/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>11395913
(If you are barely scraping by then) It makes me happy that despite your circumstances you can still find joy in life.

>>11395913
You could honestly get a better meal at Taco Bell for the same price, more balanced and likely less sodium, if you can believe it.

>>11395913
toast sandwich

>>11395913
Doanfodneke

>>11395913
use as bait to catch bin chicken

>>11395913
>with beans

>>11395913
> This guy's not eating beefaroni

Bean and cabbage soup it's the perfect food

>>11395913
i get a 18lb/8.1kg bag of rice for $12.16 USD and that'll last me a while. goes well with eggs, cabbage stew, and chili-style beans (pic related)

>>11395913
Those bad boys served me well in uni desu

This one's not too bad for what it is, and as another anon wrote for when it's late and you want something passable without it taking hours to make the real stuff.

What the fuck a roadhouse is I dunno.

>>11395913
Hi fellow Ausfag. Their Chunky Beef version is better.

My dad’s nuker mac and cheese is pretty good for about 50¢ a serving. Just noodles, single cheese slices, and bread crumbs. It takes about eight minutes to make.

For real zero effort, pour a 50/50 mixture of juice and half and half into a popsicle mold and freeze it. It adds up to about 50¢ a pop and blows out most prepackaged popsicles if you ask me.

>>11395913

Deep fried tater tots, scrambled eggs and grated cheese. Shit is satisfying asf.

>>11395913

>>11395913
pic related

>>11395913
This and an egg.

This is my low energy low effort poorman comfort food. It will take more effort than the dishes here but sometimes it's worth it not involving a microwave or a dinner box.
>boil in bag rice
>let cool off
>WARNING, MICROEFFORT
>as rice is cooling, dice one quarter of onion, add or dice any tomato you might have, and dice any pepper if you have one
>effort over
>large saucepan hot and oiled
>onions (sweat) then peppers and tomatos
>make sure not too much liquid is left from tomatos
>salt, pepper, and garlic powder
>add rice
>add 1 can of black beans
>add any leftover meat or protein if you have any
>beef or chicken bullion or stock powder (good amount), pepper, garlic powder, small amount of cumin, lemon juice, red pepper flakes, cayenne, more garlic
>salt to taste
>the dish is finished when the beans mush easily and/or theres not much "sauce or water" left in the pot.
Sometimes based on what you throw in you dont get enough natural sweetness from tomatos and the peppers. I'll add barely a teaspoon of brown sugar to balance it. It shouldnt taste sweet at all though.

>>11395933

>same price
>chili -> $1
>instant ramen -> $.39

So, just one $1 menu item?

>>11395913
I survived 6 months on Stagg chili and brown rice. 1 cup and 1 can mixed together is 3 very filling meals.
Rode my bike everywhere, lived super cheap, got in good shape, extra money went to beer for parties every weekend. It was a simpler time.

>>11396052
Biker bar and grill.

>>11395913
I actually made this the other day because i ran out of food and only had hurricane supplies. It is fucking disgusting and you should feel bad for liking it.

>>11396052
Try their pulled pork and beans.

>>11395913
Stagg dynamite hot is so fucking good.
I love that shit on a jacket (baked) potato with cheese and coleslaw and a side salad.

>>11396540
Yeah now I know, like that old Patrick Swayze movie.

>>11395913
Spaghetti and ketchup
If you have an onion and/or a pepper, slice that up and cook with a cheap overly preserved meat.

>>11395913
Seapoint Farms Edamame Fettuccine, Earth Balance Coconut Peanut Butter, ground ginger, paprika, black pepper, and sea salt. Combine all while boiling the water.

Absolutely choice and has all the macros you need.

>>11395913
actually what I do with chili is make huevos rancheros, except it's huevos chili. two over easy eggs covered in the chili, over a bed of freshly fried tortlia chips, it's pretty good.

>>11395913
that's the brand of canned chili that I eat

Pancakes have gotten me through some hard times. It takes some effort but what I did was make up a huge batch and kept it in the fridge.

Nah son, empty that stag chilli over a tray of corn chips, cover the chilli with cheese, bake. Serve with guac, hot sauce and sour cream if you have it. 0 effort nachos, comfy af

itt: dog-food tier food
jesus christ, have some self-respect and just go hungry

>>11398329
>self respect
Piss off, normie.

>>11395913
>Microwave pasta in a bowl (1 dollar)
>use shirt to carry bowl to sink and drain water using a fork to keep pasta from spilling out
>add canned tomato product of whatever sort (1 dollar or less)
>add olive oil if you have it and some seasoning

Bone appy teet.

>>11395913
Are japanese ramen noodles worth importing to Switzerland? the very limited ones we have in stores are almost worse than the american brand and I want some good ramen without going to japan

not gay btw

>>11398356
I find it difficult to imagine an anon who has a microwave but not a dishcloth.

>>11395913
Stagg Chili is $4 a fucking can and rarely goes on special, how is that poverty food mate?

You could make your own with 10+ portions using 3star mince and kidney beans and it would run you less than $2 a serve.

>>11395913
That chili has been discontinued in OZ

Australia has made legal changes to the rules about using US beef.

Hormel can no longer sell US beef in a can produced after a certain date.

Hormel are selling all their remaining stock.

Once they have sold out their remaining stock, they will restock the shelves with ALL new cans of Stagg.

The ALL NEW Stagg will contain pork instead of beef.

The ETA on supermarket shelves is roughly 2 months

>>11398520
>worried about American beef because it contains human hormones
How's that Chinese ice cream?

>>11395913
$4.50 for a can of that chili is the opposite of "poverty food" Anon.
Buy $4 worth of chili ingredients and make like 6 meal's worth instead.

>>11395913
I love stagg chili when its on sale
I buy these fried pork skins with it and bury them deep in the chilli until its completely stuffed with pork skins and then I microwave it up and its so fucking good my dudes

>>11395913
>3.99
Fuck you cunt
>>11396343
Based

>>11395913
I fucking love stagg chili on hot dogs but it's really not cheap. Maybe it's that it's overpriced in Canada but IIRC it's like $4 a can.

>>11396342
Is this place any good? I just moved to a new town and saw one of these and might give it a try this week. My new job is right by it too, so I'll be driving by it all the time.

>>11398402
if you aren't a fucking prince that has a goddamn dishcloth you use a tshirt too dirty to wear but clean enough to get dirtier
>>11401144
dude it's fucking great, just got back from there
it's usually something you get around 1 AM with friends, usually somewhat buzzed
you go there, homeless/drunk/meth OD'd/crazy people are there for decoration. the cashier is usually high as hell, but that's a good thing because they'll add more food to your order.
you can get a chicken quesadilla on the side of your double cheeseburger with 20 hushpuppies, a good amount of cajun fries, a handspun milkshake (they have 40+ flavors), or a cheerwine float, and a slice of cheesecake for like $5
it's a college student's lifeline

>>11402053
Interesting. Next time I'm headed back from a bar or decide to do some drinking I might swing by there for some drunk food. It's in a college town, so that makes sense, although I think it just opened.

>>11395913
WHYD THEY DISCONTINUE THIS REEEEEEEE

>>11395913
Am i crazy in thinking a can of stagg makes a good meal in and of itself? Or any brand of chili, obviously. Just figured, this being a shill thread, id join in.

Cheap sardines with hotsauce and toast

>>11402053
You only need one, and a decent set costs about $5 at Target or whatever. I’ve seen ultra-cheap sets go for a dollar. That’s less than a shirt from Goodwill.

>>11403118
>he doesn't steal from the coat donation boxes at walmart
look at fucking bezos here

>>11403188
Hope you’re happy that an actual decent human being is gonna have to be cold, now, dick.

Pic related, it’s you.

>>11396343

>6 seperate sauce and seasoning packets

Not exactly low effort. Also, worst acid reflux of my life.

>>11403218
natural selection

Homemade bean burritos. Pinto beans boiled in water with boullion cubes added. Fry cooked beans with chili powder, cumin, garlic, lime, and smol amount of miniscule dice jalapeno. Roll cooked beans in a tortilla with shredded bulk cheddar cheese. Wrap in foil and store/ reheat in oven a few minutes. Eat with sour cream, lime, salsa or plain as you can afford. Plaintains or rice a good side. If you live near a Mexican grocery, ingredients for this are super cheap. Better if you can boil beans in homemade stock made from meat scraps and bones you've saved in the freezer for this purpose.

*store in refrigerator or freezer

>>11403605
Oh, and mash beans with a fork or potato masher before frying with spices.

>>11398513
>San Fransisco prices are flyover prices

>>11396411
where the hell do you live where a can of chili costs 1 buck?

>>11395913
I mix that chili into melted velveeta to make a queso dip

tuna, mayo, bread, pepper

>tfw have to use a food bank
>so far in debt and broke as fuck that any fucking dollar I get all goes to bills
Everything will be okay.

>>11404764
im not him but i know that you can get this brand in both IL and KS for ~$0.89 at walmart. usually we use it as a hotdog topping.

>>11396406
Making this would be the most effort I've put into preparing anything in my life. Are you mental?

>>11395913

fast meal if you have a freezer and a hob
>learn to make cous cous, mix it with massel stock cubes, and frozen peas.

good source of amino acids if you're too cheap for meat
>Rice and beans (buy dry and soak overnight before cooking) , salt, and 'cajun' seasoning mix (you can get it cheap from veggie stores in woggy areas like earlwood in sydney)

learn to make your own spaghetti sauce
>Get cheap canned tomato, onion, and dryed oregano on sale at wog green grosser
>chop up onion and saute with salt (no need for oil, just keep on adding water if it sticks)
>add in tomato and oregano and simmer minimum an hour.
>serve over spahgetti,
>bulk buy/cook these ones and keep in portions in the freezer, then just microwave to eat.

when you turn 59 and realise you're no further in life than when you were 19
>hello wild cats
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKxhI4I5kq8

>>11404792
Same here. I'm -200 bucks in the hole, have a 900 dollar paycheck coming in 2 days, and still am not sure if I'll even break even. If I've got a positive balance in my bank account come Monday, it'll be a win.
In the meantime, there's an old lady at work who gives me a container of yogurt every morning, one who gives me a breakfast bar, and one who gives me a toaster strudel. (They just do that because they're nice old ladies, they don't know I'm broke.) Will swipe a five from somebody here & there, get some ramen if I have the balls for it that week. If possible, cause I have 10 bucks leftover in a pay period, I'll pick up a bottle of Skol for the weekend, wake up each morning with my uvula swollen. Hopefully things'll start picking up next year.

>>11405084
>boil in bag rice
>add canned beans
>add whatever you happen to have in fridge
>the most effort you've ever used to prepare anything in your life
You must be over 18 to use 4chan. If you are, then youve failed miserably as a human being.

>>11405116
see
>>11405107

>>11405107
I'm sorry to hear that. You should consider a good bank though, they literally saved my life. I was down to my last 1/2 cup of rice before I broke down and went to one.

I'm 29 and one been out of work for like a year due to illnesses. It's the worst. I'm 4 grand in debt and only have 63 bucks to my name at the moment. Have a shitty check coming that will likely only cover my rent.

I need to stay optimistic or I'll go fucking insane.

>>11404792
that's what you get for being a dumbass with your money

Saltine crackers and sliced cheese. Each slice when folded in half twice breaks into 4 squares that fit perfectly on the crackers.

I recommend melting it afterwards.

>>11405168

How come mine don't ever grow?

>>11406245
Are you watering with milk? I mean milking?

>>11405228
why not just go homeless? set up a comfy shelter somewhere and save your rent money for food and bills

>>11406245

I thought almond milk woulda done the trick. Man I messed the whole batch up my dude. I'll try the real dairy next time.

>>11402141
i can confirm its exactly what anon says. it tastes okay too.

>>11395913
I'm poor right now, so I'll be making a lot of omelettes. I'm making a retard size batch of chili tomorrow to last me the week too

>>11398329

>>11405105
>low effort poverty thread
>make your own spaghetti sauce
Dude, pasta sauce is probably some of the cheapest pre-made meal you can buy.
1 jar pasta sauce + 1 portion pasta = meals for days and dead easy. Just boil water, add pasta, drain water, add sauce.

>>11395984
Excellent taste anon

I recently forgot to eat and it was like 10pm so no possibility of going to the nearby supermarket either. So I boiled some rice, cut the broccoli I still had in my fridge into relatively small pieces and added them halfway into the rice cooking process. Drained it, added some soy sauce and a few spoons of peanut butter (not american peanut butte, but peanut butter that is literally just ground up peanut). Stirred it and it was pretty decent. I think the only improvement I would make is throwing in an egg at the same time as the broccoli.
Soy sauce: literally too cheap to count desu
Rice: 15 cents or so
Broccoli: 56 cents
Peanut butter: 20 cents or less
Egg: 20-30 cents depending on how fancy they are and how many you can buy as a student without having to throw half of them away.

So yeah that's a €1,20 meal and I'd say it scores well in terms of nutrition and lazyness while being cheap as fuck. Also barely any processed food except the soy sauce I guess.

I figure this is the place to ask. What can I do with the liquid from an empty jar of banana peppers?