Light Eating: Ziti with Skillet-Roasted Root Vegetables

Here's a recipe that's both fast and cheap from Bon Appétit. The magazine's team put together a whole week of recipes for under $100! This meat-free pasta dish of beet greens, parsnips, red onion, rosemary and sweet potato looks nourishing, healthy, and easy. And cheap, too!

At 50 minutes, this recipe's preparation time is quick, too. Here's the recipe:

• Ziti with Skillet-Roasted Root Vegetables at Bon Appétit

The rest of the recipes in the $100/week menu can be found here:

• Quick Recipes for January: A Week of Dinners Under $100

(Image: Misha Gravenor for Bon Appétit)

Comments (4)

that's about what i am spending ($400/month) on groceries. i've realized recently that this is too much as my husband just got laid off. i'd love to figure out how to feed a family of 3 on $25/week or maybe $50/week max.

posted by Joan in SB on January 14th 2009 at 9:02pm
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This looks delicious, and I can't wait to cook it. My husband and I loved the butternut squash-browned butter-sage pasta that was posted a few weeks back. We made it with farfalle, and although he said it's a once-in-a-while dish for him, I just might be able to eat it every day.

Anyway, this dish seems a close cousin to that one. Thanks!

posted by Jenny B on January 14th 2009 at 10:07pm
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I'm with Joan, $100 a week is hardly being impressively frugal, unless you're feeding 5 or 6 people. Maybe if you're including all staple items or spices in the costs. $75 or $50 for 3 or 4 would have been pretty good, or even $40 a week for 2 people, which is about what I spend if I don't have to count stuff I always have on hand. I only have grocery bills like $100, even cooking all 3 meals a day, if I am totally restocking or I have quite a few splurge items.

posted by Leah Hope on January 14th 2009 at 10:35pm
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I made this after it was posted on Serious Eats. (I couldn't find yellow beets, so my dish is a lovely red color).

It is delicious. It also freezes well; I made far too much for one person, and just thawed some of it yesterday. Mmmm.

posted by Amanda H on January 15th 2009 at 9:42am
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