My idea of a good recipe is that it can be made from things you have around the house, in a few minutes most of the time. The results appeal to adults and kids, but more importantly kids like to help make them, and adventurous kids learn to like more and different kinds of foods while preparing them. Kids are good cheap labor to reduce the time and improve the experience of putting these things together, and the work helps provide good life skills, so put them to work!
Some of the recipes don't all fit all the criteria all the time, but are part of a style of cooking and eating which, if it takes more time to do, provides more fun for the participants. I want to ultimately create a cookbook which also can meet most people's nutritional needs for $1 per person per meal, or up to $3 for something special.
Also, most of these recipes fit into the category of "quick party food for lots of people", so the Hash House Harriers should find some things of interest here as well. On! On!, Down Down!
I welcome your comments, and especially your recipe contributions to:Charlie Fisher at sonelvis@zoomtown.com.
