Meal on a budget: what's your go to meal to cook when you're on a budget? (Page 2)
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To make pasta you just need eggs and flower. That's it. And what ever extra you have you trow that in and you have a meal
Sounds like and Olive 🫒 evening to me.
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Hamburger Helper, but with half or a quarter of the meat to keep costs down.
That's true too. Sometimes I get the organic turkey meat half
It's cheaper
That's an excellent idea.
I do mac n cheese. A box with all the ingredients is around $3. All I have to add is milk.
What is this cooking thing of which you speak?
I've also never heard of beans on toast. Doesn't even sound good.
I looked it up apparently it's a British thing
Spent a little time over there. That sounds about right. Although I never saw it on any menus on the high street.
Rice and beans as a basic staple.
Eggs are highly versatile. Spinach omelette with chili flakes is the bomb.
Generic tips. Buy basic, don't buy anything processed if you can help it. Cook your meals. Meat is a luxury.
Drunken Noodles. I can put all my leafy greens and protein in them and I love broad rice noodles in general.
Macaroni casserole. All you need is macaroni a tin of tomato's some cheese if you have some cut up hotdogs or a few slices of ham you have it made.
Spaghetti aglio e olio.
In other words, spaghetti + garlic + olive oil + parsley.
And no, there should be no parmigiano nor pecorino grated on it.
Spaghetti. Jar of sauce and pound of spag nets two meals for less than $10.
Yeah spaghetti can last a week. I always mess up the noodles tho🤦🏽♀️🤣
Just read the package and time the 9-11 minutes in boiling water. Can't get distracted or you'll overcook.
Spaghetti its pretty easy to make and tasty, just need tomato sauce and meat with it
Spaghetti kicks ass 🍝 🦵 🍑
At university it was Hamburger Helper and Ramen noodles
There are multiple ways to cook with a few potatoes, eggs and veggies
Choice steak, ramen noodles, and a baked potato or corn. Off the top of my head I'd say about $3.60 a meal.
My meal on a budget " Sorry for you Carb Haters Lol " is Linguini and red meat sauce with fresh green peppers and red onions and black olives.
My second is linguini and red clam sauce OMG so good once again apologies to low carb Haters Lol.
£20 isn't a meal on a budget. That's a weeks food allowance to some people
Fried potatoes, onion and something meaty. Could fry mince with the potatoes, for example.
Straight cheese burgers (I know how to cook them right...) or a roasted chicken (very cheap here) and a salad
Fried potato (diced) with scrambled eggs, meatballs, and white rice 🤣 drizzle some ketchup on top, sprinkle some chilli powder.
Pasta with canned bolognese sauce.
Sausage with grilled chicken breast.
Mac & cheese, bread and cheese sandwick a grilled cheese