Tuesday, October 7, 2008

$10 Food Challenge at CITYMAMA

I read alot of blogs on a regular basis and one of those is City Mama. I love her food posts. She recently put up a challenge to make a dinner for 4 four under $10 and her is my contribution.

We don't eat much meat so this is a typical meal for our family. We have only 3 in the family but there was enough left over to feed another kid if one happened to live with us. I got the pasta recipe from Martha Stewart Everyday Food and made up the other stuff.
Menu-- Lemon Broccoli Pasta
Feta Tomato Pizza Bread

1/2 package of Penne Pasta .50
Bunch of Fresh Broccoli 2.00
1 Lemon .50
3 cloves garlic .25
2 tablespoons of olive oil .20
3 6 in Greek bread rounds 1.00
1 small tomato .75
1/4 cup Parmesan grated 1.00
2 tbspns feta crumbled 1.00
salt and pepper free

cook pasta till almost al dente add broccoli cook 5 minutes drain and return to pot. Add juice and zest of 1 lemon, 1 tbspn olive oil, 2 cloves of garlic crushed, 1/4 cup of Parmesan and stir to mix. Add salt and pepper to taste. Serve immediately

For bread brush with 1 tbspn olive oil, top with thinly sliced tomato, 1 clove crush garlic, sprinkle with feta, add salt and pepper. Broil until cheese starts to melt and heated through. Serve cut into wedges .

Total cost.. $ 7.20

1 comment:

mary said...

OMG i totally laughed aloud at the "there was enough left over to feed another kid if one happened to live with us"