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Do you remember this post where I said I eat my chicken and rice with fresh, home made tatziki? Here’s a reminder: What I didn’t tell you in that post is how I make my own tatziki for a lot more of an affordable price than purchasing it in the store. My favorite store bought tatziki is definitely the President’s Choice Traditional Tatziki, but it is $5.89 for about 1.5 cups (484grams). In this post I’m going to show you how I make the same amount at home in about 5 minutes, for only $2. Easy Tatziki $2, or $0.40 a serving 1/3 of a container of 0% greek yogurt: $1.27 2 cloves of garlic: $0.17 1/3 of a long english cucumber: $0.48 A few sprigs of dill (optional, but recommended): $0.07 Start off by putting about a third of your container of greek yogurt into a mixing…

This post is inspired by Clinton Kelly’s “Breakfast Beans and Rice” from a recent episode of The Chew. The Chew is one of those shows I just love to watch when I’m at my parents (they have alllll the TV channels) and my mum is especially careful to save me the episodes when they are doing specials on how to stretch a buck! I actually really appreciate that they do things like this because I often find the food in magazines and TV shows to be a bit unattainable. Clinton’s recipe came up in a segment about never wasting the last little bits of what you have in the fridge! When I saw Clinton’s recipe, I immediately thought of this salsa from Sobey’s Our Compliments brand. My mum got me hooked on it because of it’s smoky chipotle flavor, and since I use a LOT less than traditional salsa, I feel…

Hey! Spring has sprung here in Edmonton and it always leaves me craving green things like salad and asparagus! This was a quick and easy meal that I made one night when I combined a side dish my mum makes with some yummy fried eggs. It’s decently affordable, but as anyone up here in the GWN knows, veggies don’t really go down in price until summer is in full swing. At a price tag of nearly three dollars per person, this is a luxury meal in my book. Asparagus and Mushroom Hash with Fried Egg Serves 2 for $5.88, or $2.94/ serving 1/2 a bundle of asparagus – $1.68 4 eggs – $0.90 3-4 button mushrooms – $1.27 1 tbsp Pine Nuts – $1.17 1 tbsp Parmesan – $0.86 Start by dicing up your mushrooms into a small size and sauteing on medium-high with olive oil, salt and pepper. Stir…

Hellllooooo! My absolute favorite vegetable is zucchini. I love its texture, its willingness to take on whatever flavors you throw at it, and its crazy versatility. This post has zucchini two ways if you can believe it! Best of all, zucchini grows like a weed in the Alberta summer so for several months out of the year I either have fresh zucchini courtesy of the garden my mum keeps (I help I swear!) or frozen grated zucchini to make good use of. This is a fairly quick and simple recipe where everything gets thrown into a pot, you heat it up, taste test it all, freeze some, eat some, have a nap… well, that’s what I do anyhow. ***I got my noodling machine almost FREE thanks to my Superstore Plus points. It was VERY affordable actually, only about $20 so I think I paid about 3/4 dollars to purchase it…

I love using vegetables as noodles. It’s a weird thing but I really love pasta sauce, I could happily eat it every day and it’s a great way to add vegetables into your life. One of my favorite ways to indulge this weird love is to use spaghetti squash. Spaghetti squash is extremely low in calories and in carbohydrates so you can kinda have as much as you want, which I love. This recipe is a bit of a use-up one, I get a big tray of grape tomatoes from Costco pretty much every week to eat in salads and with meals. Sometimes they start going wrinkly before I’m ready to eat them, which is a sign in my books that it’s time to make this recipe. For that reason, since the tomatoes could go to waste otherwise, I don’t include them in the costing of this meal when I make it…