cheap good food with sustinence

[Rockski]

im looking for something to fill my gut, and money is really tight since i moved up to edmonton, ive been going on protien shake, rice, KD, Rolled oats with jam, picked whatever i can find, mostly carrots, some campbells soup, and occasionaly a beer that gets left here for carbs... they were all alright at the start but now im starting to actualy want some real food. i think its been about 4 months now...

[Barking_Spidre]

how much is real tight? Like how much are you looking to spend a meal? Buffets and Subway are always a good way to go. Get your sub with everything on it!

[TrevorK]

Pasta
Ramen Noodles

[QuasarCav]

Pitas and hummous. I live off the shit.

[GTS Jeff]

canned and frozen tuna is dirt cheap and provides a lot of nutrition. the only downside is that the tuna available for consumption regularly exceeds government recommendations for tolerable daily intake of mercury.

[GTS Jeff]

Originally posted by Barking_Spidre
how much is real tight? Like how much are you looking to spend a meal? Buffets and Subway are always a good way to go. Get your sub with everything on it!

haha are u fucking kidding? i bet u live at home with mammy and pappy.

eating out is damn expensive, subway is a total ripoff, and buffets barely even exist.

[GTS Jeff]

ok but if u are seriously poor assed, just buy no-name of everything (even no-name kd with no-name hotdogs) and drink only water.

[1badPT]

Here's something cheap - nutritious and tasty - Fried spaghetti.

Boil up a bunch of spaghetti, drain and put it in a bowl and refrigerate it.


Saute a chopped onion, set aside, brown a pound of ground beef, drain, add the onions back in - add salt and pepper and garlic powder to your liking. Add some oyster sauce if you have it and mix it all around then add your pasta sauce. Add a few cheap vegetables (mushrooms are always good but finely chopped carrots, celery and the like are good choices too).

Put it in a sealable container in the fridge and whenever you're ready to eat - heat a frying pan up, dump in some sauce and a few handfuls of spaghetti noodles and you're good to go with a meal thats quick, cheap and tastes good and is nutritious. Throw some (real) parmesan on top (it costs a wee bit more but its worth it ).

This works good for lunches too if you have access to a microwave.

[FiveFreshFish]

Originally posted by TrevorK
Pasta
Ramen Noodles

Coop instant noodles are 4 packages for $1.

[GTS Jeff]

Originally posted by FiveFreshFish


Coop instant noodles are 4 packages for $1.

i buy bulk boxes of nong-shim kim chi noodles

[Barking_Spidre]

Originally posted by GTS Jeff
haha are u fucking kidding? i bet u live at home with mammy and pappy.

eating out is damn expensive, subway is a total ripoff, and buffets barely even exist.

Ya I do live at home, But I have to buy all my own meals. I don't eat breakfast, then at work I buy lunch, then supper I don't eat much for that anyways. And there are plenty of buffets out here in Airdrie, and pretty cheap too.

[Rockski]

the only beffets in airdrie are chineese, plus, if im too poor to eat much other then rolled oats i really cant afford to eat out, plus i need to eat enought to make me feel "full" for a solid 8 hours while im outside working, with manual labor, you cant survive off of subway once a day, that would hold me over till first coffee break (2 hours)

[GTS Jeff]

Originally posted by Barking_Spidre


Ya I do live at home, But I have to buy all my own meals. I don't eat breakfast, then at work I buy lunch, then supper I don't eat much for that anyways. And there are plenty of buffets out here in Airdrie, and pretty cheap too.

how much do u spend on a lunch at subway? $5-$10? thats like $150-$300/month man.

try packing lunches for a week. itll cost u like $50-$100/month.

[Rockski]

up untill next month, i dont even have that, thats why im mostly on protien shake and rolled oats mixed with jam

[Bonka]

You should try to get some meat into your diet if possible.

Potatoes are great. So are beans. Many ways to prepare them.

You could always dump 2-3-4 large, peeled and boiled russet potatoes into a frying pan with some oil, mix in 1/4 to 1/2 can to spam and add an egg.

But the most nourishing (and in quantity) things have been mentioned.

Pasta, again, many ways to prepare. Buy a large bottle of plain tomato sauce (or tomatoes w/ can of tomato paste, whichever is cheaper), some ground beef. Brown the meat, mix the sauce in. Let it cool and put it back in the bottle (or a large tupperware). Good for at least a month.

Buy in bulk, if at all possible. Non perishables. MUCH cheaper in the end.

[Ryan@DerdallDesigns]

The mustard seed and drop in centre if your really desperate! Park the car for a while, take the bus and all the money spent on insurance/ gas could feed a small army....Stupid expencive alberta insurance!!!

[Ryan@DerdallDesigns]

eat your hot cereal it sticks to your ribs!! (Quote from every grandma in existance)

[three.eighteen.]

ground beef and tuna are the best source of cheap protein...hamburger helper and tuna sandwiches man

[Bonka]

Originally posted by three.eighteen.
ground beef and tuna are the best source of cheap protein...hamburger helper and tuna sandwiches man

+1 on the tuna!

[Stratus_Power]

I feel your pain man, I just started living on my own this year that I have to pay for my own food( iinstead of going to the Caf). and Subway/Wendy's seems alot more expnesive now! $8 a meal!? no way! haha

so now i usually just cook a shit load of pasta for a few days, cook dumplings for a few days, then rice w/ vegies for a few days.

Pasta:
Box of pasta- $2
Bottle of sauce - $4 ( dont knwo how to cook)
Ground beef - $5
Green peper/tomato- $3

Total- $14 that last ~ 3-4 meals. so thats ~ $3-4/meal

Dumplings:
Bag of chinese dumpling- $5 ~ 20-25
Can of soup ( or MSG if you want to go even cheaper) ~$1
Vegies- $3
vinegar (sp?) - $2

Total- $10 that last ~ 2-3 meals. so avg $3-5/ meal

Rice + wings + vegies:
Rice - $2
2lbs wings - $ 6
Shake and bake - $2
Vegies - $3

Total $13 that last ~ 2-3 meals. so avg $ 4-6/meal