Gnocchi in cream sauce:
(1) Gnocchi ($1.49)
(2) garlic ($2 for a giant bag of pre-peeled cloves)
(3) white onions ($dirt cheap)
(4) Plain Greek yoghurt ($2.50 but you only need a dollop and have the rest left for parfait, tzatziki, etc)
(5) Mushrooms ($I paid about a buck and had mushrooms left over)
(6) Chives ($0.60 for a bunch and I used maybe a 10th)
(7) Coconut milk ($1.60/can)
And I flavoured with dried basil, thyme, onion powder, celery salt and a dash of cayenne, but it'll be 100% edible with just salt and pepper if that's all you have
Get water boiling, add a dash of salt
In a pan add olive oil at a low-medium temp
Dice 1 onion and toss 'em in the pan
Mince 2 cloves garlic and some chives and toss em in the pan once the onions have started getting translucent
Stir around until it starts smelling good
add 1 can coconut milk
chop up 4 button mushrooms and throw them in
add 1 dollop yoghurt
stir over medium heat until it goes from soupy to your desired texture (at this point your water will have boiled, throw in your gnocchi)
Your gnocchi will probably begin to float after 3ish minutes and you'll still be stirring your sauce so it doesn't burn. Once they float (like perogies), scoop em out with a strainer and put em in the pan
Keep on frying your sauce til it's the texture you want, gnocchi included
Serve!
I garnished with some diced tomato, and seasoned at the coconut milk stage with some dried basil, thyme, onion powder, celery salt, cayenne and pepper. But that's just because I had them on hand (I get the $2 spice packs so it's actually only like $12 for them all and they'll last basically forever, while giving you the freedom to cook francy things)
This took a while to type so I'll leave it there, but if this is well-received I'll gladly throw in more cheap and tasty recipes. Again I'm not the best chef in the world but I can make things edible on a budget haha.
Chicken stew, greek salad with pita and homemade hummus/tsatziki, a few pasta sauces, masala curry on rice, cobb salad, seafood fried rice. That kinda jazz I'm happy to provide haha. It's all good cause they use the same ingredients, so you can actually buy veg and they won't just wither and die in your fridge xD
May 29, 2020 at 06:01PM
