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« Reply #15 on: May 11, 2008, 04:56:16 PM » |
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Check out www.hillbillyhousewife.com. There is a substantial recipe collection on the site. Warning, at some point in the not-too-distant past, the site has gone commercial so now you have to navigate through and around ads. Still, I know a number of people who swear by the frugal recipes. Also, there's a frugal blog called www.thesimpledollar.com The guy who runs it is a bit of a foodie and will often post recipes. Check in the "food" category. O. |
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« Reply #16 on: May 11, 2008, 08:44:43 PM » |
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This one is cheap, quick, easy, tasty, and filling:
Three Bean Soup!!
1 Cup = 187 cals, 2 g fat, 10 g fiber
Saute until tender:
1 ½ cups diced onion
2 tsps garlic
2 tsps olive oil or canola oil
1 cup chopped green pepper (optional)
Add and mix
16 oz. can kidney beans – rinsed
15 oz. can black beans – rinsed
16 oz. can refried beans (veg/fat free)
14.5 oz. vegetable broth
14.5 oz. stewed tomatos
¾ cup salsa
2 tsp chili powder
¼ tsp ground cumin
Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer 10 minutes.
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« Reply #17 on: May 11, 2008, 10:26:21 PM » |
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Buy chicken thighs rather than breasts. Don't tell the anti-fat police they are juicier, more tender, and have much more flavor.
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« Reply #18 on: May 11, 2008, 10:28:49 PM » |
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Megadarrah, from Turkey. It's lentils and rice with fried onions in lots of olive oil. Accompanied by yogurt and garlic sauce.
Look it up. It is very good and very cheap.
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« Reply #19 on: May 11, 2008, 10:38:17 PM » |
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Buy chicken thighs rather than breasts. Don't tell the anti-fat police they are juicier, more tender, and have much more flavor.
Mmmm, I love chicken thighs. They're especially good for stews - chicken breast meat dries out. And, stews are excellent cheap food! |
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« Reply #20 on: May 11, 2008, 10:54:10 PM » |
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"Breakfast for dinner" is always a cheap, tasty strategy. Eggs, toast, and a slice of melon. What's that, like $1.75? Oatmeal with raisins. Cheap. Pancakes. Cheap. Poached eggs and corned beef hash. Cheap. Omelet. Cheap.
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« Reply #21 on: May 11, 2008, 10:58:35 PM » |
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Buy chicken thighs rather than breasts. Don't tell the anti-fat police they are juicier, more tender, and have much more flavor.
Mmmm, I love chicken thighs. They're especially good for stews - chicken breast meat dries out. And, stews are excellent cheap food! Plus, thanks to steroid- and hormone-laden meats, a 2008 thigh weighs more than a 1950 breast. What's not to like?! Sorry, I just read some Michael Pollan. I really do like chicken thighs, though. |
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« Reply #22 on: May 11, 2008, 11:09:31 PM » |
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MUSHROOM AND GROUND BEEF STROGANOFF
3 tbsp. butter
1 med. onion, chopped
1 clove garlic, chopped
1 lb. ground beef
1 lb. fresh mushrooms, sliced
1 c. sour cream
1 can cream of mushroom or cream of chicken soup
2 tbsp. flour
Salt and pepper to taste
Parsley and paprika
12 oz. wide egg noodles, cooked
Saute garlic and onion in melted butter (5 minutes). Add ground beef; brown. Blend in flour, salt, pepper and parsley. Add mushrooms. Heat and stir until mushrooms are tender (6-8 minutes). Gently stir in soup and sour cream (mix together first). Heat through. Serve over noodles. Garnish with parsley and paprika.
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« Reply #24 on: May 12, 2008, 12:04:55 AM » |
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I want to eat more rice and beans and the like, to save money and to cut down on processed foods. Give me your recipes for inexpensive yet still healthy meals. I will use them, unless they sound gross.
Rice & Beans a la grad student ~3 cup Dry rice ~1 cup Dry beans (black beans? split peas? whatever) - throw 'em in the rice cooker When it stops boiling add: 1/4 medium green pepper, sliced (as patience permits) 1/4 white onion, sliced salt & black pepper to preference (I use a lot of black pepper, ~2 dashes of salt per pot or a dash of soy sauce at serving to replace the salt) Stir it up and let it heat for a bit longer to mix the flavors Add about 1/2 to 1 tsp of sesame oil to the rice per serving. With 4 oz of cheap chuck steak its a really nice meal for about $1.50! Or, brown some ground beef in a pan, drain the pain, and fry the rice with the beef & sesame oil. My .90 cent dinner tonight will be some smoked georgia sausage & a can of baked beans. Cheap & simple stuff is great. |
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« Reply #25 on: May 12, 2008, 01:40:26 AM » |
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I have a Foreman grill and I buy a big bag of chicken breasts at Walmart for six dollars. I then just make some rice and there you go. Costs less than a dollar a meal. For flavor, I tend to use lots of Tabasco, cheap as you can get and a little goes a far away.
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« Reply #26 on: May 12, 2008, 08:49:00 AM » |
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I'm with you, dr_dre. I'm willing to cut corners to save some money, but I think you just found one of my limits! college_grad, I'm laughing at the "as patience permits" directive in your recipe. You've been watching me cook, eh? O |
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« Reply #27 on: May 12, 2008, 09:04:35 AM » |
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"Breakfast for dinner" is always a cheap, tasty strategy. Eggs, toast, and a slice of melon. What's that, like $1.75? Oatmeal with raisins. Cheap. Pancakes. Cheap. Poached eggs and corned beef hash. Cheap. Omelet. Cheap.
Ditto to oatmeal. Cheap, and one of the healthiest things you can eat. You can get an intimidatingly large canister for a few dollars and it'll last forever. --Phlebas, who eats it every morning with skim milk and dried cranberries mixed in. |
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« Reply #28 on: May 12, 2008, 10:02:58 AM » |
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Sweet Potato & Spinach Lentils: Sweat half a yellow onion with salt and pepper, add 1-2 cubed sweet potatoes, cook until slightly browned, add 6-8 cups of hot water, add 1 pound of lentils, simmer til tender, stir in spinach at the end (frozen, chopped--which is incredibly cheap--works fine).
This recipe also works well substituting split peas for the lentils.
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« Reply #29 on: May 12, 2008, 11:51:20 AM » |
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One box of cous-cous (or I buy bulk and make enough for 5-6 people)
One can of diced tomatoes
One bouillon cube (match to meat you use)
One small onion
diced up left over meat (half a chicken breast or 2-3 oz. of steak or lamb is enough)
Tasty. And, you can seriously feed five or six people for two dollars.
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