Recently, I spotted a Singapore "$20 Budget Meal" event that got me interested. For US dollar, it would be $15 Budget Meal. You have to cook two dishes and a soup or a one dish meal that priced less than S$20/ US$15. Frankly, I never really counted how much each dinner that I prepared at home cost me. But I believe it would be less than $15. For April, one of the dishes must have an egg as an ingredient, so above was what we had on April 11, 2011 which I submitted to this event.
I am submitting this to "S$20 Budget Meal" or "US$15 budget meal" hosted by Cuisine Paradise.
Dried Laver (野生紫菜)Anchovies Soup. The cost of this soup is US$1.00. The recipe can be found here.
Cost of ingredients:
Dried laver - 50 cent
2 medium eggs - 20 cent (on sales)
1/4 of a carrot - 10 cent
1/4 cup of dried anchovies - 20 cent
Spicy KangKong/Morning Glory/ On Choy with shrimp paste in soy bean oil. The cost of this dish is US$2.24. The recipe can be found here.
Cost of ingredients:
Kangkong - $1.50
1 Shallot - 20 cent
Shrimp paste in soy bean oil - 54 cent
Ginger Chicken with Rice Wine. The cost for this dish is US$1.80. This recipe can be found here.
Cost of ingredients:
1 skinless and boneless chicken breast - $1.30 (on sales)
Ginger - 25 cent
Wood Ear - 25 cent
Fermented sweet glutinous rice wine - FREE (given by a friend)
The sweet glutinous rice wine
I added the wine and residue together in stir-frying this dish thus the cloudy gravy you see above. But sweet and flavorful.
To sum thing up, the above meal only cost me US$5.04. Served 4. A healthy home cook meal at a fairly cheap price. All you need to have is a little time at home to prepare this wonderful meal for you and your family. By doing this event and really sat down and counted the amount of each ingredient I spent on this meal made me realized that home cook meal is really cheap. :-) Imagine, for $20, I can eat four meals at home!!
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