Fried Egg and Leek Couscous & Curried Squash

Fried Egg and Leek Couscous

Ingredients:

1 cup Garlic, Parsley, and Corn Couscous - Left over! 40 cents

2 eggs, one separated one whole - 45 cents

1 leek - $1.16

1 tbsp olive oil- 12 cents

Salt & pepper

1. Slice the leek in half lengthwise, and rinse out the dirt hiding in the layers. Then slice thin half-moons using the white to light green part.

2. Add oil and leeks to a pan on medium heat and cook until softened.

3. Add couscous and whole egg to the pan. Mix until the egg has cooked enough to hold the mix together.

4. Add second egg's white, then cook until mostly solid.

5. Make a well at the center of the couscous, and then pour in yolk.

6. Cook until yolk is just cooked enough that a skin forms.

7. Pour couscous and yolk onto a plate.

8. Break the yolk with your fork and mix in yolk to make a sauce.

9. Salt and pepper to taste, and then YUM!

The hearty egg makes this meal very filling, and the leeks add a nice oniony sweetness to the sweet corn and spicy garlic. The couscous doesn't get dry from a second cooking because the egg adds moisture and richness to the dish.

Cost: $2.13 for a very filling meal.

Curried Squash:

Ingredients:

4 slices of cooked squash- 61 cents

2 tbsp olive oil- 12 cents

1/2 tsp curry powder- Free? It's in my spice cupboard

Salt

1. Take pieces of squash and rub generously with curry on either side.

2. Add oil to pan and heat to high. Then place squash in pan.

3. Cook for 3 minutes on each side, and then flip when seared until well cooked on each side.

4. Salt and then eat!

The sweet and meaty squash works so well with the curry powder and the salt means that the balance of spicy, salty, and sweet is pretty perfect. This would be great with a vinegary salad and brown rice.

Cost: 73 cents, perfect as the main part of a meal.

Total meal: $2.86 :)