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Cheap and Healthy Recipes
5 Meals Under $5
Whip up tasty and nutritious dinners, each for less than a Lincoln
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Cheap and Healthy Recipes
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1
Spaghetti Florentine
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2
Vegetable Fried Rice
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3
Turkey and Black Bean Burger with Sweet Potato Fries
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4
Tuna Nicoise Salad
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5
Chicken and Bean Burrito
Spaghetti Florentine
$3.25 per serving, 735 calories with meat, 595 without
Olive or canola oil
1 lb ground turkey or chicken (optional)
1 10-oz package chopped, frozen spinach (thawed)
1 15.5-oz can cannellini beans
2 cups tomato sauce
1 13.5-oz box whole grain spaghetti
1 cup shredded low-fat mozzarella cheese
Heat 1 tablespoon of oil in a skillet and sauté the turkey until mostly cooked, then add the spinach, beans, and sauce. Meanwhile, cook the pasta according to the directions on the box. When the turkey is cooked completely and the spinach is wilted, mix the sauce and spoon over the spaghetti. Top each serving with 1/4 cup of shredded mozzarella.
Nutritional bang for your buck:
By souping up ordinary spaghetti with spinach and cannellini beans, you’re not only adding layers of flavor to your pasta, but also infusing it with extra protein, folate, and an entire day’s worth of vitamin A. Each serving packs nearly 18g of dietary fiber—more than half of your daily recommend amount—which helps make you feel full, and has been linked to prevention of obesity. So mangia!
Search: Benefits of dietary fiber
Olive or canola oil
1 lb ground turkey or chicken (optional)
1 10-oz package chopped, frozen spinach (thawed)
1 15.5-oz can cannellini beans
2 cups tomato sauce
1 13.5-oz box whole grain spaghetti
1 cup shredded low-fat mozzarella cheese
Heat 1 tablespoon of oil in a skillet and sauté the turkey until mostly cooked, then add the spinach, beans, and sauce. Meanwhile, cook the pasta according to the directions on the box. When the turkey is cooked completely and the spinach is wilted, mix the sauce and spoon over the spaghetti. Top each serving with 1/4 cup of shredded mozzarella.
Nutritional bang for your buck:
By souping up ordinary spaghetti with spinach and cannellini beans, you’re not only adding layers of flavor to your pasta, but also infusing it with extra protein, folate, and an entire day’s worth of vitamin A. Each serving packs nearly 18g of dietary fiber—more than half of your daily recommend amount—which helps make you feel full, and has been linked to prevention of obesity. So mangia!
Search: Benefits of dietary fiber
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