scraping to the bone

[Jaded]

I don't know...maybe if each meal was different. They say you have to have 3-5 servings of fruits/veggies a day, so you'd definitely have to be careful of that. I've done the meat and two veggies thing for years, though, and nobody died of malnutrition.

[Ceashels]

I also tend to cook "simply." Cooked meat (love that little forman grill), a veggie or two, and a starch. No frills. There are occassions when a sauce gets made or the meat gets a dry rub or marinade.

[kittykatstrong]

I could do it, but would probably get bored half way through the month.

Katy

[annymoll]

I cannot. I want 9 or more servings of fruit and veggies daily.

[joyofsix]

I think it could be done though I prefer more fruits and veg. A veg,starch and protein is a pretty basic casserole recipe. Some things that come to mind.

Ramen noodle soup with carrots&peas
Macaroni&cheese w/ground beef (or beans)and corn
tator tot casserole w/green beans
baked potato, broccoli&cheese
cooked pork and peppers in a tortilla
eggs&peppers in a tortilla
pbj and a banana
meat&cheese sandwich
rice,beans, and tomatoes
oatmeal, raisins and milk
chicken, pasta and broccoli(dress w/garlic and olive oil)
pasta with any two veggies
potato,eggs and peppers
hamburger, mixed veg and tomato juice soup

[i.m.cheap]

We do it with four ingredients. Protein, carb, and two veggies. That's dinner. Nothing is battered or sauced. It's plain jane but simple and healthy. I just have to have two veggies. And they have to be different colors- like collards and sweet potato, corn and zucchini, carrots and spinach, etc.


-Elaine

That is what we do most of the time, too. Grilled chicken breast with brown rice and some steamed veggies, or cheese omelets with whole wheat toast and fresh fruit, sometimes we will have oatmeal with peanut butter stirred in for dinner! We only eat meat about three evenings a week. Beans, cornbread and coleslaw is another good one.

[Neeley]

My crew would not be able to do it. Dinner is normally a meat with three side items, a bread and a desert.
Lunch and breakfast would not be too difficult though.

[hollyhill]

Yes, it can be done. Yes, I have done it. Did I get bored? You betcha! But you got to do what you got to do!

One tip is to keep anything "special" you may have on hand or in the freezer for when you can't take it anymore. Then pull it out when you are desperate.

Some of our dinners were-
Tomato sauce/with hamburger
Pasta
broccoli

Fried eggs
hasbrowns
fruit

Spiced red beans
Brown Rice
corn

Lentil/brown rice casserole
Steamed carrots

Sloppy joes (tomato soup plus hamburger, brown sugar)
on homemade buns

cheese perogies with fried mushrooms and onions

cheese pizza (homemade crust) with carrot sticks

Baked beans and eggs on toast

Grilled cheese and tomato soup

Porkchops or chicken coated with homemade shake and bake and served with homemade french fries (plus a veggie for a fourth ingredient).

Roasted Chicken/ turkey/ roast (what ever was cheap and I could get my hands on).
Roasted potato
peas

Well I can go on but you get the point.

Special treats were- Popcorn balls, homemade sugar cookies or ginger drops(cheapest kind of cookies) etc.

Snacks ---- popcorn-

[Edna_E]

Absolutely!

[my4littlebuffaloes]

In The Rose Years (Laura Ingalls Wilder's daughter) when they moved to Missouri to set up a homestead they came with a sack of cornmeal, a sack of beans and a slab of salt pork. That was what they ate for the whole winter. They were so happy come spring when greens became available.

Jennifer

[OzFreeBird]

I would think if you popped a multivitamin pill it will cover any mineral deficiencies caused by limited meal ingredients.

It doesn't fix any protein or carbohydrate deficiencies though.