turkish lentils and chickpeas

Excellent meal!

It was easy to make, too. It would have been even easier had I used my food processor for the salad. In fact, the salad was the most time consuming part of this meal; everything was finely diced. It was only when I was three-quarters of the way through that the idea of a machine came to mind. The lentils were cooked with some eggplant, onion and carrot and then pureed. I added the chickpeas at the end. The Turkish salad has cucumber, onion, bell pepper and tomato with a red pepper dressing. The combination of the two was outstanding. A little heat by way of red chili flakes added some oomph. 

Cost Breakdown:

lentil: $.50

chickpea: $2

veggies: $4

pita: $2

lemon: $1

Total to feed a family of 5:

$9.50

Turkish Lentils and Chickpeas Recipe

Turkish Salad Recipe

hungarian layered potatoes

Continuing with Dad's Day, I made Layered Potatoes. This, too, is a childhood favorite. Of course, when my dad made this, he used bacon, pork sausage, at least a pint of sour cream, eggs and tons of butter!

 A little adjutment was required here. I made some super easy seitan sausage, made some creamy 'sour cream' using almonds and I used olive oil instead of butter. Not diet food, but not hear-attack material either. Since my CSA brought swiss chard, and since chard stands up to long cooking times, I added that and some yellow squash to the layers as well. 

It turned out very yummy; creamy and savory.

Cost Breakdown:

seitan sausage: $1

potatoes: $3

chard and squash: $4

almonds and lemon: $3

Total to feed a family of 5 twice:

$11.00

HUNGARIAN LAYERED POTATOES PRINTER-FRIENDLY RECIPE