I am always trying to eat low fat when I can. I have some friends who are also trying to eat low fat. But in my house, there is just my wife and I. My friends each have spouses and a couple kids to feed. One of them brought up the fact that cooking low fat can be more expensive. Boneless skinless chicken breasts are more expensive than a pack of legs and thighs. Extra lean ground beef is more expensive than the cheaper 80% ground beef, etc. It’s true. It can be more expensive to prepare low fat foods. And when you are feeding a family of four… And if you are on a budget, things can get worse. I played with the idea of gathering a collection of cheap low-fat recipes, and maybe even publishing a book of them. But what is cheap? And I don’t know how to do all that stuff of listing grams of fat, and calories and stuff. I guess I could find out how many calories and grams of fat are in a chicken breast, but what about after cooking? Whatever.
Anyway, I was researching, and I found a book already exists that is filled with low-fat low-cost recipes. It is titled Prevention’s Low-Fat, Low Cost Cookbook. It has 220 recipe plus twenty $2 dinners. Each of the recipes lists the cost per serving. But since prices change, I don’t expect that they will be enitirely accurate. But the recipes should still be relatively cheap to make, and give you and idea of about how much they cost compared to other recipes in the cookbook.
There is another book titled Prevention’s low-fat, low-cost freezer cookbook that has recipes that you can cook and freeze. I have the first book, but I am going to order the freezer version of the book as well. I love cooking larger batches, and then dividing and freezing them. Actually the part I love is being able to come home, pull something out of the freezer and just heat it up and have ready to eat.

Posted by Rob in Whatever on April 13th, 2007 | No Comments