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Teach her to make tuna casserole.
1 can of cream of mushroom soup
1 can of tuna
4 cups of cooked rice
some Italian seasonings. you can throw in onions and bell peppers, but you don't have to for a cheap version. Mix it up and put it in the oven for 30 min. at 350 F.
Very cheap meal.
Mix up cheese with ramen noodles and a dab of sour cream. Eat a few crackers with it.
Make a quick spaghetti. Use ramen noodles if spaghetti is too expensive. 1 pound of ground meat and 1 can of Hunts spaghetti sauce.
Get a bag of chicken quarters from Wal Mart and some bread crumbs. then substitute barbecue sauce, then soak em lemon juice.
for sides eat rice or instant mashed potatoes or ramen noodles.
Hamburger helper is good to use, as is Tuna helper.
I used them for years and they still keep me going.
Spaghetti Bolognese
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5th year senior here, i love to cook but dont have enough funds to eat perfectly as I would like (steaks all the time would be CRAZY)
Ramen (i know i know, not the best of foods for ya... but extremely cheap and pretty good at that)
Homecooked rice w/ spices and herbs (esp garlic): really cheap and you can spice it up in MANY ways
if you're looking for meats, buy chicken in BULK and separate it into differen containers as soon as you go home. This way you can defrost portions of it at a time instead of 1 huge thing. You can make it last a lot longer.
Prepare almost all of ur own foods, don't go w/ tv dinners or the such as it is usually MUCH cheaper just to cook it urself.
Learn to knead dough and bake your own bread. Ive been doing this for about 2 yrs now and its much better than store bought... plus its not hard to do. REally cheap
on a side note, your daughter spent all her money in 1 week... i sincerely doubt it was on food... No matter how ';cheaply'; she eats.. she's still going to be spending money like she has been... ive seen MANY ppl get thousands of dollars in debt because they dont know how to manage money...
For winter get her a crock pot, and lots of stew recipes.
she could have
corned beef hash
pasta and pesto sauce - is easy and cheap
beans on toast - boring but cheap
pasta, with tuna, sweet corn, tinned tomatoes, and a few spices (tastes quite nice)
she could make something like a shepards pie and eat it the first day then warm it up for the secound
there's always stuff like chicken and rice (buying thighs and drunksticks) and freazing half the pack.
mac and cheese,
meatloaf,
ramen noodles
pizza
As a batchelor on limited means I have to be frugal in what I spend on food but I am still able to eat well since finding this site. It should help your daughter extend her repertoire.
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Jacket Potato`s. with various fillings.
cheese on toast with ham, or tomato toppings.
Or how about when she next gets allowance, get some turkey legs thighs, chicken as well. and make stews, broths and soups out of them , then freeze them. you can chuck in any good veggies in them, now weather is getting colder they will keep her warm and also get all the vits she needs.
My favorite college food.
1 package mac and cheese
1 can peas
1 can of tuna
Yum!
Eggs rock, they're cheap and can be done any number of ways. Toss a fried egg on toast with some type of breakfast meat (bacon, ham, even fried bologna works) and cheese. Voila, open faced sandwich that's cheap and filling.
Or boil them... Easy snack, not just for Easter any more.
Or scrambled, turned into an omelet, and if she ever gets any box cakes or whatever they need eggs too. They have a decent shelf life (pasteurized of course, I presume she's not a farm girl so I probably don't need to mention that)
Other ideas... Easy Mac and Cheese (the instant packs)... Fix 2 of them, add a can of tuna and half a can of peas. Sprinkle with a little powered onion. Tuna cassserole for 1 in 4 minutes and only 1 bowl.
Taco salad... Brown a pound of beef, add a pack of taco seasoning. Put on a bed of standard ';restaurant style'; tortilla chips and top with sour cream, onion, tomato, taco sauce, cheese, olives, and/or whatever other toppings you like.
Skillet Sensations. It's a bag of frozen food you cook in a skillet, comes with the meat, sauce, veggies, everything. Edible and easy.
Search the web for Ramen recipes. They're everywhere. Personally I can't stand them, but everyone has their own tastes.
Bread!
Flour, salt, yeast, water, oil
Maybe a bit of garlic or some sort of flavourings
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6 pack of Stella, kebab and chips for breakfast, subway for lunch, 6 pack of stell and a curry for dinner, done me nee harm.
I lived on the following...
Baked potatoes with any of the following, cheese, coleslaw, tuna, baked beans....and a bit of salad.
Tuna pasta and sweetcorn
G19fanatic.....she didnt spend all her money! Dont you know what repertoire means????
Pasta with ham or bacon chopped into it and a range of vegetables...mushrooms peppers etc.
Mince....with pasta and bolognaise sauce....she can use garlic and a can of tomatoes.
Cottage pie....fried mince and onions add a bit of worcestishire sauce and maybe some garlic and canned tomatoes put it in a dish and top with mashed potatoes bake for about 15 mins and then do for another three with cheese on top.
take 1 pizza carton cut into shapes
and eat.
Instant noodles, available for 8p in tescos, or 14p in Lidls, cooked with chopped spring onions, sweetcorn, frozen peas, and some tuna.
One of my college favs is this: Tortilla wraps
1 can of Hormel chili
one half cup of water
bring both to a simmer then add 1 cup rice. Stir in the rice, cover and remove from heat. After about 5 minutes, the chili and rice is ready to eat. Stir and enjoy.
Heat 5 round tortillas in microwave for one minute
Add your choice of fixin's: grated cheddar cheese, onions, tomatoes, lettuce, sour cream, picante sauce.
I loved it, now my kids love it...and it's major cheap!!
There's also this beef stuff I used to make: You'll need:
1 lb. ground beef (the lower the fat the better it tastes)
1 medium onion (chopped)
2 Tablespoons worcestershire sauce
1 can tomatoes (chopped)
1 can of peas (I use the baby peas) pour off half the liquid in the peas.
1 cup uncooked spaghetti broken into 1.5 inch pieces.
Salt and pepper to taste
Brown the meat, pour off the grease. Add the onion and the rest of the ingredients and cook til done (about 15 minutes). Stir occasionally and enjoy.
jacket potatoes,
beans on toast,
pasta,
salad
minute rice with corn in it and a can of creamed of chicken soup, eat it for days if you make 5 cups of rice
Tell her to keep certain staple foods in her cupboard. Tuna, canned veggies, mac n cheese, ramen noodles, dry soup mix, jiffy mix (way cheaper than bisquick), seasonings, rice or rice mixes, instant mash potatoes and hamburger helper (dollar store kind tastes the same). I don't know how much space she has or if she has a freezer so I would add if there is a freezer ground beef and chicken (of course thighs are usually the cheapest)
Now with all these staple foods in mind she has endless possibilities. She can create tuna helpers, casseroles, rice dishes. With noodles and rice she can add veggies to make soups or rice dishes. Ground beef can be made into many things as well as chicken.
All ideas are easy and she can be creative with her recipes.
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Pork, stewed with green lentils with tomato is cheap, fillling and healthy if it's lean pork. Takes about 25 mins.
Sear cubes of pork lightly in a sucepan, add onion, tomato puree, water (or tinned tomato) and stew together. You can also use yellow lentils or other pulses and cook according to instructions. She can also vary the meat depending on how flush she is.
Stuffed pasta eg tortellini and the like can be cooked in some boiling milk and it will reduce and thicken to form a sauce - start with about twice as much milk as you need for the sauce and keep stirring so it won't stick.
If she can learn to take the meat off a chicken that will save her a lot of money compared to portioned chicken and she can boil the bones to make stock for the ramen! (like that's ever going to happen!)
Otherwise there are 57 varieties if Heinz...
heat passatta, melt marscapone chees into it, add garlic (if you like it) and mixed herbs, stir into cooked pasta... not gormet, but quick and easy!
buy a package of chuck wagons there cheap and easy to heat up. they arent horrible tasting !
I love chicken fettucini. It's so easy, just throw on the noodles (normally egg noodles) use a skillet to cook the chicken with whatever spice you like best (I love lemon pepper) and warm up a jar of Alfredo sauce - combine and you're done! It's quicker and easier if you have a Foreman grill just because it will cook the chicken in like a minute and a half! Hope this helps.
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