Talk to me about budget cooking

[walterismydog]

What are your favorite cheap-ass meals? I'm just looking for ideas to add to my collection. I tend to cook semi-expensive, elaborate meals. Give me all your ideas!

[Deleted]

Ramen.

[mrsgoontz]

One of my favorite cheap and very filling meals is BBQ chicken baked potatoes. I cook chicken in the crockpot with bbq sauce and then shred it when it's done. Serve on a baked potato with butter, salt, pepper and some cheese.

[luckyval]

I tend to buy larger portion/expensive meats and stretch them into 2-3 meals

Example:

Friday, we cooked a 2.5 lb. London broil with salad and rice
Saturday, we used leftovers to make cheese steaks with fries
Sunday, we used the last of it and cooked it in brown gravy for beef tips and rice with broccoli

One cheap meal I like to do is to buy turkey burgers when they're on special and cook them up Salisbury steak-style with mashed potatoes and peas

[walterismydog]

Nov 12, 2013 10:56:43 GMT -5 Lucy Honeychurch said:

I do Fresh 20 and usually end up spending about $80 a week for five meals, which is a bargain.

That IS a bargain! I've seen it mentioned in passing, but I haven't really looked into it. I will be now!  

[muppetinma]

I love this website.  Everything I've made from there is fantastic!

www.budgetbytes.com/

[McGavin]

One of the cheapest (but one of my favorite) meals we do is these frozen asian dumplings.  They go on sale for about $1.99 sometimes and I stock up.  I make a couple cups of rice with them and use some peanut satay sauce with it.

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Nov 12, 2013 11:02:41 GMT -5 muppetinma said:

I love this website.  Everything I've made from there is fantastic!

www.budgetbytes.com/

I was just going to suggest this site. I love her approach and I've loved her recipes, too.