Vintage Cookbooks: Feed Your Family for $12 a Day (2002)

"Momwiches"

Serves 6 to 8

Adapted from a recipe in A Taste of Dutch, a cookbook by Jan Kent.

Brown in a large frying pan:

• 1 pound very lean ground beef or ground turkey

Sauté in a separate pan:

• 1 onion, diced
• 1/2 cup green pepper, diced
• 1/2 cup celery, diced
• Enough water to just cover the bottom of the pan

Drain any grease from meat. Add diced vegetables. Also add:

• 1 cup ketchup
• 1/4 cup vinegar
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon chili powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon paprika
• 1/s teaspoon pepper

Cover and simmer for 20 to 30 minutes. Serve on whole-wheat buns or bread.

"While it may not be possible to cut back immediately on house or car payments or other expenses, you can begin to economize on good food today."

Rhonda Barfield (Feed your family for $12 a day : a complete guide to nutritious, delicious meals for less money, 2002)

(Available free online at the Internet Archive)