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So as bachelor college student off-campus without mealplan, I must fare for myself on the foodfront, finding solutions to foodproblems that are cheap and still good
I make a whole hell of a lot of
penne and other easy macaroni products
mix in a little meat and they can be a pretty solid meal
but I am growing tired of the limited options I have
do y'all have solocook ideas that a dude can make on the cheap for the good
cadmunkyOne hand on the bottle,The other a shaking fist.Registered Userregular
edited October 2010
modify for what you can afford. buy the 20 lb bags of frozen floor breasts, shred your own cheese, use mayonnaise ffs. just consolidate your necessities into an easy-to-cook meal with minimal cleanup. hell, it even works with a microwave.
it's the college life. now go bang some sorority skanks.
Chicken Thighs.
Rice.
Tuna.
Couscous.
Bulk Noodles from an Asian Grocery.
Ginger.
Cilantro.
Peanuts.
Frozen Veggie Bags.
Onions.
Lime Juice.
Soy Sauce.
BBQ Sauce.
You can make about 400 dishes just from those alone. Combine 3 or 4 and boom, simple meal.
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KalTorakOne way or another, they all end up inthe Undercity.Registered Userregular
edited October 2010
Cook one or two big dishes on weekends (casserole, chili, load of pasta + sauce, whatever). Get yourself a bunch of single-serving size tupperware, fill them with what you've made, toss them in the fridge. Use them for lunch/dinner for the rest of the week.
This works for breakfast too - make a big pot of steel-cut oatmeal, or a big batch of pancakes. You can freeze pancakes in plastic wrap, then put them in the toaster/toaster oven for breakfast.
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edited October 2010
i choose lime juice, bbq sauce, cilantro, and peanuts
If you have access to an asian grocery store then pretty much any dish becomes affordable. I can get a whole chicken for like 3-4 bucks, and it usually looks fresher than at the regular grocery stores. Also really inexpensive are individual pieces of chicken, if the incredibly easy process of roasting a whole chicken intimidates you. I think boneless skinless chicken breasts are cheaper than bone-in drumsticks at the regular store.
Honestly, if budget is a concern and from the sounds of things you don't know your ass from a hole in the ground in the kitchen, Chicken Thighs will feed you well.
This is my go-to answer anytime anyone asks this question for a simple reason.
Chicken thighs are cheap, plentiful, filling, nutritious, flavorful, and most of all, very forgiving to a dip-shit cook. You have to put honest effort towards making them in-edible.
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cadmunkyOne hand on the bottle,The other a shaking fist.Registered Userregular
edited October 2010
mmmm, love me some thighs.
also, if you're around a safeway or such, they usually put those roasters on sale after lunch time for like, $5 or something. buy a couple, take em home and pick em clean. pot of rice and a can of veggies.
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KalTorakOne way or another, they all end up inthe Undercity.Registered Userregular
edited October 2010
Leftover rice, meat, and veggies can be diced together and turned into fried rice with judicious application of soy sauce and maybe a little sesame oil.
I pretty much eat three dishes, everyday, for the past two years or so.
For breakfast I have a Thomas whole wheat bagel, couples slices of turkey and two eggs cooked in the microwave. The microwave is awesome at cooking eggs, just get a circular Tupperware container, spray it with pam, put the two eggs in and scramble them with a fork. Nuke for 1:30, take out and then put the turkey on and nuke for another 20 seconds.
By that time the bagel should be toasted and you are ready to eat.
For lunch I have two chicken (ground) and bean burritos. Burrito meat stays good in the fridge, just whip up two lbs (make your own seasoning in bulk and use 2 tbls per lb of meat) throw it in the fridge and spoon it out over a tortilla and beans.
Dinner is a casserole, 2 lbs chicken tenders or breasts cut into small pieces (or chicken thighs, whatever is on sale), two cups whole wheat pasta, 1 1/2 cup of both steamed broccoli and carrots, a whole red onion, cup of mushrooms, can of Campbell's cream of mushroom soup, 3/4 of that can of milk, half a bag of peas. Cook the chicken and boil the pasta before mixing it with everything else, put in a casserole dish at 350 for 15 minutes.
Casserole tastes pretty good out of the oven, tolerable as left overs. Everything runs pretty cheap, usually for a snack I have cottage cheese and banana's.
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cadmunkyOne hand on the bottle,The other a shaking fist.Registered Userregular
Chicken Thighs.
Rice.
Tuna.
Couscous.
Bulk Noodles from an Asian Grocery.
Ginger.
Cilantro.
Peanuts.
Frozen Veggie Bags.
Onions.
Lime Juice.
Soy Sauce.
BBQ Sauce.
You can make about 400 dishes just from those alone. Combine 3 or 4 and boom, simple meal.
Yeah, you take the basics-- chicken, ground beef, pork chops, rice, pasta... and add spices. Change things up a little. You can get a lot of variety on the cheap this way. Also, look for discounted meats. Those need to be eaten in frozen soon-- it is essentially the stuff that didn't sell from yesterday. You can nice cuts of meat cheap that way.
My wife and I work different shifts, so there is a similar thing going on here. I usually make enough for three big servings, eat one for lunch, take to work for dinner break, and leave one for her dinner.
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like, the biggest one
and then eat it all at once
That costs extra
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and ramen.
and ketchup.
"Think of it as Evolution in Action"
that shit is nasty
and then you gotta hit the clinic after
if you use a baseball bat you get your money back
oh yeah, hotdogs man, can't beat a good hotdog meal
hebrew national is my preferred brand because kosher means less offal? maybe?
Dear satan I wish for this or maybe some of this....oh and I'm a medium or a large.
Also get a job at your college's food place and eat for free. It's how I survived four years of college without a meal plan
get "pulled pork seasoning" baggie thing from the store
buy cheapass pork loin
mix two first things with water in slow cooker
cook for 8 hours
eat
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Dear satan I wish for this or maybe some of this....oh and I'm a medium or a large.
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feeds you forever.
"Think of it as Evolution in Action"
Dear satan I wish for this or maybe some of this....oh and I'm a medium or a large.
you motherfucker
it's the college life. now go bang some sorority skanks.
"Think of it as Evolution in Action"
Dear satan I wish for this or maybe some of this....oh and I'm a medium or a large.
but i've found some good stuff in there that is inexpensive and also not terrible for your health
also they're board books and can take a lot of abuse like having things spilled on them, being dropped, etc
Rice.
Tuna.
Couscous.
Bulk Noodles from an Asian Grocery.
Ginger.
Cilantro.
Peanuts.
Frozen Veggie Bags.
Onions.
Lime Juice.
Soy Sauce.
BBQ Sauce.
You can make about 400 dishes just from those alone. Combine 3 or 4 and boom, simple meal.
This works for breakfast too - make a big pot of steel-cut oatmeal, or a big batch of pancakes. You can freeze pancakes in plastic wrap, then put them in the toaster/toaster oven for breakfast.
what do i get
If you have access to an asian grocery store then pretty much any dish becomes affordable. I can get a whole chicken for like 3-4 bucks, and it usually looks fresher than at the regular grocery stores. Also really inexpensive are individual pieces of chicken, if the incredibly easy process of roasting a whole chicken intimidates you. I think boneless skinless chicken breasts are cheaper than bone-in drumsticks at the regular store.
You get a peanut sauce that would probably not be terrible.
This is my go-to answer anytime anyone asks this question for a simple reason.
Chicken thighs are cheap, plentiful, filling, nutritious, flavorful, and most of all, very forgiving to a dip-shit cook. You have to put honest effort towards making them in-edible.
also, if you're around a safeway or such, they usually put those roasters on sale after lunch time for like, $5 or something. buy a couple, take em home and pick em clean. pot of rice and a can of veggies.
"Think of it as Evolution in Action"
For breakfast I have a Thomas whole wheat bagel, couples slices of turkey and two eggs cooked in the microwave. The microwave is awesome at cooking eggs, just get a circular Tupperware container, spray it with pam, put the two eggs in and scramble them with a fork. Nuke for 1:30, take out and then put the turkey on and nuke for another 20 seconds.
By that time the bagel should be toasted and you are ready to eat.
For lunch I have two chicken (ground) and bean burritos. Burrito meat stays good in the fridge, just whip up two lbs (make your own seasoning in bulk and use 2 tbls per lb of meat) throw it in the fridge and spoon it out over a tortilla and beans.
Dinner is a casserole, 2 lbs chicken tenders or breasts cut into small pieces (or chicken thighs, whatever is on sale), two cups whole wheat pasta, 1 1/2 cup of both steamed broccoli and carrots, a whole red onion, cup of mushrooms, can of Campbell's cream of mushroom soup, 3/4 of that can of milk, half a bag of peas. Cook the chicken and boil the pasta before mixing it with everything else, put in a casserole dish at 350 for 15 minutes.
Casserole tastes pretty good out of the oven, tolerable as left overs. Everything runs pretty cheap, usually for a snack I have cottage cheese and banana's.
do not forget the scrambled egg.
"Think of it as Evolution in Action"
Yeah, you take the basics-- chicken, ground beef, pork chops, rice, pasta... and add spices. Change things up a little. You can get a lot of variety on the cheap this way. Also, look for discounted meats. Those need to be eaten in frozen soon-- it is essentially the stuff that didn't sell from yesterday. You can nice cuts of meat cheap that way.
My wife and I work different shifts, so there is a similar thing going on here. I usually make enough for three big servings, eat one for lunch, take to work for dinner break, and leave one for her dinner.