Week One, Day Six

Breakfast:
Homemade Pancakes with bananas and syrup.

Syrup is made by mixing 1c sugar with 1/2c water in a glass 2c measuring cup. Microwave until boiling and dissolved. Stir in 1/4t of mapeline. This will not be artificially thick syrup like you buy at the store, but it will taste better and my family prefers it greatly over storebought. We did, however, buy one of the microwavable syrups once and saved the container. We keep our extra homemade syrup in that for easy warm-up.

Homemade pancakes--use your favorite recipe or try this one:
1 1/4 c flour
2T baking powder
1/2t salt
1 egg
1c milk
1T oil
Stir until just mixed and cook as usual in a frying pan with a little oil. Electric frying pans work best for pancakes. Mine will cook 6 pancakes at once. Serve with thinly sliced bananas (however many bananas you have left) and warm maple syrup.
This meal costs about $.90 and will make you feel like royalty on Saturday morning!

Lunch for all 4: Hamburger Stew
1/2lb hamburger
2T flour
1T dried onions
1 can mixed veggies(drained)
4 bouillion cubes
4 cups water.
Brown hamburger with onions. Add flour and stir well. Add veggies, bouillion, and water. Boil until bouillion is all dissolved and stew is slightly thickened. Serve with bread and butter.
This meal costs about $2.21 to serve all four.

Dinner: Beef Stroganoff and Spinach
1/2lb hamburger
1T dried onion
2T flour
1 can tomato sauce
1 can mushrooms
2T worcestershire sauce
1c or 1/2 tub sour cream
1 pkg. cooked egg noodles
2 cans spinach
1/2 loaf bread
1/2 stick margarine
garlic powder
Brown hamburger with onions and add flour. Add tomato sauce, mushrooms, worcestershire sauce, and sour cream. Simmer until thick and bubbly. Serve over warm egg noodles with a side of spinach and garlic bread (broiled in the oven like on day 2)
This meal costs about $4.73 for the whole meal.

Total cost for the day: $7.84