Okay, so... while talking with a friend online, I got hungry and decided to make me a snack.

Given my lack of fundage, it was by necessity one of my "poor woman's pizza"s. Primarily because we'd had soft tacos for dinner, and I happened to have the shells around.

So in discussing our respective versions of "poor person's pizza", the thought occured to me to see how other people made theirs.

This in turn made me decide, for no real reason, to put together a cookbook. Don't ask me to explain it, just roll with me on this one. I've been inspired so I'm running with it.

Anyway. We've all been there- living day to day on ramen and various other super cheap stuff. And being all different, I'd imagine we've all got our own versions of some of the standard fare, and wouldn't it be neat if we could see a cookbook with different variations all in one spot?

SOOOooooo.... Here's where ya'll come in, if'n you're willing.

I want your recipes... Poor man's pizza, Ramen (I've found I make them differently than most people), etc. How do YOU make them?? What do YOU use?? What other super cheap meals do you know how to make?

Please note me with your recipes, and how you would like to be credited (if you want me to use your real name, your dA name, etc). Oh, and any anectdotal stories you might have to go along with the recipes would be killer, too!!

I can't promise a free copy or any money or anything (you'd be pretty much donating your recipes as it sits right now), but I think it's a neat idea and would really like to do this.

And if you like the idea, spread the request and have people YOU know send me recipes. Or send them to you, which you can then pass on to me.

It's my hope that I'll be able to gather enough that I can put together a pretty decent little book. If I can find a way to sell it, that might be cool (in which case I'd revisit finding a way to compensate contributors for their recipes/stories, naturally) but if not, I think it'd still be a fun thing to put together regardless.

Sooo.. if you've got em and want to be a part of this, please, send me your recipes!