$3 Make-and-Take Meals: Delicious, Low-Cost Dishes for Picnics, Potlucks, and Brown-Bagging It

250+ recipes that are fast and easy—and cheap!—to make at home and take to school, to the office, on a car trip, or outdoorsWhether a picnic lunch, a potluck supper, or a lunch with coworkers at the office, there’s nothing like maki... Read more

250+ recipes that are fast and easy—and cheap!—to make at home and take to school, to the office, on a car trip, or outdoorsWhether a picnic lunch, a potluck supper, or a lunch with coworkers at the office, there’s nothing like making your own food to share with friends and family. And, with today’s economy, gathering a group for such fare is becoming more a way of life. But we don’t have to make uninteresting, bland foods for these scaled back times! Enter $3 Make-and-Take Meals.Ellen Brown presents more than 250 tried-and-true recipes, none of which take more hands-on time than listening to the evening news—and all of which cost less than $3 per serving for your whole meal. She shows how to save at the supermarket and covers the basics of the carry-off kitchen, finger foods, lunches, brunches, potluck dinners, and picnics. Recipes range from side dishes and hot hors d’oeuvres to casseroles and desserts for delivery. With $3 Make-and-Take Meals, not only will your family be praising your cooking, your friends will be too! •  BLT Sushi Rolls• Curried Tomato Bruschetta• Southwestern Chicken Wraps• Tuscan White Bean Soup with Sausage• Jambalaya Salad• Thai Fish Salad•  Italian Meatloaf• Black Bean and Orange Salad• Greek Macaroni and Beef• Coconut Rum Cake Less