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Meals to make to save money cooking at home?
#26812747 - 07/09/20 11:56 AM (3 years, 6 months ago) |
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My girlfriend is a hardcore vegetarian, which I am moving towards being myself. As of right now, I’m curious what some meals to make to save money would be? I have general ideas, but wanted to get some suggestions from my people here... thanks.
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Cooked rice, couple jars of green beans, chopped up omelette, sambal for flavoring Prepare a huge pot once week and freeze portions. Basically a dollar a meal food
I lived on those throughout my university years
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On Sundays or Monday's I prepare huge portions of fresh hummus, black bean burger mix, and tofu - a weeks (sometimes 2) worth for two people. Anything extra/leftover can be frozen and keeps well for months. Those plus grilled & tempura’d veggies & sticky brown rice & eggs & fungi & fruit & pickled veggies are my go to’s.
All relatively easy, inexpensive, and delicious to make! Btw, how are you feeling bud?
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Well I'm not sure what to add but DO NOT use white truffle shavings on top of your dishes if you're trying to save money. Trust me it's a bad idea.
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Re: Meals to make to save money cooking at home? [Re: Niffla] 2
#26812820 - 07/09/20 12:27 PM (3 years, 6 months ago) |
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Thanks guys I’m going to look back at this post when planning my meals for sure.
Dude, I’m so much better. I’ve never been through something like that before. Opiate withdrawal was awful, but this was traumatizing at points. I have a new outlook on life, I’m so happy to be able to sit at home after work and enjoy watching TV. It’s simply amazing to feel baseline, I got off work yesterday and felt euphoric just being at home looking at my house. I will never touch gaba drugs like that again, huge wake up call. I feel blessed. I’m not 100%, people were telling me you’ll wake up one day and feel way better, and I did. Thank you for asking. So happy.
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Glad to hear it
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Re: Meals to make to save money cooking at home? [Re: The Blind Ass]
#26812876 - 07/09/20 01:00 PM (3 years, 6 months ago) |
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You can make a pretty good lentil veggie salad that tastes good cold or warm. Just sauteed up some basic veggies like carrots, celery, onions and garlic and add to cooked lentils with some apple cider vinegar and olive oil. If you want to get fancy you can add herbs and spices. I also add chopped apple which makes it sweet but still healthy. Lentils are cheap and the other veggies you can buy a bunch at a time and keep in the crisper drawer for a while.
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Re: Meals to make to save money cooking at home? [Re: the strander] 1
#26812904 - 07/09/20 01:11 PM (3 years, 6 months ago) |
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Something with rice and beans and cheese. Enchaladas??
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Re: Meals to make to save money cooking at home? [Re: Shiithead]
#26812999 - 07/09/20 01:55 PM (3 years, 6 months ago) |
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back in march Asante convinced me to panic buy food (and I beat everyone else panic buying food by 1 week in my town, I didnt have slim pickings) I got 16kg rice and 16kg great northen beans and 30 cans of vegetables, I figured it would last me about 60 days, making rice, beans and half a can of veggies per meal, I bought a bunch of sauces aswell, in hindsight I should have bought less beans, I use less beans then rice per meal
it was cheap as fuck, but the stores never really ran out of food so I never really started even eating till a few weeks ago, and it taste alright but I cant bring myself to eat it more then once per week
and beans you have to either let soak or pressure cook from dry, so I put them into my instant pot dry with a lot of water and pressure cook for 30 minutes and let it naturaly release for 30 minutes, so they take about an hour to cook, I also found out my dog likes eating them, I was picking them out of the rice and feeding them to my dog, I gave her atleast like 10, I think they are kinda creamy, at least a bit better then I thought they would be
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Re: Meals to make to save money cooking at home? [Re: gopher]
#26813101 - 07/09/20 02:42 PM (3 years, 6 months ago) |
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gopher said: back in march Asante convinced me to panic buy food (and I beat everyone else panic buying food by 1 week in my town, I didnt have slim pickings)
Lol I panic bought like most and now I'm trying to methodically eat everything so I don't end up throwing a bunch of expired food away. I still got a pretty long way to go too.
I told myself I'm not panic buying again. No more covid stash. If shit really hit the fan, and the stores were empty (for good) and we were thrust into an apocalyptic world -- well a month or two of food wouldn't save me. I mean yeah it would delay the inevitable, but whatever. As soon as my month or whatever stash was gone I'd be a goner. And I'm not dumping my savings into a 5 year stash of canned beans and rice and an underground bunker 
So if we reach that point then I guess I'm waving the white flag
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Re: Meals to make to save money cooking at home? [Re: Niffla] 2
#26813176 - 07/09/20 03:32 PM (3 years, 6 months ago) |
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I have preemptively made peace with becoming a cannibal in that scenario
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Re: Meals to make to save money cooking at home? [Re: Tripsurfer]
#26813202 - 07/09/20 03:50 PM (3 years, 6 months ago) |
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I was panic buying years before it was cool. Now you all just need to get an ar15 with extra mags and 2 level 4 ar500 plates with multicam plate carrier.
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Re: Meals to make to save money cooking at home? [Re: Shiithead] 2
#26813209 - 07/09/20 03:58 PM (3 years, 6 months ago) |
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One of the cheapest meals on the planet also happens to be one of my most favorite: grilled cheese and tomato soup
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Re: Meals to make to save money cooking at home? [Re: spirit_shadow]
#26813231 - 07/09/20 04:13 PM (3 years, 6 months ago) |
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Yes that meal is 200 iq
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Re: Meals to make to save money cooking at home? [Re: spirit_shadow]
#26813329 - 07/09/20 05:09 PM (3 years, 6 months ago) |
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spirit_shadow said: One of the cheapest meals on the planet also happens to be one of my most favorite: grilled cheese and tomato soup 
tomato sandwiches are pretty good too, my gf's dad got a bunch of tomatoes farm fresh years ago and he was making sandwiches with them, I thought he was crazy, but I tried one and it was bomb
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Veggie chili with corn bread
Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwiches
Ham and cheese sandwiches
Tuna fish sandwiches
Top ramen with your favorite veggies thrown in.
Mac n Cheese with califlower.
Anything from a can will be super cheap.
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Re: Meals to make to save money cooking at home? [Re: LogicaL Chaos] 1
#26813365 - 07/09/20 05:24 PM (3 years, 6 months ago) |
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Sardines n crackers is a cheap meal and its mmmm mmmm good
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Re: Meals to make to save money cooking at home? [Re: LogicaL Chaos] 1
#26813372 - 07/09/20 05:26 PM (3 years, 6 months ago) |
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Bean dip, lentil curry
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Re: Meals to make to save money cooking at home? [Re: Hartford]
#26813376 - 07/09/20 05:28 PM (3 years, 6 months ago) |
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Mexican foods are cheap to make.
Quesadillas
Nachos
Burritos
Tacos
Fajitas
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Re: Meals to make to save money cooking at home? [Re: LogicaL Chaos]
#26813378 - 07/09/20 05:29 PM (3 years, 6 months ago) |
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I call that ghoulash
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OP, u definitely wanna pass on the ghoulash
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Re: Meals to make to save money cooking at home? [Re: LogicaL Chaos]
#26813480 - 07/09/20 06:25 PM (3 years, 6 months ago) |
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Ghoulash is great!
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Re: Meals to make to save money cooking at home? [Re: Shiithead] 1
#26813492 - 07/09/20 06:29 PM (3 years, 6 months ago) |
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Shiithead said: Ghoulash is GARBAGE! 

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Yeah fuck Ghoulash
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Re: Meals to make to save money cooking at home? [Re: Tripsurfer] 1
#26814317 - 07/10/20 05:09 AM (3 years, 6 months ago) |
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You guys need to check your priveledge..
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Re: Meals to make to save money cooking at home? [Re: Shiithead] 1
#26814635 - 07/10/20 08:54 AM (3 years, 6 months ago) |
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My go-to for an inexpensive but nutritious meal is a pack of minced beef, steamed broccoli and rice. Cook the minced meat on the frying pan, season and then later add the broccoli. Soy sauce goes well with the broccoli and beef. Lots of protein, decent amount of fiber and vitamins from the broccoli (so I think) and the rice is just energy. Minced meat on its own well seasoned is great. Just gotta try to keep it in nice chunks.
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Re: Meals to make to save money cooking at home? [Re: InnerWisdom] 1
#26814670 - 07/10/20 09:19 AM (3 years, 6 months ago) |
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Red beans and rice! Dried beans and peas in general are great, split-pea soup is top tier. Rice is cheap and easy carb filling, especially with some type of rice cooker. Buy cheese by the biggest block and freeze huge chunks you won't use immediately, avoid pre-sliced and shredded stuff as it really tends to run up your grocery bill.
When I know I will be too busy to eat during the day I like to make a really fat omelette for breakfast, sort of french style, and it tends to last me for a while. I do sometimes want to crash after a fat, cheesy omelette though.
Peppers, hella peppers. Spicy ones aren't required but they compliment lots of other foods and tend to be a healthy addition to a meal. Fresh ones are usually cheap.
Protein shakes can be cheap when you buy the big tubs from GNC or wherever. They will never be as good as a real milkshake but they get better every year.
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Re: Meals to make to save money cooking at home? [Re: MorphinTime]
#26818076 - 07/11/20 07:17 PM (3 years, 6 months ago) |
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Do ya'll eat eggs? That's my favorite cheap and tasty protein to add to so many things. Here are some easy recipes with vegan alternatives:
- Fry leftover rice with eggs, veggies and soy sauce to for quick fried rice (sub edamame or tofu for eggs if Vegan)
- Huevos ranchos - fill a pot with a jar or a 1-2 cups salsa, simmer salsa and poach eggs in cooking liquid until your desired done-ness, serve on top of fried tortillas (sub beans for eggs if Vegan)
- Ramen noodles with eggs poached in the water as it cooks, add veggies to your liking (I esp. love spinach and green peas), you can sub edamame or tofu for eggs if Vegan
- Veggie taquitos - make a mix of corn, black beans, salsa, other Mexicali ingredients, roll into tortillas and bake around 350 until slightly browned. You may wish to brush the outside of the tortillas after rolled with olive oil to keep tortillas from drying out or sticking to your baking sheet. (You can also add meat to this if you have leftovers and aren't vegetarian)
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Re: Meals to make to save money cooking at home? [Re: LalaOohlala]
#26818392 - 07/11/20 10:30 PM (3 years, 6 months ago) |
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Cajun food is cheap and easy. Try some Red Beans and Rice, serve with cornbread. I add sausage to mine, you could go without or use a meat substitute. Jambalaya is good, cheap, and easy too.
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Re: Meals to make to save money cooking at home? [Re: JizzMasterZero]
#26821713 - 07/13/20 07:41 PM (3 years, 6 months ago) |
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Just made some buttery chicken curry and rice at the cost of cheap spices and things I keep on deck for general cooking, 6 bucks for 4 boneless chicken thighs, and rice is cheap in most places I imagine.
I should be able to eat the leftovers for at least 3 days. For one person, my recipe is a little bit extra just in case my body decides it needs to be extra hungry, but I doubt I will eat it all.
It's pretty good, I do it with a programmable pressure cooker which saves just as much on meals as a crockpot with more range of what you can cook with it and how.
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Re: Meals to make to save money cooking at home? [Re: MorphinTime]
#26821729 - 07/13/20 07:49 PM (3 years, 6 months ago) |
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Oh! I just was thinking of this thread and wondering if OP has tried "chicken of the woods" mushrooms? I just started learning about them this year and I'm eager to try, but I understand they make a great chicken substitute in stir fries, sammiches, soups, etc., along with having a hilarious name.
Could be worth checking out?
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Lentils, beans, rice, potatoes. Get tomato paste and coconut cream/milk + produce. Make some different currys/asian dishes (Indian dal is a good one with lentils or Thai Curries). Throw over rice or potatoes.
Pick up some tofu as well and throw that in, also dry soy can be used like ground beef, and is very cheap.
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Re: Meals to make to save money cooking at home? [Re: ChinChiller]
#26823159 - 07/14/20 02:04 PM (3 years, 6 months ago) |
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And if times are really tough, set some snap rat traps out and make some BBQ
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Re: Meals to make to save money cooking at home? [Re: LogicaL Chaos]
#26823833 - 07/14/20 07:57 PM (3 years, 6 months ago) |
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pizza
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Re: Meals to make to save money cooking at home? [Re: cannabinated]
#26824162 - 07/14/20 11:41 PM (3 years, 6 months ago) |
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Human meat can be surprisingly cheap. Learn your cuts though. Please eat sparingly. It contains enzymes that will drive you mad if you do it too often. But like twice a year? Delicious.
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