The Healthy Dollar Menu: Brushetta Stuffed Potatoes

(Today we have a guest post from Just-Making-Noise!, a lovely blog. This stunning recipe is so cheap too! Thanks so much, Marilyn! )

Let me start off by thanking Kimi for inviting me to be a part of her Healthy $1 Menu series. I am excited to participate and help prove how we can easily prepare wholesome & filling meals for $1 or less per serving!

Here I have potatoes stuffed with savory Italian brushetta and it is so easy to whip together. When Kimi contacted me… these stuffed guys were the first to come in mind for the series because I thought each potato would be under a $1 and wanted to find out for sure.

Now, it took me a little while to figure out exactly how much each ingredient cost because we live in Costa Rica and pay for everything in colones. I needed to convert the colones into dollars and then divide that up twice by the pound and measure. That posted a little challenge for me as I do not enjoy math and much rather have someone else do it for me, but I made myself do it and I’m so glad I did! I was shocked to find out how inexpensive these delicious, nourishing stuffed potatoes were and all the ingredients, except the olive oil, were organic! These savory guys are fantastic for lunch or dinner with a side of salad for a light meal.

Cost Analysis

6 Potatoes – $1.59 ($.26 each)
Red onion – $.17
Tomato – $.14
Garlic – $.20
Basil – $.22
Mozzarella – $.71
Cultured dairy – $.08
Butter – $.05
Olive oil – $.12

Total: $3.28 – $.55 per serving