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trick of the trades 3 Nov @ 9:36pm

share your cheapest cooking recipes here, it has to be under 10$ per meal min, the cheaper the better.

if the recipe is really good with clear details i will give your reply a award.

i will begin:

fried potatoes with onions.

what you will need:
2 medium potatoes
1 small onion
canola oil or sunflower oil or olive oil or butter
salt
black pepper
rosemerry herbs (optional)
sweet paprika (optional)

cost per meal - 0.10$ - 0.50$ (depends on where you buy)

instructions:

cut the potatoes into small cubes and then cut the onions into small cubes aswell, the size of the cubes should be the same like D6 playing dice.

pour 1 teaspoon of oil or butter into a non stick frying pan, or 4 tea spoon of oil or butter in a reguler frying pan (rinse out the oil with the spatula at the end of the fry).

gently heat up the oil on a medium heat for 1.5 minutes.

pour all of the cut potatoes into the pan and fry on medium heat for 10 minutes (stir with a spatula every 2 minutes and cook evenly) until the potatoes are tender, then pour the cut onions into the pan with the potatoes and add salt and black pepper to taste, fry until the potatoes and onions are golden brown (about 5 minutes).

gently take the fried dish onto a plate with the spatula and season with 1/4 tea spoon of rosemerry herb and 1/4 tea spoon of sweet paprika, stir the seasonings and serve.

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Fake 3 Nov @ 9:42pm

Flour
Butter
Sugar
Eggs

Bake
Enjoy

trick of the trades 3 Nov @ 9:47pm

Originally posted by Fake:
Flour
Butter
Sugar
Eggs

Bake
Enjoy

no water too? awesome. gonna shove it all in an oven like how to basic and bake me an amazing cake!

: )

EDIT: egg shells included

Last edited by trick of the trades; 3 Nov @ 9:48pm

Paratech2008 3 Nov @ 9:47pm

1 package Knorr Teriyaki Rice
1 Can diced chicken (drained)

prepare rice, when almost done add Diced chicken. Continue to finish cooking.

Side of Pineapple or Mandarin Oranges optional.

Paratech2008 3 Nov @ 9:51pm

Package of macaroni with liquid cheese such as Velveeta.

Can Diced Chicken

Can Diced Tomatoes (optionally with jalapenos.)

Cook Macaroni, Add Cheese, drained chicken, Diced tomatoes. peppers optional.

Chaosolous 3 Nov @ 9:53pm

Peanut butter, Honey, some kind of crunchy grain like Cheerios, Granola or Corn Flakes. Maybe add raisins if you're a psychopath.

Mix together to desired sweetness.

Consume.

salamander 3 Nov @ 9:57pm

i spread butter on a piece of paper and eat it

Goldias 3 Nov @ 9:59pm

Ham
Bread
Mayonnaise
Any money left, just buy cucumber.

Put it together for a makeshift sandwich.

Triple G 3 Nov @ 10:09pm

Noodles
Butter
Sugar

You basically cook the noodles, and then fry them in a pan - with the butter and sugar, to get some caramel.

Or the good old French toast, which is called "blind fish", rarely "poor knight"...

Toast
Egg

You dip the toast in the egg, and fry it. Put ketchup on it, to get some vitamins out of the tomatoes.

Majestic Turkey 23 hours ago

Originally posted by trick of the trades:
share your cheapest cooking recipes here, it has to be under 10$ per meal min, the cheaper the better.

if the recipe is really good with clear details i will give your reply a award.

i will begin:

fried potatoes with onions.

what you will need:
2 medium potatoes
1 small onion
canola oil or sunflower oil or olive oil or butter
salt
black pepper
rosemerry herbs (optional)
sweet paprika (optional)

cost per meal - 2-4 dollars (depends on where you buy)

instructions:

cut the potatoes into small cubes and then cut the onions into small cubes aswell, the size of the cubes should be the same like D6 playing dice.

pour 1 teaspoon of oil or butter into a non stick frying pan, or 4 tea spoon of oil or butter in a reguler frying pan (rinse out the oil with the spatula at the end of the fry).

gently heat up the oil on a medium heat for 1.5 minutes.

pour all of the cut potatoes into the pan and fry on medium heat for 10 minutes (stir with a spatula every 2 minutes and cook evenly) until the potatoes are tender, then pour the cut onions into the pan with the potatoes and add salt and black pepper to taste, fry until the potatoes and onions are golden brown (about 5 minutes).

gently take the fried dish onto a plate with the spatula and season with 1/4 tea spoon of rosemerry herb and 1/4 tea spoon of sweet paprika, stir the seasonings and serve.

Where do you live that 2 potatoes costs 2-4 dollars, you can get 10 pounds of potatoes for 5 dollars.

Last edited by Majestic Turkey; 23 hours ago

trick of the trades 23 hours ago

@majestic turkey, it includes all of the cost in a very rough estimate.

(oil, gas, seasonings)

its also not neccery to use 2 potatoes it can be 6 and 2 onions, depends how much anyone wants to eat

Last edited by trick of the trades; 23 hours ago

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Cinnamoon_dragon 23 hours ago

● Fried rice (jasmine rice, green onion, carrot, frozen corn and peas, large egg, 1 tablespoon light soy sauce)

● Potato bake with sour cream cheese and garlic (potato, cheese, sour cream, garlic, olive oil)

● Syrniki (farmer's cheese, 2 eggs, flour, sugar, vegetable oil)

More recipes here
https://www.budgetbytes.com/

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Triple G 23 hours ago

Here You could get 11 pounds (5kg) in a range of $2.29 to like ten times the price depending on quality and shop. There would be some potatoes which are extra big, for the oven. Others would be extra small for other meals. So the price per potato would also vary, when all of them are based on weight.

But i guess it was very clear that the price You gave was a rough estimate. Like, You can´t really buy pepper for one meal.

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trick of the trades 23 hours ago

everybody is listing ingredints not recipes, come on give it more effort.

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trick of the trades 23 hours ago

im changing the price to 0.10$ - 0.50$, but watch how im gonna get people here commenting that it is not realistic prices.

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Apostate. 22 hours ago

I'm not competent enough to make my own recipes, but I do know that fermented foods are quite economically friendly – plus, they're a superfood. The only tools you'll need are a cheesecloth, mason jar, and a glass weight:

Kvass - you need yeast and dried dark rye bread; don't ferment for long unless you're an alcoholic.
Kefir yogurt - just need milk and kefir seeds (it's an "endless" cycle of yogurt).
Sauerkraut - chopped cabbage and salt water to ferment.

Asian Soba bowl noodle dishes are also pretty inexpensive, flexible and nutritious (that'll beat eating that disgusting {high-trans & MSG} 2-minute noodle slop):

Buckwheat/Soba noodles - add soy sauce to water and boil.
Greens - be it peas, garlic, shallots, leeks, beetroot.
Any chopped meat or tofu - 'if tofu', add marinade and allow 2 hours for flavour before cooking.

My last recommendation 'if' you are in true poverty—that is a last resort—is a 'toast sandwich'.[en.wikipedia.org] I learnt this one from a Victorian history book.

It lacks nutritional value (especially if you're using refined white bread {with no added greens}), but it will keep you from starving – pepper is highly recommended for flavouring to substitute the blandness. The texture is otherwise surprisingly satisfying despite the dish basically consisting of simple bread.

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