How to cook the Feast of the Seven Fishes for under $80

Today the Early Show Saturday Edition challenged its "Chef on a Shoestring" Dave Pasternack to prepare the traditional Feast of the Seven Fishes dinner on a budget of only $80. Here are some of the dishes that Dave,  executive chef and owner of the New York restaurant Esca and co-author of  The Young Man and the Sea: Recipes and Crispy Fish Tales from Esca, cooked up:

Baccala Salad

Baked Clams

Sicilian-Style Swordfish

Collard Greens and Cannellini Beans

Seafood Linguine

Affogato

Click here to see the recipes behind Dave's work.  And for those of you more visually inclined, here's a video of the CBS segment.

Here is how Dave did, budgetwise.

Baccala Salad:
salt cod $9.99
yellow onion .28
leek $1.99
celery $1.99
white wine $4.95
apple .89
lemon .67
fingerling potatoes $2.99
scallion .79
parsley .79
TOTAL = $25.33

Baked Clams:
little neck clams $4.29
horseradish $2.00
bread crumbs $1.19
lemon .59
TOTAL = $8.07

Sicilian-Style Swordfish:
Swordfish $10.99
Lemons .59
TOTAL = $11.58

Collard Greens:
collard greens .99
cannellini Beans .79
ham hock $2.29
TOTAL = $4.07

Seafood Linguine:
linguine .99
pancetta $4.49
dried red chilies $2.25
shrimp $4.00
mussels $1.49
scallops $3.50
lobster $7.95
clam juice $1.29
garlic .39
TOTAL = $26.35

Affogato:
espresso powder $1.99
gelato or ice cream $1.99
TOTAL = $3.98

TOTAL COST = $79.38!