|
| 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 | 
 enlarge | Authors: The Queen Of More Green, Jaci Rae
Creator: Albert Garcia
Publisher: North Shore Records, Inc.
Category: Book
Buy New: $29.98
New (1) Used (6) from $15.76
Avg. Customer Rating:  19 reviews
Sales Rank: 190360
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1st
Pages: 182
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 6 x 0.6
ISBN: 0974622990
EAN: 9780974622996
ASIN: 0974622990
Publication Date: May 12, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: Brand new, unread. IN STOCK. FREE UPGRADE TO PRIORITY MAIL. SHIPS WITHIN 48 HOURS. No remainder mark. Shipped promptly in a box with USPS delivery confirmation. A Great Gift !
|
| Also Available In:
|
| Similar Items:
|
| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
Food is the second highest expenditure in most peoples 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 use the 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:
Chuck Roast
Cost per person $0.97
Total cost five people $4.87
2 lbs chuck roast ($1.92) (my store just had a sale June 12, 2008 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.
Recipes range from Mexican, Italian, Chinese, Thai, American, Classics, desserts and more! Time saving and delicious recipes have also helped Jaci Rae lose 48 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
".... 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
About the Author
Jaci Rae Is The Queen of More Green and the Fab and Frugal Diva (be sure to check out her popular blog for more money saving advice). Known for her frugal, money saving ideas and tasty food. Jaci is currently pursing her path towards a Masters / PhD and is a #1 best-selling author.
|
| Customer Reviews: Read 14 more reviews...
Great Prices! July 17, 2008
27 out of 27 found this review helpful
This is incredible! I hardly ever cook on my own and consequently I am not aware of the normal cost of preparing one's own meal. But after reading this book I started shop for my own groceries and cooking my own meals. It's interesting how much money one could save by simply putting his mind to it. And for those who still go out for their meals I suggest getting hold of Eat This Not That!: Thousands of Simple Food Swaps That Can Save You 10, 20, 30 Pounds-or More!.
Great book - Great information! April 15, 2008
20 out of 24 found this review helpful
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.
 A handy resource as things go from bad to worse June 16, 2008
16 out of 30 found this review helpful
We're sliding into what James Howard Kunstler calls the "long emergency." Escalating fuel costs (a year from now, we'll look back longingly at $4 per gallon) will progressively drive up the cost of food, both because most of our food is transported and because the mass production and processing of it involves huge fossil fuel investments. We're already feeling the increase when we go marketing, and it's only going to get worse.
That's why books like Jaci Rae's 5 Meals for $5 are going to become increasingly valuable. Rae offers more than cost-cutting recipes. Just as importantly, she provides tips on how to go about budgeting, what kinds of foods preserve well, bulk buying, and cooking with a minimum amount of waste. The meals are all simple to prepare, and there's some variety--although vegetarians will find themselves under-represented here (on the other hand, vegetarians are used to being under-represented).
Although I generally like what Rae has done here as well as the spirit in which it's offered, there are a couple of features to her book that I find a bit troublesome. The first is that the portion sizes of some of her recipes are humongous (one cup of rice per serving seems way too much). The second is that lots of the recipes are big on sodium and starch: lots of white rice, noodles, and processed, frozen potatoes. My guess is that the size of the portions reflects the fact that Americans over-eat (just think of the typically huge portion sizes handed out at restaurants) as well as the fact that many Americans, confronted by high food prices, opt for bulky foods that fill them up but aren't especially nutritious. It's a constant problem in this country: those with money can best afford to eat healthily, and the rest of us eat as best we can.
I'd suggest supplementing Rae's book with one on square-foot gardening--something like Mel Bartholomew's All New Square Foot Gardening (2006). It's astounding how many nutritious, tasty, and cost-cutting vegetables can be grown in very limited space in backyards, rooftops, pots, and windows. It's also a good idea to hit up your local community center and ask for classes on how to preserve vegetables and fruits (dig out those dusty mason jars from the attic). Processed foods are only going to get more expensive.
Big Sister June 16, 2008
16 out of 19 found this review helpful
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.
Great food - Great Advice June 14, 2008
14 out of 16 found this review helpful
Great advice in this book. Helps me keep on track with my money and I really have saved a lot of money using the advice in this book on how to shop, when to shop. I even went to Jaci Rae's personal stuff and found out how to get free gas, so the book was great and the advice on Jaci Rae's was great too. Since I'm a single guy this helps me a lot with budgeting, especially now that food prices are so high. Even with high prices, I spent less money than Jaci Rae listed with her advice. Jaci Rae even listed stores that were in my city in the book and I liked that.
|
|
|
Powered by Associate-O-Matic
| |
