Eating Cheap!

My wife recently found an interesting blog for foodies who are on a tight budget:  The 99 Cent Chef.  It provides lots of ideas for meals where the main ingredient is only 99 cents.  He even features foods from the 99 cent store.  Every once in awhile, we will buy food from a dollar store.  However, we aren't very trusting of food Made in China.  We'll buy American-made foods and brand-name foods that we recognize at the dollar store from time to time.  But, watch out!  Sometimes canned foods at the dollar store aren't a good deal simply because the same canned food might cost less than $1 at the grocery store.

Instead of resorting to fast food, next time you may be able to whip up something good like this Peruvian creole dish called Ají de gallina..

By Dtarazona (Own work) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons