http://www.reddit.com/r/budgetfood
basically, get a crock pot, throw a bunch food in, and half the same thing for about a week for dinner. lunch is easy -> sandwiches.
it's like a dollar for a loaf here, where do you live?? :eek:http://www.reddit.com/r/budgetfood
basically, get a crock pot, throw a bunch food in, and half the same thing for about a week for dinner. lunch is easy -> sandwiches.
Bread is too expensive. Probably go for tortillas.
Where do you live? I can get a loaf of bread from safeway for 99centshttp://www.reddit.com/r/budgetfood
basically, get a crock pot, throw a bunch food in, and half the same thing for about a week for dinner. lunch is easy -> sandwiches.
Bread is too expensive. Probably go for tortillas.
it's like a dollar for a loaf here, where do you live?? :eek:http://www.reddit.com/r/budgetfood
basically, get a crock pot, throw a bunch food in, and half the same thing for about a week for dinner. lunch is easy -> sandwiches.
Bread is too expensive. Probably go for tortillas.
it's like a dollar for a loaf here, where do you live?? :eek:http://www.reddit.com/r/budgetfood
basically, get a crock pot, throw a bunch food in, and half the same thing for about a week for dinner. lunch is easy -> sandwiches.
Bread is too expensive. Probably go for tortillas.
WA, food is drastically overpriced here. Some sort of tax thing >:D
Also, I know I said chicken breasts, but there's nothing wrong with using whole chickens and it's probably a lot cheaper too.
shoot me your paypal, ill throw you 100 bucks so you have an extra 25 a week
shoot me your paypal, ill throw you 100 bucks so you have an extra 25 a week
Offal is also a good protein source if you can stomach it.
shoot me your paypal, ill throw you 100 bucks so you have an extra 25 a week
There's no way I can accept that, but the gesture is very nice :)Offal is also a good protein source if you can stomach it.
Generally my policy is if it contains meat and costs less than a dollar, you probably shouldn't ingest it :))
shoot me your paypal, ill throw you 100 bucks so you have an extra 25 a week
There's no way I can accept that, but the gesture is very nice :)Offal is also a good protein source if you can stomach it.
Generally my policy is if it contains meat and costs less than a dollar, you probably shouldn't ingest it :))
shoot me your paypal, ill throw you 100 bucks so you have an extra 25 a week
Man of the year right here. What a guy.
Peanut butter is pretty filling as well. Put some on a spoon and dip into whatever cup of nuts then eat from spoon. It makes the plain jane nuts taste better. I do it with almonds as a morning snack. On a budget raw nuts and semi healthy peanut butter wouldn't be to much $$ and will go a ways.
Oh another cheap meal I like is drain a can of tuna, mix with pre-cooked rice, heat up, mix in franks hot sauce and eat with some sort if cracker. I eat it for lunch at work all the time.
Oats around 11ish in the morning will last me till 5 in the evening.
Oats around 11ish in the morning will last me till 5 in the evening.
I'm a big guy, I need a lot of fuel to keep this massive frame lumbering around. :-[
But oats have been mentioned, I'll have to pick up some. Probably mix in some banana, yogurt, and honey :)
Look up the SNAP challenge or how people get by on just food stamps. I've read articles on how people live on your budget for a month.
Also things like beans and lentils are relatively cheap. They're filling and they can help you out on the protein front. I also agree with the whole chicken because you can make a soup/broth with the bones for another few meals on top of the meat.
shoot me your paypal, ill throw you 100 bucks so you have an extra 25 a week
I live on that a week as normal :/ Granted food is probably cheaper here than in many parts of the US but still. I mostly am able to save a lot of money since I love to cook and make nearly everything myself from scratch. Things like bread, it's so cheap to make I don't even understand why people even buy it! It's not even hard to make at all but it does take some waiting. Indian vegetarian cuisine can be done for way cheap, like chana masala or aloo gobi is easy to make. Don't waste money on things like jarred spaghetti sauce when you can buy a can of plain tomato sauce 3x the size for 1/4 the price along with a can of tomato paste, add some onion, garlic, basil and a little chicken stock and you have a nice sauce for pasta or pizza. Similarly with salsa, instead of basil use some chopped seranos, cilantro or whatever and switch chicken stock for lime juice.
Buy dried pintos and make your own refried beans at home then stuff it inside poblanos with a little cheese and roast them and serve them with some sopa de arroz. Try out something like falafel with tagine sauce over cous cous. Perhaps you are noticing a trend with a lot of vegetarian dishes? Don't get me wrong I do eat meat but I really don't need it for every meal, just a few times a week. The best thing you can do to save on food is skip almost all the aisles that have any premade ready to eat packaged food. Really the only such things I buy are things like tomato sauce since it is far cheaper than buying loads of fresh tomato and doing it myself.
I live on that a week as normal :/ Granted food is probably cheaper here than in many parts of the US but still. I mostly am able to save a lot of money since I love to cook and make nearly everything myself from scratch. Things like bread, it's so cheap to make I don't even understand why people even buy it! It's not even hard to make at all but it does take some waiting. Indian vegetarian cuisine can be done for way cheap, like chana masala or aloo gobi is easy to make. Don't waste money on things like jarred spaghetti sauce when you can buy a can of plain tomato sauce 3x the size for 1/4 the price along with a can of tomato paste, add some onion, garlic, basil and a little chicken stock and you have a nice sauce for pasta or pizza. Similarly with salsa, instead of basil use some chopped seranos, cilantro or whatever and switch chicken stock for lime juice.
Buy dried pintos and make your own refried beans at home then stuff it inside poblanos with a little cheese and roast them and serve them with some sopa de arroz. Try out something like falafel with tagine sauce over cous cous. Perhaps you are noticing a trend with a lot of vegetarian dishes? Don't get me wrong I do eat meat but I really don't need it for every meal, just a few times a week. The best thing you can do to save on food is skip almost all the aisles that have any premade ready to eat packaged food. Really the only such things I buy are things like tomato sauce since it is far cheaper than buying loads of fresh tomato and doing it myself.
Some people don't have that much time. It's really difficult especially if you're in medical school. I'm assuming dental and law are just as time consuming. Taking out 2 hours in a day during exam week is pretty hard.
I can make stuff as long as it doesn't take more than 20 minutes or if it goes into a cooker.
I live on that a week as normal :/ Granted food is probably cheaper here than in many parts of the US but still. I mostly am able to save a lot of money since I love to cook and make nearly everything myself from scratch. Things like bread, it's so cheap to make I don't even understand why people even buy it! It's not even hard to make at all but it does take some waiting. Indian vegetarian cuisine can be done for way cheap, like chana masala or aloo gobi is easy to make. Don't waste money on things like jarred spaghetti sauce when you can buy a can of plain tomato sauce 3x the size for 1/4 the price along with a can of tomato paste, add some onion, garlic, basil and a little chicken stock and you have a nice sauce for pasta or pizza. Similarly with salsa, instead of basil use some chopped seranos, cilantro or whatever and switch chicken stock for lime juice.
Buy dried pintos and make your own refried beans at home then stuff it inside poblanos with a little cheese and roast them and serve them with some sopa de arroz. Try out something like falafel with tagine sauce over cous cous. Perhaps you are noticing a trend with a lot of vegetarian dishes? Don't get me wrong I do eat meat but I really don't need it for every meal, just a few times a week. The best thing you can do to save on food is skip almost all the aisles that have any premade ready to eat packaged food. Really the only such things I buy are things like tomato sauce since it is far cheaper than buying loads of fresh tomato and doing it myself.
Some people don't have that much time. It's really difficult especially if you're in medical school. I'm assuming dental and law are just as time consuming. Taking out 2 hours in a day during exam week is pretty hard.
I can make stuff as long as it doesn't take more than 20 minutes or if it goes into a cooker.
I'm in premed, and if I had to cook complicated things I would make time. I will happily eat the same half-dozen things for months on end, so I don't have to worry much there.
With a lot of cooking, it's not that you spend the entire time it takes to cook something actively engaged in food prep. A process may take 2 hours from start to end, but it may only take 45 minutes or so of your time over those two hours (i.e. most things that get put in an oven or similar). If you're in med school, you should be able to bounce back and forth between tasks like that. You can also choose to cook things that keep well, and invest the time once in cooking larger portions. Pastas work well like this for instance, as long as you store the sauce separately.
Ivan, that's an interesting recipe for pasta sauce. Doesn't sound like it takes that long to make either. Care to share a few more details?
Sell some clacks, eat for a year. ;)
I live on that a week as normal :/ Granted food is probably cheaper here than in many parts of the US but still. I mostly am able to save a lot of money since I love to cook and make nearly everything myself from scratch. Things like bread, it's so cheap to make I don't even understand why people even buy it! It's not even hard to make at all but it does take some waiting. Indian vegetarian cuisine can be done for way cheap, like chana masala or aloo gobi is easy to make. Don't waste money on things like jarred spaghetti sauce when you can buy a can of plain tomato sauce 3x the size for 1/4 the price along with a can of tomato paste, add some onion, garlic, basil and a little chicken stock and you have a nice sauce for pasta or pizza. Similarly with salsa, instead of basil use some chopped seranos, cilantro or whatever and switch chicken stock for lime juice.
Buy dried pintos and make your own refried beans at home then stuff it inside poblanos with a little cheese and roast them and serve them with some sopa de arroz. Try out something like falafel with tagine sauce over cous cous. Perhaps you are noticing a trend with a lot of vegetarian dishes? Don't get me wrong I do eat meat but I really don't need it for every meal, just a few times a week. The best thing you can do to save on food is skip almost all the aisles that have any premade ready to eat packaged food. Really the only such things I buy are things like tomato sauce since it is far cheaper than buying loads of fresh tomato and doing it myself.
Some people don't have that much time. It's really difficult especially if you're in medical school. I'm assuming dental and law are just as time consuming. Taking out 2 hours in a day during exam week is pretty hard.
I can make stuff as long as it doesn't take more than 20 minutes or if it goes into a cooker.
I'm in premed, and if I had to cook complicated things I would make time. I will happily eat the same half-dozen things for months on end, so I don't have to worry much there.
With a lot of cooking, it's not that you spend the entire time it takes to cook something actively engaged in food prep. A process may take 2 hours from start to end, but it may only take 45 minutes or so of your time over those two hours (i.e. most things that get put in an oven or similar). If you're in med school, you should be able to bounce back and forth between tasks like that. You can also choose to cook things that keep well, and invest the time once in cooking larger portions. Pastas work well like this for instance, as long as you store the sauce separately.
Ivan, that's an interesting recipe for pasta sauce. Doesn't sound like it takes that long to make either. Care to share a few more details?Show Image(http://cdn.niketalk.com/3/34/34e98002_Llamadisapproves.IWASONCEATREEHOUSEILIVEDIN_115687_3291678.gif)
Oats around 11ish in the morning will last me till 5 in the evening.
I'm a big guy, I need a lot of fuel to keep this massive frame lumbering around. :-[
But oats have been mentioned, I'll have to pick up some. Probably mix in some banana, yogurt, and honey :)
Your comment was a little off-putting.
When I was a premed I certainly didn't tell medical students what they should be able to do.
Also things like beans and lentils are relatively cheap.Beans and lentils can be super-cheap if you buy them dried, and in the right store of course.
what's up with all this cooking.... that's time and resources....
if you're strung out on $40... it seems more beneficial to simplify the intake process to shoprite bread + eggs + discount fruits...
Almost zero prep... the saving in time and fuel cost can be applied to improving your situation... Read a book, learn a skill, time to browse the classified..
All this insane talk about recipes and how to make things taste like what...
no amount of prep is going to make $40 a week meals not taste like the poverty boarder..
At that point... the ONLY true resource you have, since there's little to no income is Personal time wealth....
And you idiots have the audacity to spend what little value you possess on trivial acts of burning crummy food in hopes that it'd taste better..
Is it really time to improve such a non-constructive area of one's life?Show Image(http://emoticoner.com/files/emoticons/onion-head/yawn-onion-head-emoticon.gif?1292862527)
TP maybe if he learns to cook he could open up a traveling taco stand?
I've been making Japanese Curry, quite cheap ~$8 and lasts two meals. Rice is always pretty cheap. Tastes good too :o
For the longer term, you could grow vegetables from seed...
For the longer term, you could grow vegetables from seed...
... And hunting/trapping game or fowl. Fishing if there is water nearby.
I've been making Japanese Curry, quite cheap ~$8 and lasts two meals. Rice is always pretty cheap. Tastes good too :o
rice is not cheap if you add in cooking time..
shoprite bread.. ftw...
Cook 6 cups of rice at once, takes an hour with the right tools (rice cooker duh)
While it may not be my place to comment, if your finances are that tight your priorities seem pretty out of whack. It seems asinine that you're consulting us for advice on how to survive on a weekly budget of $40 while sitting on easily $1000 of novelty keycaps on your function row if the pic you posted 5 days ago is any indication. An auction with the goal of funding your period of financial turmoil may allow you to live a bit more comfortably while you look for work. I understand that some of those caps are irreplaceable (particularly the spumoni) but you shouldn't be funding your hobby at the expense of your well-being.
While it may not be my place to comment, if your finances are that tight your priorities seem pretty out of whack. It seems asinine that you're consulting us for advice on how to survive on a weekly budget of $40 while sitting on easily $1000 of novelty keycaps on your function row if the pic you posted 5 days ago is any indication. An auction with the goal of funding your period of financial turmoil may allow you to live a bit more comfortably while you look for work. I understand that some of those caps are irreplaceable (particularly the spumoni) but you shouldn't be funding your hobby at the expense of your well-being.
While I completely agree with you in principle, I can definitely understand not wanting to sell things, particularly when they're essentially irreplaceable. Basically, he has two options. Either live very frugal and on a super tight budget for a few months, or sell items that cannot be replaced and when he's back on the upswing he will likely miss. I know it probably seems like rampant consumerism or being addicted to items rather than living a comfortable, healthy life, but I do understand.
While it may not be my place to comment, if your finances are that tight your priorities seem pretty out of whack. It seems asinine that you're consulting us for advice on how to survive on a weekly budget of $40 while sitting on easily $1000 of novelty keycaps on your function row if the pic you posted 5 days ago is any indication. An auction with the goal of funding your period of financial turmoil may allow you to live a bit more comfortably while you look for work. I understand that some of those caps are irreplaceable (particularly the spumoni) but you shouldn't be funding your hobby at the expense of your well-being.
While I completely agree with you in principle, I can definitely understand not wanting to sell things, particularly when they're essentially irreplaceable. Basically, he has two options. Either live very frugal and on a super tight budget for a few months, or sell items that cannot be replaced and when he's back on the upswing he will likely miss. I know it probably seems like rampant consumerism or being addicted to items rather than living a comfortable, healthy life, but I do understand.
It's why I tried to phrase it delicately. I know selling prized possessions to fund temporary shortfalls is a tough decision to make and don't want to sit in judgment. But the solution to his problem is literally right in front of him.
While it may not be my place to comment, if your finances are that tight your priorities seem pretty out of whack. It seems asinine that you're consulting us for advice on how to survive on a weekly budget of $40 while sitting on easily $1000 of novelty keycaps on your function row if the pic you posted 5 days ago is any indication. An auction with the goal of funding your period of financial turmoil may allow you to live a bit more comfortably while you look for work. I understand that some of those caps are irreplaceable (particularly the spumoni) but you shouldn't be funding your hobby at the expense of your well-being.
While I completely agree with you in principle, I can definitely understand not wanting to sell things, particularly when they're essentially irreplaceable. Basically, he has two options. Either live very frugal and on a super tight budget for a few months, or sell items that cannot be replaced and when he's back on the upswing he will likely miss. I know it probably seems like rampant consumerism or being addicted to items rather than living a comfortable, healthy life, but I do understand.
It's why I tried to phrase it delicately. I know selling prized possessions to fund temporary shortfalls is a tough decision to make and don't want to sit in judgment. But the solution to his problem is literally right in front of him.
I totally understand what you're saying. :) And I agree. But I've been in a similar position and resisted selling a lot of things that could have helped a lot, so I just thought I'd play devil's advocate. That said, I do 100% agree with you.
While it may not be my place to comment, if your finances are that tight your priorities seem pretty out of whack. It seems asinine that you're consulting us for advice on how to survive on a weekly budget of $40 while sitting on easily $1000 of novelty keycaps on your function row if the pic you posted 5 days ago is any indication. An auction with the goal of funding your period of financial turmoil may allow you to live a bit more comfortably while you look for work. I understand that some of those caps are irreplaceable (particularly the spumoni) but you shouldn't be funding your hobby at the expense of your well-being.
While I completely agree with you in principle, I can definitely understand not wanting to sell things, particularly when they're essentially irreplaceable. Basically, he has two options. Either live very frugal and on a super tight budget for a few months, or sell items that cannot be replaced and when he's back on the upswing he will likely miss. I know it probably seems like rampant consumerism or being addicted to items rather than living a comfortable, healthy life, but I do understand.
It's why I tried to phrase it delicately. I know selling prized possessions to fund temporary shortfalls is a tough decision to make and don't want to sit in judgment. But the solution to his problem is literally right in front of him.
I totally understand what you're saying. :) And I agree. But I've been in a similar position and resisted selling a lot of things that could have helped a lot, so I just thought I'd play devil's advocate. That said, I do 100% agree with you.
I've been there a few times myself while I was going through school... That said, I never crowd-sourced suggestions on how to live frugally while sitting on a pile of plastic that is worth more than what I would need to live comfortably for said period of difficulty. Even selling part of the collection would double or triple his monthly budget for essentials.
This is true, I've never asked for advice when in that position. :p But oh well, it started a nice conversation about home cooking and cheap meals so that's good. I myself am kind of inspired to cut my cost of eating after reading this thread.
Don't you get around $150 a week from food stamps? So around $35 a week, which can pretty much double your budget.
Buy in bulk, but space it out.
If you eat ramen with bok choi and eggs, that'll get you all the nutrients you need
Don't you get around $150 a week from food stamps? So around $35 a week, which can pretty much double your budget.
Buy in bulk, but space it out.
If you eat ramen with bok choi and eggs, that'll get you all the nutrients you need
Shoprite Bread.... SHOPRITE BREAD........ 22 calories per cents... no cooking.. BEAT THAT
Don't you get around $150 a week from food stamps? So around $35 a week, which can pretty much double your budget.
Buy in bulk, but space it out.
If you eat ramen with bok choi and eggs, that'll get you all the nutrients you need
Shoprite Bread.... SHOPRITE BREAD........ 22 calories per cents... no cooking.. BEAT THAT
I've never heard of Shoprite Bread, I thought it was a brand of bread. Seems to be a store mainly in the East Coast.
Don't you get around $150 a week from food stamps? So around $35 a week, which can pretty much double your budget.
Buy in bulk, but space it out.
If you eat ramen with bok choi and eggs, that'll get you all the nutrients you need
Shoprite Bread.... SHOPRITE BREAD........ 22 calories per cents... no cooking.. BEAT THAT
I've never heard of Shoprite Bread, I thought it was a brand of bread. Seems to be a store mainly in the East Coast.
shoprite is just the big grocer round here..
you guys probably have similar native brands @ the same price..
just do quick division, if you're gettin anywhere form 18 to 22 calories per cents.. That's what you want to buy...
it's actually possible to get even better ratio with Potatoes on sale.. so you'd cook them once and freeze them..
HOWEVER... eating boiled, then frozen potatos for 2 weeks made me really sick.. so, i wouldn't recommend it.
Don't you get around $150 a week from food stamps? So around $35 a week, which can pretty much double your budget.
Buy in bulk, but space it out.
If you eat ramen with bok choi and eggs, that'll get you all the nutrients you need
Shoprite Bread.... SHOPRITE BREAD........ 22 calories per cents... no cooking.. BEAT THAT
I've never heard of Shoprite Bread, I thought it was a brand of bread. Seems to be a store mainly in the East Coast.
shoprite is just the big grocer round here..
you guys probably have similar native brands @ the same price..
just do quick division, if you're gettin anywhere form 18 to 22 calories per cents.. That's what you want to buy...
it's actually possible to get even better ratio with Potatoes on sale.. so you'd cook them once and freeze them..
HOWEVER... eating boiled, then frozen potatos for 2 weeks made me really sick.. so, i wouldn't recommend it.
But fats are more calorically dense. 9 kcal/g versus 4 kcal/g for carbohydrates and proteins. That has to fit into your formula somewhere. :)
While it may not be my place to comment, if your finances are that tight your priorities seem pretty out of whack. It seems asinine that you're consulting us for advice on how to survive on a weekly budget of $40 while sitting on easily $1000 of novelty keycaps on your function row if the pic you posted 5 days ago is any indication. An auction with the goal of funding your period of financial turmoil may allow you to live a bit more comfortably while you look for work. I understand that some of those caps are irreplaceable (particularly the spumoni) but you shouldn't be funding your hobby at the expense of your well-being.
While it may not be my place to comment, if your finances are that tight your priorities seem pretty out of whack. It seems asinine that you're consulting us for advice on how to survive on a weekly budget of $40 while sitting on easily $1000 of novelty keycaps on your function row if the pic you posted 5 days ago is any indication. An auction with the goal of funding your period of financial turmoil may allow you to live a bit more comfortably while you look for work. I understand that some of those caps are irreplaceable (particularly the spumoni) but you shouldn't be funding your hobby at the expense of your well-being.
That's not what I asked for. Not planning on selling any clacks ever, don't know why I even am bothering to type this. Just graduated and have been looking for a job with zero success, and my support and savings are gone. I'll survive, but I won't be able to replace my clacks.
All theses tips are great though. Trying to think creativity about food instead of just going with the same 3 foods for the next few months
While it may not be my place to comment, if your finances are that tight your priorities seem pretty out of whack. It seems asinine that you're consulting us for advice on how to survive on a weekly budget of $40 while sitting on easily $1000 of novelty keycaps on your function row if the pic you posted 5 days ago is any indication. An auction with the goal of funding your period of financial turmoil may allow you to live a bit more comfortably while you look for work. I understand that some of those caps are irreplaceable (particularly the spumoni) but you shouldn't be funding your hobby at the expense of your well-being.
That's not what I asked for. Not planning on selling any clacks ever, don't know why I even am bothering to type this. Just graduated and have been looking for a job with zero success, and my support and savings are gone. I'll survive, but I won't be able to replace my clacks.
All theses tips are great though. Trying to think creativity about food instead of just going with the same 3 foods for the next few months
Dem priorities.
While it may not be my place to comment, if your finances are that tight your priorities seem pretty out of whack. It seems asinine that you're consulting us for advice on how to survive on a weekly budget of $40 while sitting on easily $1000 of novelty keycaps on your function row if the pic you posted 5 days ago is any indication. An auction with the goal of funding your period of financial turmoil may allow you to live a bit more comfortably while you look for work. I understand that some of those caps are irreplaceable (particularly the spumoni) but you shouldn't be funding your hobby at the expense of your well-being.
That's not what I asked for. Not planning on selling any clacks ever, don't know why I even am bothering to type this. Just graduated and have been looking for a job with zero success, and my support and savings are gone. I'll survive, but I won't be able to replace my clacks.
All theses tips are great though. Trying to think creativity about food instead of just going with the same 3 foods for the next few months
Dem priorities.
It's not about priorities, it's about pragmatism. I can survive through rough times, but may never see another OG Tri at cost. It be something to just regret a few months from now, ya know?
While it may not be my place to comment, if your finances are that tight your priorities seem pretty out of whack. It seems asinine that you're consulting us for advice on how to survive on a weekly budget of $40 while sitting on easily $1000 of novelty keycaps on your function row if the pic you posted 5 days ago is any indication. An auction with the goal of funding your period of financial turmoil may allow you to live a bit more comfortably while you look for work. I understand that some of those caps are irreplaceable (particularly the spumoni) but you shouldn't be funding your hobby at the expense of your well-being.
That's not what I asked for. Not planning on selling any clacks ever, don't know why I even am bothering to type this. Just graduated and have been looking for a job with zero success, and my support and savings are gone. I'll survive, but I won't be able to replace my clacks.
All theses tips are great though. Trying to think creativity about food instead of just going with the same 3 foods for the next few months
Dem priorities.
It's not about priorities, it's about pragmatism. I can survive through rough times, but may never see another OG Tri at cost. It be something to just regret a few months from now, ya know?
selling your blood plasma