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re: How to eat cheap...
Posted on 1/29/16 at 1:11 pm to Artie Rome
Posted on 1/29/16 at 1:11 pm to Artie Rome
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I got 10 lbs of pork chops from Sams for $16 this week.
10lbs for $10 at the grocery store by my house. Definitely going after work today.
To the OP, cook in bulk if you can stand leftovers. Also try to plan your meals. For instance, I know that I am about to run out of leftovers so I went online, found the 10 lbs of pork chops for $10 and now I'll be doing a bunch of different things with pork chops then next few weeks. I doubt any of the meals I eat will be more than $3.50 per serving, and thats if I do alot with it. Realistically looking at closer to $2-$2.50/serving.
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Posted on 1/29/16 at 1:12 pm to LSUAfro
Just cooking meals at home will save you money in itself. I like to get rotisserie chickens and eat chicken sandwiches a couple of times a week for lunch
Posted on 1/29/16 at 1:20 pm to Salmon
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canned beans, bananas, oats and ramen
Not nearly that cheap. $300 a month or so for 2 people would be pretty great I think.
Posted on 1/29/16 at 2:32 pm to OMapologist
I'd like to know how to eat low carb for cheap
Posted on 1/29/16 at 2:47 pm to KyrieElaison
start a garden
Posted on 1/29/16 at 3:01 pm to KyrieElaison
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I'd like to know how to eat low carb for cheap
See my earlier post. You don't have to eat wild caught salmon and prime ribeyes everyday. I've been eating keto for a few months and spend far less on food that I was. The fact that I never eat out helps, but meat and vegetables can be found on the cheap.
Posted on 1/29/16 at 3:23 pm to OMapologist
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Not nearly that cheap. $300 a month or so for 2 people would be pretty great I think.
Honestly, just watch sales. Buy meat and things when they go on a good sale and store them in the freezer if you have room.
On Saturday/Sunday, spend an hour perusing the internet for recipes and decide what you want to make based on what you have at home and what is on sale. I recently bought a pack of like 15 chicken thighs, so when I was looking at recipes last Sunday, I purposely chose a couple recipes that can use them. (Freeze your thighs 2-4 at a time so you don't defrost them all at once)
I personally avoid searching "chicken thigh recipes" because you're just going to find "roasted, fried, grilled, stovetop" chicken. I have better luck skimming through magazines and "top rated recipes" on good websites.. and then just making the things that happen to be made with whatever meat I have or what is on sale.
Write it all out so you know what you're cooking on what day, and you won't be tempted to grab something on the way home or whatever.
Like someone else said above, cooking alone will save you money.. so if that's all you're trying to do, just check out a few websites with good recipes. I'm a huge Bon Appetit fangirl. Their recipes are higher quality and not "30 minute easy meals". A lot of their food will remind you of dining out.
This post was edited on 1/29/16 at 3:26 pm
Posted on 1/29/16 at 3:43 pm to LouisianaLady
Does anyone have a recipe for rotisserie chicken? Or is the one I but at the store as cheap and healthy as its gonna get?
Posted on 1/29/16 at 3:50 pm to jflsufan
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Load up on potted meat when it goes on sale. Buy crackers as needed.
An uppity LOL post for potted meat lovers
Posted on 1/29/16 at 4:14 pm to OMapologist
Almost anything you eat at home will be cheaper that eating out.
Never throw away leftovers. Cook only what you guys will eat that meal, or plan on having leftovers for the next meal.
Soup is cheap and good this time of the year. Try having veggies only meals two times a week. they will be lots cheaper than a meat meal.
Find two or three ground beef meals (Spaghetti, Ground beef stroganoff, Home cooked tacos or burritos, Ground beef casseroles like chili mac, hamburger steak and gravy)
Buy whole chickens and roast/bake them in oven. Harvest chicken broth and save for other dishes. Rotisserie chicken from Sam's may be cheaper than whole chickens anywhere else and is already cooked. We (wife and I) can get two meals and a pint of broth off of a single rotisserie chicken from Sam's.
Go back to the meals you had as a kid - Mac and cheese, spaghetti, fish sticks, casseroles.
Don't listen to us when we say that the only tomatoes worth buying are the $2.50 a can Italian variety. Hunts and store brands are a lot cheaper. So are canned or frozen store brand veggies. Fresh veggies are best, but may be more expensive with potentially more waste.
Fresh carrots, potatoes and onions may be three of the best food values at the grocery. Them and some hamburger meatballs (3/4 Beef 1/4 crushed crackers, egg, garlic, salt pepper) will made a fine meal cooked as a single dish meal in the oven. Nice and cheap if your meatball is seasoned ground beef only and not 1/3 beef 1/3 veal and 1/3 pork. They, with canned tomatoes are also the base for lots of good soups
I can take any meal anyone suggests and add expensive things to make it taste better, but that is not what you asked for. Cook at home and look for ways to make it cheaper.
Never throw away leftovers. Cook only what you guys will eat that meal, or plan on having leftovers for the next meal.
Soup is cheap and good this time of the year. Try having veggies only meals two times a week. they will be lots cheaper than a meat meal.
Find two or three ground beef meals (Spaghetti, Ground beef stroganoff, Home cooked tacos or burritos, Ground beef casseroles like chili mac, hamburger steak and gravy)
Buy whole chickens and roast/bake them in oven. Harvest chicken broth and save for other dishes. Rotisserie chicken from Sam's may be cheaper than whole chickens anywhere else and is already cooked. We (wife and I) can get two meals and a pint of broth off of a single rotisserie chicken from Sam's.
Go back to the meals you had as a kid - Mac and cheese, spaghetti, fish sticks, casseroles.
Don't listen to us when we say that the only tomatoes worth buying are the $2.50 a can Italian variety. Hunts and store brands are a lot cheaper. So are canned or frozen store brand veggies. Fresh veggies are best, but may be more expensive with potentially more waste.
Fresh carrots, potatoes and onions may be three of the best food values at the grocery. Them and some hamburger meatballs (3/4 Beef 1/4 crushed crackers, egg, garlic, salt pepper) will made a fine meal cooked as a single dish meal in the oven. Nice and cheap if your meatball is seasoned ground beef only and not 1/3 beef 1/3 veal and 1/3 pork. They, with canned tomatoes are also the base for lots of good soups
I can take any meal anyone suggests and add expensive things to make it taste better, but that is not what you asked for. Cook at home and look for ways to make it cheaper.
This post was edited on 1/29/16 at 4:16 pm
Posted on 1/29/16 at 4:20 pm to jimbeam
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Does anyone have a recipe for rotisserie chicken? Or is the one I but at the store as cheap and healthy as its gonna get?
I think they shoot those store bought chickens up with a lot of salt. Buyer beware.
Here's Thomas Keller's roasted chicken recipe. That's a go-to at our house. All you need is a chicken, salt, pepper and butter. You have any fresh herbs, add 'em. My wife usually stuffs the chicken with onion and lemon wedges, mushrooms, garlic cloves -- whatever we have on hand. Just like Boston butt, a good roasted chicken is hard to beat in terms of how good it tastes for how little it costs.
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Posted on 1/29/16 at 4:27 pm to OMapologist
Crockpot meals are cheap and easy.... and you can put a shitload of food into them, meaning you will have leftovers for a couple of days and the food is delicious.
Posted on 1/29/16 at 5:15 pm to timbo
Search out locally owned family restaurants for take-out.
A Korean family bought out a closed Huddle House attached to a convenience store/truck stop. Place is always packed.
Hibachi chicken made with thighs,cabbage,onions, broccoli and zucchini.
Wife is running this show...
"You want upgrade to white meat, one dollar". "Extra yum-yum, 50 cent".
No racist, that's just how she is.
This food is delicious. No flaming choo-choo onions, no egg flipping or banter, just great food.
$7.99. Wife and I split and have leftovers.
A Korean family bought out a closed Huddle House attached to a convenience store/truck stop. Place is always packed.
Hibachi chicken made with thighs,cabbage,onions, broccoli and zucchini.
Wife is running this show...
"You want upgrade to white meat, one dollar". "Extra yum-yum, 50 cent".
No racist, that's just how she is.
This food is delicious. No flaming choo-choo onions, no egg flipping or banter, just great food.
$7.99. Wife and I split and have leftovers.
Posted on 1/29/16 at 6:07 pm to nuwaydawg
nuwaydawg ...
That place is in Georgia?
That place is in Georgia?
Posted on 1/29/16 at 6:15 pm to OMapologist
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Honestly, just watch sales. Buy meat and things when they go on a good sale and store them in the freezer if you have room.
Exactly what i was going to say. Someone said on here that Winn-Dixie had leg quarters on sale right now for $2.50 for a 10#bag. If i was still in Baton Rouge, i would be buying the limit of four, and re-bagging them 2 to a bag after trimming them. Very versatile. Boneless, skinless chicken breasts are also on sale a lot for less than $2 a pound. I do the same with those.
Basically, like LL said, watch the sale papers, plan your meals. Impulse purchases can kill a budget.
I would say that if you can afford to, buy a meal saver/vacuum saver. Doesn't have to be an expensive one. It should pay for itself quickly if you buy your proteins in bulk and re bag them in meal size portions. If not, just use ziplocs.
Posted on 1/29/16 at 6:19 pm to OMapologist
red beans and rice
jambalaya
hard boiled eggs
pancakes
gumbo
pork roast
chicken spaghetti (made with a deboned rotisserie chicken)
jambalaya
hard boiled eggs
pancakes
gumbo
pork roast
chicken spaghetti (made with a deboned rotisserie chicken)
Posted on 1/29/16 at 6:39 pm to unclebuck504
Ground Turkey is another addition to your freezer if you're willing to save a little money as opposed to ground beef. Tacos, meatballs, meat sauce, meatloaf, burgers .. all cheap meals.
The crock pot pork is a good suggestion too. If you see one on sale at a good price, get it. I've cooked one in a crock pot, and then let it cool ... bagged the cooked meat into meal size portions, then froze them. I've used that for tacos, jambalaya, bbq pork sliders, etc.
Buy fresh vegetables from a market like Fresh Pickins. More veggie for your money.
The leg quarters i mentioned? .. i use them in gumbo, jambalaya, chicken spaghetti, roast them, fry them, grill them ...
If you like steak, just wait until you see a good sale, and buy a pair for you and the Wife and grill them for yourself at home. WAY cheaper than going out for steak.
Buy grains in bulk a well, and keep them in canisters or tupperware/rubbermaid. If you don't have any containers for bulk grains and pastas ... go to Dollar Tree. They sell all different sizes, only $1 each.
The crock pot pork is a good suggestion too. If you see one on sale at a good price, get it. I've cooked one in a crock pot, and then let it cool ... bagged the cooked meat into meal size portions, then froze them. I've used that for tacos, jambalaya, bbq pork sliders, etc.
Buy fresh vegetables from a market like Fresh Pickins. More veggie for your money.
The leg quarters i mentioned? .. i use them in gumbo, jambalaya, chicken spaghetti, roast them, fry them, grill them ...
If you like steak, just wait until you see a good sale, and buy a pair for you and the Wife and grill them for yourself at home. WAY cheaper than going out for steak.
Buy grains in bulk a well, and keep them in canisters or tupperware/rubbermaid. If you don't have any containers for bulk grains and pastas ... go to Dollar Tree. They sell all different sizes, only $1 each.
Posted on 1/29/16 at 11:56 pm to OMapologist
If you really want to save some money, plant a garden and start canning. Just take tomatoes for example. Last summer I bought eight tomato plants. For a cost of $12, I made about 100 quarts of Bloody Mary mix, salsa, stewed tomatoes, pasta sauce, pizza sauce, and tomato sauce.
Posted on 1/30/16 at 1:46 am to OMapologist
Invsst in an upright freezer. So many opportunities to save and not eat the same thing all week.
Posted on 1/30/16 at 6:32 am to J Murdah
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Prep your food Eat leftovers Buy only what you need. Stop buying processed food and junk food.
Pretty much this. Eating leftovers is key to stretching your dollar and while not a problem for me since I've done it all my life, it has been a challenge to get my family to appreciate them but I finally have succeeded. Or at least we now know what leftovers they will eat.
Things they will not eat or only I eat i will make in smaller portions. I have cut back on making big batches to freeze as I tend to be redundant with a new soup while frozen batches are in the freezer. But as we have done every year of my marriage (almost 30 years) in January we use all items out of the freezer and don't buy much until then. Thank goodness January is almost over and my freezer is empty. But by doing this it forces us to use it up and saves money to pay the Christmas bills.
We also don't eat out much this time of year because it is a busy time, cold, everyone trying to get healthy etc...so that saves a good bit but my tip when dining out, bring a bottle of wine and buy a bottle. Most will wave a corkage fee if you buy one from them and bringing your own saves the markup and allows you to enjoy one they won't have. (Don't bring a wine they sell)
I also order from the menu for the most part-rarely do I order "specials" for a few reasons. One they are always overpriced, two a lot of times it is what they need to get rid of, so how long has that been around? Three I normally go for a reason...I eat at Nino's a lot and I do because his pastas are amazing. I know he can cook the shite out of lamb chops but I can't get past the pasta. Pasta about $16 or so, lamb chops about $32 I guess. And we do split entrees a lot because we like to order more small plates or try different things. Most don't charge but some have a small fee for splitting and I don't mind that.
I think the best advice is to just stay informed and know what things cost. Pay attention to prices, read labels, see what is on sale but be able to tell if that "sale" is really a savings and if you really are going to cook it or will it end up in the pantry for a year. Just awareness and thinking ahead will save you time and money.
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