How I Make 20 Healthy Meals for $30

Summary by Krater

The creator demonstrates how to prepare five healthy, low-cost fresh meals, including rice and beans, roasted chicken leg with rice and kale, chicken and vegetable soup, tostadas, and vegetable fried rice, for a total of thirty-three US dollars, utilizing batch cooking and leftovers.

From the video

Answers: How can I make 20 healthy meals on a budget?

• budget meal prep
• healthy cooking on a budget
• batch cooking
• leftover meal planning
• affordable recipes

Ingredients

• 4 bone-in chicken leg quarters
• 2 lb black beans
• 2 onions
• 1 avocado
• null carrot sticks
• 3 lb head cabbage
• 2 lb chopped kale
• 1 head garlic
• 1 poblanos
• 1 clam shell fresh mushrooms
• 1 bundle cilantro
• 1 clam shell cherry tomatoes
• 1 bag frozen peas
• 1 big bag white rice
• null feta cheese
• 1 small can tomato sauce
• 1 can tomato paste
• 1 sleeve tostada shells
• null olive oil
• null salt
• null pepper
• null cumin
• 1 dozen eggs
• null hot sauce
• null onion powder
• null chili powder
• null garlic powder
• null vinegar
• null oregano
• null turmeric
• null better than bullion chicken base
• null soy sauce
• null sesame oil
• null oyster sauce
• null sriracha

What it concludes

• Cooking 5 times can make 20 portions of food by utilizing leftovers for subsequent lunches.
• Being constrained by cost or ingredients is a great way to unlock creativity in the kitchen and learn how to build flavor from scratch.
• Store-bought stock is not worth the money when cooking on a budget because it has almost no flavor.