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Posted: 11/21/2007 10:57:04 AM | Tater Tots, My way
Ingredients:
Handful tater tots (Half bag for 2)
2 eggs
velveeta cheese (Or generic equivalent)
Sliced canned Mushrooms
Any meat you like in omlettes
Black olives?
Dash milk
Season salt
Cook tots in micro till mushable. Once done, break apart and set aside.
In another bowl combine eggs, mushrooms, meat, olives... or whatever you like in omlettes. Be creative. THe more, the heartier. Stir in tots. Slice up chese and drop it on top of the mix. Pop in micro for about one minute. Stir eggs up well, add season salt, stir again. Pop in micro another minute or so. Stir the egg until you can definately tell they're done. It's my favorite breakfast these days... I don't add the olives or meat because that there is fancy stuff we can't afford (I wish I was kidding) but it's stil really yummy.
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Posted: 11/21/2007 11:08:56 AM | Hot Potato.
Ingedients:
1 Potato.
Instructions:
Pick up potato in left hand, if your right is the dominant one.
If you are privilaged enough to have running water, place potato under it, if you don't have running water, then semi clean rain water may be found in an old tire or something.
With right hand scrub away any dirt. Personally, I find that if I find a stick or something to use for this task, I can get more dirt off it.
Place potato in a sock.
NOTE: After heating sock might be too hot to wear right away, so consider cooking if you are not going out for a little while.
If you are lucky enough to have an oven, pre-heat oven to a hot temperature.
Place potato in the sock, and place said package in the oven.
WARNING: If the oven is too hot you might burn the sock, and will have to put the other one in too, so that they will match.
If you do not have an oven, you might consider other heat sources, such as an Iron, dishwasher (on hot cycle), or climbing into a neighbors window to use their oven. If you do the later, what the heck, check out their refridgirator for food stuffs which they wont miss, if you take some.
You can also place potato in the hot sun if you live in the Southern Hemosphere, for a few hours. Not sure if this method works, because I have decent neighbors who are kind enough to not secure their windows.
When potato is hot, remove from sock.
You may now place sock on one of your feet to keep them warm and toasty.
GARNISHMENTS:
In the winter, there is plenty of salt to be had. You may look under the bumper of a car for some, or scrape some up from the side walk, preferably where not too many people have walked yet.
NOTE: It's a good idea to get some salt for later use, right after it snows, and the salt is still fresh.
In the summer, find a fat person tanning themselves, and rub potato all over their body (Then run like hell).
But, don't forget to take the potato with you.
Find a quiet spot (I prefer a secluded area under a bridge) and enjoy.
NOTE: Don't be a snob. You can use this recepie for lunch and dinner too.
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Posted: 11/21/2007 11:20:19 AM | ^^^hehe
Shit on a Shingle. Sausage or chipped beef in white gravy poured over Texas Toast or biskits.
Chirizo, egg and cheese breakfast burritos. | |
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Posted: 11/21/2007 11:29:43 AM | | Sorry, Geneseo, I can do much better than that. Go find a local hotel that includes continental breakfast and make yourself one of those nice belgian waffles they have. Make one to put in your pocket/purse for later, too. Don't forget to help yourself to a banana and some cereal and milk while you're at it. Some of them have biscuits and gravy as well. Don't be shy...just don;t get caught! :) | |
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Posted: 11/21/2007 12:04:10 PM | | As funny as this thread is turning ... and yes, I laughed... I'd have to have more than 25 cents to my name to afford expendable socks (I can't even find a MATCHING pair of socks so I'm not using them as cooking utensils but thanks for the advice lol) ... truth is this is a very serious issue. Money is so tight right now I'm learning that between 4 fat people and one skinny chick (At 130 pounds I'm the skinny one and THAT makes me feel less than gorgeous) and a one year old baby in the house, $480 for groceries doesn't go very far and I have to learn creative ways to eat. IF we don't figure something out soon we may lost the apartment and then I have nowhere to go. Shortcuts are my heroes. It's pathetic I know but its my reality and ... well, sometimes Ramen is my best friend ... | |
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Posted: 11/21/2007 1:00:20 PM | OK - serious help here. Go for the Ramen if you have to. You can also add cooked potatoes and carrots/veggies to it. (ah college...but I digress) Use rice with dishes as an inexpensive way to stretch a meal.
Soups and pasta are good cheap ways to eat and still get flavor and fill up. Bean soups still give you protein and don't require a lot of expensive ingredients. (You can even use water instead of chicken broth.) You can make French Onion soup out of onions, a little garlic and boullion cubes if nothing else.
Eggs are pretty reasonable and nutritious - so I guess that's the best 'poor man's breakfast'. You can have omelettes a lot of different ways before you're sick of them.
The best economy is to plan your meals so ingredients can be used in multipe meals. This is something everybody struggles with. If you get carrots for one meal, make sure you're using the rest of the bunch in something else so nothing is wasted.
If you're really in dire straits and it's sounding that way go ask for help at the Salvation Army or an area church or food bank. There's absolutely no shame in it - especially if it means more money toward the rent (sometimes they can help with that, too.) My sister was a social worker, so I know that help is available - expecially if you are persistent:)
Good luck - I know you're in a tight spot. | |
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Posted: 11/21/2007 1:09:14 PM | | Thank you SOOOOO MUCH for your great advice. I talked to my mom about food pantries and the like but she refuses, says its embarassing. I'd go but have no way to get there so... I'm going to get food stamps. That's the $ she has for food. SInce I am a single mom, between my daughter and I I will get $284 (Have had them before) and I am also getting a piddly part time gig soon so the $ will be great for food and posibly clothes and if I start saving up I can eventually afford my own place and that'll help mom with her $ woes. It's stressing me out but have t make do. Thanks again. Much appreciated :) | |
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Posted: 11/21/2007 1:41:54 PM | | I like putting a basic egg, cheese and onion omelet in tortilla's and roll it up. It's quick and easy. Adding some corned beef hash is also yummy! | |
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Posted: 11/21/2007 2:12:51 PM | Heres a really poor persons breakbast................................................................................................................................................................................and a cup of hot water.( haha just kidding).
Here is a breakfast that you can use if you have leftover meatloaf.
2 eggs and ,some leftover meatloaf.......fry eggs anyway you like,but try NOT to scramble, .....meen while as eggs cook place slices (2 per egg )of meatloaf on a dinner plate, heat in microwave 35 to 40 seconts, when eggs are cooked to your likeing, use meatloaf like bread. This fills you up and gives you LOTS of energy.Oh yah if you dont have a microwave heat up meatloaf in another frying pan, and it will teast better.
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Posted: 11/21/2007 2:22:21 PM | Okay ~ care for any mextex?
requires a little prep ~ but you can eat 5 to 6 meals on one prep.
cook time 5 minutes
I cut up lettice fine( stringy)
tomatoes (2) dice
1 can of refried beans
sweet onion ~ dice
lime ~ slices
avacodo ~ slices
salantro ~ chopped
Place is all in one plastic storage dish
Beef Flank
cut thin strips , season and fry light with the oil
Okay ~ now you are ready to cook and eat in 5 to 6 min, max
Skillet~ light oil
two eggs ~any old way you like em
throw in the beef strips~ onions, later the salantro ~ lime down the warming beef
close to done ~ the tomatos, and refried bean just to warm
throw a flour Taco on top of it all to warm ~ keep watch and keep working,
cooks very fast
Make you plate ~with all thats left ~~ needless to say ~A nice Green salsa or jalopenos peppers an a Polco Cornia Cavasa~~ Mmmmmmmm~ dar | |
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Posted: 11/21/2007 3:27:58 PM | Another serious post... I do the shopping for 4 on just a bit over $200 a month. No food stamps, no pantries, just careful shopping and being a little lax on good nutrition (not enough fresh fruits and too much pasta)...
Watch sales: never, ever buy anything NOT on sale, except 1 chocolate bar per shopping trip (rewards). Use grocery savings cards or do your shopping at Food for Less or (eeech) Walmart. Compare prices in ounces or servings- larger bags are not always worth the price difference.
Rice, pasta, grains, and taters are cheap. A 5 pound sack of rice is $2.50 and can feed 4 people for a month. Grains like oatmeal, buckwheat groats, barley, rice, and others are cheap and good for breakfast or dinner. Taters are versatile- sliced and fried for breakfast, baked and stuffed with veggies and burger for lunch or dinner, smashed, fried, grated, pancakes, etc and you can get a 10 pound sack for $3.00. Frozen veggies can be found for $1 a pound on sale too.
You can get meat inexpensively if you not only watch sales but look for the bulk packs- about 20-25% cheaper, and freeze in single serve portions.
Stay away from prepared fast-food stuff. Those tater tots are costly. Grate a single russet tater and fry in a bit of oil and it's only a few cents, and taste is much better.
Brekkie recipes to follow in another post... | |
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Posted: 11/21/2007 4:12:32 PM | Shop at an Aldi's and get better prices on the things you use most, canned veggies, rice, beans etc.
Poor mans Breakfast? This is a no-brainer. Feeds a family of 4 quite easily.
1/2 green pepper diced small
3 potatos diced small
1 small onion diced small
6 eggs.
salt/pepper/dash garlic/ pinch of thyme or oregano/pinch sweet basil
Fry potatos , pepper and onion till brown and done through.
Whip the eggs with some milk add the seasonings. Put the potato mess into a greased glass baking pan and pour eggs over. Bake at 325 till center is set. Sprinkle a bit of parmasan over top. Cut into squares and serve with buttered toast. Breakfast for 4 for less than a dollar a person. | |
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Posted: 11/21/2007 5:23:36 PM | | Heres a better understanding at the issues... The ONLY place we shop at is Aldi. One shopping trip, around $100, lasts MAYBE one week in this house. I eat very light as it is, still have to drop another 20 pounds, Everyone else eats like a thousand horses. There are more condiments in this house than actual food. It's embarassing. I begged my ex for $10 just so I could eat. He laughed at me and said he didnt have any $ at all. I'm trying to get a job and I have to get to the DHS for food stamps and contact the Greater Chicago Food Thingy... but it's not MY pride that effects the food in the house. I wish I could do more. It's really scary. | |
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Posted: 11/21/2007 6:40:32 PM | Honey J you seem to thrive on the victim status. You are getting good information, but yet you focus on the "poor pityful me" direction.
Either you can take the advice given with thanks and honor or you can keep looking for sympathy. You looking for advice or a sugar daddy on a singles site?
I hold little sympathy for perpetual victims. Many fall on hard times once in a while. Only a rare few expect to be rescued rather than be proactive. You've proven to me where you stand. | |
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Posted: 11/21/2007 6:46:08 PM | | barley is a great "extender" for soups (especially vegetable) and meats (like meatloaf or croquettes) ... "When the weather's cold, a big pot of soup simmering on the stove warms the heart as well as the hearth. Adding some whole grain barley to the pot will improve your health along with the flavor of whatever soup or stew you're cooking. In addition to its robust flavor, barley's claim to nutritional fame is based on its being a very good source of fiber and selenium, and a good source of phosphorus, copper and manganese." Comes in a box like Rice-a-roni does. | |
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Posted: 11/21/2007 6:52:16 PM | One thing I make often (for dinner, but you could switch things around and make it for breakfast) is homemade pizza. I make the dough from scratch (PENNIES!!) because I have alot of time and alot of angst and pounding that dough makes me happy  (they're coming to take me away, ha-ha . . . .).
I live alone and all of the dough recipes I've seen are for 2 pizzas, but I divide it into 4 and freeze 3 of them.
I don't much like pizza meats (but here is where you could make it for breakfast and stretch a little sausage a loooooong way) so I slice alot of vegetables real thin (tomatoes, onions, peppers) and pile 'em on. . . . .
Homemade pizza sauce . . . . I have found that most of the grocery stores here rotate the cheese sales and (even though I live alone) I will buy a pound block and chop it up and freeze what I am not going to use right away.
Anyway, if you have the time and not the money, it is a real cheap (but fun) way to stretch things. And the dough . . . . think of what you will save on therapy!!
And today, being Thanksgiving Eve . . . . think how far you can stretch a turkey (OK, not literally . . . sheesh!!). There are a few threads here on leftover turkey and a whole bunch on eating on the cheap, but I have no idea what the titles are (although I know if you put in "turkey", this forum comes up with quite a few).
Anyway, HAPPY THANKSGIVING, all!!
Rx
Re: Msg. #4--A friend of mine has a son and when he was in school and dead-broke, he would find out where there was going to be a big family reunion and crash them and tell people that he was "Ruth's grandson". Why Ruth? Because every family has a Ruth in it (speaking for myself, there are three in my family!!). | |
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Posted: 11/21/2007 6:52:17 PM | Beentheredonethat^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Completely agree, excellent post.
Another great tip would be to give up the "Often" smoking and save yourself a ton of money you could put towards real food.
Quit being a victim, take control of your life and destiny. | |
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Posted: 11/21/2007 7:08:28 PM | Frozen pizza crust, any kind of diced meat, onions, green peppers, and leftovers that you have with a half-dozen scrambled eggs poured on top. Taa-daa. Breakfast pizza. A little shredded cheese helps as well. Get creative as you want. It's always good.  | |
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Posted: 11/21/2007 7:24:16 PM | Ooooh I get to pick apart nastiness and take a stand. Thanks for giving me some fun on a wednesday night looming with impending snow :)
Honey J you seem to thrive on the victim status. You are getting good information, but yet you focus on the "poor pityful me" direction.
Either you can take the advice given with thanks and honor or you can keep looking for sympathy. You looking for advice or a sugar daddy on a singles site?
Point A: I DO NOT THRIVE ON BEING A VICTOM. oooooh got my blood roiling right now, lemme tell ya. And I sure as hell don't focus on "poor pitiful me". I face hardships that are new to me, I come for support. Maybe YOU think that's what I'm doing but that's because your perception and pointof view is more... distinct due to having your head shoved that far up your... I digress.
Point B: I wasn't aware I was looking for sympathy. Oh that's right, BECAUSE I WASN'T. Haha funny how that works that way huh? I ask for advice, kindness, I don't have time to read your negative BS response. Bad things happen but I don't desire pitty or the like. I seek advice, support, encouragement, NOT BROW BEATING LOONS LIKE YOU WITH COLD ICY HEARTS INCAPABLE OF COMPASSION. Ugh, you disgust me.
As for the "Sugar daddy" comment... HA. I'm a cheap date, you GD moron. If I wanted guys to spend $ on me I'd prolly have a more active sex life.
I hold little sympathy for perpetual victims. Many fall on hard times once in a while. Only a rare few expect to be rescued rather than be proactive. You've proven to me where you stand
Point C: Never asked to be rescued. Never asked for your sympathy. Never asked you to breathe in my general direction. Now move along and find more productive things to do than waste time on negativity. Maybe go get your nips pierced or a tattoo on your butt. Might be fun.
I feel better. | |
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Posted: 11/21/2007 7:25:14 PM | I have to respond to the mean-spirited posts (I HATE when this site turns ugly . . . .)
I had a couple really bad years when I would comb lawns for dandelions to eat and sleep in truck stops because . . . to be specific, I had real badly botched surgery, which left me disabled for a long while and there was not a safety net to be found until the government, after 2 years, paid me disability for those two lost years. Food stanps wouldn't have helped; I had nowhere to cook anything and I would have sold my only child for a couple of cans of food.
To this day, even though my life has recovered, as have I, I keep a bunch of canned goods in my pantry even though I hate canned food and will never eat them.
I don't think that I was the most optomistic person during those years, however I learned that sometimes bad things happen and don't stop happening for a long, long time. And sometimes it just happens and isn't the fault of the person it happens to.
Like a mantra, I would tell myself to hold tight, breathe deep, because the bad times will end. And they did.
But not before I learned a lesson that a couple of you have not; that there but for the grace, go I . . . .
Rx
Good luck, Honey. It'll pass. | |
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Posted: 11/21/2007 8:14:22 PM | edited: started this post a few hours ago, then had a power failure and had to shut down. Good thing Firefox saves last session.
<div class="quote"> Everyone else eats like a thousand horses.
That's the largest part of the problem right there, it seems. Well, that and shopping at Aldi  in the first place... You can do better at Jewel than Aldi if you watch prices and sales, especially for canned and some frozen stuff, and the quality is better, meaning better nutrition.
Another thing of to shop more often if you can... buy less but more often, so it's not being over-eaten and disappearing from the pantry instead of for planned menus and meals. That might let you get some fresh fruits and veggies also, just but enough for a meal or two.
Anyways, a couple of yummy-good and inexpensive brekkies for you...
Cheesy Grits and Eggs
Use regular NOT instant (just add hot water) grits.
2 eggs
1/2 tsp dried onion flakes
1/4 tsp minced garlic
1/4 cup shredded sharp cheddar
2 Tbsp butter or margerine
Cook grits, adding dry seasoning to water before the grits go in. Once the grits are almost done, put the eggs in a skillet to cook to your taste- I like over easy, but scrambled is OK too. When eggs are done, move fast- pour grits into a large bowl, add cheese and butter, mix well. Season with salt & pepper to taste, slide eggs over the grits and serve.
Revisited Rice
About 1-2 cup of cooked rice leftover from last night's dinner
1 small onion, fine chopped
Generous handful of frozen mixed veggies
1/2 cup chicken stock or water
In a large skillet, add oil, chopped onion saute until onion is clear, add rice, toss until rive is warmed, about 3-4 minutes. Toss in frozen veggies, add 1 Tbsp say sauce, 1/2 tsp chinese mustard (1 pkt from the take-out) and liquid- cover and reduce heat to simmer for 5 minutes. While simmering lightly scramble a couple of eggs (2 per cup of rice), uncover the rice, move everything to one side of the skillet, turn up the heat and add eggs- scramble, mix into rice & veggies, plate & serve. | |
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Posted: 11/21/2007 8:44:23 PM | Dancecard, out of all the ones here yours sounds the best! Set me a seat at your table. I can eat taco type fare for breakfast any day of the week. I find the pork shoulder roasts for like 99 cents a pound and render the fat away slowly on the rotisserie. I prefer hickory chips for the woodsmoke. They are fatty but because of that they have great flavor. The rotisserie cooks off most of the fat so they're pretty healthy in the end. Then once cool hand shred the pork and it makes fantastic taco meat which I have no problem eating morning, noon, and night. I've always been that way about tacos. If you really want to stretch your taco meat mix it fifty fifty with homemade refried beans.
Taco meat with rice
Taco meat on baked potatoes with cheese
Taco in homemade pitabreads (cheap since I make them myself)
Potato n Meat Chimichangas (I make the flour shell myself and flour tortillas, too)
Soft shell tacos
Taco pizza
Taco Salad
Taco meat stuffed hash brown
But still the cheapest best breakfast is my fresh potato hashbrowns which I've described over and over again in other threads. Very filling, all your days vit C! | |
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Posted: 11/21/2007 9:14:56 PM | For anyone here that is in this situation another source of food that will help is Angel Food Ministries. Non denominational and no income requirements. $25 lets up buy a large box of various meats, boxed and canned goods every month. The menu changes and is usually pretty good. Can also add special boxes of more meats and such for a lower price.
http://www.angelfoodministries.com/default.asp
Last months menu for a comparison
(1) 4 lb. IQF Leg Quarters
(1) 26 oz. Banquet Sliced Turkey Dinner
(4) 8 oz. 80/20 Lean Beef Patties
(1) 1 lb. IQF Chicken Breast
(1) 1 lb. Gourmet Sausage
(1) 1 lb. Corn Dogs
(1) 1 lb. Ground Turkey
(1) 12 oz. Philly Steaks
(1) 6.5 oz. Stroganoff Dinner
(1) 1 lb. Pinto Beans
(1) 1 lb. Rice
(1) 1 lb. California Veggie Blend
(1) 2 lb. Fresh Onions
(1) 24 oz. Natural Cut French Fries
(1) 7 oz. Blue Berry Muffin Mix
(1) Dessert Item | |
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Posted: 11/21/2007 10:47:15 PM | | Yo, Zero! YOU ROCK!! Thank you SO MUCH for that information! I just checked it out and they're everywhere! You just don't know how many people are really hard up and struggling just to get some decent food cuz they're so broke. You're the best! Thank you! And, uh, you're lookin' kinda cute, there, Zero...Love, Titus | |
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