Cheap & Easy Dinner Example

I thought it’d be nice to break down an easy & cheap dinner for you guys 🙂
{ I’m apologizing in advance for the horrible picture. I didn’t want to break out the pro-equipment, I was hungry and this was a last minute blog post idea so… you guys get iPhone picture! Again, Sorry! But it was yummy if that helps?}

Anyhoo tonight for dinner I made a beef stir-fry and I know on the meal plan it said I was going to do mashed sweet potato, but it’d been a long day and I just wanted green beans {they’re easy} so alas, I had green beans and Mr. Not So Paleo had a big ‘ol helping of rice, plus I made mayo {love me some extra yummy fat!}.

So the Beef Stirfry Recipe was:

Ingredients:
• 1lb grass fed ground beef
• 1 medium onion, big dice
• 1/3 bag chopped frozen spinach
• Apple Cider Vinegar, Butter {Kerry Gold}, Salt + Pepper

How To:
• Melt the butter in a big pan and add in onions and let them soften a bit
• Once soften, add in the beef & spinach and let it start to cook.
• Half way through to the done-stage, add in a splash or two of apple cider vinegar, Salt + Pepper and let finish cooking.
Boom, it’s all done!

Process for all of this:
I had a 1/3 of a bag of spinach leftover from making Soup so I used that up, I had gotten the grass fed beef on clearance for $3.49 a while back, I got the green beans on sale in the steam fresh bag for $1.00 {I didn’t use the whole bag, just half…so yay team! I’ve got breakfast tomorrow morning!}. I’ve always got boiling-bag rice on hand, and of course the butter + onions were just in the fridge.
This is why I stress to stock up when things are cheap. I was able to put together a good sized meal, in about 15 – 20 minutes for the both of us, without having to buy anything special. It was all there, in my freezer, ready to go. I rarely if ever buy something special for a meal as far as the meat goes, I buy whats on sale and work with it.

Now let’s talk about how much this cost:
For the both of us {Stir Fry, Rice, Green Beans + Homemade mayo included} it was about $6.25 total. Which is $3.12 per person. And not all of it was finished. There’s a wee bit of left overs for Mr. Not So Paleo to have for breakfast in the morning, and I now have green beans to eat with some eggs!

So there you have it. That’s a look into one of my nightly dinners. It is totally possible to be paleo, on a budget and still eat really really yummy food.