Lettuce is great for blood flow to your brain
When you’re travelling, food is not often the most important item you want to spend your money on. In addition, eating healthy foods is often made even less important.
Here are a couple of tips to eat cheaply, easily and more healthily for very little with lettuce – I usually use iceberg lettuce, but you can use any type.
This is perfect for stiring through dishes to lighten them up and make them go further
When making any noodle or rice dishes mix in finely chopped lettuce before serving to lighten the meal, add some greenery and create a little variation. It wilts slightly due to the heat which makes it a bit like Chinese vegetables.
Yum yum yum, this is delicious - even with plain rice
For an easy vegetable side (or whole meal if you’re really strapped), blanch lettuce (i.e. throw it into boiling water, leave for 10 seconds and then drain it) and pour some oyster or soy sauce over it. It’s great if you’re doing any kind of Chinese food or even just rice with an egg fried through it (Tip: Always fry the eggs for egg fried rice separately first, then once it looks like scrambled eggs, add the rice to the mixture and fry.)
TOP TIPS
- If you’re planning on making a delicious meal, perhaps a delicacy from your own country, then check round who would be interested in joining you. Ask if people would contribute a couple of gold coins (i.e. $3 or your local equivalent) and then you’ll cater for them. Not only will it be more fun, you’ll meet people and cover your costs for dinner. P.S. get the money up front so you don’t have to chase afterwards.
- If you enjoy cooking, get the reputation as the ‘Two Dollar Dinner Chef’, and simply get orders in advance and make dinner for small groups which will usually end up with you getting free dinner or even making a few dollars depending on the meal. You’ll probably find that the guys and girls who party hard will be a great target market for this.
