This collection of 250-plus recipes has main course entrees that are less than $3 a serving to prepare. That’s less than the cost of a decent-size burger at a fast-food drive-through. And all can be prepared in less time than it takes to have a pizza delivered!
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250+ cost-busting, simple, healthy recipes for great meals and more–
and all can be prepared in minutes!
While the fortunate few can breeze through the supermarket checkout lane without fretting over their bank balances, for the rest of us, sticker shock frequently sets in. So how can we feed ourselves and our hungry families economically and healthfully—and do it in what little time we have?
$3 Meals in Minutes tells you how to prepare delicious meals that hide the fact that you made them in less time than it takes to watch the evening news—and on a strict budget. Dishing out more than 250 simple, easy-to-follow, family-pleasing recipes, Ellen Brown teaches you not only how to save money, but also how to become a speed machine when you enter the kitchen. And each meal—side dishes and dessert included—costs less than $3 per person!
About the Author
Ellen Brown, who gained the national limelight in 1982 as the founding food editor of USA Today, is the author of twenty-five cookbooks, including several for The Lyons Press: $3 Meals: Feed Your Family Delicious Meals for Less than the Cost of a Gallon of Milk and two other volumes in the $3 Meals series, as well as the five-volume Great Year-Round Grilling series.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
The $3 marketing gimmick--Not really a cost saver,
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This review is from: $3 Meals in Minutes: Delicious, Low-Cost Dishes for Your Family That Can Be Prepared in No Time! (Paperback)
The premise of this book is great. The economy is tough and food prices seem determined to outpace unemployment numbers. However this book fails to deliver on several important points:
1.It's not really $3 a meal. It's $3 a serving and even then I'm not sure it really averages out to be that low in some cases. 2.The 'ways to save money' portions of the book are very general and superficial. The book 'hesitates' to recommend specific coupon websites for fear they might become defunct. God forbid we get a bad link! I mean, seriously? Further, aside from being told to use coupons, there is no specific insider advice beyond that. Nor any mention of Angel Food ministries. They are a non profit that offers meat at approximately a 50% savings. (Here's more info:[...]) Essentially,all the cost saving 'advice' is the same generic stuff you've already heard before. There's nothing new or fresh in this section of the book. We're even reminded to avoid grocery shopping while hungry. Like no one hasn't heard that one at least a dozen times! 3.I knew I was in trouble with this book when the basic roast chicken recipe calls for 3 different fresh herbs. If I were to purchase these at the store, it would easily be $6 in herbs alone. Ironically, I don't recall seeing any 'tips' about growing my own herbs as a way to save money. 4.There's big detour into 'knife skills' and other cooking expertise tidbits that I found kind of odd. This is meant to be an economizing cookbook. We don't go in depth on coupons, but chopping food gets a couple pages? Really? 5.There's no mention of cost on the recipes. I understand prices change, but it would be helpful to know if I'm looking at approximately $10 in ingredients or $20. Some barometer of recipe cost would have been helpful and made this cookbook more relevant. Overall, this is a generic cookbook that falls short of delivering on its premise. However, the recipes seem competent and there's no question the author knows how to cook. I'm not sure they author really knows how to be frugal, though. M
4.0 out of 5 stars
Fantastic Recipes, not a huge money saver,
This review is from: $3 Meals in Minutes: Delicious, Low-Cost Dishes for Your Family That Can Be Prepared in No Time! (Paperback)
I like this book because the recipes use whole, unproccessed foods (no cream of mushroom soup etc)--except for buying bread for the sandwiches. :O) There is also a great selection of recipes divided into the following general categories: Salads, Sandwiches, Pasta, Stir-Fries and Sautees, Simmer and Skillet Suppers, Casseroles/Oven-baked dishes, and Desserts. The author also includes some basic recipes for roast chicken, homemade stock etc. I definitely think the book is worth the price. However, don't count on it saving you a lot of money. The meals are actually $3/serving and the money-saving tips are pretty standard as another reviewer said. If you seriously just need to slash your food bill, I'd look elsewhere.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Concise,
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This review is from: $3 Meals in Minutes: Delicious, Low-Cost Dishes for Your Family That Can Be Prepared in No Time! (Paperback)
Pros: concise list of cheap and easy meals
Cons: some inaccuracies in cost (e.g. meat costs >$3) I'm just waiting for someone to write a book on $1 meals in minutes.
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