super cheap and lots of leftovers..

[nerdress]

Being that I'm moving into my own apartment tomorrow, the roommate and I want to go shopping for foodstuff. He's not a cook, and neither am I but thankfully...I think I can manage.

I want to make stuff that can (and will be) made for dinner, then packed again for lunch...and possibly eaten for dinner again. So far on the list I have:

-Breaded chicken and rice (I took my rice cooker back from my dbag ex that still owes me money, in lieu of interest payments)
-Quiche anything...with bacon.
-Spaghetti
-Stirfry of some sort
-Macaroni and cheeeesssseeee

The ingredients have to be cheap(er), and not really for a one-time meal. Needs to last at least 2-3 days.

Oh and breakfast doesn't count. Because of Plasmabomb I've been searching craigslist for some gd wafflemakers.

 

[Billb2]

Mac & cheese with bacon. And substitute sour creme for the milk.

Meatloaf, potroast. beef stew..........

 

[illusion88]

Get yourself a crock pot.
Seriously, and they are cheap.

Crock pots are easy. You just stick stuff in there and then hit the button. Come back in 8-10 hours (your work day) and it's dinner time. Tasty. Plus you make enough to eat for a few days.

Example. Pot Roast.
-4 lbs of beef roast
-1 bag of baby carrots
- a few onions chopped
- a few potatoes (I like sweet potatoes) chopped
- some garlic and any dry spices you want
- Hit the button marked "low" and your done.

 

[S Freud]

I made up a recipe of mac n cheese with chorizo that is really good and keeps well for lunch.
Spaghetti is a favorite of mine, and like illusion said a crock pot is really good to have.

 

[child of wonder]

Originally posted by: illusion88
Get yourself a crock pot.
Seriously, and they are cheap.

Crock pots are easy. You just stick stuff in there and then hit the button. Come back in 8-10 hours (your work day) and it's dinner time. Tasty. Plus you make enough to eat for a few days.

Example. Pot Roast.
-4 lbs of beef roast
-1 bag of baby carrots
- a few onions chopped
- a few potatoes (I like sweet potatoes) chopped
- some garlic and any dry spices you want
- Hit the button marked "low" and your done.

This.

Tater Tot casserole is good. It's just cream of mushroom soup with veggies mixed in (canned or frozen) like carrots, peas, green beans, etc. You can mix in cheese if you want. The more vegetables the better. Then top with tater tots and cook in the oven til the tots are done.

Meatloaf is another great thing to reheat.

And a great staple is to bake about 6 or 7 potatoes on the weekend then refrigerate. They reheat really well and are healthy.

 

[CRXican]

frozen chicken
a George Forman is your friend

 

[S Freud]

Originally posted by: CRXican
frozen chicken
a George Forman is your friend

chicken never worked well on my foreman. It always burned the outside and the inside was just barely cooked.

 

[Crusty]

Soups can usually be made cheap and you can make mass volumes of it.

I'll make some gumbo and eat it all week!

 

[GagHalfrunt]

Beef stew is definitely good, it's cheap and it gets better when it stands. Learn to make soups too. They're not a complete dinner, but they're a good piece of one, they're great for lunch, they can be done ubercheap, they don't require any special skills and there's an endless variety. Noodle casseroles too, pasta is cheap and filling, they're easy to do and there are a million of them.

 

[techs]

Get a ham. Last one I bought was a shank for .99 a pound.
Lasted a week.

 

[episodic]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...3KNwf0&feature=related

 

[Mo0o]

Chili

 

[xanis]

pasta + pretty much anything

I like to cook up ~2lbs of chicken and toss it in with some pasta, garlic, and olive oil. Pretty tasty, very cheap, and I usually get 3+ meals out of it depending on the size of the batch.

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

Originally posted by: S Freud
I made up a recipe of mac n cheese with chorizo that is really good and keeps well for lunch.

Sounds awesome, care to share?

 

[S Freud]

Originally posted by: GodlessAstronomer

Originally posted by: S Freud
I made up a recipe of mac n cheese with chorizo that is really good and keeps well for lunch.

Sounds awesome, care to share?

I'll have to dig it up I sort of just created it while I was cooking after trying it at a local brewery and eatery.

 

[nerdress]

OH! Chorizo is the bomb...my mom made something tonight with a can of whole peel potatoes, zucchini, and chorizo, sauteed it in a skillet and you put it over noodles.

I think the next thing I'm going to take from my dbag ex is our slow cooker.

And I need a wok.

 

[zerocool84]

Originally posted by: nerdress
Being that I'm moving into my own apartment tomorrow, the roommate and I want to go shopping for foodstuff. He's not a cook, and neither am I but thankfully...I think I can manage.

I want to make stuff that can (and will be) made for dinner, then packed again for lunch...and possibly eaten for dinner again. So far on the list I have:

-Breaded chicken and rice (I took my rice cooker back from my dbag ex that still owes me money, in lieu of interest payments)
-Quiche anything...with bacon.
-Spaghetti
-Stirfry of some sort
-Macaroni and cheeeesssseeee

The ingredients have to be cheap(er), and not really for a one-time meal. Needs to last at least 2-3 days.

Oh and breakfast doesn't count. Because of Plasmabomb I've been searching craigslist for some gd wafflemakers.

You say you're not a cook and want to make quiche and breaded chicken??? Sounds like you can cook to me.

 

[nerdress]

Originally posted by: zerocool84

You say you're not a cook and want to make quiche and breaded chicken??? Sounds like you can cook to me.

Well quiche isn't that hard...frozen pie crusts + beat some eggs + grated cheese + bacon + diced ham + dried out thawed spinach + 350 degree oven = bake until golden brown.

Breaded chicken is just egg, flour, egg again and then bread crumbs, put into a pyrex thing with about 2 tablespoons of butter floating around and voila! 20 minutes or so later you have chicken.

I've been watching my mom do it since I was little, it's a staple in our house.

 

[zerocool84]

Originally posted by: nerdress

Originally posted by: zerocool84

You say you're not a cook and want to make quiche and breaded chicken??? Sounds like you can cook to me.

Well quiche isn't that hard...frozen pie crusts + beat some eggs + grated cheese + bacon + diced ham + dried out thawed spinach + 350 degree oven = bake until golden brown.

Breaded chicken is just egg, flour, egg again and then bread crumbs, put into a pyrex thing with about 2 tablespoons of butter floating around and voila! 20 minutes or so later you have chicken.

I've been watching my mom do it since I was little, it's a staple in our house.

Quiche is too hard for me. Anything that takes more work than just throwing it on the pan or oven is too much for me.

 

[SonicIce]

If you're wondering what to do with some leftover meat, heat it in a pan with some veggies and a scambled egg and put it in top ramen and you'll end up with something pretty damn Tasty.

 

[nerdress]

Originally posted by: SonicIce
If you're wondering what to do with some leftover meat, heat it in a pan with some veggies and a scambled egg and put it in top ramen and you'll end up with something pretty damn Tasty.

!!! On sunday night my friend made ramen with a can of chili, and then put some bbq sauce and a little bit of water and..cooked it.

It was actually pretty awesome, in that "I really wish I was high to enjoy this" sort of way.

 

[Crusty]

Originally posted by: nerdress

Originally posted by: SonicIce
If you're wondering what to do with some leftover meat, heat it in a pan with some veggies and a scambled egg and put it in top ramen and you'll end up with something pretty damn Tasty.

!!! On sunday night my friend made ramen with a can of chili, and then put some bbq sauce and a little bit of water and..cooked it.

It was actually pretty awesome, in that "I really wish I was high to enjoy this" sort of way.

I think that's about the only way to enjoy something like that :Q

 

[Eos]

3 cups of rice, 6 cups of water. Toss in 4 or 5 one inch cubed chicken breasts, not quite cooked all the way. Stir in 3 or 4 cans of cream of chicken soup. Do not add water until all is mixed. Lots of salt and pepper to season.

LOTS of food in this one and pretty damn cheap. Figure $6 for chicken, $4 for the soup and $2 for a big bag of rice. Easily 8 or 10 meals.

 

[Chronoshock]

I like making stuffed peppers, its pretty simple. Two large peppers can make 4 servings if you make a side with it.
To fill 2 peppers I'll use:
Quarter large onion diced
Whatever pepper was leftover from the top (to make the opening) diced
One small tomato diced
One clove of garlic
1 cup uncooked rice
1-2 italian sausages or half a pound of ground beef or whatever meat you want
Quarter cup of spaghetti sauce
Any herbs you want to taste (oregano, parsely, red pepper flakes, whatever you want)
Salt and pepper to taste

I cook the rice first to avoid any chance of uncooked rice kernels
Sweat down the onions and peppers, add seasoning
Brown the meat
Add the tomatoes, cook until soft
Fold in the rice
Coat the inside of both peppers with some of the spaghetti sauce
Stuff both peppers
Cover the top with the remaining sauce

Bake @350 in a pan with some water (1/4 - 1/2 cup) in the bottom for about 30 mins

 

[alkalinetaupehat]

I get handouts from work occasionally which set me up for some goood meals. Otherwise stew/grains/ramen ends up being the staple. Or sammiches. Lots of those.