Your Favourite Cheap Meal

[Mayne]

I came up with this classic myself.

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I just wish HP Sauce weren't so damn expensive though.

 

[Muse]

Hmm, maybe a mango from under the tree. Look it over, though, if it was partially eaten by a bat you could contract ebola. Just saying.

 

[Mayne]

Hmm, maybe a mango from under the tree. Look it over, though, if it was partially eaten by a bat you could contract ebola. Just saying.

 

[z1ggy]

Favorite cheap meal... Hm...

Your mom...?

 

[luv2liv]

large bowl of Pho = $6.
eat half for lunch. eat the rest for dinner. cant imagine anything cheaper n still fullfilling.

 

[maddogchen]

clam chowder from a can

 

[phucheneh]

Depends on your definition of 'cheap,' I guess.

Quesadillas come to mind. Big bag of flour torillas, whatever cheese is on hand, and some frozen chicken tits = excellence.

Really, I'm all set as long as I have chicken. Pasta is cheap as fuck, and I can cobble together some kind of alfredo or pesto sauce...just needs a little chicken to be a meal.

Chicken + [cheap stuff I rummage from the pantry and/or fridge] = good eatin'

 

[SOFTengCOMPelec]

I start off with this Huge main course:

Then have a tiny desert, to make up for eating so much.

 

[purbeast0]

tacobell

 

[Carson Dyle]

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[Sho'Nuff]

El Pollo Rico 1/4 chicken meal

1/4 roasted peruvian style chicken and two sides for $5.80.

When I used to eat there regularly the price was ~$1 less.

http://www.welovethischicken.com/

 

[NikolaeVarius]

Scoop of Protein Powder, Handful of Oats, Cold Water. Possibly a scoop of peanut butter every once in a while.

 

[Markbnj]

That combo OP posted has nothing to do with cheap, and everything to do with awful.

 

[Sho'Nuff]

large bowl of Pho = $6.
eat half for lunch. eat the rest for dinner. cant imagine anything cheaper n still fullfilling.

Whole roasted chicken is only $4. And it can feed a whole family.

 

[M0oG0oGaiPan]

ikea breakfast Plate - Scrambled eggs, bacon, and potatoes. - 99¢
costco hotdog meal - hot dog and soda - $1.50

 

[NikolaeVarius]

large bowl of Pho = $6.
eat half for lunch. eat the rest for dinner. cant imagine anything cheaper n still fullfilling.

Pound of lentils for 1.50.
Hot Sauce.

Done.

 

[edro]

Those larger ramen kits that come in a rectangular tub.

 

[madoka]

large bowl of Pho = $6.
eat half for lunch. eat the rest for dinner. cant imagine anything cheaper n still fullfilling.

Reheated pho is disgusting. I'd feed that slop to dogs.

 

[Vdubchaos]

Every morning

cast iron egg + cheese (swiss, chedder or whatever else I might have), toasted rye + some peppers (lightly heated)

 

[Uppsala9496]

Cheap is some high fiber pasta, some smoked sausage and whatever spices I am in the mood for (simple is some olive oil, basil, oregano, salt, pepper, garlic powder) and some frozen vegetables.
Can feed a family of 4 for about $6 a meal. Total.

 

[Sonikku]

 

[brainhulk]

Food Drug reps pay for. Free CE dinners at nice restaurants

 

[Perknose]

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Lol, blast from my 20 something past.

Pro Tip: Crack in an egg and stir in for bulk (and more protein.) Also good: Squeeze up to half a lemon in for added piquancy. As always with making tuna a staple: Careful with that Mercury, Freddy. :awe:

 

[Carson Dyle]

Lol, blast from my 20 something past.

The only starving-college-student dish that I still fix decades later. So much sodium in the ramen, though, that I have it only occasionally now.

 

[Newell Steamer]

Turkey, spinach, with Thousand Island dressing on wheat bread - about $3 when all ingredients are bought from Costco.