Hey Munchie friends and welcome if you're new.
We are continuing our budget meal series.
You've seen one dollar dinners and
breakfasts and today we are making my
one dollar lunches. Now remember, these
meals are all one dollar per serving
calculated out using the most affordable
options out there. So feel free to adjust
and use the quality of ingredients that
you prefer. These recipes are just here
as a guideline to show that healthy can
be affordable.
Let's start with my creamy quesadilla.
For this recipe you will need: a tortilla,
chickpeas, avocado, kale or spinach but kale
is actually one of the more affordable
nutritious greens, and a bit of shredded
cheese. In a small mixing bowl add in
your chickpeas and avocado and mash them
together. This mash is going to be much
easier to spread on our quesadilla.
Pretty much we're saving money by mashing
the chickpeas rather than using hummus.
Season to taste with a bit of salt.
Spread your avocado chickpea mixture on a
tortilla like so and place on some kale
leaves and shredded cheese. Because of
the creamy avocado and chickpea mixture
you don't need much cheese at all just
enough to seal it together and if you're
vegan or dairy-free you could honestly
just leave it out.
Fold in half and transfer to a large
sprayed pan over medium heat. Allow to
cook until the cheese is melted and the
tortilla turns a nice golden brown
flipping halfway through. If you want to
take this on-the-go for lunch at
school or work, you can! It does not need
to be warm to enjoy it.
The key is to allow your quesadilla to
cool before cutting it and transferring
to your storage container. If you wait
for it to cool it will not get soggy.
This quesadilla is such a nice flavor
twist and at only $0.87 a serving I am
certainly not going to complain.
Next we're going to make my vegetarian
taco salad in a jar.
For this recipe you will need: black
beans, taco seasoning, shredded cheese,
canned tomatoes, lettuce and it's
generally cheaper to buy the full
romaine hearts and chop them yourself,
and salsa. Spray down a pan over medium
heat and add in your cooked beans, tomatoes,
and taco seasoning. Mix to combine. When
it comes to taco seasoning it is cheaper
to make your own. I do have a homemade
recipe in my meal prep ebook if you want
to check that out or you could use the
pre-made packs but they aren't as cheap
as assembling the spices on your own. If
you want to check out my ebook you can
use the code "LUNCH" at checkout for ten
percent off any ebook or package deal of
your choice. Set aside the heated mixture
and allow to cool. Grab a storage
container, I am using a mason jar and this
handy-dandy funnel which I will link
below and into the jar layer in your
salsa, your tomato bean mixture, and
shredded cheese. Seal it on up and make
sure to jar your lettuce on the side so
it doesn't get soggy or if you choose to
use a larger jar you could just add the
lettuce last on top of everything else.
When you're ready to eat just dump the lettuce
out and put the taco mix on top.
Easy-peasy. Remember you could always add
more protein by adding chicken or
whatever you prefer or if you want a
vegan taco salad simply omit the cheese.
Lastly we are going to make my turkey
pumpkin meatballs because it is the time
of the pumpkins. For this recipe you will
need: ground meat of your choice getting
this on sale and freezing it is your
best bet to stay affordable, canned
pumpkin or you could use sweet potato
but right now you can get canned pumpkin
for pretty darn cheap at least in the
US, an egg, onions, carrot, bacon, garlic
powder, parsley, and salt and pep. Add all
of your ingredients to a large mixing
bowl and mix well to combine. Spray down
a cookie scoop like so and scoop out
some of your meat mixture. Spoon the
mixture into your hands and roll it out
into the perfect little ball. Repeat.
Spray down a glass baking dish and add
your meatballs in until full. Bake in
the oven preheated to 400 degrees
Fahrenheit for 20 - 22 minutes and voila
perfect meatballs.
I'm serving with a bit of rice and basic
yogurt dipping sauce which I included the
recipe for in the PDF in the description
box below with all of the other recipes
and the great thing about this lunch
once again is it can be eaten
warm or cold. So it's perfect for
on-the-go. The pumpkin and carrot in
these meatballs keep them super moist. I
hope you enjoyed these one dollar on the
go lunch ideas. I think we could manage a
one-dollar deserts episode in this series
so if you want to see that and if you
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Remember you can find my ebooks at
mindovermunch.com/ebooks. All of the
recipes I shared today are in the PDF in
the description box so please don't ask
in the comments because that is so
annoying, but please do let me know in
the comments which of these recipes I
shared today that you are most excited to
try and if you do try them out
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