SLOW FOOD $5 CHALLENGE

SEPTEMBER 17, 2011

Slow food shouldn’t have to cost more than fast food. It shouldn’t be harder to feed our children fruit than it is to feed them Froot Loops. But against the odds, every day there are people all over the country who manage to cook healthy food on a budget. We need to make cooking and eating this way a possibility for everyone.

That’s why we’re launching the $5 Challenge.

On September 17, take the challenge: share a healthy delicious meal that costs less than $5 per person. You can cook slow food for yourself and your family for less than $5 per person. You can host a potluck where nothing costs more than $5. You can cook for a crowd and charge $5 at the door. You get the idea – and so will thousands of others when we tell the stories we gather on this day.

Click here to read more and take the challenge.>>

Then check out our web site for tips, tricks and recipes.

This day will give us a clearer sense of what needs to change about the way food works, in order to make this a reality for everyone. Bringing people together around the table is the best way to educate and advocate for good, clean, and fair food.

Join us! Take the challenge. Together we can take back the value meal. 

- Josh Viertel
President, Slow Food USA

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SLOW FOOD $5 CHALLENGE

SAMPLE SUMMER BBQ MENU

Here is a sample menu for the challenge that I put together after visiting the Anacortes Farmers Market. It is a meal for four people. All the fresh foods are organic, from the market. The recipes for the ribs and slaw are available on our Recipe Page.

OVEN BBQ COUNTRY RIBS

CREAMY FENNEL CABBAGE SLAW

CORN ON THE COB

WARMED BAGUETTE

2 lb organic, grass fed pork country ribs            9.98

1 head organic cabbage                                     1.00

2 fennel bulbs                                                    2.00

4 ears sweet corn                                               1.32

1 local baguette                                                  3.00

sauce, dressing, and butter                                 3.00

Total                                                                 $20.30

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SLOW FOOD $5 CHALLENGE

SAMPLE BEEF STEW MENU

Here is a another sample menu for the challenge that I put together after visiting the Anacortes Farmers Market. It is a meal for four people. All the fresh foods are organic, from the market.

BEEF STEW

GREEN SALAD

WARMED BAGUETTE

1 1/2 lb organic, grass fed beef chuck               7.88

1 lb carrots                                                         1.40

1 lb onions                                                         1.28

1 lb turnips                                                         1.99

1 lb potatoes                                                       1.00

1 head lettuce                                                     3.00

1 cucumber                                                          .99

1 local baguette                                                  3.00

butter and dressing                                             1.00

Total                                                                 $21.54