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What are / were your struggle meals?
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for snacks, homemade popcorns from a bag of kernels as they are cheap as dirt.
for a meal, the obvious ramen noodles plus egg and fried porkchops.
oven baked sandwiches can be pretty much cost saving as well.
canned chicken breast which is also good for salads.
for a meal, the obvious ramen noodles plus egg and fried porkchops.
oven baked sandwiches can be pretty much cost saving as well.
canned chicken breast which is also good for salads.
Tuna and rice. Can make enough for two with just one can of tuna. Very good though. And cheap. Maybe add some corn, keep cheap.
It actually wasn't that bad. Sometimes I get a hankering for the old fishdog.
Cheap frozen pizza and some cheap baked beans on top.
Jesus Christ. This is a deafening cry for help.
Cheap frozen pizza and some cheap baked beans on top.
Struggle meals dosent to taste like shit. What the fuck is that? And is that ketchup??
yup, the trade brands from Aldi or Lidl taste better than the original. Add a bit of cheap cheese in the sauce for a really filling plate.
Literally only costs 1€ at max.
When I was a kid it was saltine crackers. Now its two fruit, usually an apple and banana. Always been poor. I have no kitchen so it makes things more difficult to be creative like you guys.
My old go to is what I called bachelor chow which was a mixture of Minute Rice with a can of cream of mushroom soup.
Now, the bachelor chow I make to remind me of the old times is done in an instant pot with sauteed onions, mushrooms, spinach, sausage or spiced beef or chicken or something as well as the mushroom soup and not minute rice as well as some broth of some variety to cook the rice properly. And it's actually pretty delicious.
Now, the bachelor chow I make to remind me of the old times is done in an instant pot with sauteed onions, mushrooms, spinach, sausage or spiced beef or chicken or something as well as the mushroom soup and not minute rice as well as some broth of some variety to cook the rice properly. And it's actually pretty delicious.
Cheap frozen pizza and some cheap baked beans on top.
An australian showed me once this delicacy: frozen lasagna on top of frozen pizza. You should try it next time instead of the baked beans.
One mashed potatoes packet
Two hot dogs
Maybe a can of tomato beans if I was feeling fancy.
Two packets of mashed potatoes used to cost 10 NOK on sale. A packet of ten hot dogs cost 25-ish NOK on sale. Two cans of tomato beans cost 10 NOK on sale.
So:
Mashed potatoes: 5 NOK
Hot dogs: 5 NOK
Tomato beans: 5 NOK
15 NOK in total (with tomato beans), which translates to roughly 1,6$ using today's currencies.
Two hot dogs
Maybe a can of tomato beans if I was feeling fancy.
Two packets of mashed potatoes used to cost 10 NOK on sale. A packet of ten hot dogs cost 25-ish NOK on sale. Two cans of tomato beans cost 10 NOK on sale.
So:
Mashed potatoes: 5 NOK
Hot dogs: 5 NOK
Tomato beans: 5 NOK
15 NOK in total (with tomato beans), which translates to roughly 1,6$ using today's currencies.
Ramen with multivitamins. Some canned meat is cheap, then mix that with rice and whatever other cheap vegetable to use as filler.
that's not struggle food, that's dinner.
Eggs, rice and whatever was left over from last night was breakfast / dinner
Friendly tip: next time try tagliatelle. Spaghetti are too thin for ragù alla bolognese, they are more suited for light sauces (spaghetti allo scoglio, alla puttanesca etc.), cream- (cacio e pepe) or oil-based sauces (aglio e olio). I mean, it's fine, but the original recipe is called tagliatelle alla bolognese for a reason: thicker egg pasta is more easily able to absorb heavy meat sauces than flour-and-water pasta.
minute rice costs about 10x regular rice- if you're making a big lot at the start of the week you can reheat with whatever you're mixing. Bonus: cooked refrigerated rice is the magic ingredient for fried rice- so you can have more options. An onion, soy sauce and anything you can find and the struggle becomes a snuggle.
Crusty dough dipped in water.
Jk
Ramen with eggs and fresh vegetables I buy and cut or frozen burritos+ pizzas
Jk
Ramen with eggs and fresh vegetables I buy and cut or frozen burritos+ pizzas
I mean I've never really ate cheap meals because I was low on money, but I do know how to be frugal.
For me, it's pork shoulder roast. I always buy them in January when they go down to $0.99/lb (which is incredibly cheap for Canada). One roast can either make cubanos or pulled pork sandwiches for an entire week for 2 people. Also goes great on rice. I get somewhere around 20 meals out of a $10 piece of meat.
For me, it's pork shoulder roast. I always buy them in January when they go down to $0.99/lb (which is incredibly cheap for Canada). One roast can either make cubanos or pulled pork sandwiches for an entire week for 2 people. Also goes great on rice. I get somewhere around 20 meals out of a $10 piece of meat.
Surprisingly no. No clue where it goes really. I guess sticks to the sardines.
I just cook with what I have, I don't really make particular dishes very often, I just make food. But since I've been poor my entire life I guess every meal is a struggle meal? I get a lot of my food for free from different local food sharing and urban farm projects.
I don't consider this a struggle meal because I still make it to this day and enjoy eating it just the way it is, given that it's so filling.
I like to fry up chick peas with diced onions. Season all of it up with basil, paprika, pepper, garlic, Adobo, cumin, and whatever else I can find in the pantry. Takes only ten minutes. It's filling as hell and serves as an awesome side for other meals.
A can of garbanzo beans runs me .69 cents and one onion from a bag of six which I get for $1.49 makes the cost of this meal less than $1. I also typically enjoy having eggs, so for one breakfast meal I'll fry two eggs, which come from a container of 18 that costs $2.10.
I like to fry up chick peas with diced onions. Season all of it up with basil, paprika, pepper, garlic, Adobo, cumin, and whatever else I can find in the pantry. Takes only ten minutes. It's filling as hell and serves as an awesome side for other meals.
A can of garbanzo beans runs me .69 cents and one onion from a bag of six which I get for $1.49 makes the cost of this meal less than $1. I also typically enjoy having eggs, so for one breakfast meal I'll fry two eggs, which come from a container of 18 that costs $2.10.
On the campus, they used to serve tuna sandwiches, lettuce and slices of green olive practically for free (it was subventioned for poor students). It was the highlight of my day. As a student, you couldn't exceed a certain amount of work hours per year to get paid legally.
So most of my work was under the table, sometimes they don't even pay you.
Now when I open my fridge I don't even know where to start. I guess certain stigma are hard to disappear. I always buy more than necessary. But we throw away food! Never. I still make tuna sandwiches either saturday or sunday morning for the kids, they love it. One day they will know the story behind it :).
Pasta packets. Cost 60p and are super filling.
But thankfully I haven't had to eat cheap for several years.
But thankfully I haven't had to eat cheap for several years.
Only twice. Never again, fuck that shit.
I just eat Cereal straight from the box now.
