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What's the least expensive, but tasty, satisfying and nutritious meal that you've cooked? Ingredients and cost?
A lot of people are very short on cash right now. What hints for meals can you give?
A lot of people are very short on cash right now. What hints for meals can you give?
My go-to used to be a pot of beans cooked with a slice of bacon, rice toasted before adding the water and tortillas.
You can still get all the ingredients, including a jalapeno pepper for seasoning for less than $15 to make enough for several meals for 4 or 5 people.
You can still get all the ingredients, including a jalapeno pepper for seasoning for less than $15 to make enough for several meals for 4 or 5 people.
Flour, yeast and baking powder are meal-time miracles, too.
With baking powder, eggs, water or milk, butter or oil, and salt. you get biscuits, pancakes, tortillas. A simple loaf of bread is just water, yeast, oil or butter, salt and flour.
Satisfying additions to a meal.
With baking powder, eggs, water or milk, butter or oil, and salt. you get biscuits, pancakes, tortillas. A simple loaf of bread is just water, yeast, oil or butter, salt and flour.
Satisfying additions to a meal.
The Internet is awash with bread recipes, and with a little practice, breads are surprisingly easy.
They're also dirt cheap. A pan of homemade cinnamon rolls big enough for 4 or 5 people to have a couple of servings, cost less than $3 to make and taste better than you can buy.
They're also dirt cheap. A pan of homemade cinnamon rolls big enough for 4 or 5 people to have a couple of servings, cost less than $3 to make and taste better than you can buy.
A boring meal can be given life with a yummy desert. Eggs, sugar, flour or cornstarch, plus flavoring can make an inexpensive pudding that isn't just empty calories.
Add bananas and vanilla wafers to the above for a banana pudding that everyone will love.
http://www.backofthebox.com/recipes/desserts/original-nilla-banana-pudding-g.html
Add bananas and vanilla wafers to the above for a banana pudding that everyone will love.
http://www.backofthebox.com/recipes/desserts/original-nilla-banana-pudding-g.html
Popcorn! Because it tastes good and not having a bunch of money to spend shouldn't mean that you have to give up snacks. Don't be tempted by pre-popped or microwave bags that seem cheap, go for the stuff you pop yourself.
Hint: When popped w/peanut oil, no salt or butter needed.
Hint: When popped w/peanut oil, no salt or butter needed.
The money-saving food tip that I think is most important is: Prepared foods usually aren't cheaper.
A can of beans that yields two servings for $1 seems like a bargain until you compare it to 5 lbs of dry beans that will give you 50 or more servings.
Extra prep time saves $$$.
A can of beans that yields two servings for $1 seems like a bargain until you compare it to 5 lbs of dry beans that will give you 50 or more servings.
Extra prep time saves $$$.
Grabbing staples like flour, baking power, yeast, oil, tomato paste, rice, beans, nut butter, spices, etc. when you find them on sell and can spare the $$, will mean that, when dollars are especially short, your cupboard is a treasure trove of potential.
Bagged apples are often $1 lb. or less. Eat them plain. Eat sliced with peanut butter.
Peel them and boil the peels, combine w/tea for hot or iced apple tea, add sugar and refrigerate for a refreshing drink Serve hot in a cup with a cinnamon stick.
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Peel them and boil the peels, combine w/tea for hot or iced apple tea, add sugar and refrigerate for a refreshing drink Serve hot in a cup with a cinnamon stick.
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Dice the peeled fruit and add to ground beef, chicken or turkey dishes.
Slice it, add sugar and cinnamon and cook in a covered sauce pan to top pancakes or fill a pie. Line a casserole dish with it and cover thinly with biscuit dough.
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Slice it, add sugar and cinnamon and cook in a covered sauce pan to top pancakes or fill a pie. Line a casserole dish with it and cover thinly with biscuit dough.
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Don't forget tech. Google has a billion recipes and YouTube has almost as many with the happy addition of letting you watch an expert prepare the dish.
Here's a Google search to start you off...
https://www.google.com/search?sxsrf=ALeKk00_Et61_TbH5tEWqLHD7-IlJt-Mxw%3A1607072138768&source=hp&ei=ivnJX8_FLIiWtQXIw5jwDA&q=inexpensive+meal+recipes&oq=inexpensive+meal+recipes&gs_lcp=CgZwc3ktYWIQAzIFCAAQyQMyBggAEBYQHjIGCAAQFhAeMgYIABAWEB4yBggAEBYQHjIGCAAQFhAeMgYIABAWEB4yBggAEBYQHjIGCAAQFhAeMgYIABAWEB46CAgAELEDEIMBOgsILhCxAxDHARCjAjoFCAAQsQM6CAguEMcBEKMCOgIIADoICAAQsQMQyQM6CAgAEBYQChAeUPVaWLCcAWDhpwFoAHAAeACAAYEBiAHOFJIBBDIuMjKYAQCgAQGqAQdnd3Mtd2l6&sclient=psy-ab&ved=0ahUKEwjPstSf-rPtAhUIS60KHcghBs4Q4dUDCAk&uact=5
Here's a Google search to start you off...
https://www.google.com/search?sxsrf=ALeKk00_Et61_TbH5tEWqLHD7-IlJt-Mxw%3A1607072138768&source=hp&ei=ivnJX8_FLIiWtQXIw5jwDA&q=inexpensive+meal+recipes&oq=inexpensive+meal+recipes&gs_lcp=CgZwc3ktYWIQAzIFCAAQyQMyBggAEBYQHjIGCAAQFhAeMgYIABAWEB4yBggAEBYQHjIGCAAQFhAeMgYIABAWEB4yBggAEBYQHjIGCAAQFhAeMgYIABAWEB46CAgAELEDEIMBOgsILhCxAxDHARCjAjoFCAAQsQM6CAguEMcBEKMCOgIIADoICAAQsQMQyQM6CAgAEBYQChAeUPVaWLCcAWDhpwFoAHAAeACAAYEBiAHOFJIBBDIuMjKYAQCgAQGqAQdnd3Mtd2l6&sclient=psy-ab&ved=0ahUKEwjPstSf-rPtAhUIS60KHcghBs4Q4dUDCAk&uact=5
