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« Reply #90 on: April 07, 2009, 11:04:20 AM » |
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corn bread can go with other stuff too. Cornbread as dessert - hot cornbread with honey or agave nectar. Add strawberry preserves if you've a mind to. This got me and my then toddler son thru some very lean times. Ooh it is so good, especially with butter or magarine and the strawberry preserves. |
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« Reply #91 on: April 07, 2009, 11:11:44 AM » |
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You can go a long way with a chicken.
One roasted chicken = anything edible. Chicken salad, sandwiches, etc.
Then make chicken stock from the carcass and make soup. One large pot of chicken soup (with carrots, celery, and other goodies) and either rice or noodles will last a while and it can also be frozen for later. Same with a turkey. Or veggie stock.
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« Reply #92 on: April 07, 2009, 11:34:10 AM » |
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You can go a long way with a chicken.
Except around my house, where everyone loves chicken, especially the 2 collies. |
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« Reply #93 on: April 07, 2009, 11:47:13 AM » |
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corn bread can go with other stuff too. Cornbread as dessert - hot cornbread with honey or agave nectar. Add strawberry preserves if you've a mind to. This got me and my then toddler son thru some very lean times. Corn bread with maple syrup is just heavenly. |
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« Reply #94 on: April 08, 2009, 08:24:50 PM » |
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You can go a long way with a chicken.
One roasted chicken = anything edible. Chicken salad, sandwiches, etc.
Then make chicken stock from the carcass and make soup. One large pot of chicken soup (with carrots, celery, and other goodies) and either rice or noodles will last a while and it can also be frozen for later. Same with a turkey. Or veggie stock.
What is your opinion of using gnawed on chicken bones for making stock? |
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« Reply #95 on: April 08, 2009, 08:54:46 PM » |
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corn bread can go with other stuff too. Cornbread as dessert - hot cornbread with honey or agave nectar. Add strawberry preserves if you've a mind to. This got me and my then toddler son thru some very lean times. Ooh it is so good, especially with butter or magarine and the strawberry preserves. I like to think of cornbread with honey--especially if it's really DRENCHED in honey--as a form of baklava for southerners. |
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« Reply #96 on: April 09, 2009, 02:16:58 AM » |
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You can go a long way with a chicken.
One roasted chicken = anything edible. Chicken salad, sandwiches, etc.
Then make chicken stock from the carcass and make soup. One large pot of chicken soup (with carrots, celery, and other goodies) and either rice or noodles will last a while and it can also be frozen for later. Same with a turkey. Or veggie stock.
What is your opinion of using gnawed on chicken bones for making stock? Depends upon the species of the gnawer ;-) |
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« Reply #97 on: April 09, 2009, 10:26:08 AM » |
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Leftover cornbread can also be used for dressing. I freeze the odd pieces and when I have a sackful, I make a roasted chicken (very cheap when purchased whole. This is great advice from the Forumites!) and make cornbread dressing as a side dish. Yummm!
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« Reply #98 on: April 09, 2009, 11:02:46 AM » |
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I do the cornbread thing a lot too.
To expand on the chicken/stock thing....
-Boil a WHOLE CHICKEN (one of those fryers that cost $3.50/$4.50 at Wal-Mart) in a big pot add salt and garlic to taste.
-It needs to boil for about an hour. While it cooks, chop and add these items in order
-half an onion
-about a pound of carrots
-about 3 stalks of celery
-Remove the cooked chicken and let it cool. Pull of the meat off and throw it in the pot.
-Boil a big bag of noodles (I like kluski). Store the noodles separate from the soup, and this will pot will give you about 8 hearty meals.
Cost estimate: $4 chicken + $2 in veggies + $2 noodles = $1 per meal
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« Reply #99 on: April 09, 2009, 11:16:00 AM » |
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I do the cornbread thing a lot too.
To expand on the chicken/stock thing....
-Boil a WHOLE CHICKEN (one of those fryers that cost $3.50/$4.50 at Wal-Mart) in a big pot add salt and garlic to taste.
-It needs to boil for about an hour. While it cooks, chop and add these items in order
-half an onion
-about a pound of carrots
-about 3 stalks of celery
-Remove the cooked chicken and let it cool. Pull of the meat off and throw it in the pot.
-Boil a big bag of noodles (I like kluski). Store the noodles separate from the soup, and this will pot will give you about 8 hearty meals.
Cost estimate: $4 chicken + $2 in veggies + $2 noodles = $1 per meal
Great meal idea! Except.... I don't buy the factory raised chickens, despite their deliciousness. I only buy organic pasture-raised chickens, which cost at least $15 each. :P My cheapest meals are usually centred on that old standy, spicy beans/legumes and rice. |
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« Reply #100 on: April 09, 2009, 12:22:03 PM » |
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I do the cornbread thing a lot too.
To expand on the chicken/stock thing....
-Boil a WHOLE CHICKEN (one of those fryers that cost $3.50/$4.50 at Wal-Mart) in a big pot add salt and garlic to taste.
-It needs to boil for about an hour. While it cooks, chop and add these items in order
-half an onion
-about a pound of carrots
-about 3 stalks of celery
-Remove the cooked chicken and let it cool. Pull of the meat off and throw it in the pot.
-Boil a big bag of noodles (I like kluski). Store the noodles separate from the soup, and this will pot will give you about 8 hearty meals.
Cost estimate: $4 chicken + $2 in veggies + $2 noodles = $1 per meal
Great meal idea! Except.... I don't buy the factory raised chickens, despite their deliciousness. I only buy organic pasture-raised chickens, which cost at least $15 each. :P My cheapest meals are usually centred on that old standy, spicy beans/legumes and rice. We can get the uber-PC chickens at Whole Foods for about $11. If you want to use the uber-PC chickens to make soup, you can wait until your store has a sale on legs or wings, which usually are more frequently discounted than the whole chickens. I make my soup about the same as zuzu, except I usually brown the chicken pieces in a little butter first (so not as healthy), and I sweat the vegetables with the browned chicken for 30 minutes to an hour before boiling. I also throw in some cubed, steamed carrots shortly before I throw in the pasta (after shredding the chicken and removing the boiled vegetables). You can add frozen baby peas too if you want some green. |
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« Reply #101 on: April 09, 2009, 01:41:55 PM » |
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I'll keep an eye out for discounted organic chicken parts, but I haven't seen any around here yet.
mmm. hungry now. must go buy chicken and make something tasty! (...if not necessarily cheap.)
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« Reply #102 on: April 11, 2009, 01:16:38 PM » |
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Mucho Cheapo Mealo Soupo
[A staple of the tiny village of Piso Mojado which I often visited during my youth]
Buy a can of tomato soup and prepare it to instructions (store brand is OK), $.50 to $1.00
Then, buy one of those frozen beef/beab or chicken/bean burrito thingies for about $.40 to $.75 and nuke it per instructions
Place the warmed up soup in a bowl, the bowl on a plate, and put the thingie on it [plate] as well
Buy something at [Taco Someplace] and get too many sauce packets and use one of them on the thingie
Add whatever veggie or salad creation you might have to it or just buy vegetable soup and use instead of non-vegetable soup
And, if you're going to be this damn tight, drink iced water
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« Reply #103 on: April 11, 2009, 01:38:11 PM » |
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Leftover cornbread can also be used for dressing. Is there another way? |
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I recommend bourbon and bonbons for that.
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« Reply #104 on: April 11, 2009, 10:37:00 PM » |
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Leftover cornbread can also be used for dressing. Is there another way? You can put it in soup. |
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