As you may recall, this
summer I gave my girls a challenge to create a meal from items purchased at the
dollar store for $5 or less. It has to
feed at least two people and be as nutritious as possible. Spices, oil and salt & pepper are the
only things excluded from the $5.
Everything else they use has to be an item you could purchase at Dollar
Tree. They both eagerly accepted.
My youngest was more
than ready for the dollar store challenge and came up with a great meal. She even took her own blog post photos. She loves pork fried rice and managed to find
everything she needed to make this meal at our local Dollar Tree.
First thing she did
was to cook up a cup and a half of the rice to make three cups of cooked
rice. She scrambled up four eggs in a
bowl and set them aside.
Then browned up
the sausages breaking them into smaller pieces.
Using the rendered
fat she added in a bag of frozen mixed vegetables and the rice, seasoned it
with soy sauce (also available at the dollar store) and stirred it until it was
all mixed together and heated through.
Making a well in the
center she poured in the eggs and began to scramble them. One final stir got it all combined and she
was ready to serve. The girls proclaimed
this meal not only met the requirements of the challenge, but it was also very
tasty.
This made four good sized servings |
They will continue
the challenge next month and I will be sure to let you know what they come up
with. I'm excited to find out myself.
I love that she took a recipe she already loved and made it dollar-tree-style! You are preparing your daughters with all sorts of life skills.
ReplyDelete- Molly
I take no credit for this one. She did it all on her own. I was impressed! :)
DeleteAwesome!! It looks so delish! This could be a series in itself.... and a book! Your girls are cuties!
ReplyDeleteThank you! I'll get them busy working on it!! :0)
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