Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Week Two! Vegan calzone, cashew chicken, pad thai and other stir fries!

Welcome to week two on Vegan Cheapo!  I'm devoting most of this week to stir fries - some of my favorite dishes, but I'll start with a vegan calzone, which is hard to beat when you're craving something substantial.  Because you can put almost anything in a stir fry, I'll be focusing the blog posts more on sauce recipes.  I'm going to do something akin to pad thai, and another dish along the lines of cashew-chicken, but in my shopping list - I've just deemed those dishes as "stir fries." Also, be prepared for some teriyaki and peanut sauce recipes.

Here's a look at what I bought this week: $49.28. As usual, bold items indicate something I bought too much of, that can go in the pantry for later recipes.


Item/Used For
Quantity
Price/Quantity
49.28
Pasta sauce / calzone
24oz
$0.07/oz
$1.67
Chocolate soy milk / breakfast
64oz
$0.05/oz
$3.49
Super firm tofu x2 / stir fries
24oz
$0.14/oz
$3.38
Firm tofu / calzone
12oz
$0.17/oz
$2.09
Rice noodles / stir fries
16oz
$0.09/oz
$1.39
Chinese stir fry noodles / stir fries
14oz
$0.07/oz
$0.99
Dried shitake mushrooms / stir fries
1oz
$1.69/oz
$1.69
Seasame oil / stir fries
5.5oz
$0.60/oz
$3.29
Canned black olives / calzone
6 oz - dry weight
$0.21/oz
$1.28
Hoisin sauce / stir fries
7 oz
$0.24/oz
$1.69
Bananas / breakfast
36.5oz
$0.04/oz
$1.55
Newman's dairy free cookies / snack
??
??
$2.42
Tamarind paste / stir fries
14oz
$0.29/oz
$4.00
Yeast
3 pack
$0.76/pack
$2.29
Brown sugar / stir fries
16oz
$0.11/oz
$1.79
Limes
4
$0.25/each
$1.00
Bell peppers / stir fries and calzone
2
$0.49/each
$0.98
Roma tomatoes / calzone
9oz
$0.06/oz
$0.55
Almond slivers / stir fries, calzone
2.7oz
$0.39/oz
$1.05
Zucchini / stir fries
10.2oz
$0.06/oz
$0.56
Serrano peppers / stir fries
1.75oz
$0.24/oz
$0.41
Broccoli / stir fries
10.4oz
$0.05/oz
$0.50
Cilantro / stir fries
1 bunch
$0.78/bunch
$0.78
Green onions / stir fries
1 bunch
$0.68/bunch
$0.68
Roasted peanuts / stir fries
5.75oz
$0.20oz
$1.14
Cashews / stir fries
4.5oz
$0.76oz
$3.41
Bean sprouts / stir fries
8oz
$0.06oz
$0.98
Red cabbage / stir fries
15oz
$0.05oz
$0.73
Red onion / stir fries
10oz
$0.04oz
$0.42
White onion / stir fries
10oz
$0.04oz
$0.42
Garlic / stir fries and calzone
2 heads
$0.39/head
$0.78
Ginger / stir fries
2oz
$0.19/oz
$0.38
Baby carrots
16oz
$0.09/oz
$1.50

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