| | frugal meals for pennilessPage 2 of 3 (1, 2, 3) | | Shop at discount places like Big Lots, Save-a-lot, Aldi, etc. You can get real good deals in those places. | |
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| frugal meals for penniless
Posted: 2/10/2012 1:19:50 PM |
Just walk into a fast food place and load up on the packets.
lmao...priceless | |
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| frugal meals for penniless
Posted: 2/11/2012 1:53:29 AM | Lots of one-pot wonders such as casseroles, stews, curries, soups, chillis, etc. Depending on how many people need to be catered for, the leftovers freeze well and can always be taken to work for lunch.
It's more a case of shopping effectively to get value.
* Buy produce which is in season, therefore at premium quality and abundance.
* Look for bargains and develop the mindset of being prepared to spend more time in a supermarket getting value rather than capitulating and purchasing more expensive items because it is quicker.
* Purchase with specific meals in mind. It's easy to stray from the shopping list and purchase impulse items or items for "later"... Purchasing this way helps to prevent food spoilage from items which were purchased for "later" but never were used and have since perished.
* Use what is in the pantry first. Packaged rice, pasta, dried legumes for example last for a while and are always good as a side or base to a dish. | |
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Posted: 2/20/2012 10:27:26 AM | Learn to use a wok, you can make interesting combination with only a little fat or oil.
Sunday morning s I make Bacon-egg fried rice, add a little chinese mustard and you get spice without too much heat.
Learn to hunt or fish, best protein is that which is fresh, and remember to share your bounty with neighbors if you get a lot.
I make my own sausage every year after I go hunting, never kill anything that doesn't go on the dinner table. | |
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Posted: 2/21/2012 6:26:13 AM | I look for weekly bargains in the produce section getting the just hit it's sell by date and reduced items for cooking...
apples are great baked...
peppers stuffed with brown rice and beans
tomatoes homemade tomato sauce
overripe bananas for muffins and breads...
no need to eat cheap processes food when time,creativity and imagination will put a nutritious meal on the table... | |
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| frugal meals for penniless
Posted: 2/21/2012 5:52:18 PM | Shop at discount places like Big Lots, Save-a-lot, Aldi, etc. You can get real good deals in those places.
If you learn how to do extreme couponing, even those places will look expensive by comparison. | |
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Posted: 2/21/2012 7:17:27 PM | SingleGuy you folks in the U.S. are so so lucky that you can do that! We can't do it here in Canada cuz if we could, guess what my new hobby would be? | |
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| frugal meals for penniless
Posted: 2/21/2012 8:38:24 PM |
I have been feeling very weak when I walk and without much focus on my daily tasks.
Buy some milled flax seed and put a couple of tablespoons in or on your food. It will provide fiber but more importantly omega 3 fatty acids which will help with focus and energy. | |
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Posted: 2/21/2012 8:48:00 PM |
SingleGuy you folks in the U.S. are so so lucky that you can do that! We can't do it here in Canada cuz if we could, guess what my new hobby would be?
there's TONS of couponing in canada.
k.w.
look around | |
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| frugal meals for penniless
Posted: 2/22/2012 12:11:56 AM | | careful with the flax seed...it has been known to produce explosive results | |
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| frugal meals for penniless
Posted: 2/22/2012 9:23:19 AM | | KW? I will definately inquire into couponing here in Canada but we don't have double downs and all that extra that the U.S. provides | |
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Posted: 2/22/2012 12:30:49 PM | well welcome back miss moonie.......i trust vacation was great ...and that you dont miss miguel the cabanna boy too much
op.........be on the lookout for salvage stores.....i'm lucky in that there are several close to me.......i easily buy a months worth of food for $70......depending on what meat i need.......less than $100 | |
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Posted: 2/22/2012 4:31:23 PM | <--frugalitic ... I just made a word 
Got my Breadmaker from Craigslist for $20.
I grind oatmeal and add to flour to make my flour last longer by using so much. I've baked many things with this including bread.
.. out of egg? I use ground flax/water mix
1 egg can feed me and my boys pancakes one morning and I've used the flax subsitute.
One large steak sliced up with veggies and rice turns into a stirfry meal
Low on meat? Pound meat into a large piece, egg wash then season flour.. bake or fry.
Stale bread? Make stuffing or bread pudding. Nothing goes to waste.
Received 10 small pumpkins last fall. I spent half a day baking, pureeing then canning them. I have two left to use.
Hungry for a sweet snack? Heat up pancake syrup with a bit of butter, add flavorings ie vanilla. When at soft ball stage, pour over Popped corn. Instant caramel popcorn in mere minutes.
Tried other ethic types of food to stretch the ingredients in my cupboard.
I use chickpeas for falafel and hummus. Used them in sandwichs/wraps. Potatoes into perogies. | |
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Posted: 2/23/2012 3:20:40 PM | | Do you have any food co-ops that you can exchange time worked for food. The colledge town I went to had a good one and it is still going strong 35 years later. | |
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Posted: 2/24/2012 6:59:46 AM | Ramen to a boil and when it's boiling drop in an egg and stir rapidly until it's done. Poor man's egg drop soup which will also supply protein. | |
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Posted: 2/26/2012 4:24:23 AM | When I was a starving college student I would buy boxes of mac and cheese on sale at 4 or 5 /dollar. Also grab cans of tuna on sale for the same price. Make one box of mac, add a can of tuna, and maybe if feeling flush throw in part of a bag of frozen store-brand mixed veggies. Quick tuna casserole. That's a very inexpensive meal for two.
While not as popular now, many stores still have food in bulk bins, and it's usually much cheaper than the stuff in pretty wrappers. Oatmeal, cereal, dried fruit or nuts are usually available, and sometimes pancake mix, rice and other staples. Saving on packaging helps the environment and helps save you cash. | |
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Posted: 2/26/2012 8:28:57 AM | Home made tomato soup
1 jar store bought tomato sauce 16 oz (or use your own sauce great for using up leftovers)
3 cups water
1/2 cup rice
bring to boil then simmer till rice is cooked
makes a thick soup thin to taste with cream, milk or soymilk
serve with Ceasear salad use chickpeas or chicken I am vegetarian so they make a good substitute..
heart healthy ,budget friendly
served 4 | |
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Posted: 2/26/2012 11:24:37 AM | Lol ~ SnowMoon that reminds of when
I made the tomato soup like you but added ketchup for little zing to the taste- but things were so tight with money n college it was water-rice-tomato soup n ketcup or sometimes just without the rice. | |
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| frugal meals for penniless
Posted: 2/26/2012 4:56:07 PM | I still make quite a few meals that are fairly cheap.
Cook up some chicken breast in a pan (I usually buy the frozen bags of them), season with a little rosemary, garlic salt, little black pepper and parsley. Then as added filler, make some spaghetti noodles, usually I buy the discount whatever that store has. Cut the chicken up and add it to the noodles with a little Parmesan, and it works out great! I haven't tried it yet, but I always thought some Alfredo sauce would work out well with that too.
Ground beef with mashed potatoes is another, you can make any sort of shepard's pie fairly cheap. Add in whatever you like.
Basically in short a good way to eat cheap and still get at least a semi nutritional meal, have some meat, some vegetables, and use a filler to make it go further. Stews are usually good, sometimes boiling meat will make it expand a bit. You have to get a bit creative, you may even look up some depression era meals. My grandmother grew up in those days and would share some of the techniques used to make food go a bit further. | |
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Posted: 2/27/2012 4:40:10 AM | | Dovelett, you were way ahead of the times that recipe came off Nigella Lawson s web site wonder if she was also inspired as struggling student.... | |
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Posted: 2/27/2012 5:04:11 AM | | SnowMoon~Don't know ~my mothers mother used to come up this sort of things during depression n carried over. Grandma was from Germany. | |
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Posted: 2/27/2012 1:56:14 PM | The Chinese are the most frugal and would eat all parts of the animal.
Liver, kidney , offals.. are all edible protein and cheap . However, they are acquired taste.
Cut them into thin slivers/slices, stir fry with oil, garlic and ginger slices or strips, o flavoured with soy sauce and sesame oil, garnished with chopped spring onions. Make a nice quick meal with rice.
Also try fish head curry. Fishmongers in the west mostly throw them away, or you pay very little for them. They cook well as curry with tomatoes and onions..or make a rich stock with ginger, onions, lemon juice, tomatoes, chillie..
I once entertain 8 people to a curry fish head dinner all for less than £1. | |
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