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Quick and Easy Corned Beef Hash Recipe

I had some leftover corned beef in the refrigerator that was too much for one person to eat and a bit too little to reheat and serve by itself for dinner. I also had a few potatoes in the pantry that I needed to use and decided to get these two crazy kids together and made corned beef hash for dinner! Cooking with Leftovers Recipe: Corned Beef Hash Recipe Save this recipe to your Pinterest boards for later! Share it with your friends!

Three Five Dollar Real Food Dinners

This Saturday is Slow Food USA’s Slow Food $5 Challenge.  What does that mean?

Slow Food USA encourages people to eat and prepare food that is good, clean, and fair. To skip the prepared meal in a box stuff and focus on cooking real vegetables and proteins. Slow Food is issuing a challenge to make a real food for $5.00 because so many people think it is easier and cheaper to eat off a fast food dollar menu than it is to make a dinner with whole food ingredients at home. 

That falls in line what I do here at Lazy Budget Chef.

I had many digestive issues and took a bunch of prescriptions to make sure everything did what it was supposed to do without giving me horrible and constant cases of heartburn.

In an attempt to reduce our budget to afford all of those medicines plus the expenses newlyweds tend to have when starting their careers, Husband and I experimented with cooking dried beans since they are a good source of protein. Moreover, did I mention, cheap?


Of course, a crock pot full of plain kidney beans can be bland. Husband and I found our mom and pop ethnic grocery stores to be a great resource for cheap spices. And ingredients to experiment with. And recipe ideas for mixing vegetables with bits of meat and serving it with a starch to make a tasty, quick, and cheap! Whole food meal.

We started reading and researching food ingredient labels. Some of the older members of our extended families were being diagnosed with various health issues. Husband and I looked at it as a crystal ball to what life might hold in store for us at that age. We decided to avoid high fat and sugar (mostly high fructose corn syrup) diet. We tried and sometimes failed at cooking from scratch more. We eat whole grains whenever possible.

Guess what? Our food bill when down and our health improved. I not long take any of the medications I used to for stomach and digestion woes.

Instead of sharing one $5 real food recipe with you, I’m going to share three. If you plan it right, you should have leftovers to feed your family on the other days of the week!

Three Quick Five Dollar Dinner Recipes










Are you ready to take the Slow Food $5 Challenge?

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Comments

I love the Lasagna. Looks great.
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Unknown said…
We have always done slow food, I don't understand people who think fast food is cheaper. We shop sales and use a variety of fresh veggies and meats, avoid processed foods and convenience foods. When my kids were young I used a lot of beans, pasta and veggies and stretched our budget by using less meat. I am happy we didn't have the means to eat out at fast food restaurants all the time and they learned to eat a variety of healthy foods. Now they are raising their own children to eat healthy home cooked foods too. I would love to see more families take this challenge and educate themselves and their children about healthy choices.
Robert said…
We were always on the road but I always packed applesauce and fruit cups and we bought the $5.00 subas at Subway and the kids drank milk or water. Our kids did not even like most of the fast food that is available growing up they wanted packed foods brought with us from home. We packed everywhere we went but I would buy Arby's Roast Beef sandwiches (which years ago they almost always had 5 for $5.00) boys could eat two or three sandwiches if they wanted but often they would choose just the meat from a few and only one bun. I never bought the fry's and cokes they drank water and milk and we always had fruits in the van I drove.