Healthy Dinner for $1.55!

Save your money, eat healthy!

Prep time: 20 mins

  1. Boil 3 cups of water
  2. While water is boiling, peel skin off sweet potato
  3. Preheat oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit, put peeled sweet potato in boiling water for 6-7 minutes or until oven is preheated
  4. Cut sweet potatoes into wedges (or size of your liking), place them on baking sheet, drizzle oil, shake salt and pepper on them
  5. Bake seasoned sweet potatoes for 10 minutes, flip after 5 minutes
  6. Spray pan, cook frozen turkey burger on stove top medium heat 5 mins each side
  7. Use the water from boiling the potato to steam 1/2 cup of broccoli for 6-7 minutes

Frozen turkey burger: $.83

1 sweet potato: $.50

1/2 cup frozen broccoli: $.20

1 tbsp olive oil: $.01

1 shake salt, pepper: $.01

Total Cost: $1.55

The above listed prices are based on:

12 pack of frozen turkey burgers from Costco in Massachusetts, USA

10lb bag of sweet potatoes from Costco in Massachusetts, USA

2lb bag of frozen broccoli from a supermarket in Massachusetts, USA

2 pack 1 liter bottles of olive oil from Costco in Massachusetts, USA

Dual pack of salt and pepper shakers from a supermarket in Massachusetts, USA

Healthy Lunch for $1.35!

No, there is not an invisible fourth digit in that price!

Prep time: 10 mins

  1. Chop 2 layers of iceberg lettuce, 1 whole tomato, 1/4 cucumber into pieces (the size of your liking)
  2. Place chopped ingredients, and pre-sliced (and precooked) grilled chicken into a mixing bowl
  3. Add 1/4 cup shredded parmesan, and oil based dressing
  4. Mix well

Iceberg lettuce: $.18

1 whole regular tomato: $.20

Grilled chicken: $.50

1/4 cucumber: $.25

1/4 cup shredded parm: $.20

1 tbsp oil, spices: $.02

Total Cost: $1.35

The above listed prices are based on:

1 head of iceberg lettuce from a supermarket in Massachusetts, USA

1 regular tomato from a supermarket in Massachusetts, USA

2 pack of 32oz packages of pre-cooked and sliced grilled chicken strips from Costco in Massachusetts, USA

1 regular cucumber from a supermarket in Massachusetts, USA

32oz shredded parmesan cheese from Costco in Massachusetts, USA

2 pack of 1 liter bottles of olive oil from Costco in Massachusetts, USA

16oz container of BBQ flavored spices from a supermarket in Massachusetts, USA

Healthy Breakfast for $1.62!

Everyday I’m muff, muff, muffin…and an orange!

Prep time: 1 min

  1. Plate bran muffin and orange
  2. Peel orange

Fresh bran muffin: $1

Fresh orange: $.62

Total Cost: $1.62

Prices are based off:

1 Fresh bran muffin from a supermarket bakery in Massachusetts, USA

8 pack of regular oranges from a supermarket in Massachusetts, USA

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