Check out the Bulk Breakfast Burrito.

Pork it Out

Those of you who’ve been following along here on the blog, or who’ve bought the Three Dollar Dinner cookbook, have possibly noticed that one key to eating healthy, organic, cheap food is to chill out with all the meat eating. Besides being the #1 contributor to water pollution and soil degradation (Al Gore, I love you, but your cattle ranching background made you skip that point in your film), there’s also a lot of ethical issues with how animals are raised and prepared for us to eat.

However, I love meat. There I said it.  I don’t cook it much at home, but I love it. I’ve tried being vegan and vegetarian, and while they were appropriate ways for me to eat at certain points in my life, I just love meat and so does my body (yeah yeah, I know, you’ve got proof I’m wrong, buzzkill!).  So, when I come across a fantastic recipe for a meat dish that can be made at home, organically, quickly, I’m in.  Read the rest of this entry »

Lazy Lasagna

LAZY LASAGNA

With the weather getting chillier in many parts of the country, this week I offer you delicious warm comfort food – Lazy Lasagna. Of course you can make this with as many organic or non-organic ingredients you want. I price it based on organic ingredients bought in Manhattan.

Like all the recipes at Three Dollar Dinner, this is a cheap organic recipe that is less than $3 per serving – home cooked, quick food that is so much more delicious and healthy AND cheaper than fast food. Read the rest of this entry »