3 bell peppers I had purchase for .59 cents each. One of them had a frozen spot. Yes, the peppers were in the very back of the fridge. I cut the peppers in half and cleaned them out.
Next I found a cup of match stick carrots. They didn't smell all that fresh so I rinsed them under cool water and they tasted fine. I then chopped an onion. I also found 2 leftover stalks of celery so I sliced the celery up too. I cooked the carrots, onion, and celery in about 2 tablespoons of oil along with 1 heaping teaspoon of minced garlic.
After the vegetables were tender I added about 1/3 cup of cooked barely pearls, 1/3 cup cooked wheat berries, and a 1/3 cup of quinoa. These grains were leftover from morning breakfast. I opened my fridge and spied 1/2 of a cooked butternut squash. I cubed my find and added it to the mixture along with 2 raw eggs. Mixed it up and filled the bell pepper halves.
I placed foil in a baking dish and baked the stuffed peppers for 45 minutes at 350 degrees. I served the stuffed peppers with tomato slices. The tomatoes were on special last week for 59 cents a pound. And a slice of rosemary olive oil bread. For dessert I found a pint of homemade yogurt, which cost me 30 cents a pint to make and blueberries that were on special for $1.76 a box last week.
This meal was made from leftovers I had on hand. However, the total cost if purchasing the items for this meal would be:
- Bell peppers ($.59 x 3 = $1.77)
- 2 stalks celery ($.20)
- 1/2 bag match stick carrots ($.64)
- 1 small onion ($.30)
- 2 eggs (Bought and preserved at $.69/dozen ($.10)
- Grains ($.75)
- Tomato ($.33)
- Bread ($1.30)
- Yogurt ($.30)
- Blueberries ($1.76)
