A few weeks ago I posted an incredibly easy, comforting, and satisfying recipe for roasted chicken legs and olives from Amy McCoy’s cookbook, Poor Girl Gourmet: Eat in Style on a Bare-Bones Budget
The layout of the cookbook is straight forward and easy to read with most recipes accompanied by beautiful photos Amy took herself. I love her narrative head notes for each dish. They read like a personal note from a friend. As I previously mentioned, each recipe also has an estimated cost for a family of four. When I made the roasted chicken dish as well as her polenta from the cookbook, I found the estimated cost to be very close to what I spent and very helpful in determining our food budget for the week.
The cookbook is also paperback and retails for $16.99 – very affordable and well worth it to me. If you love to eat well but hate paying a lot this cookbook is a great one to add to your collection, especially for beginning to intermediate cooks and most of all, families.
Amy and her publisher, Andrews McMeel Publishing, are providing three copies of Poor Girl Gourmet: Eat in Style on a Bare-Bones Budget to three randomly chosen readers of Savory Sweet life.
All you have to do is leave a comment on your favorite inexpensive, most satisfying dish you like to prepare.
If you would like an additional entry, tweet about this giveaway by copying and pasting the following…
” Just entered to win a copy of @PoorGirlGourmet cookbook http://bit.ly/9Qm0mE #SavorySweetLife”
Come back here and leave an additional comment with your Twitter handle letting me know you tweeted. One copy of the book will be reserved from the Twitter entries.
Contest will close Wednesday evening (Sept. 29) at 9pm PST and winners will be chosen at random (random.org) and updated here shortly after. Contest is open to those with US mailing addresses.
Don’t forget to visit Amy’s great food blog, Poor Girl Gourmet for more great recipes.
I love a grilled cheese sandwich with tomato soup–a cheap, easy, yummy meal every time!
Chicken Broccoli Bake. All you need is chicken, broccoli, cream of mushroom soup, cheese, and ritz crackers.
Southwestern salad does it for me! Lettuce, tomato, cucumber, black beans, a sprinkle of monterey jack cheese, some green chilies a dash of cumin in a ranch type dressing. Add cornbread muffins if you’re feeling energetic. It’s low cost and a satisfying meal.
I like baked potatoes with butter and cheese, and if I have it onhand, then brocolli and bacon.
I would love this. I need to add to my cookbook collection!
Pasta salad with seasonal veggies is my favorite frugal meal.
Chili in the crockpot!!! You can clean out the fridge/freezer and pantry.
I use different kinds of beans and at least 3x more of them than meat.(sometimes I even go meatless).
You can use up all those summer tomatoes, hide grated veggies, like carrot, parsnips or zucchini.
Then of course we personalize with toppings like cheese, sour cream, green onions, avocado and in the bottom of the bowl can go tortilla chips or lettuce(taco salad)
It comes out different and delicious every time and left overs freeze well and taste even better!
Crepe’s… the best late night meal after a fun night out or perfect when you want something quick. I like to fill mine with cottage cheese, a sprinkle of sugar and fresh strawberries for a sweet crepe or a teaspoon of cream of mushroom soup and shredded roasted chicken ( Costco has great roasted chicken ) for a savory crepe.
Three Bean Salad has been making an appearance around my house often. It’s easy to prepare and doesn’t cost much. I’d love to win this cookbook to add new, inexpensive ideas to my weekly rotation.
Spaghetti Pie (adding fresh veggies to the sauce) along with a salad. Great taste, low cost, simple to make.
I love throwing a bunch of sauteed veggies into a bowl with brown rice and topping it off with fresh salsa for an easy, quick, cheap and healthy meal.
Red Kidney Bean curry. Mmm mm
I love preparing and eating Goulash!! Very easy and delicious!
A simple pasta with a lemon cream sauce adding in any fresh veggies I have on hand.
My favorite quick meal is broiled chicken made with a simple marinade of black pepper, kosher salt, garlic powder, soy sauce, and olive oil. Delicious!
Roasted chicken basted with a mixture of dry italian dressing and olive oil.
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pasta with chickpeas and tomato sauce. It’s simple, fast and my family loves it. It’s also an added bonus that I can make it with the staples I keep on hand!
I like pasta, veggies and parm cheese. Simple & Yummy!
With fresh veggies, I can usually come up with something fast and tasty. My go-to recipe is a veggie chowder. It’s great for adults, but my toddler loves it too!
Something my future mother in law created for her family-creamy crunchy chicken (ranch dressing and seasoned croutons over chicken breasts) with some broccoli and rice! yum!
I love to make a fast bean soup with canned beans, ham stock and sausage. All you need is a good sourdough bread and you have a great meal.
From the lowcountry of South Carolina, red rice…. simple, inexpensive, filling comfort in a bowl.
anything with garden fresh ingredients..zucchini, juicy red tomatoes, fresh basil..doesn’t get any more economical, delicious or rewarding than that!!
I love pasta tossed with some olive oil, Italian seasoning, and red pepper flakes. it probably costs about $2, and it’s satisying and filling.