Day one of LBL

Day one of living on $2.25.

 

Breakfast : Eggs on toast

Keeping it simple for breakfast, because you really can't go far wrong with eggs on toast.
One (cage free) egg which were on special, and two pieces of crappy cheap toast. As you can see the egg is cooked inside of the bread, I got this from V for Vendetta! Awesome movie.

Now if you want this to be pimped up, which I'm sure you do, use much nicer bread.
Butter said bread (like really, butter the crap out of it, you can never have to much butter!)
Use a glass to make a hole in the middle. - Hint, that's where the egg is planning to nestle. I used a heart shaped cookie cutter!
I like to fry the bread a bit before adding the egg so that it's got a bit more crunch.
Add egg to hole and season (I like adding parsley to eggs as well and salt and a shit load of pepper).

DON'T OVER COOK THE EGG!

There is nothing worse in this world than a rubbery egg in my mind. (Yes, I'm exaggerating.)

And boom! Tasty breakfast filled with protein and other good things, depending on the bread that tickles your fancy.

Lunch: Vegie soup

 

 

 

*Content sigh* Really, there is nothing that tastes like home more than Vegie Soup.
Ingredients: Mixed seasonal vegetables, this for instance has carrot, kumara (sweet potato) and pumpkin.
Lightly fry or roast (I roasted), in order to caramelise the vegies. This really brings the sweetness and also adds colour. ANY combination of vegetables can be used from just pumpkin or try leek and potato.
Add water and boil the crap out of it!
Pimped up version would have stock instead of water and tasty seasonings depending on what makes you the happiest.
I personally use shit loads of cracked black pepper!

Dinner :Mexican

 

 

Chilli Non Carne.

 

The vegetarian version

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Ingredients

 

One cup dried red kidney beans

One tin tomatoes

One onion

1 tsp dried chilli flakes.

 

Frist (and this is really important) if you are using dried beans like I did (because they are freaking cheap), you MUST boil them in tons of water for at least 45 min until they are soft or "al dente"!

This is better if you have time to do it the night before.

If you use different types of bean, this is not so important, or you could cheat and just add a can of red kidney beans.

Fry onion, (pimped version would have mince as well) add chilli flakes, then add the drained beans.

Pour in can of tomatoes, cook until thick and dreamy.

Taste for seasoning.

 

This makes more than enough for four.

 

Tortillas

 

 

 

These were a big hit!!!

 

Ingredients

 

2 cups plain flour

1/2 tsp salt

3/4 cup water

3 TBS oil

 

In large bowl combine flour and salt, stir in water and oil, turn onto table and gently knead 10 or 12 times, until it feels amazing, add flour or water if needed.

Rest of 10 min (I guess your bread can rest too) then divide into 8 portions, roll into 15cm circles or near enough.

In a large frying pan (without oil) pop the tortillas in on medium heat for approx. 1 min per side, till brown and smelling like heaven. Serve with chilli non carne and yoghurt which you should make yourself and save shit loads (or sour cream for pimped up version)

 

 

I also had a wild watercress salad as a side.

When picking wild leaves, make sure they are not from fields that graze animals (liver fluke warning) or have been sprayed! Or you might get real sick and blame me, which would suck.

 

 

 

All these meals are cheap, tasty and god forbid, healthy! Yes people, cheap and healthy.

But, these meals do take up quite a bit of time and require effort.

 

Well good luck if you want to try out these recipes!