Miserly Meals: Healthy, Tasty Recipes Under 75¢ per Serving

by Jonni McCoy

In this easy-to-use, make-it-from-scratch cookbook with a user-friendly lay-flat binding, Jonni McCoy, a Christian homeschooling mom, proves that inexpensive meals can be nutritious and mouth watering. Continuing the theme of Miserly Moms-living well without spending a lot of time or money-Miserly Meals includes the price-per-serving, nutritional analysis, and taste rating for each recipe. The every-day soups, slow-cook dishes, and breakfast ideas, plus vegetarian dishes, snacks, gifts from the kitchen, and more will make this the busy mom's most-used cookbook.

Genres: Cookbooks, Cooking, Food, Frugal

256 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 2002

Reviews

[Cheryl · Rating 4 out of 5]

Impressive. A lot of recipes, and tips, no frills of photos or big hardcover. Even though I already know many of these by heart, there are many more I will certainly try. McCoy understands real ppl in regular kitchens with access to ordinary grocery stores. Thank you very much, Jonni, for such a variety of healthy, enjoyable meals without a big list of ingredients or tools needed. I especially like that many of the recipes are more like 'templates' in that you can use whatever meat or tofu you have handy, or whatever veggies you have leftover, or whatever flavor yogurt.

[Katie · Rating 2 out of 5]

Disappointing - the main dishes look downright nasty and plain. The baked goods recipes look good, I'll try some of those.

[Kristin · Rating 3 out of 5]

There were some good recipes in here, but with the changing times I really don't think the servings are 75 cents per person.

[cheryl Ryle · Rating 1 out of 5]

This author alienated her fans and that has clouded my view of her and her books. As for being miserly, if you feel that boneless skinless chicken breasts are frugal this might be your book. If you dont know how to make sun tea, this might be your book. There is an author that services this much better that does $5 meal plans and if you want to spend your money on something, buy her book or her service and skip this one. Notice she tags christian and homeschooling in the description? That is because the book isnt good enough on its own she has to try to tag groups of people.

[Amy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Some of our families all time favorite recipes have come from this!!! I like the crock pot section too!

[Kristy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Lots of good recipes!

[Andie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Great ideas for inexpensive, yet still tasty AND healthy meals.