5 Meals for $5 - How to Feed 5 People 5 Meals for $5.00 - $8.00 or Less! You Don't Need to Be Wealthy To Eat Healthy (Paperback)

~ The Queen of More Green (Author), Jaci Rae (Author), Albert Garcia (Illustrator)

Editorial Reviews

Review

".... She gives great tips to stretch a dollar-and again, not just on food. Her recipes are kid and picky-eater friendly-which is another way to stretch a budget...."
Carine Nadel is on The Reader's Advisory Panel of Woman's Day Magazine

"...This one is huge on my list of must have books..."
Lisa Knight The Frugal Momma

"5 Meals for $5, is loaded with recipes like B-B-Q Ham Sandwiches w/Homemade B-B-Q Sauce and Mexican Beef Enchilada Lasagna, that cost, on average, under $1.60 per serving. With many costing under $1. Including a salad."
--Eric The Bachelor Guy<br /><br />"...This one is huge on my list of must have books..."
Lisa Knight The Frugal Momma --Lisa Knight The Frugal Momma<br /><br />"5 Meals for $5, is loaded with recipes like B-B-Q Ham Sandwiches w/Homemade B-B-Q Sauce and Mexican Beef Enchilada Lasagna, that cost, on average, under $1.60 per serving. With many costing under $1. Including a salad."
Eric - The Bachelor Guy --Eric The Bachelor Guy

"...This one is huge on my list of must have books..."
Lisa Knight The Frugal Momma --Lisa Knight The Frugal Momma

"5 Meals for $5, is loaded with recipes like B-B-Q Ham Sandwiches w/Homemade B-B-Q Sauce and Mexican Beef Enchilada Lasagna, that cost, on average, under $1.60 per serving. With many costing under $1. Including a salad."
Eric - The Bachelor Guy --Eric The Bachelor Guy

Product Description

Food is the second highest expenditure in most people's lives, yet they don't pay attention to it. Pay yourself by using the information inside of 5 Meals for $5. This cook book is not only filled with delicious and plentiful recipes, it is filled with the information on how you can get the same prices and lower than the recipes listed!

You don't need to change what you eat, just the way you shop! And you don't need to rely on Spam or unhealthy meals to live in today's debt ridden economy. It's not all about coupons and Jaci will show you how!

If you think you might starve because of portion size, think again! If you're single, freeze the leftovers and save or cut down the recipes and eat a fresh meal every day and using Jaci's Buddy Shopping System.

5 Meals for $5 also has a weights and measures chart, free date night ideas, measure conversion tables, Jaci Rae's "The Plan" on how to get out of debt and much more!

The delicious recipes inside many times include the cost of a salad, fruit and/or beverage. One recipe example:

Pot Roast
Cost per person $0.97
Total cost five people $4.87
2 lbs chuck roast ($1.92) (my store just had a sale for $0.69 a lbs. A los less than listed here!)
1 lb. potatoes, diced ($0.40)
4 carrots, chopped ($0.10)
1 onion, chopped ($0.30)
1 beef bouillon ($0.16)
1 garlic clove, minced ($0.01)
Salt and pepper to taste ($0.02)
Iceberg Lettuce and Cucumber Salad ($1.45) (recipe listed in book)
Basic Vinegar and Oil Salad Dressing ($0.42) (recipe listed in book)
1 lemon, sliced in 5 wedges ($0.09)

Saute chuck roast in a dash of oil until both sides all dark brown (about 2 minutes on each side on high). Combine all other ingredients into a large stew pot or crock-pot. Once meat is browned, put into pot with other veggies and spices and cook on low for 2-3 hours or until Meat is tender and fully cooked. Make salad and serve with chilled water and lemon wedge.

California Veggie Soup with a Twist
*Cost per cup: $0.275
Approx calories per cup: 118
Approx. fat per cup: 2.2 grams
Approx carbs per cup: 22.8

2 lbs potatoes, diced ($0.80)
1 lb. carrots, diced ($0.50)
3 stalks celery, chopped ($0.08)
1 cup peas ($0.80)
1 cup corn ($0.56)
1 cup broccoli ($0.64)
1 onion, finely chopped ($0.30)
1 clove of garlic, minced ($0.0043)
10 cups water
1 chicken or beef bullion cube ($0.16)
1 avocado, blended until smooth ($1.00)
1 lime, juiced and zested ($0.09)

Recipes range from Mexican, Italian, Chinese, Thai, American, Classics, desserts and more! Time saving and delicious recipes have also helped Jaci Rae lose 28 lbs and save money!

Chicken Lo Mein
Cost per person for one serving $0.98
Total cost for five people averages $4.88

Thai Chicken
Cost per person for one serving $0.97
Total cost for five people averages $4.85

Sweet Potato Souffle
Cost of meal per person $0.96
Total cost for five people averages $4.79

Citrus Chicken
Cost of meal per person $0.98
Total cost for five people averages $4.91

Pasta Fagoli
Cost of meal per person $0.99
Total cost for five people averages $4.97

Jaci Rae Is The Queen of More Green. Known for her frugal, money saving ideas and tasty food. Jaci has a degree in Psychology and is currently pursing her path towards a Ph.D and is a #1 best-selling author.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 182 pages
• Publisher: North Shore Records, Inc.; 1st edition (February 14, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0974622990
• ISBN-13: 978-0974622996
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #353,781 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

22 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Big Sister, June 16, 2008

By	Bobbie Holiday (Alabama) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I am the oldest of nine children and my single mom works two jobs and she relies on me to provide the meals for my younger siblings. Bought the book to help her budget and help me menu plan. Searched the internet to find something and came across this.

Followed the recipes and the money saving tips and they work and my brothers and sisters and my mom love the food. It's been a big help in our budgetary concerns and a big drop in the food budget all together.

The recipes are easy to follow.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book Truth Be Told, June 16, 2008

By	Lisa Gibbens (Seattle, WA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is a great book! The recipes are easy to prepare and I love the fact that Jaci Rae put with many of the main dishes the price of salad and the dressing (all made by yourself, which is really cool) with the meals.

The meals that my family and I have tried thus far are fresh and delicious. There are nearly 300 recipes (I am very detail) and there are many chapters in addition to the recipes that are teaching my family and I how to save money and get out of debt.

My husband I really love the chapter on free date nights and fun things to do. It is the best cookbook I have ever owned. The truth be told, there are approximately 40 recipes that include rice, potatoes and pasta, but I love rice and pasta. But Jaci recommends brown rice, not white as the reviewer Kerry suggested. Actually, Jaci gives you a choice.

But there are no recipes that require salt, although most recipes have it in the recipe ingredients that you add to the meal just like the one listed on this page. But if you cannot take salt, do not like it or just cannot have it, omit the salt. Easy as that.

Even for the Chicken Divan, which is a favorite of my family I have always had to use canned cream of mushroom soup and canned cream of celery soup. It never occurred to me to make fresh. But Jaci Rae includes those recipes on making all the cream soups yourself from scratch.

The meals really do feed my entire family regular portions, a few of the meals like the Chicken Divan are very large and actually, we have many leftovers with that meal. But I love the balance Jaci put into the meals as well.

I also love the weights and measures chart and the conversion chart. My mom does as well. She found a chart in there she has never been able to find.

The truth be told. This is an incredibly well rounded and great book!

20 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book - Great information!, April 14, 2008

By	Alecia Morgan "Love to Eat" (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is a great book! I am single, but it works for me. Just cook, freeze and microwave when I want. It also gave me the information on when my supermarket has it's sale dates, coupon rules and even when my supermarket delivers it's fresh fruits and vegetables.

I like the plan this author gives in 5 Meals for $5 also. It's how to get out of debt and reduce your spending and increase your savings and she even has a section for date nights making them free. Great book. Great information and certainly the most thorough cookbook I have ever owned. Chinese, Mexican, Italian, American, goodies, it has it all! Wonderful!

Addition - I just finished reading the entire book and I have used several of the recipes, which are delicious, but Jaci has put information in there that has already become a useful fun thing for me, getting perfect apples every time and I have gotten a perfect apple, juicy and crunch every time. She taught me how to get the perfect apple. I wonder why they don't teach us these things, but I am sure glad she has.

She also taught me how to get perfect fruit and how to take back items I don't like to the store and always get my money back or an exchange. I didn't know how to do that before her. Also, I did what she said to save money and I just checked the receipts and I have saved $53.82 so far. That means I have already saved money past the price of the book. If you subtract the price I paid for the book and shipping, I have saved $34.57 just so far. So thank you Jaci.