17 meals, 5 dishes, 1 chicken, 0 mayonnaise

Maggie Koerth 6:00 pm Mon Mar 1, 2010

Cheap, Healthy, Good is one of my favorite recipe blogs. Today, I noticed a challenge post of theirs from last year that breaks down the details of an inscrutable magic trick I never managed to successfully learn from my elders: Getting a couple weeks worth of food out of one roasted chicken. The rules:

The budget – for EVERYTHING – was $25.

I had to use as much food already in my pantry as possible.

Each meal had to feed at least two people.

Bonus points for leftovers.

The chicken had to be used up within a few days, so it wouldn't go bad.

The meals had to have reasonable variety, preferably from a range of cuisines. It couldn't be Chicken with Spaghetti on Day 1, then Chicken with Penne on Day 2.

The meals had to have very little added fat, since the leftover chicken would provide most of it.

The results look so fabulous that I think I'm going to give this a shot next week. How about you? How far have you stretched a chicken?

Image courtesy Flickr user thebittenworld.com, via CC

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