Curry Cauliflower an veggie slow cooker stew

Mix into crock pot:

1 head cauliflower
6 cups peppers (I used different colors)
2 cups carrots
1 cup broccoli
1 carton chicken soup
curry to taste

Bacon wrapped cod

For this recipe you are going to need:

2 white fish fillets
Leaves from 2 sprigs of rosemary finely diced
zest and juice of 1 lemon
8 slices of bacon
Black pepper (for once we are not going to use salt because the bacon is going to bring a lot of saltiness)

Preheat oven broiler.

Season the fish with the rosemary, lemon zest, and black pepper.

Wrap bacon around the cod so only the ends of the cod are showing.

Brown the bacon in a cast iron pan pan and then put in the oven for about 10 minutes until fish is flaky and top with parsley.

Lightly breaded cod (paleo friendly)

1 lb cod fish fillet
1/4 cup coconut oil
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1/4 cup almond or flax flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon white pepper
paprika

• If fish fillets are large, cut into serving pieces.
• Mix butter and lemon juice.
• In another bowl, mix flour, salt and white pepper.
• Dip fish into butter mixture; coat fish with flour mixture.
• Place fish in ungreased square baking dish, 8x8x2 inches.
• Sprinkle with paprika.
• Cook uncovered in 350 degree oven until fish flakes easily with fork, 25-30 minutes.

Beans and Rice

Wash and strain 1 lb bag of beans.

Cook in slow cooker for 2 hours with:
1/4 cup goya tomato sauce
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp ground pepper
1/4 tsp oregano

Add into a skillet and brown:
1/2 pound ham
1 green pepper (I used an orange one, since that's what was on sale)
2 clove of garlic
2 tbsp olive oil

Add all ingredients and cook until beans are tender. Add more water if needed (i added 2 more cups of water and 1/2 tablespoon of adobo). Serve over rice.

Inspired by 30 days (the episode where two people had to live on minimum wage - both of them working, paying rent, etc on minimum wage), I decided to see how much this dish costs (main ingredients only):

1 pound bag of beans - $1.07 (dollar store has beans? Cool!)
1 green pepper $0.99
1/2 pound ham $4.50
2 cloves of garlic $0.25

Grand total of $6.81. That's pretty cheap, and there looks like there will be enough to feed 2 people 3 meals a day for 2/3 days!

Kale with Walnuts

Brown 5 cloves of garlic in olive oil
Stir in 1 pound of kale and stir till tender
Stir in 1.5 cup walnuts when kale is done
Add parmesan cheese to taste if desired or salt and pepper to taste.

Tasty and healthy quinoa

One package quinoa

32 oz chicken broth (one carton)

one 8 oz container of olive tapenade

Put all ingredients into rice cooker and cook under white rice setting. When done, add parmesan cheese to taste.

Other fun things to add to this recipe are:

2 cups bell peppers (I use Trader Joe's tri color mix from the frozen section)

1 can tuna

sun dried tomatoes

Photo is with half a container of tapenade (oops - forgot to check pantry before I started making it!) and frozen peppers.