I cannot begin to count how many people, especially men, loudly proclaim that they would never eat a vegetarian meal. Real men need meat! Budget or no budget.
But, let me let you in on a secret: they do eat, and enjoy, vegetarian meals and they never even think about it. So, if money is tight near the end of a pay cycle or if you need to rob Peter (the food budget) to pay Paul (fill in the blank) try serving one of these:
- grilled cheese and tomato soup, that wonderful childhood staple
- mac and cheese, homemade please or at least not the blue box kind
- fried potatoes and eggs with toast and jam
- egg salad sandwiches and soup
- baked beans
- spaghetti with marinara sauce and garlic bread
- cheese ravioli
- cheese and veg lasagna
- polenta with red sauce
- cheese pizza or cheese and veg pizza
- potato pancakes or potato and root veg pancakes with apple sauce
- pasta primavera Alfredo
- eggplant Parmesan
- cheese calzones
- bean burritos with sour cream and guacamole
- pancakes or french toast as breakfast for dinner (add cinnamon rolls for dessert and he'll never miss the meat)
- welsh rarebit
- hummus with crudites, Greek salad and pitas
You get the idea. Here are eighteen, more than half a month's worth of no meat meals that are easy on the budget. If you put your mind to it you can probably think of more. Try slipping one or two in a week when money is tight.
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