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 Rapmaster
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 Cheap Suggestions! 
#13004397 - 08/05/10 12:14 AM (2 years, 9 months ago) |
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Hey guys,
I just moved to my own place and now I gotta deal with this whole "cooking" concept. To make things worse, I'd like to do it on the cheap. I know these threads have been done before, but I'm sure there are some fresh ideas out there. Any suggestions?
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 WalterShabas
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Re: Cheap Suggestions! [Re: Rapmaster]
#13004488 - 08/05/10 12:31 AM (2 years, 9 months ago) |
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rice, potatoes, chicken, and veggies, thats all you need. and you can do a million things with those four ingredients
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Rapmaster
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What seasonings/little things do you suggest? Remember, I'm starting from scratch here, all I've got is a coffee machine and a medium-sized pot.
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Re: Cheap Suggestions! [Re: Rapmaster]
#13006343 - 08/05/10 12:08 PM (2 years, 9 months ago) |
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Start a mini-herb garden on your patio or in your kitchen window. Fresh basil, rosemary, thyme, sage, and oregeno will instantly add life by the truck load to meals you cook.
I also suggest shopping at Aldi for most of your staples. They've really stepped their game up over the last few years and they have a heap of high quality products on the cheap.
Frozen chickens breasts run me about $4.99-$5.99 for a 3 lb bag and there are at least half a dozen meals in there of good, cheap, high-quality protein. Defrost over night in the fridge and marinate in white vinegar and Mrs. Dash chicken seasoning, then stir fry with vegetables in some olive oil or oven bake.
Eggs are also inexpensive and can be boiled, deviled, scrambled, et cetera.
You'll definitely need to get a decent frying pan, a bottle of Extra Virgin Olive Oil, vinegar, black pepper (you can get mini-pepper mills at Aldi for a few bucks), sea salt, and whatever else you deem appropriate.
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Rapmaster
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Re: Cheap Suggestions! [Re: Brennus]
#13014337 - 08/06/10 10:02 PM (2 years, 9 months ago) |
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Quote:
Brennus said:
Start a mini-herb garden on your patio or in your kitchen window. Fresh basil, rosemary, thyme, sage, and oregeno will instantly add life by the truck load to meals you cook.
I also suggest shopping at Aldi for most of your staples. They've really stepped their game up over the last few years and they have a heap of high quality products on the cheap.
Frozen chickens breasts run me about $4.99-$5.99 for a 3 lb bag and there are at least half a dozen meals in there of good, cheap, high-quality protein. Defrost over night in the fridge and marinate in white vinegar and Mrs. Dash chicken seasoning, then stir fry with vegetables in some olive oil or oven bake.
Eggs are also inexpensive and can be boiled, deviled, scrambled, et cetera.
You'll definitely need to get a decent frying pan, a bottle of Extra Virgin Olive Oil, vinegar, black pepper (you can get mini-pepper mills at Aldi for a few bucks), sea salt, and whatever else you deem appropriate.
What are your thoughts on Trader Joe's? I ask only because Aldi is a bit inconvenient from where I am.
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lucas_southoz
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Re: Cheap Suggestions! [Re: Rapmaster]
#13014351 - 08/06/10 10:06 PM (2 years, 9 months ago) |
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dude get some vegeta, its amazing on roasted potatoes.
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HaplessHero
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Re: Cheap Suggestions! [Re: Rapmaster]
#13014359 - 08/06/10 10:07 PM (2 years, 9 months ago) |
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I stick to Italian for cheap and delicious foods. Of course if you choose to get into baking, you can make your own pizzas and then be literally set for life.
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Brainiac
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Re: Cheap Suggestions! [Re: Rapmaster]
#13016917 - 08/07/10 02:15 PM (2 years, 9 months ago) |
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Quote:
Rapmaster said:
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Brennus said:
Start a mini-herb garden on your patio or in your kitchen window. Fresh basil, rosemary, thyme, sage, and oregeno will instantly add life by the truck load to meals you cook.
I also suggest shopping at Aldi for most of your staples. They've really stepped their game up over the last few years and they have a heap of high quality products on the cheap.
Frozen chickens breasts run me about $4.99-$5.99 for a 3 lb bag and there are at least half a dozen meals in there of good, cheap, high-quality protein. Defrost over night in the fridge and marinate in white vinegar and Mrs. Dash chicken seasoning, then stir fry with vegetables in some olive oil or oven bake.
Eggs are also inexpensive and can be boiled, deviled, scrambled, et cetera.
You'll definitely need to get a decent frying pan, a bottle of Extra Virgin Olive Oil, vinegar, black pepper (you can get mini-pepper mills at Aldi for a few bucks), sea salt, and whatever else you deem appropriate.
What are your thoughts on Trader Joe's? I ask only because Aldi is a bit inconvenient from where I am.
BTW There both owned by the same compeny... 
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Brennus
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Re: Cheap Suggestions! [Re: Rapmaster]
#13017349 - 08/07/10 04:08 PM (2 years, 9 months ago) |
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Quote:
Rapmaster said:
Quote:
Brennus said:
Start a mini-herb garden on your patio or in your kitchen window. Fresh basil, rosemary, thyme, sage, and oregeno will instantly add life by the truck load to meals you cook.
I also suggest shopping at Aldi for most of your staples. They've really stepped their game up over the last few years and they have a heap of high quality products on the cheap.
Frozen chickens breasts run me about $4.99-$5.99 for a 3 lb bag and there are at least half a dozen meals in there of good, cheap, high-quality protein. Defrost over night in the fridge and marinate in white vinegar and Mrs. Dash chicken seasoning, then stir fry with vegetables in some olive oil or oven bake.
Eggs are also inexpensive and can be boiled, deviled, scrambled, et cetera.
You'll definitely need to get a decent frying pan, a bottle of Extra Virgin Olive Oil, vinegar, black pepper (you can get mini-pepper mills at Aldi for a few bucks), sea salt, and whatever else you deem appropriate.
What are your thoughts on Trader Joe's? I ask only because Aldi is a bit inconvenient from where I am.
Trader Joe's is basically Aldi's version of Fresh Market. I would go there instead, but there isn't one in my town yet.
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Rapmaster
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Quote:
HaplessHero said:
I stick to Italian for cheap and delicious foods. Of course if you choose to get into baking, you can make your own pizzas and then be literally set for life.
What else besides pizza do you make?
I'll buy the Classico sauce at CostCo sometimes and mix in mushrooms and chicken. I put that over spaghetti noodles and a little pesto. Other than that, I don't really know how to cook (ghetto) Italian.
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dogwood
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Re: Cheap Suggestions! [Re: Rapmaster]
#13018223 - 08/07/10 07:29 PM (2 years, 9 months ago) |
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beans and rice
collard greens are damn cheap, any greens really
i live alone so if i cook i like to cook a lot so i have leftovers for a few days
you can by whole chickens pretty cheap and then roast them
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HaplessHero
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Re: Cheap Suggestions! [Re: Rapmaster]
#13018645 - 08/07/10 09:14 PM (2 years, 9 months ago) |
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Everyday:
-frozen chicken in italian breading with some red or white sauce with asparagus
-marinated chicken in italian dressing for 24hrs, cut over noodles with sauce
-cheap steak with italian seasoning prepared with mushrooms and sauce over noodles.
-noodles and pesto with optional pan fried chicken, possibly vegetarian (onion, artichoke hearts, tomato)
Bulk:
-two cans sauce, market ground beef on sale, optional sausage, two pounds ziti or rigatoni, heat sauce, cook beef, mix beef into sauce, spice to taste, simmer while cooking noodles to al dente. preheat oven to 350, layer noodles, sauce, optional mozzarella or parmesan, noodles, sauce, optional cheese in a foil 3in pan. bake for 30 to 45 minutes, foil over top optional. will feed you for at least a week
Date night:
-white sauce mixed with red sauce to form ghetto pink sauce, over thin noodles. pan fried marinated chicken. asparagus hi broiled for about 5 to 10 minutes, spray with olive oil cooking spray, salt and pepper to taste, when bright green and somewhat softened, they are done.
Thinking about starting a college date night cooking show on youtube. Then again, maybe i should just keep my tricks to myself.
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HaplessHero
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get creative, there are many good resources for cheap recipes out there.
First page has frugal info: http://www.cheapcooking.com/
- http://www.onlinecollege.org/2009/10/13/100-delicious-dirt-cheap-recipes-for-the-starving-student/
- http://www.eatingwell.com/recipes_menus/collections/cheap_eats
once you've learned a few simple techniques, start mixing and matching. the only way to become a cheap gourmet is to figure out what suits your palette on your budget.
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HaplessHero
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And pasta isn't the only thing I eat, but when trying to save money I typically consume 1000 to 1500 calories a day and the pasta/protein/veggie mix works out well
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#13018685 - 08/07/10 09:23 PM (2 years, 9 months ago) |
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Brainiac
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You can also save by buying meat that is marked down....
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Galvie_Flu
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Re: Cheap Suggestions! [Re: Rapmaster]
#13018769 - 08/07/10 09:47 PM (2 years, 9 months ago) |
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make rice
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Prisoner#1
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I feed a family of 5 on about $6/night
why skimp and just eat rice when there's a whole lot of options in home cooked meals
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rule, there are 44 words in the english language that follow the rule. this is
the shit our education funding is paying for and these liberals want more money
for education to keep making students stupid
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champ
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Re: Cheap Suggestions! [Re: Rapmaster]
#13026741 - 08/09/10 03:57 PM (2 years, 9 months ago) |
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you should get this book "How to Cook Everything" by Mark Bittman. It's seriously great.
It has pictures, diagrams, etc.
http://www.howtocookeverything.tv/
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Re: Cheap Suggestions! [Re: champ]
#13028255 - 08/09/10 08:28 PM (2 years, 9 months ago) |
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If you cook fresh it's easy to make a cheap meal. Anything that you put together yourself will typically be cheaper than the prepared meals.
Cheap Ingredients: fresh produce (tomatoes, onions, garlic, greens, carrots, broccoli, cabbage...), lentils, split peas, canned beans, eggs, grains (rice, barley, pasta, oats), frozen goods
A lot of websites will have a section for cheap recipes. (I've used eatingwell.com)
As far as spices go, I typically will buy spices for whatever recipe I'm making and gradually grow my collection. Spices I use a lot are black pepper, salt, crushed red pepper, chili powder, ground cumin, curry powder.
Good luck and have fun!
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