Cheap food

[HottyToddyChick]

What are some of your favorite end-of-the-pay-period-can't-really-afford-to-eat meals? I don't want to spend a lot on groceries this go round.

But I don't mean like Ramen... healthy(ish) stuff.

 

[AnitaBeer]

Spinach tortilla warps - meat, cheese, spinach leaves, tomatoes. mmmmm

 

[Peter Parka]

Jacket potatoes and chilli con carni. :thumbup

 

[HottyToddyChick]

Ooh! Chili.. Chili dogs. Chili over chips.

I can work with chili.

What are jacket potatoes?

 

[HottyToddyChick]

Spinach tortilla warps - meat, cheese, spinach leaves, tomatoes. mmmmm

That actually sounds pretty good. Do you season them at all? Ground beef or like deli meats?

 

[Boomerang]

Foil packs. I take ground hamburger and make it into a patties. Then I cut up a potato and put it, the hamburger, a little slice of butter, and some canned corn into a piece of foil and fold it up. After awhile in the oven I have an amazing meal that cost vey little.

Edit: You can use any vegetable or seasonings you want. I just really like corn.

Of course I am also a huge fan of macaroni and cheese. I did not think this fit in your healty(ish) criteria though.

 

[Pabst]

i usually make a pot of bean soup. lots of fiber and protein, veggies are cheap and you can get smoked hocks cheap to lend smokey flavor to the pot. one pot, about 10 bucks and for one person it will last a whole week if you eat it for lunch and dinner.

 

[Pabst]

Ooh! Chili.. Chili dogs. Chili over chips.

I can work with chili.

What are jacket potatoes?

baked potatoes.

 

[darkcgi]

taco bell

 

[Kyle B]

Foil packs. I take ground hamburger and make it into a patties. Then I cut up a potato and put it, the hamburger, a little slice of butter, and some canned corn into a piece of foil and fold it up. After awhile in the oven I have an amazing meal that cost vey little.

Edit: You can use any vegetable or seasonings you want. I just really like corn.

I've had this before, it's delicious. If you add carrots, celery and some other easy vegetables, you'll have yourself an even more healthy and yummy meal.

 

[HottyToddyChick]

I'll have to try the burger and potato thing... sounds yummy!

And definitely the bean soup! I have an awesome chicken soup recipe, but it costs a LOT. It's worth it cause it lasts forever, and you can add more broth and thin it out and stretch it even further, but it's expensive for the whole.

 

[Peter Parka]

Ooh! Chili.. Chili dogs. Chili over chips.

I can work with chili.

What are jacket potatoes?

Microwave an unpeeled potato after pricking it all over with a fork for 10 minutes. Stick it on a tray, pour oil all over it and bake it in the oven for an hour. :thumbup

 

[Tangerine]

Surely considering where you are from... Red Beans and Rice has to be an option!

 

[HottyToddyChick]

I've yet to find a good red beans and rice recipe...

 

[Sneakiecat]

We do navy or lima beans and rice. And I do a chicken stir-fry with pepper, onion, broccoli, and noodle (typically plain ramen ones but any will do).

 

[Tangerine]

I've yet to find a good red beans and rice recipe...

I can give you a really good one, but if we're just talking cheap-o food, the Zatarain's stuff in the box with a pound of smoked sausage added to it is pretty damn good and a real cheap meal - plus some leftovers.

 

[Jessica]

anything that we have in our fridge

 

[Kyle B]

Here's a cheap and easy one: Rice and beans.

 

[AnitaBeer]

That actually sounds pretty good. Do you season them at all? Ground beef or like deli meats?

Deli meats. The wrap itself is a spinach wrap, but they have other flavored tortilla wraps as well.

 

[JanieDough]

hot pockets. spaghetti.