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[owlectomy]

I'm poor.

My mother sent me a check that's going to take three weeks to clear because it's international, and I'm down to the very dregs of my bank account--not so much that I'm flat broke, but if you've got any really cheap recipes, I would be thrilled to have them--I've got to keep lunch and dinner at about $1.75 each, Canadian.

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Cheap food

[meaghanchan.livejournal.com]

I used to calculate the per-serving cost on all the food I ate. Yes, I had that little money. I only know US prices, but it's fairly possible to get several food groups a day on very little money.

Some options?

Boca burgers-- $4.00 (all prices are US) for 4, plus bread as bun

Ramen, with chopped up hot dog, plus whatever veggies you have lying around (a bag of frozen veggies, with 4-5 servings, is about $2-$3

Frozen pizza-Here, they're 99 cents, I don't know about Montreal

Frozen shrimp ($4 for a box) plus frozen vegetables ($2) make like 4 meals of stir fry shrimp and vegetables

Pasta is always cheap (VERY, VERY cheap)-- use the meat flavored sauce, and it's like there's meat in there!

French toast-- it's just bread with a little milk and eggs!

Bagel-- They're $1.50 here, with cream cheese, or 60 cents plain

Yogurt-- it's always good, and reasonably cheap... Buy it on sale and it's about 60 cents a serving

TACOS! Buy a taco kit, seal everything up in ziploc, and you can have tacos for a week! $4.00 for the taco kit, about $4.00 for meat/lettuce/tomatoes, I guess another $4.00 for cheese if you want it-- and that's like 6 meals for $12!

I try to keep my at-home meals at under $1 US (I usually can, surprisingly enough). Boca burgers are a recent, convenient, indulgence. The cheeseburger flavor is sooo good...

OOOH! Beans! Nothing's cheaper than beans!
Use them wherever you can!

that's all I can think of right now...

Re: Cheap food

[takumashii.livejournal.com]

Thanks, Meaghan! That's awesome. I knew you'd come through for me!