Thirty Dollars, Five Dinners

Back in the fall, Christina Chaey, an editor at Bon Appetit presented me with a challenge: How would you stretch $30 at Whole Foods into five family dinners? My first reaction: HAHAHAHAHAHA! Can't be done. (Whole Paycheck anyone?) My second: You know...this kind of use-it-or-lose-it exercise is always useful, no matter where I'm shopping. Plus, I had ju…