{"id":4626,"date":"2008-09-02T09:59:26","date_gmt":"2008-09-02T15:59:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/wordpress\/?p=282"},"modified":"2013-08-26T15:59:58","modified_gmt":"2013-08-26T15:59:58","slug":"save-money-by-going-meatless-once-a-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/c\/save-money-by-going-meatless-once-a-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Save Money by Going Meatless Once a Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Meat is one of the most expensive items on your grocery bill.\u00a0 By serving a meatless dinner once or twice a week you will save money.\u00a0\u00a0 It is also a way to decrease your cholesterol and saturated fat intake, giving your heart a much needed break.<\/p>\n<p>In my household I declare Mondays Meatless.\u00a0 Mondays are tough on me and I look forward to the ease of making a meatless dinner when I get home from work.\u00a0 Most of the meatless meals I make take less time to prepare than meat based meals.<\/p>\n<p>When I started introducing meatless meals to my meat loving husband, I had to do so in an inconspicuous manner.\u00a0 So I started with some classic entr\u00e9es: mac and cheese with broccoli, oatmeal pancakes with yogurt and fruit, egg omelets with peppers and cheese, spaghetti marinara with cheese melted on top.\u00a0 Something about cheese melted on top seems to make meatless more exciting.\u00a0 Choose reduced fat cheese to decrease your fat and cholesterol intake.<\/p>\n<p>After trying the more traditional meatless meals, I\u00a0became more adventurous by making\u00a0entr\u00e9es such as Black Bean Burritos, Pizza Boats (see recipes below), Baked Eggplant Parmesan, Vegetable Stir Fry, Spinach Lasagna, and Southwest Bean Soup.<\/p>\n<p>What are some of the ways your family saves money on food?<\/p>\n<p>Black Bean Burritos<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>2 servings<\/p>\n<p>Ingredients:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2 (10 inch) whole grain tortillas<\/li>\n<li>1 tablespoon vegetable oil<\/li>\n<li>\u00bd small onion, chopped<\/li>\n<li>\u00bd red bell pepper, chopped<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon minced garlic<\/li>\n<li>1 (15 ounce) can black beans,<\/li>\n<li>rinsed and drained<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon minced jalapeno peppers<\/li>\n<li>3 ounces cream cheese<\/li>\n<li>2 tablespoon chopped fresh cilantro<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Directions:<\/p>\n<p>1. Wrap tortillas in foil and place in oven heated in 350 degrees F. Bake for 15 minutes or until heated through. Or heat in the microwave for 30 seconds.<\/p>\n<p>2. Heat oil in a 10-inch skillet over medium heat. Place onion, bell pepper, garlic and jalapenos in skillet, cook for 2 minutes stirring occasionally. Pour beans into skillet, cook 3 minutes stirring.<\/p>\n<p>3. Cut cream cheese into cubes and add to skillet. Cook for 2 minutes stirring occasionally. Stir Spoon mixture evenly down center of warmed tortilla and roll tortillas up. Enjoy!<\/p>\n<p>Pizza Boats<strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 313px; height: 200px;\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/pizza-boat.jpg\" width=\"448\" height=\"249\" align=\"right\" border=\"0\" \/><\/strong><br \/>\n4 servings<\/p>\n<p>Ingredients:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14.666666984558105px;\">2 6-inch French rolls<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14.666666984558105px;\">\u00be cup pizza sauce<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14.666666984558105px;\">\u00bc cup Mozzarella cheese, shredded<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14.666666984558105px;\">\u00bc cup green pepper, chopped<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14.666666984558105px;\">\u00bd cup onion, chopped<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Directions:<\/p>\n<p>1. Preheat oven to 475 degrees F.<\/p>\n<p>2. Cut French rolls in half as you would to make a sandwich. Spread pizza sauce over each half.<\/p>\n<p>3. Top each half with Mozzarella cheese, green pepper, and onion.<\/p>\n<p>4. Bake for 10 minutes or until cheese is melted.<\/p>\n<p>For more meatless recipe ideas visit\u00a0<a title=\"All Recipes\" href=\"http:\/\/allrecipes.com\">All Recipes<\/a>\u00a0or <a title=\"Meatless Monday\" href=\"http:\/\/meatlessmonday.com\">Meatless Monday<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meat is one of the most expensive items on your grocery bill.\u00a0 By serving a meatless dinner once or twice a week you will save money.\u00a0\u00a0 It is also a way to decrease your cholesterol and saturated fat intake, giving your heart a much needed break. In my household I declare Mondays Meatless.\u00a0 Mondays are tough on me and I&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/c\/save-money-by-going-meatless-once-a-week\/\" class=\"read-more\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":5513,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[790,780,55],"tags":[65,66,67,68],"class_list":["post-4626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-i","category-nutrition-2","category-c","tag-cooking-on-a-budget","tag-low-fat-cooking","tag-meatless-meals","tag-vegetarian-meals","cat-790-id","cat-780-id","cat-55-id"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/black-bean-burrito_sm-300x161.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4626","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4626"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4626\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8864,"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4626\/revisions\/8864"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}