EATING FOR $1 A DAY | EXTREME BUDGET MEAL PLAN

Here is my second video on how to eat for a dollar a day. I purchased groceries for a week for $7. I'll be using basic pantry staples.

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⭐️GROCERY LIST
eggs 1.72
lentils 0.71
garbanzo beans /chickpeas 0.47
flour 1.44
onion 0.08
Italian parsley 0.33
rice 0.97
carrot 0.14
pasta 0.52
potato 0.22
apple 0.35

TOTAL 6.95

BREAD RECIPE - Courtesy of Recipe Tin Eats

⭐️ SAMOSAS -MAKES 6 small - USE FOR EITHER SAVORY OR SWEET FILLINGS

1/2 cup flour
dash salt (was not enough, next time I would use 1/2 tsp)
1 1/2 tbs oil
1 1/2 tbs water

First mix together flour and salt, then add oil and blend with your fingers until it's all clumpy like in video. Then add water, being careful not to over handle the dough. Then let rest for 30 minutes. I covered mine with a wet towel. Then roll out and form into shape.

Fill with mixture and fry until crispy. I made a strawberry sauce to dip my samosas in, but lots of people eat them plain.

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BREAKFASTS - 4
1 PANCAKES (3) with sweetened Granny Smith apples
1 PANCAKES with COCOA CINNAMON SUGAR seasoning with sweetened Granny Smith apples
1 toast with scrambled egg with Italian Parsley
1 toast croutons with scrambled egg with Italian Parsley

LUNCHES

4 vegetable soups with bread croutons

DINNERS

1/2 Baked potato with lentils and side of carrots
1/2 Baked potato with lentils and side of carrots
Bowl of lentils with bowl of rice and side of carrots (could have made a thick tortilla to go with)
1 chickpea sandwich ( had enough left over for another sandwich)

SNACKS

FRIED PASTA with drizzled chili oil

DESSERTS

was going to be apple empanadas, but I ran out of time 😞


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[feliciaharbach]

Great video! One time, back when eggs were so unaffordable, I made chick peas and saved the aquafaba liquid. I researched the 3 TBS of the liquid can be an equiv to one egg!!! And it worked! So maybe consider trying to incorporate into pancake batter when low on eggs or when boycotting the price of eggs! ;)

[amandashomesteadjourney]

Powdered sugar is just sugar put through another grinding. Add a cup of sugar to a food processor or blender and let it go till it's the texture you want and voila you have powdered sugar

[senzabean]

A trick I found for powdered sugar without buying a special bag is to use a blender or food processor to blend regular sugar until it's powdery. I don't use powdered sugar often and it helps when I do decide to use it on a whim :)

[JEANNEHUNTER-qt]

All the meals looked so appetising! I believe it is important to make your food look a little special when money is tight. Well done.

[kathrynpiche]

Love everything about your videos, you always plate so well which elevates your meals. Just because you have a limited budget you can still enjoy your meals and presentation adds to that.

[danielintheantipodes]

A lot of the things I cooked when I was broke were not only delicious, but when I had money, I would often make exactly the same things. But when I had money, I made them by choice. When money was tight, I was not freely deciding. Which is why I enjoyed them more when I had money. Thank you for the video!

[monicajohnston]

The dish you were talking about, with the bread cubes, eggs, and cheese in a casserole dish is a "strata." A "frittata" is more of an open-faced omelette, generally made with potatoes, onions and eggs. You sautée the filling, pour beaten eggs over the top, and then finish in the oven or under a broiler. You can put tons of different veggies/meats/cheeses in a frittata, so they're a great way to turn leftover bits of stuff into a main dish.

[chrisharmon]

If you let the batter hydrate on the pancakes, it works even better. I used to cook commercially professionally. I should say in a nice restaurant and we used to pre-make our pancake batter and use it for several days in a row that would be a buttermilk pancake batter.

[colettebishop]

Your lentils made me think of my old schoolfriend's hippie mother, who used to make a delicious lentil pie, that was like cottage pie, but used red lentils instead of minced beef, with a luscious, cheezy mashed potato topping. That led me on to something I swear was called Red Dragon pie, which was mashed red kidney beans, sweetcorn, onions, chilli, garlic, ficed sweet peppers etc. with a wholemeal pastry top and bottom crust.

[theresaduffy]

Dry stuffing mix is an excellent crouton substitute.

[conniestanford]

You could save your veggie scraps to make a veggie broth for a soup base like carrot peels onion skin potato skins or just any veggie scraps that you would normally get rid of you could boil with with whatever seasoning you like then strain it and use the broth for soup bases just keep the scraps in a freezer bag in the freezer until you want to use them

[janicecrosby]

Not only are your recipes remarkable and tasty, the production is visually excellent, your voice is soothing and the music is charming. It is such a pleasure to spend some inspirational time with you, Michelle.

[ColleenGolrick]

I didn't know that trick to fry the pasta before adding it to soup. I'm going to try it. Thank you!

[chellesoup]

Campbells does still make the vegetarian vegetable. I had some a few weeks ago. Another bunch of great recipes!

[momofmomof]

Once again, you did an AMAZING job on this challenge ! So very well done ! 🥰👻🎃🍃🍂🍁

[Desmom]

You, my friend, are the most creative dollar stretcher I’ve ever seen! Love all your ideas. 😊 Blessings, my friend ❤

[vegemitegirl]

I use a decent amount of sumac. My favourite way is in cooked mined/ground beef on an Armenian pizza. To me it has a unique taste with a vague lemony zing.

[emmavik-fredriksson]

Yum! Great meals! My Mom made, what she called, french carrots, when I was a child. She fried bits of carrots in little oil, than salt, garlic and Italian parsley, just quick. Then she put a little bit of bouillon powder and water and boiled until soft, just a couple of minutes. It was so good! I thought about that recipe when I saw your ingredients. In November I will have to have a tight food budget after some unexpected expenses. I will look through your videos for some inspo!

[Misssunshine]

❤ 🇨🇦 iappreciate your videos so much it's just gotten crazy here in Canada for food prices so I appreciate what you do❤ from Canada 🇨🇦

[kimhumphrey]

Thank you Michele!!! Where do you get all of your ideas? Are you just naturally creative ? Love your channel ❤❤