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casm
Canada4 Posts
The person who told you to buy apples is very smart. Do that. they're cheap, last a long time and are tasty. If you really are interested in becoming less lazy about your food preperation, you can PM me and i can give you approx ten million ideas for cheap, heathly food you can prepare in large quantities and eat all week. | ||
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xmShake
United States1100 Posts
Rice, Pasta, Potatoes. These are all cheap and filling, the base of all college cooking. Veggies you should buy so your food isn't completely unhealthy are onions, garlic, dollar bags of frozen veggies, canned veggies, and other cheap veggies like carrots, cabbage, etc... When you find a lot of meat on sale or in bulk, freeze it and use that. Chicken is especially cheap. Bean's and similar dried things like lentils are also good sources of protein. And eggs.. Other basic stuff is like tomato sauce for your pasta, salt, pepper, soy sauce, curry powder blocks and vegetable oil. Stuff that goes well together: Pasta, tomato sauce, veggies/meat, onions, garlic Rice + stirfry (any vegetables/meat + soy sauce, garlic, and onions). Fried rice (use any vetables / meat / eggs + soy sauce, pepper, onions, garlic and thats pretty much it) Rice + beans + onions Rice or bread + Soup (made from vegetables / meat / beans / lentils) Rice + curry (potato, carrot, onion is the basic but you can use any vegetable /meat) Potato Stuff: Baked, mashed, boiled, pancakes, hash browns, fries. You basically pair any of these with veggies and or meat and you're good. If you end up making a lot of rice, you should just buy a rice cooker. | ||
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dAPhREAk
Nauru12397 Posts
On December 20 2011 07:46 kafkaesque wrote: Ps.: If there's some sort of secret fruit that tastes awesome, is really cheap, burns calories instead of adding them and is only available if you mention a secred password to your fruit vendor, now is the time to tell me. acai. | ||
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Fontong
United States6454 Posts
On December 20 2011 07:50 Roe wrote: i usually go for avocados. not sure if that's your range...they're usually like 4 dollars for 5 i think...can't remember. Wow that's ridiculously expensive for avocados. Do yourself a favor and check your local korean market. I usually buy mine $1 for 3. | ||
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Myrkskog
Canada481 Posts
Braising some cheaper cuts of red meat with a bunch of veggies and eating it over rice is really economical, and it usually last a few days which is nice as well. Dark meat for chicken is usually really cheap as well. But as I said earlier, food almost felt free when I was in German grocery stores. With minimal effort you could easily be eating well on the cheap. | ||
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Newbistic
China2912 Posts
On December 20 2011 07:59 surfinbird1 wrote: There are people here on TL who are actually writing blogs about this. One of the more recent ones is called the ghetto chef or ghetto cook I believe. And just a couple days ago there was another one but i forgot the name. Just use the search function and browse the blog section for food and cooking. The Ghetto Cook be my blog  Just search for "ghetto cook" in the search engine.Most of the stuff I wouldn't really recommend since it's not exactly quick or easy. You can try the fried rice, breakfast or hodgepodge installments. Maybe one day I'll make a super dirt cheap and lazy installment, although these days I'm kind of moving in the opposite direction. | ||
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Mobius_1
United Kingdom2763 Posts
Pasta isn't bad. The boil in water and add sauce if you have time, the stick in microwave version was going to be my suggestion if you didn't say don't require much electricity. :/ But really, ramen. | ||
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Deleted User 183001
2939 Posts
Well, the first type are your standard cold cuts + tomatoes/lettuce (when I feel like cutting them up) + condiments in toast. Great, great lunches. The second type is getting cheese (feta is my favorite for this), and putting it in that pocket bread. If I don't want to eat a bigass dinner, this is my go-to dinner. Also, get a few apples and bananas. I shit you not it is important. It will be the #1 (or top 3) deterrent of the "Freshman 15" because fiber works wonders for your metabolism and digestion and is very healthy otherwise. Rice. I've eaten many rices. The best by far I've had is Basmati. If you can get a hold of that, you're in luck. Cook it with whatever else (vegetables, meats, potatoes, etc.). I don't know if this is common in Germany, but in the US (at least in southern California), a lot of supermarkets will have this "rotisserie chicken", that's already cooked and are put underneath a heater inside the store to keep it warm. If you don't eat all of it, save it for later. Pasta also. It's amazing. Fucking, nowadays you don't even need to make the sauce yourself from tomato paste + a bit of water (+ garlic and seasonings for those pro cooks). Go to the store and buy pasta sauce in a jar :D. | ||
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sakrai
103 Posts
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nekoconeco
Australia359 Posts
Also look into Italian food too you can do a lot with very little to no meat and a good sauce which you can make from a tin of tomatoes and a good sense for seasoning. Anyway you are only limited by your cooking skills, money has very little to do with it. Unless you are dirt poor and have literally no money at all. But if I was in that situation I would save up and buy a large bag of rice and make something of it. Also I don't know where you live but if you live near farmlands you may be able to buy fruit and vegetables cheap if you pick your own. They usually charge by the kg and it works out to be extremely cheap. | ||
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Fontong
United States6454 Posts
On December 20 2011 09:06 Myrkskog wrote: Avocados average around $1.50-$2 each here. Same here, everywhere except korean markets  | ||
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Myrkskog
Canada481 Posts
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dartoo
India2889 Posts
I got a ton of free coupons from the guy who worked at subway, and I guess it was mutually beneficial, he got to sell more subs and I got extra subs for nothing, even after 6 months I couldnt finish the coupons lol.I lived on those for about 6 months till I learned to cook proper food For a snack, the 10p asda noodles were quite awesome :D | ||
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NeedsmoreCELLTECH
Netherlands1242 Posts
Or I will make 6-7 eggs with some bacon, cheese and tomatoes. Really cheap and really great meal if you're into working out. | ||
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Marine50
Australia1764 Posts
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ZeromuS
Canada13408 Posts
Heres what you do. 4 celery stalks, 2 onions, 4 carrots. Dice them. You want to have even proportions of celery:onion:carrot 1:1:1. Usually 4 stalks, 2 onions and 4 carrots works for me - though your mileage may very. 2 cloves of garlic chopped. Some oregano, parsley, salt and pepper. Thyme as well. In a little oil toss the garlic 30 seconds later add the onions, sautee on medium for about a minute or two (sweat them basically) then add the carrot and celery. Sautee that for another minute or two add a pinch of thyme (only a little bit - its expensive but dried stuff isnt so bad and stretches quite a ways after initial investment). Then add dried parsley and oregano and pour in two litres of water. Let that come to a boil then simmer on medium low heat for an hour uncovered. Congratulations: You have made vegetable soup base. Add to this any veggies you have in the fridge, and a little meat. You can add one to two more litre (s) of water if you want, bring to boil then simmer covered for an hour. Congrats Veggie soup! Now this is usually a clearer, milder lighter soup. I love to add tomato. 2 litres makes the soup really light and one litre makes it lightish. 3 litres of soup is a lot though so commit to eating it 5 medium to large well ripened tomatoes (the kind you get discounted at grocery stores or local markets because they are old and about to go bad - super soft etc). Dice them into the soup over the soup bowl when adding the initial veggies (before the extra hour of cooking). The juices from the tomatoes will thicken up the soup and add a nice tomatoey (minestrone-eque) taste. You alone with 2 litres of soup should be good for 4 days. In base veggies I spend 20 bucks canadian for enough to make 2 soups (!!) If using leafy veggies like cabbage or kale boil that soup for an extra 30 minutes to the leaves aren't stiff when you eat it | ||
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STOSW
United States15 Posts
~1lb of raw chicken x2: $10 Box of noodles x2: $6 Box of rice x 2: $4 Bag of broccoli x2: $2 5lb bag of potatoes: $4 Gallon of milk: $2 18 large eggs: $2 Wheat bread: $2 Big thing of plain oats: $4 (Get one every couple weeks) *Bag of chips and one frozen meal for when i'm lazy*: $8 Thats about my one week food. It feels like so little and costs way too much. | ||
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Newbistic
China2912 Posts
On December 20 2011 14:27 STOSW wrote: (All rounding up) ~1lb of raw chicken x2: $10 Box of noodles x2: $6 Box of rice x 2: $4 Bag of broccoli x2: $2 5lb bag of potatoes: $4 Gallon of milk: $2 18 large eggs: $2 Wheat bread: $2 Big thing of plain oats: $4 (Get one every couple weeks) *Bag of chips and one frozen meal for when i'm lazy*: $8 Thats about my one week food. It feels like so little and costs way too much. If you're in the US 1 pound of chicken shouldn't cost you 5 dollars, you must be doing something very, very wrong. Don't buy the bagged chicken, buy it in those styrofoam packages, usually less than 2 dollars per pound unless you're buying skinless boneless breasts. Buy bag rice instead of box rice, much cheaper (unless you're buying arborio/basmati or the really nice rices). | ||
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Golden Ghost
Netherlands1041 Posts
On December 20 2011 07:46 kafkaesque wrote: Ps.: If there's some sort of secret fruit that tastes awesome, is really cheap, burns calories instead of adding them and is only available if you mention a secred password to your fruit vendor, now is the time to tell me. Celery stalks. They are usually very cheap and through their fibrous consistency, when eaten raw you burn more calories digesting them then they add and they taste relatively good (although that is a matter of opinion). | ||
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Aphasie
Norway474 Posts
Easy, yet incredibly good. Basically: You take two egg's whip 'em together in a bowl. Add a handful of parmesan, some/a lot of black pepper and maybe some salt. You simmer 3 shallots in a lot of olive oil until they are soft and silvery (if you cook on too high heat and they get brown you have to discard them). Then fry as much bacon as you want, i prefer using real pieces of bacon (the ones you cut yourself.). Then cook the pasta, i prefer using penne, but my local store only has a good type of spaghetti - that is made by some italian company rather than a norwegian dingbat. When the pasta is al dente, add the shallots and all the oil (adds so much flavor) and the egg-mixture and bacon. Mix it. (And if you're cooking for two or more, you might wanna save some bacon on the side - nothing as irritating as having the first portion of a Carbonara when all the bacon is on the bottom of the kettle) Season with more pepper and/or parmesan. Voila! Friggin amazing pasta. Easy peasy lemon squeezy Note: This meal should be done when by the time you've heated the water and cooked the pasta. | ||
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