Po' Meals

[DailyDi]

Hot Buttered Cheerios for dinner tonight. What are some of your "last dollar" meal favs?

[SpiderBaby]

1 minute ago, DailyDi said:

Hot Buttered Cheerios for dinner tonight. What are some of your "last dollar" meal favs?

Mikey, have you tried your local food bank?

[tuffy]

Mac & cheese w/ hot dogs. Also ramen noodles or beans & rice w/ a can of rotel. 

[DailyDi]

9 minutes ago, tuffy said:

Mac & cheese w/ hot dogs. Also ramen noodles or beans & rice w/ a can of rotel. 

I have mac and cheese, but no fridge = no milk to make it with

1 hour ago, SpiderBaby said:

Mikey, have you tried your local food bank?

I try to save that for the truly desperate

[SpiderBaby]

Just now, DailyDi said:

I have mac and cheese, but no fridge = no milk to make it with

How come you don't have a fridge Mikey?

[DailyDi]

2 minutes ago, SpiderBaby said:

How come you don't have a fridge Mikey?

It's broken

[SpiderBaby]

2 minutes ago, DailyDi said:

It's broken

Oh sorry to hear that buddy. Can you get somebody to fix it?

[tuffy]

9 minutes ago, DailyDi said:

I have mac and cheese, but no fridge = no milk to make it with

Back in the dark ages when I was in college, I always kept Carnation Instant Milk on hand for Mac & Cheese. I would usually add extra cheese to it (whatever was on hand). I was never without a fridge though. Has yours thawed out yet?

[SpiderBaby]

16 minutes ago, DailyDi said:

I try to save that for the truly desperate

But you are the truly desperate.

[DailyDi]

13 minutes ago, SpiderBaby said:

But you are the truly desperate.

There are those with nothing to eat. I still have options. 

18 minutes ago, tuffy said:

Back in the dark ages when I was in college, I always kept Carnation Instant Milk on hand for Mac & Cheese. I would usually add extra cheese to it (whatever was on hand). I was never without a fridge though. Has yours thawed out yet?

No. Haven’t wanted to make the mess of thawing it out while I lack the money to get it fixed. 

[Crinklz Kat]

59 minutes ago, tuffy said:

Mac & cheese w/ hot dogs. Also ramen noodles or beans & rice w/ a can of rotel. 

50 minutes ago, DailyDi said:

I have mac and cheese, but no fridge = no milk to make it with

I use the Kraft "deluxe" which has the "cheese" in the foil bags.   No milk needed.  I tried going back to that box stuff once and it was rather disgusting.   I get the 8-pack at the warehouse club.  It's cheaper that way of course, even more so if they have a coupon deal.    I know there are store-branded version of this though I don't recall ever trying them.

[Alyeskabird]

Feeding just yourself or more than one? I find mac and cheese is a good base for a lot of addons, dump a can of chili in and you got chilimac, couple other things work good with it too. A lot depends on how many your feeding, as that might be too much for one.

I also advise to keep some powdered milk on hand, its good when you got no milk, and want something like mac and cheese or the like. 

Something that might also work on a short term basis, a cooler with some ice tossed in it will help keep fridge stuff cold, if you keep on top of it will work for small amounts of stuff over a few days. ALso works for when you buy stuff frozen that needs to thaw before cooking, use it as a block of ice to keep stuff cool before you do your cooking. The better your cooler the better stuff will last in it.

[Dubious]

I have survived on bread and water.
Neither need a refrigerator.

[mikejackson999]

Ramen noodles with ham added, rice and beans, max and cheese with hotdogs or tuna mixed in, rice and cream of mushroom soup or broccoli cheddar soup mixed in,  rice and ham mixed in, macaroni and cheese with ham.

i always make sure I have plenty of ham and rice on hand.

[WetDad]

Ramen was my staple when I was homeless, thankfully that was a long time ago.

[Cute_Kitten]

Ramen has been my lunch and dinner of choice when the money is tight and I gotta squeeze every nickel until the buffalo poops. If I have it in the house, I'll spruce the ramen up with some hard boiled eggs or some slices of ham or roast beef or other lunch meat.  Mac and Cheese (or the off-brand stuff) with shredded canned tuna or chicken. Or cut up hot dogs. 

[willnotwill]

Never one for mac&cheese (still aren't).   I lived on grilled cheese sandwiches at times.   I've been known to eat the ramen straight from the package (uncooked).  Nice and crunchy.  Pototoes were always cheap and filling.

 

[DailyDi]

1 hour ago, willnotwill said:

Never one for mac&cheese (still aren't).   I lived on grilled cheese sandwiches at times.   I've been known to eat the ramen straight from the package (uncooked).  Nice and crunchy.  Pototoes were always cheap and filling.

 

Who doesn't like mac and cheese? That's just weird lol

[ValentinesStuff]

46 minutes ago, DailyDi said:

Who doesn't like mac and cheese? That's just weird lol

Yuck. Even as a little kid I didn't like it. My mom would scoop out a bowl of macaroni for me to eat before adding the cheese.

[DailyDi]

[DailyDi]

1 hour ago, ValentinesStuff said:

Yuck. Even as a little kid I didn't like it. My mom would scoop out a bowl of macaroni for me to eat before adding the cheese.

Wait! "and cheese" is the problem? And cheese is the best part!

[willnotwill]

2 hours ago, ValentinesStuff said:

Yuck. Even as a little kid I didn't like it. My mom would scoop out a bowl of macaroni for me to eat before adding the cheese.

YEp, macaroni and butter was a popular dish when she didn't make tomato sauce.

[barnburner]

If I am able to, I can get a pound of fresh ground beef for like $2 or less, I then buy a bag of frozen tater tots and some BBQ sauce.

 

I cook up the ground beef and throw in bbq sauce while the tots are baking, then the tots are done I put them into a bowl and chop them up with a spatula and then mix the bbq ground beef into it. I dont live well but its something I dont mind making.

 

(My brother works for a grocery store chain as the meat department manager and can slap a custom price/bar code label onto the meat, If I needed to I could use his savings card which also has his employee discount on it.)

[DailyDi]

26 minutes ago, barnburner said:

If I am able to, I can get a pound of fresh ground beef for like $2 or less, I then buy a bag of frozen tater tots and some BBQ sauce.

 

I cook up the ground beef and throw in bbq sauce while the tots are baking, then the tots are done I put them into a bowl and chop them up with a spatula and then mix the bbq ground beef into it. I dont live well but its something I dont mind making.

 

(My brother works for a grocery store chain as the meat department manager and can slap a custom price/bar code label onto the meat, If I needed to I could use his savings card which also has his employee discount on it.)

$2 ground beef! That's a connection I need lol

[mikejackson999]

I absolutely love just buttered noodles.  It doesn’t matter what type of noodles either.  As far as ramen goes, I too occasionally eat ramen dry.  I never tried it dry until I was in South Korea while in the Navy and went to a ramen cafe and the guy behind the register said to try it when I asked  what he recommended