Sweet and Sour Pork

Ingredients:

1 lb of cubed pork --I bought the cheapest boneless chops @ 2lbs, cut up the pork, split it into two baggies and still have an extra bag in the freezer now if I want to make the meal again. (.90)

2 tbs of olive oil (.10)

1/4 cup of brown sugar (.25)

1 tbs of Worcester sauce (.03)

1 tbs of cornstarch (barely .01)

1 8 oz can of pineapple w/ juices (.65)

1/3 cup of white wine vinegar (.10)

1/4 green pepper (.20)

1 cup of rice (.30)

1 broccoli head (.40)

Step 1: Cook pork cubes in olive oil in frying pan on the stove.

Step 2: Have 1 cup of rice cooking. I use a rice cooker but you can do it on the stove, also. Put the one cup of rice in a saucepan, cover it with 2 cups of water and cook on med. heat until water is completely gone.

Step 3: Steam broccoli head (steam without a steamer)

Step 4: Mix corn starch and brown sugar in saucepan. Add about 1/4 cup of water and pineapple juice. Add vinegar and Worcester sauce and continue to stir over medium heat.

Step 5: Add pineapple chunks and green pepper chunks to the mix.
Step 6: Add the pork and let it simmer for about 10 minutes.
Step 7: Serve over warm bed of rice with steamed broccoli. Yummo!
Total cost of meal: $2.94

Beef and Broccoli

So, I was going to do a stir fry for dinner but when it came down to it, I didn't get the snap peas I wanted for it because they were too much $ so I just wasn't in the mood for stir fry without them. So, I whipped this together hoping it would resemble some sort of beef and broccoli we'd had in the past, and to our surprise (and delight), it did!

Ingredients:

1/2 lb of beef strips for stir fry (2.25)

1/4 onion cut up into pieces (.10)

1/4 broccoli head (.40)

1 can cream of mushroom (.54)

2 tbs soy sauce (.10)

1 tbs sugar (.03)

1/2 cup water (free)

2 tbs olive oil (.05)

1 cup of brown rice (.50)

*Cook your one cup of rice while doing the rest of this. I use a rice cooker but you can easily cook it on the stove top. 1 cup of rice, 2 cups of water, let it sit on medium heat on the stovetop until rice has soaked in all of the water. Easy as pie!

Step 1:

Heat 1 tbs of olive oil and brown your meat and onions in it.

Step 2:

Toss in the broccoli and stir for a couple of minutes.
Step 3:

Add the rest of your wet ingredients (cream of mush, soy sauce, olive oil, sugar, water) and let it simmer for about 15 minutes.
Step 4: Serve on top of rice. Enjoy!
Total cost of meal: $3.97