ok we're broke so what do you people eat when you odn't have any money?

[beauduke01]

also try this     http://www.angelfoodministries.com/

[makenzie71]

ok before anyone else suggests we take handouts keep in mind that I'm posting here...on the internet...something you pay for.

[yamahonkawazuki]

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[the mole]

I'm seeing a lot of ways to get cheap meat here, why not just delete it and go vegetarian. Just get a decent cook book or two, do a bit of research and enjoy. I did it for 20 years, can't beat fresh vegetables for cheap and healthy!

[bettingpython]

ok before anyone else suggests we take handouts keep in mind that I'm posting here...on the internet...something you pay for.

LOL yeah I understood your intent.

We eat pretty good and canned goods at sams are economical you just have to be prepared to store the quantity and realize your not going grocery shopping for cheap. We buy our tomatoes, bell peppers, mushrooms, potatoes, etc. all at Sam's. The quantity seems daunting at first but when you cook every night the bulk quantity works out to where you don't really have any waste. We eat dinner and take the leftovers for lunch we haven't had to throw away any spoiled produce it gets used in a timely manner. If you want steak the steak selection here is good and they're huge, we split an invidual steak which is more than enough meat so out of one 4 pack of steaks for $40 we get 8 steak dinners and usually have part of a steak to take to work the next day with salad and mashed potatoes. 

[frankieG]

OK this vegetarian thing is not healthy and not normal feeding for a human.  lets go back in time and it is known that our brain developed as a result of eating meat.  then it took another leap once we started cooking our meat.  so to all the vegans..if it were your way we would still be swinging in the trees, hooping and hollering, chucking shaZam! and pissing on passerby's on the ground.  meat is critical for a healthy human diet.  it is IMPOSSIBLE to live on a complete vegetarian diet without supplements.  it is what we are.  how biology and nature created us.  in case you haven't noticed i can't stand this whole veggie thing and debate.   iron, calcium, complex proteins and carbohydrates.  can't be done...give me MEAT!!!!!

[bettingpython]

Vegans also have issues with protein poisiening, they get so much protein with no fats or carbs when eating soy products that it's unhealthy. It takes way to much work to maintain a healthy diet when excluding meat.

Remeber the very first thing consumed for energy is fat's carbs are converted to and stored as fats and protein is used to build new muscle tissue etc. Normally excess protein is excreted as nitrogen in the urine and, you don't store it but when your not getting fats and you go through your stored reserves of fat the body begins cannibilizing proteinaceous tissue for energy and you don't rebuild tissue as fast as it's burned.

Oh yeah eating on the cheap, sorry I followed frankie off topic.

Mac and cheese with a can of tuna a can of rotel and 1/2 cup of corn and 1/2 cup of peas makes a great cheap and easy meal. 

[pantablo]

Rice FTW! It's cheap and packed with nutrients. and all it takes is another inexpensive protein (I'm lookin at you chicken and fish..) and you have a great meal. Frozen veggies are also way less $$$ than fresh. I also went with a lot of peanut butter, lots of protein in there.

rice and beans.

[makenzie71]

rice and beans is pimp.  we're doing that but kalee doesn't dig it much, though

[scottpA_GS]

Beer can chicken!

Drink about 1/3 a can of beer. Clean one whole chicken, set can in oven safe roasting pan, dry season chicken to your taste, stand it up over the beer can and bake/grill at 350-375 till done 

AWESOMELY moist chicken!  Doesnt taste/smell like alcohol at all...

Make some green beans and hot rolls.... Mmmmmm

Great dish for two, takes some time to ppick the leftovers off the bone, but well worth it for lunch the next day

  Think We'll  have that for dinner tomorrow 

[yamahonkawazuki]

Rice FTW! It's cheap and packed with nutrients. and all it takes is another inexpensive protein (I'm lookin at you chicken and fish..) and you have a great meal. Frozen veggies are also way less $$$ than fresh. I also went with a lot of peanut butter, lots of protein in there.

rice and beans.

good supplier of "natural gas" 

[pantablo]

rice and beans is pimp.  we're doing that but kalee doesn't dig it much, though

you're broke. suck it up.

[Kasumi]

Cheapest way, go to the supermarket, buy shaZam! loads of spag bol sauce, tomatoes, peppers, whatever veg you like, get a couple o packs of mince, cook your mince, stick your veg in to cook, cook some spag bol to your chosen recipe, but cook loads and buy bulk. Then when its cooked in your huge ass pan, dish it up into plastic takeaway containers etc etc... so you have 1 portion per container and freeze it all. Do the same for your chillie recipe. Also at the same time cook up 3 or 4 different soups in big quantities, and freeze those into portions too.

Now all you need is potatoes, rice and possibly bread. Have two or three freshly cooked meals a week using like before cook a whole chicken, save the rest for salads and sandwiches the next few days, stirfry lets you use up crap meat in a tasty way - crap meat is cheap. stews - can also be frozen, then when you dont have ne fresh meat to cook something with whip out a couple of portions of your spag boll and cook up some pasta, microwave spag boll till defrosted and plate up, Super cheap super quick. Also soups for your dinner with your salad and chicken leftover.

[bettingpython]

rice and beans is pimp.  we're doing that but kalee doesn't dig it much, though

you're broke. suck it up.

LOL harshness pablo, doesn't become you.

You can still have variety on a rice and bean budget. Kas makes an excellent point about stir fry we do fix that quite ofen, and nothings more fun than making home made pot stickers and hoisan sauce for them. 

[bettingpython]

Okay here is a good one for you,

2 baking potatoes, 1 can wolf chilli no beans, 1/2 can sauerkraut, 3 bratwurst's, mustard of your choice, I have a very spicey brats n beer mustard we like it's got lots of horse radish in it.

Cook bratwurst til brown and warmed through, and quarter them, microwave baking potatoes till done while heating saurkraut and chili, serve chili over fluffed baked potato and brats on bed of saurkraut with mustard to taste. Filling, tatsty and economical if you buy bulk packs like I do from Sam's figured it up last night our entire meal cost $4.

I also like to do linguini noodles with wolf chili no beans and parmesean cheese on top, for $2 you can feed 2 people. Add a salad to that and you'll feed 2 for $2.50

We like restraunt style Italian dressing, $7 a gallon at sams we have a jar we refill from the gallon jug, its a very economical solution to salad dressings, the only problem is you have to have room to refridgerate an entire gallon jug.

Went shopping last night and spent $110 but that's enough with a few simple additions from the grocery store totaling up to another $20 at most that we won't have to shop again for another month. Ground beef was $2.56 a LB but you have to buy the 10lb giant tube of it and then break it down at home into individual freezer bag portions. In this day and age of rising food prices that's pretty good.

[TonyKZ1]

Something else you might think about is back here we have a "salvage" grocery store that we go to, sometimes the cans are a little dented, but it saves us quite a bit of money vs the normal grocery stores. We also have a garden plus raise chickens (for eggs & meat) on our small farm. Along with that we are also vendors at the local farmer's markets so we buy some of our stuff there also.
Tony