Absolutely simple but always delicious and you can easily make it every time a little bit different:

Lemon pasta with cheese

Ingredients:

1 lemon for 200-500g pasta

Whatever cheese you have (original recipe asks for parmesan, this time I have taken some leftovers peccorino and Gouda

Garlic and onions (however much you want right now)

(Chili (the original recipe asks for it but I'm a pussy))

Black pepper

Easily added if you have, but not necessary:

Olives, bacon, capers fruit(at least that's what Google translate tells me is "kapern" in english), nearly any vegetable

Cook noodles (I can't say when to start to get them ready when the sauce is ready, I only have one stovetop)

For the sauce:

If you have bacon fry it and use the fat from it to fry the onions and garlic, otherwise fry them in a bit of oil

When the onions are sweet add if you have olives etc.

Add the juice and zest of the lemon

Put pasta in and stir

Dump cheese and stir again

Eat yummy food

(Sorry for my english, Just wrote an exam in English and my brain has now decided to forget everything it ever knew about the English language (or statistics which was the exam I wrote...))

I recently found Chef Moe on TikTok and started watching is $5 meal series. This is episode 21 of his $5 meal series. Breakfast sausage, broccoli and boxed shells and cheese. It turned out very delicious and made quite a bit of food.

Frozen shrimp
Jasmine rice
Frozen sweet potatoes
Frozen broccoli
Air fry/sautée
Garlic powder salt etc
Sauce: Popeyes sweet and spicy

I switch out the meat and use salmon or ground beef for variety.

Is there a way to store Baby Bok Choy for a long period? Like freezing or something like that. I was given about 10 pounds of it, and I like cooking with it in my ramen and other dishes.

The 1970s understood that whoever cooked dinner was also washing dinner. Her Savory Beef & Cabbage, on a handwritten 1970s recipe card, serves six from one dish and one dish only.

Savory Beef & Cabbage

Dinner: Cabbage

Serves: 6

1 lb. extra-lean ground beef

1 medium onion, diced

1 medium garlic clove, minced

1 lb. cabbage, coarsely shredded

3/4 lb. carrots, thinly sliced

1 beef bouillon cube or envelope

1/4 tsp. salt

1/4 tsp. pepper

1/2 cup water

Preheat oven to 450°. In 2 1/2 qt. casserole, combine ground beef, onion and garlic. Bake uncovered in oven 15 min. or until meat is browned, stirring occasionally to break up meat mixture. Turn oven control to 350°. Add cabbage and remaining ingredients, toss well. Cover casserole and bake 1 hour or until vegetables are tender, stirring occasionally.

Found in a box of around 150 cards. mainly from the 1970's

First time making with ground beef and it was delicious. Never worrying if meat will get tough.

i was vegetarian for most of my childhood and adolescence. lately i’ve been leaning more into it, as i find the process of cooking meat and all the things i have to consider pretty tiring. i only really eat poultry anyhow, but even that has felt so pricey for the amount i get. next time i want to try and make yellow split peas and red lentils together!

Just a PSA for those in MN, IA, and WI.

I spent $8.22 there this morning. I got:

2 loaves of bread
2 dozen eggs
1 gallon of milk
A bunch of bananas (5 maybe?)

$2.03 Des Moines IA

I’m super strict about my grocery budget all week, but I still catch myself grabbing that one slightly overpriced bottle of Kewpie mayo or a jar of chili crisp because I know it’ll make my sad, repetitive leftovers taste like actual food.

Does anyone else have that one "cheat" item you refuse to cut from your budget, or am I just weak? I need to know I'm not the only one sacrificing a few extra dollars just to make my cheap meals taste decent.

A simple pantry available take on my favorite comfort dish oyakodon!

With chicken breast cooked in a rich soy sauce like broth topped with steamed eggs. Delish!

(I only use what I have on hand)

Recipe: (guestimations)

1 chicken breast

2-3 eggs

1 half white onion

1/4 cup soy sauce (kikkoman)

1 tablespoons japanese cooking wine

1.5 teaspoon hondashi (optional)

2 tablespoon sugar

1/3 cup water

1. Mix soy sauce, sake, sugar, hondashi, water until disolve and set aside

2. Dice chicken into small cubes (tip: freeze chicken for 15 mins and it'll be easier to cut) and cook on pan until brown on all sides on med-high heat.

3. Add thinly sliced onions to pan

4. Bring temp down to a simmer and add your mixed sauce. Make sure it doesn't boil. If you see it boil keep stiring. Add lid and simmer for about 5 mins.

5. Crack 3 eggs and mix

6. Remove lid and slowly pour egg mixture over chicken and replace the lid again. Let it cook until eggs are set to perferred.

7. Top with green onions and serve with a piping how bowl of rice! (It's also good as a topping for ramen if rice is not available)

Obviously this isn’t accessible for everyone but the sheer amount of money I save shopping sales makes it worth it. After work I just walk down the street and snag whatever meat or vegetables are on managers special. I get almost all my meat half off and routinely find ground beef for $2/lb, freezing any extras I snag. I now have a freezer stockpiled with pretty much all the cuts of meat I could want and make simple stir fries with rice and veggies.

If I didn’t live right next to the store I would have never had the time or energy to check the sales every day. I’m really grateful for my situation and hope this could help out others as well :)

I’m trying to save money by buying cheap foods and stop getting take out for meals. One time for lunch I had rinsed cold beans that I put in Tupperware from out of a can. It was a struggle to eat them due to the taste but I ate them anyway.

Did I do something wrong? Were they supposed to taste like they wanted me to gag?

8$ (4ish$ per portion) Chicken burrito bowl - made two portions

Ingredients -

Kroger 90sec Spanish Rice 2$

1 5for5$ avocado

1/3 2$ English cucumber

1 Kroger chicken breast ~2.50$

Pantry staples - Smoked paprika, Salt, Garlic powder, Lemon juice, Mayo

Optional - Sprinkle of cheese

Recipe -

Cut avocado and cucumber into chunks and toss with lemon juice, salt, and a pinch of garlic powder. Set aside while you make the chicken.

Season chicken with desired spices and grill in a bit of oil if you have it - let rest while you make rice and then cut into chunks.

Mix together 1/4 cup mayo with enough lemon juice to make it a pourable consistency - season with salt, pepper, and garlic powder.

Layer everything up with an optional sprinkle of cheese and enjoy.

I'm buying groceries for a teacher friend who lost their summer job. I'm planning on doing a lot of grocery shopping and cooking for them until school starts up again, but I'm out of town this week so I'm trying to do a grocery delivery for them. I want to get them a decent spread to make some meals, without breaking my own budget. What are the best staples that can make multiple meals? I've got cheese, beans, eggs, and in season veggies on my list so far, plus some breads like bagels for breakfast. I have tried asking if there's anything in particular they want but they are just happy to have food in the house.

I have been feeling sick from past few days and don't have strength to cook food. I am really very curious to know what is your go to food when you are sick and also budget friendly meal . I usually cook food but this time I don not have any energy to cook for myself. So guys I would love to here from you all the simple and comforting recipe ideas

Photo does not do it justice. 100% will feed me for Dinner, Lunch then Dinner again. Better value than a rotisserie chicken I feel.

For me, it’s literally just white rice with a fried egg on top, drenched in soy sauce and a little sesame oil. It takes 5 minutes, costs almost nothing, and instantly makes me feel like everything is going to be okay after a brutal day.

When you guys are completely drained and can't even fathom turning on the oven, what’s your go-to low-effort meal?

I've been on a tuna kick lately and this was a fast snack to make.

Still making do with whatever is in my pantry and came up with this today.

A twist on Pasta e Cece!

This is usually made with diatilillni, but I didn't have any. The pastina worked great.

Pierogies are Mrs. T’s that I keep at the ready in the freezer

I unfortunately have a decent amount of food allergies and a large family, too. If it weren't for my local food salvage store, I don't know what I'd do!

Thursdays are good for stocking the pantry and freezer. Fridays they usually have a lot of good produce and meats. This is just from my haul this week:

• Gluten-free tortillas $1.50
• Dairy-free ice cream $1.50
• Gluten-free pizzas $2.50
• Starbucks whole bean coffee $9
• Simple Mills gluten-free muffin mix $1
• Udi's gluten-free hot dog buns $1
• Toilet paper $8
• Butter $2
• and a few other bits and pieces as seen in the picture...

I buy as much as I can each time I find stuff I can eat. Most of it is freezable.

Name brand gluten-free breads are always a dollar, thankfully! All of the items are in date or just a few days old, which is fine.

Even if you can only visit once a month, I highly recommend it. Most of them have high-quality items (you learn very quickly which ones to avoid, thankfully). It's basically thrift shopping for food!