Rebecca Lando’s fascinating The Working Class Foodies Cookbook: Real Food for Real People Real Cheap: 100 Delicious Seasonal and Organic Recipes for Under $8 per Person delivers on its promise. Lando shows you how to find quality food at reasonable prices. And then she shows you how to prepare 100 yummy recipes. Check out Rebecca Lando’s video below.
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Chapter 1: My Quest to Eat Well on a Tight Budget
Chapter 2: How to Be a Working Class Foodie
Chapter 3: Your Pantry
Chapter 4: How to Use This Book
Chapter 5: Basic Cooking From the Pantry
Chapter 6: Appetizers and Snacks
Chapter 7: Sides, Soups and Salads
Chapter 8: Main Dishes
Chapter 9: Desserts
I’ve been cooking this way my whole life–if only I’d jumped on this “working-class foodie” thing back in the Reagan era, I could be a grande dame of the culinary world! Also, $8 per person, translates to $40 for a meal for a family of five (my family size). I made a huge pot of chicken adobo, served with rice, on Saturday, and the total cost for the entire meal was less than $15–and there were leftovers.
In other words, this is probably not a book for this working-class gal!
Yeah, I noticed that, Deb. $8 per person is more than we generally spend (not that we cook that often).
Deb, the $8 price is the result of Lando’s preference for organic food. You should write your own foodie book!
Jeff, high quality ingredients, which Lando recommends, cost more. She’s all about the taste.
Organic is definitely very big now. Even our local Foodtown supermarket has opened a second floor with all organic stuff, and everyone seems to have organic produce at the very least. Jackie has a friend who only eats organic.
Jeff, Lando makes a strong case for organic food. But it can be pricey.
When I was single I sure didn’t spend $720 a month on food unless I dined out once or twice a week (which I rarely did). I don’t buy the organic food argument, so it’s good old regular food for me. The main problem I see with a lot of less expensive food choices is that they are often higher in carbs (i.e. rice vs. pork chop). I try to solve that by eating healthy salads with protean added, like some cubed chicken with the greens.
Rick, like you I’m into veggies and salads, too. Prices for meat continue to go up and the research clearly shows red meat is the culprit when it comes to clogging arteries. But, eating low-carb foods taxes one’s patience.
For eight bucks a pop I can eat at Jack in the Box.
Bob, we don’t have any Jack in the Boxes here in Western NY.
Jackie is big on things like Casesar salad with chicken. And she always echoes Meg Ryan in WHEN HARRY MET SALLY.. by getting the dressing on the side. You can cut down on a lot of calories on some of these salads drowned in creamy dressing by doing that.