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Just snagged all this for ~$14 USD. Remember, it's much easier to easy and be full as a poor person if you eat fast food and junk food as opposed to the much more expensive "healthy" options.

>>9309030
>Just snagged all this for ~$14 USD.
fake and gay, also mcD doesn't fill at all.

I usually rock Spaghetti and Meatballs for about 15$ for 3 meals.

>>9309038
Stay mad poorfag.

>>9309030

...Where did you buy this from again? McDonalds doesn't sell donuts.

>>9309022

I'm probably gonna do what this guy here says, >>9309058 just make some spaghetti sauce for dinner with some angel hair. However later on this week I'm gonna be making curry and maybe some pot roast if I can find a cheap cut of beef.

>>9309061
>boast about how little you spent
>get called out for your bs
>call him a poorfag for not believing you spent only a bit of money
>???
gotta practice jewing more

>>9309076
Yes they do.

>>9309086
Stay mad poorfag.

>>9309022
i've always been a big fan of making big portions of lasagna since ingredients are cheap, you get to use up all of your ingredients. freeze the rest for whenever you dont want to cook. also good old beans in some kind of sauce. for meat i just buy whole chickens and cut them up myself, cheapest meat i found. should last you a few meals

>>9309030
That's some bad bait right there

>>9309097
are you the same guy that was being needlessly childish and angry yesterday?
also this is a poorfag thread so welcome to the club c:

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Right now I'm having some oatmeal with an egg beaten into it. Have you guys ever tried this? It has such a nice rich texture, and with some cinnamon and sugar it tastes like french toast.

>>9309105
He's not wrong.

>>9309114
No. Are you the same guy that was being needlessly childish and angry yesterday?

>>9309118
sounds good. i'll try this. my usual is just honey and whatever fruit is cheap

>>9309118
Sounds really good. I was looking for breakfast ideas and I think I'll make this.

That looks like shit desu. Get a job.

>>9309238
>looks like
I don't eat food with my eyes

>>9309119

Well, he is. Where can you buy all that stuff for $14? Nowhere.

"Wonderpot" style is my new favorite poorfag pasta. The basic idea is you cook your pasta in a few cups of broth along with butter/oil, spices, and whatever veggies/meat you want to use all in the same pan. The broth mixture cooks down and forms its own sauce with the pasta starch. It's a great cheap way to make a hamburger helper-like concoction. Sample recipe:
http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/member/views/italian-wonderpot-52840431

>>9309022
Instead of shitposting on 4chan you could get a job and not be poor. Imagine that.

>>9309464
I already have two jobs. shitposting is just a couple of minutes at a time. I'm poor because I have to pay for my daughter's hospital bills.

>>9309208
Eating it now with some vanilla and cinnamon, I don't notice a big difference in flavor. I hope the egg cooked enough. I'll keep experimenting with it, it's worth a try for the protein alone.

>>9309030
not true

meal prep is much more affordable than eating out anywhere

I had a banana this morning.

>>9309022
Split-pea and lentil soup made with homemade chicken broth. Also had onions, potatoes, and carrots in it. Had the texture and appearance of baby food, but it's high in protein, fiber, and vitamins. Pretty filling and has a strong savory flavor too.

I hate it.

Made smoked chicken a few days ago.
Ramen with smoked chicken slices.
Garlic ginger and green onion in Ramen broth..
Lazy af can still taste nice.

rice with 1 can of tuna

>>9309058
how is $5 a meal cheap

>>9309022
Some hot dogs with 'chili sauce' and Fritos. I'll probably be having macaroni tomorrow.

>>9309464
SHAMe!

>>9309058
Only three meals outta that $15? You must be buying premade meatballs.

Boiled up some homemade dumplings, ate it with whatever was available
800 kcal for $0.15 get on my level

But in all seriousness, how often do you guys make room in your budget to eat at restaurants/fast food? I haven't done so in months, last couple of times I did just didn't seem worth it at all

>>9311296
Here's my recipe for Meatballs Cheapanara. Easy to make, tastes good, cheap as balls, good for freezing so you can eat them later.

>1lb 80-20 ground beef, cheapest you can get it
>1lb of Jimmy Dean hot pork sausage, or a cheaper brand if you can find it
>4 slices of store-brand white bread
>1 medium onion
>2 eggs
>1 and 1/2 tablespoons parsley
>1 tablespoon garlic powder
>teaspoon black pepper
>teaspoon salt
>half a green bottle of "Parmesan" "cheese"
>olive oil

Toast your bread slices to all hell in tge morning, just short of burning the fucks, then let them dry out all day. Throw them in a plastic bag and mash them up as best you can, then take the bigger chunks to a cheese grater to get them nice and crumbly. Dice your onion as fine as you can get it, throw it in a food processor or blender if you have one. Cook the onion in a pan until clear with a little olive oil, then drain. In a large mixing bowl, combine all ingredients except the olive oil.

Heat your oven to 400F, and lightly grease a 13x9 baking pan with the olive oil. Form meatballs with your hands, about 1-1/2 inch diameter, and put them in the pan. It's okay if they touch a little. You may need to do multiple batches, though. Bake for about 20 minutes. Serve immediately or freeze and reheat in a pot on the stove with sauce. Should round out to like 10 meals worth of meatballs assuming you serve them with Ragu on a pile of bulk spaghetti.

>>9309038
>
i never got the meme that X doesn't fill,
it's physical volume, it will fill your stomach like anything else
i've never had a food i could eat more of than any other food....?

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Pancake, but I had no Milk, so just flour, water, sugar and a tiny bit of cinnamon.
Suprisingly decent

>shitty slop that belongs on /b/: the thread

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>tfw everyone keeps talking about their fancy carbonara and bolognese and I'm sitting here loving my buttered egg noodles

>>9313394
The original patrician way.

>>9309125
No. Are you the same guy that was being needlessly childish and angry yesterday?

>>9313542
Eiernudeln sind die Übernudel

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Grow herbs faggots
It's a very cheap way to improve your meals drastically.

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>>9313625
nah I'm good

>moved into my first apartment
>got a good rice cooker
>bought 20lb of botan calrose rice
what should I put on it? Rice is new to me. I know I can make stuff like banana bread and such in it as well

>>9314014
>what should I put on it?

Nothing. It's a side dish that goes with the rest of your meal.

>>9314014
>cook rice
>dump a can of tuna into it
>some soy sauce + salt & pepper
add some parsley and / or lime if you're feeling fancy.

>>9314035
isn't it bad to eat a lot of canned tuna? Due to heavy metals and such

>>9314039
I dunno but you should eat as much of it as you can before it goes extinct

>>9314014
You gonna make that rice with milk or water, Dante?

>>9314039
>isn't it bad to eat a lot of canned tuna?

Yes. That doesn't mean you can't eat it, it just means you shouldn't eat it several times a week.

>>9314054
You're confusing bluefin tuna with the stuff that gets canned. That 'ain't bluefin, and it's not endangered.

>>9309022
Rice with beans

>>9311367
what was the filling?

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this was very edible for $2.50
what do you guys do for pizza?

Grilled cheese sandwiches my dude.

>>9314094
I buy fresh ingredients and make my own because I'm not poor. :^)

>>9314094
Poorfag here. I make my own pizza from scratch.

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>>9309022
Smoked and braised Chuck, mashed sweet potatoes, canned green beans with garlic and prepackaged garlic toast.

>>9314094
Tombstone is a better value. It costs a bit more but you get more 'za, and it also tastes way better than Jack's.

>>9314039
Yeah. I get salmon instead.

>>9309118
Uncooked beaten egg added to hot oatmeal and mixed? please specify, i'm too cheap to experiment.

>>9314027
>>9314054
>>9314062
>>9316035
Just had some rice. did what the bag said to do. seemed starchy. Is the
>wash rice thrice
meme real?

>>9315965
That beef looks raw

>>9316378
Yes.

>>9312863
>what is density
rethink your statement

>>9314039
that's a meme. it's fine as long as you're getting enough selenium. Selenium prevents free radical damage in the body, and mercury binds aggressively to selenium - preventing it from being able to protect your body from free radicals - that's what mercury poisoning is: extreme free radical damage. Luckily tuna has loads of selenium, much more selenium than mercury.

The only fish that have more mercury than selenium are sharks, swordfish and whales. Unless you're eating mako shark and killer whale every day (or you're a nursing or pregnant mother or under the age of 3) mercury poisoning is a meme

>>9316400
are you high?

>>9316434
It's literally bright pink around the edges

>>9316450
bait

>>9316450
i smoked it first for about 5 hours before i braised it. it was rubbed and it sat about and hour to come up to room temp. it was some on sale shit that i got for cheap so i did what i could to turn it into tender tasty meat. that was just smoke ring.
it did turn out pretty fuckin good.

>>9316298
Not him but I just mixed it in with the oats and water before I microwaved it

>>9309022
I had a tiny amount of bacon (that goes a very long way) with kale and pasta.

While possibly an unnecessary investment I think olives, capers and/or artichoke hearts can add a lot of flavor to a dish for relatively little money.

>>9314035
Thisssss

>>9309022
Ground pork and BBQ sauce with green chilies in a pita pocket.

>>9312863
fiber makes you feel full
If it was just about volume you could just drink a lot and wouldn't be hungry

>>9316515
That's exactly what I do. You just have to mix it in really good and frothy, and stir it again after a minute or two of cooking so you get the nice fluffy texture and no bits of scrambled egg.

>>9316431

There's a lot more that's bad for you in tuna than just mercury and the idea that mercury exposure is a "meme" but the idea that ingesting selenium and mercury in equal doses will cause the two to negate each other is some hardcore bro science. Long lived animals at the top of the food chain accumulate huge amounts of pollutants and that includes more heavy metals than just mercury and a wide range of pesticides as well.

It is indeed very bad to eat a lot of canned tuna and if you're planning to eat a lot of fish in general, you should try to make it fish that are as low on the food chain as possible - anchovies, sardines, etc.

>>9309022
Jesus Christ, man. Why not get some flour and yeast and have those sardines on some nice bread instead?

>>9313625
Looks good. I seem to kill plants just by looking at them. Kinda stoked I might get to taste a homegrown cherry tomato this year but I'm sure something will happen.

>>9309030

For $14, I could buy somewhere to the tune of 120 eggs (it's about $6-7 for a box of 60), enough to make two 2-egg omelets every day for a month. You might say to yourself, "wait, wouldn't that give you really bad cholesterol?" Well, I'm comparing it to McDonalds.

Reality: it's not expensive to eat healthy. It's expensive to eat complex ingredients. Frozen veggies are dirt cheap and they can add to any meal. Rice is cheap enough to be a staple in many third world countries. Chicken is one of the cheaper and healthier meals. Eggs are cheap protein and perfectly fine if you don't overdo them. Water is cheap enough to be basically free (sometimes even included in your rent cost), and a healthier alternative to soda. Seriously, drink more water.

Oh, and by the way... you've got four big macs in there. There is no way that whole thing costs $14 unless you live in fucking Ukraine, in which case, I'd be willing to bet $14 could go even further for proper groceries.

Not poor, but I eat like a poor person because muh culture (stuff to make our food is cheap).

Brekkie today was granola and yogurt. Total cost: 50c.
Lunch today was pasta with beans. Total cost: 60c.
Had a peach with lunch: 25c.
Dinner tonight will be rice and cabbage. Total cost: 60c.
Projected total for the day: $1.95US

And I just noticed that this was all vegetarian. Looks like I'm gonna have to have a steak tomorrow to counteract the faggotry.

Out camping because I'm homeless and camping is actually respectable. In my pack I've got rice, mac and cheese (on sale), knorrs, grated parmesan, a bunch of spices. Homemade jerky and pemmican and sunflower seeds for protein and got some dried sausages on sale. Thinking I'll have some sausages and mashed potatoes for lunch. Dehydrated bananas are really good too, cheap af if you invest in a food dehydrator. Filling, crunchy and healthy snack.

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i just had this, meat with alot of spices and some nuddles,
luckely for me i always stock up on outdated food from the store

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>>9309118
Just has this. Thank for the recommendation.

The one I had was microwaved, so it probably affected the taste but in all, it wasn't that bad. I added to much milk which made it a little sulpy and the egg took some of the sweetness of the brown sugar away, but it was alright.

>>9317752

...You couldn't like, make that meat into spaghetti sauce or something? This seems legit worse than prison food

>>9317773
yeah i could but to be honest i like meat with alot of spice

>>9317786

To each his own man, as long as you're enjoying it that's cool. Personally if I'm going to heavily spice some meat I just make tacos.

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>>9309022
500g Sauerkraut (0,40€), 250g minced Meat (1,50€), a bit paprica and 200g creme fraiche (0,50€) with garlic bread (Toast and garlic butter 1,00€).

3,40€/ 3 meals

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>>9318019
Before the creme

>>9318019
i love sauerkraut but if i eat too much it gives me the runs without fail

>buy a big bag of large carrots
>eat them raw for snacks, cut them up and drop them in the croc pot with anything, slice them for salads
>cheap


I like carrots

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>>9318047

>>9318026
looks way tastier sans creme

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>>9318058
Yeah, but it tastes way better with creme fraiche. Without it tastes more like a cheapo bigos (Sauerkraut, fresh cabbage, different sausages and pork with paprica powder = pic related).

You can add some green herbs for the aesthetics or don't mix the creme completely in, letting it have clear red and white patches. But I like to eat it right out of the pot if no one else is at home, so I don't care too much for presentation.

>>9318030
Yeah, I have to keep myself from eating the whole thing in one sitting to prevent spending the remaining day painting my ceramic.

>>9311396
There are some MEGAgood restaurants near me; that said I only have 4€ a day for food, so if I want to go to a restaurant I have to save like a madman.

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They were on sale where I work.

My tummy hurt after eating one of them.

>>9313394
Ive done that after spending my paycheck on rent and the bar.

Pan fried SPAM glazed in Oyster Sauce.
There is literally nothing more tasty.

i had a peice of fried chicken. it was good too,m so delicious n filling. i tried a little microwave meatloaf dinner yesterday, but that was not meatloaf. so i might have to do something drastic, like make it myself.

>>9311396
Always go for lunch or a dinner special cause that is when it is cheaper. Halfburger mondays, wing tuesdays, chinese lunch special ect...or buffet.

Diced raw tomatoes from mums garden with onion and sour cream.
This is god tier slav summer food.

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>>9315965

>eating land meat

look at mr fancypants over here

>>9316035

swai is better

>>9317650

being a fatass causes cholesterol not eggs

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>eggs on toast for breakfast
>pbj for lunch
>oats for snack
>fried swai and frozen veg for dinner

i eat white rice with two sunnyside eggs for 1/4 to 1/3 of my dinners

>tfw sweet potatos are literally rich people food here because they're expensive AF in the "exotic" section

>>9318047
Op here, me too. They're a guaranteed ingredient in any of my crock pot dishes

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>>9317589
>1490277165642

Nice try, but I think you're a fish

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Pork loin and green beans are bretty cheap atm, made some tonkotsu and rewatching Boy and the Beast. My kitchen is a complete mess but feels comfy, man.

can of sweet corn

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Baba Ganoush.

Entire thing cost less than $10 to make and is enough for about 4 servings.

Get a job.

>>9309030
fuck of Maccas shill.

>>9309058
jesus christ, git gud. You should be able to live off $1.50 a day cooking stir fry and pasta.

>>9309491
get one good job instead of 2 shit jobs, and also there's this thing called healthcare, look into it

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>>9318225
>tummy

>>9314099
>I buy fresh ingredients and make my own because I'm not poor. :^)

It's cheaper to make your own pizza anyways. Fresh ingredients or not

>>9320878
Not a good pizza. Life is to be lived and eating is a part of that, forcing yourself to continue existence with garbage cheap food isn't right

Mixing rice, beans and whatever veggies and tons of spice is always my go to for living cheap

>>9319117
haha. thanks for the lol.

>>9320081
i buy whole pork loin and portion it and put it in the freezer. i might find a recipe for this. looks tasty.

>>9320888
yes and no, a shit freezer pizza can be cheaper. but if i don't get my nutrients from it it's not a very good investment. i'd argue a fresh pizza would have a better price/nutritional value ratio

>>9314035
Tuna is disgusting. Smells like a fat bitch's cunt.

>>9320814
wow really? good thing you said so!

fucking retard.

>>9317650
>have 2 phones/mp3/tablets
>download mcdonald app on both devices
>install mcdonald app on both devices
>go to 2 seperate mcdonalds to cash on their BOGO any burgers
>4 big macs less than $5 for 2

>>9321116
>>have 2 phones/tablets
>poorfag

a carrot, celery, tin of fish, packet of olives.

>>9309022
rice and fucking beans my dude, all day every day. it's about as cheap as food gets and with enough seasoning it's tasty enough to not be so monotonous. I make a big batch on the weekend, put it in the fridge, food for a week

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Been hitting the canned black beans and brown rice hard lately.
>Mixed with smoked paprika and chili powder = beans and rice.
>Mixed with cumin, coriander, turmeric, and cayenne = dahl.
Haven't gotten bored of it yet. I will probably shift to fried rice, stir fry, homemade pizza, or (god forbid) peanut butter sandwiches in a few weeks.

>>9309022
There is literally no excuse for being poor. Do better, retard.

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>>9314094
I don't eat pizza often, so I usually go with fro' 'za.
During finals week, I make pizzas with flour tortillas for lunch and dinner daily. They taste like your average thin-crust pizza.

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>>9319117
>eating meat

fixed that for you

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I was planning on making vegetable soup, but I ran out of onions and turnips, so I made some oatmeal, and threw in frozen kale and green peas. To warm it up a bit more, I threw in some of the starchy oat cooking water, and thickened it with some wheat bran.
Voilà, poorfigs
Porridge with greens

>>9309022
Just had some Safeway-brand frosted flakes (they were on sale) and some instant coffee. Gonna have some hot dogs for lunch, then probably pasta for dinner. I'm out of fruit and veg but those will have to wait until I go shopping tomorrow.

>Want some curry
>Chicken and beef are refusing to go on sale
At least burritos were on sale this week. 75c per 1. Not bad when you don't have any meat/tortillas and they're normally in the $2-4 range desu.

>>9322039
Beans and lentils are the absolute best poorfag food. Incredibly cheap and incredibly nutritious.

>>9322184

Poorfag here. What are some tasty meals I can mass produce at the weekend and then freeze/store to last the whole week?

>>9322203
Get dry black beans, soak them in a large bowl with water overnight. You can also use canned beans, but dried are much cheaper
Drain and rinse the beans
In a large pot, fry some vegetables in oil (olive tastes good with beans if you can afford it, saved bacon fat is nice too) until they're soft. I like green peppers and onions, but any vegetable works.
Add beans, plus enough water so that the beans are barely submerged.
Season. I like salt, pepper, cayenne, and cumin.
Simmer for a few hours until beans are soft. Add water if the mixture is too thick. As they start to get tender, mash a few beans against the side of the pot and mix them in to make the broth thicker.
If you're adding leafy vegetables (spinach, kale), put them in near the end.

If you want to eat it now, serve over rice. If you want to freeze, mix it with rice before you freeze it.
This is a complete meal: grains, vegetables, and protein.
If times are tough and you don't have any oil, you can just simmer vegetables with the beans. It won't taste as good and will have less calories.

>>9322289
That sounds pretty good. Thank you.

>>9322289

Will try this, many thanks.

>>9322061
>pizzas with flour tortillas
I still need to try this. Do you bake it or throw it together in a pan like a grilled cheese?

>>9322504
Not him but I made mini tortilla pizzas a few years ago, using a small cookie cutter to make the "dough" then placing the tortilla pieces into my muffin tin, added tomato sauce and cheese, then cooked it for a little while. It was fucking tasty. I'm sure placing the tortilla base on a pizza pan would ensure it doesn't break from the weight of the toppings.

Dinner is jambalaya rice with roast beef and will likely be dinner for the next couple or so nights.

>>9309101
so I was being lied to all these years when I'm told ricotta cheese is expensive?

5 carrots

>>9320930
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com//images/G/01/rando/ems/images/title/JapaneseCooking/JapaneseSoulRecipe1.pdf

I just used this one and it worked great

>>9323017
thanks a ton.

>>9309022
Not today, but on Thursday I had frozen Tyson chicken nuggets tossed in bottled buffalo sauce with 2 potatoes baked in the microwave topped with butter and "shredded Mexican cheese blend" on the side.

>>9309118
Why not just cook the oatmeal and fry the egg separately?

>>9314014
Cook rice
Cook beans
Put them together
Eat

>>9316450
Do you know how smoking works?

>>9314027
>rice
>side dish

>>9322061
works with pita bread and other flat breads like Naan too.

>>9322504
Put some tomato paste, toppings & cheese on some sort of flat bread and throw it in the oven or even a toaster oven works.

>>9323755
>>9320930
Get miso paste. Even if it's $6 a tub will last you forever. Boil some chunks of the pork with some potatos, carrots and onion in a pot with a few spoons of miso paste in it. Quick, easy, healthy and cheap Ton-jiru (pork soup). Japanese staple when you're sick and in winter too.

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Brekkie today was a tart damson (quetsche) with yogurt and honey to dip it in. Total cost: 69c
Mid morning coffee with milk. Total cost: 41c. This should also be added to >>9317718 as I'd forgotten to include it in my summary that day.
Lunch today (pic related) was vegetable rice with butter-braised (not sure 'braised' is the right English word, but Google translates it that way so that's the word I'm using) with smoked paprika. Also, a rocket salad. Total cost $1.91
Dinner will be pasta with cauliflower. Total cost: 86c
Projected total for the day: $3.87
Corrected total for 20170818: $2.36

Not to be preachy, but eating cheap in Ameriland is really, very easy.

>>9312863
>what is density
>what is packing density
>what is solubility in HCl
>what is energy density

>>9325556
That's not preachy. Food is produced in huge quantities on this continent.
Ingredients are cheap, and if you cook for yourself, you won't spend much.

>>9311432
Why not buy in season produce for much cheaper instead of questionable meat and make something else?

>>9317718
>>9325556
Do you actually cook individual portions or in batches and then freeze multiple servings? Because that's really how you also cut down on gas/electricity if you're genuinely eating on a budget.

can of green beans

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BEST meal you could ever possibly have.

I just ate some unseasoned baked chicken with ketchup, and white rice. I use Pringles as a scoop to eat the rice (reduced salt pringles of course).

>>9325813
Kind of a combination of the two. For example, the beans for my pasta and beans from >>9317718 were cooked as part of a batch of plain, unsalted beans ahead of time, but I made a soffritto to order and build my dish on top of that, adding the already cooked beans, some water and, finally, the pasta, so the dish is individual, but the beans themselves are batch.
The rice and cabbage, however, I cooked several portions of at once and just eat it as leftovers.
For the rice, from >>9325556, that was cooked individually using instant. Had I used conventional rice, the cost would've been about 17c less. I cook conventional rice six servings at a time, eating one and storing the other five. I keep instant on hand for when I forget to make another batch.
The prawns were cooked to order because reheated prawns are fucking awful.
The cauliflower for tonight is cooked already, five servings (so batch). Just need to boil pasta to eat with it (individual).

Does that make sense or am I overexplaining? I do that sometimes.

>>9325783
Very true. Convenience is expensive. For example, a serving of conventionally prepared rice costs me 5c. A serving of instant is 22c, a markup of about 350%.
And dinner kits like Hamburger Helper are similar. $1 for a box seems cheap, but when you figure it's 5oz of pasta and 1oz of a mixture of cornstarch and stock powder, you realise how costly it really is (pasta can be had 69c/lb, stock cubes cost 99c for a box of 20 and cornstarch costs near nothing; the markup is about 263%).

>>9309022
couple tortillas dipped in sour cream.. just lost $400 at the casino. Im such a fucking faggot retard. Got $20 to feed myself for 5 days and nothing in the fridge but ketchup

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>Trader Joes still hasn't brought back the Sardines in Harissa Sauce yet

I've still got 1 tin left from the last time they stocked 'em 6 months ago. I want to eat them so badly but I'm afraid that if I don't have them around for a horrible family tragedy I'll probably kill myself.

Anybody else tried the Harissa 'Dines and know of a good spicy alternative to them?

>>9322039

enjoy high blood pressure

>>9326049
Buy some of Trader Joe's harissa sauce and put it on some sardines? I love that stuff, never had the sardines but I must try them now.

>>9314094
jacks has alot of protein for pizza

>>9322143
Make dal tadka, or aloo masala

>>9309022
poorfag here too, 'dines and rice is great, I suggest adding kimchi.

>>9323957
Add the miso after boiling tho, boiling miso makes it gritty.

Miso is super delicious though and you can make easy miso broth by using chicken or beef stock (whether you reuse a carcass or use powder or a cube is up to you). Add in noodles and veggies, maybe an egg, and you can have tasty home made ramen that's not terrible for you like the prepackaged stuff. You can also use miso for marinate, or mix it with some butter (or margarine I guess) and spread it on toast, or flavour vegetables with in after baking.

Miso soup is also fairly cheap and good comfort food, I will say that instant dashi or bonito and konbu can be pricy but you can sub the bonito with dried mushrooms, and those tend to be cheap at asian markets. Green onions and tofu are already cheap and you can totally throw in other veggies like potatoes and carrots if you want.

Made cabbage and potatoes with chicken sausage. Pretty good. Ate it with a piece of focaccia.

>>9309022
If you have a grocery outlet or type store sells boxes eith cuts in them stuff like thst. Meat just buy what's on sale. Break it up in to meal portions and feeze. Grad chicken breast pork chop hamburger what ever and bam you good.

Mejadra (pic related)

rice
lentils
onions

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forgot pic...brb killing self

>>9328121
That look yum!

>>9328121
Mujaddara is one of my favorite dishes, so comfy.