Sixty-Five-Cent Meal

I was almost out of everything. Had the perfect potato, a little bit of falafel mix, and some lettuce. Added some oil and salt to the lettuce and used it as a bed for the falafel, which is spicy and good. The falafel was crispy and the lettuce was crunchy. The potato was perfectly al dente. It really came together beautifully. It was a surprise gourmet meal, because when I first went into the kitchen, I just didn't think I had anything. As far as nutrition goes, this had legumes (protein, the garbanzos from the falafel), green vegetable and root vegetable.

Money: The box of falafel mix was $2.39, so this portion was maybe 40 cents. The individual potato was maybe 20 cents. A head of that lettuce is 75 cents, so that portion was maybe a nickel. So about 65 cents for this meal.