Bachelor Stew

Yield – 6 servings

Preparation Time – 10 minutes

Cooking Time – 40 minutes

Ingredients

• 1 lb. ground beef ($1.39) On sale this week!
  
• 1/2 small yellow onion ($.15)
• 1 tsp garlic powder ($.05)
• Salt and pepper
• 1 celery stalk, chopped, about 1 cup ($.10)
• 1 cup frozen peas and carrots ($.33)
• 1 1/2 cup pinto beans ($.15) (Or learn how to cook your own beans here.)
• 8 green beans (the last from the garden) Substitute with 1 cup frozen green beans
• 1 can stewed tomatoes ($.66)
• 1 can tomato paste ($.19) Used coupon!
• 1 cup salsa ($.50)

Cornbread:

• 1 3/4 cups yellow cornmeal ($.50)
• 1/2 cup flour ($.10)
• 1 Tbsp baking powder ($.05)
• 2 Tbsp sugar ($.05)
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 2 Tbsp canola oil ($.10)
• 2 eggs ($.20)
• 1 cup milk ($.10) Use rice milk to stay dairy-free!
• Optional, serve with Butter ($.20) and Honey ($.30)

Make a gluten free version of the cornbread for GF meal.

Directions

• In large saucepan, brown ground beef with chopped onion, garlic powder, salt and pepper. Drain and rinse. Return to saucepan.
• Add the remaining soup ingredients to the ground beef plus 2 cups of water. Stir together and simmer for 20-30 minutes.
• While simmering, make the cornbread. Preheat oven to 400 and grease an 8×8-inch baking dish.
• In mixing bowl, whisk together the cornmeal, flour, sugar, powder and salt. Whisk in the oil, eggs and milk until batter forms. Pour into greased baking dish.
• Bake in preheated oven for 16-20 minutes, or until toothpick comes out clean in the middle. Serve hot with butter and honey.
• Serve Bachelor Stew with Cornbread.

Cost $5.12 with LOTS of leftovers!