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Postby faninor » 11/14/2009, 1:37 pm

Does anyone have any good recipe recommendations? I'd like to decrease my monthly food budget by trying out some good recipes with primary ingredients that are dirt cheap such as lentils to offset my love of mushroom crusted halibut with truffle essence and porcini sauce. Mmmm.
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Postby saman » 11/14/2009, 2:05 pm

:O we have a (really old) recipe thread! http://www.clumsymonkey.net/phpBB2/view ... 73&start=0 . maybe you can find something useful in there. i do also have a lot of recipes stowed away if you're looking for something in particular
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Postby faninor » 11/14/2009, 2:36 pm

Woah I had no idea! Haha, I will check it out.
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Postby Johnny » 11/14/2009, 3:12 pm

Two slices of bread
Peanut Butter
Jam


=win
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Postby laurel » 11/14/2009, 3:53 pm

Milk.
Cereal.

= bigger win.
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Postby faninor » 11/14/2009, 4:27 pm

laurel wrote:Milk.
Cereal.

= bigger win.

This is true, but Kym makes fun of me for buying too much cereal. :(

And I really prefer organic milk to the standard which makes it a bit expensive, although with cereal it's not as noticeable a difference than on its own so I can settle.
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Postby Johnny » 11/14/2009, 7:08 pm

I love me some bran flakes.
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Postby laurel » 11/14/2009, 8:18 pm

Josh is looking to save money. Bran flakes are a bad idea in this situation.

Eating bran flakes = more pooping = more toilet paper usage.

Toilet paper ain't cheap!
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Postby faninor » 11/14/2009, 9:15 pm

laurel wrote:Josh is looking to save money. Bran flakes are a bad idea in this situation.

Eating bran flakes = more pooping = more toilet paper usage.

Toilet paper ain't cheap!

Don't worry, I try to save that for while I'm at work. Really pays!
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Postby Matt. » 11/15/2009, 5:44 am

Johnny wrote:Two slices of bread
Peanut Butter
Jam


=win

What am I supposed to do without directions? :(
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Postby Kicker774 » 11/15/2009, 6:02 pm

Pasta.
Spaghetti

Anything you can dump in boiling water.
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Postby m2 » 11/15/2009, 6:27 pm

Ice.
Cream.


Wait, no. Don't do that.
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Postby MindsOnLoan » 11/15/2009, 7:03 pm

Ramen Noodles are a must!
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Postby Johnny » 11/15/2009, 7:19 pm

but i like bran flakes. :(
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Postby Random Name » 11/15/2009, 8:42 pm

Am I the only person that doesn't find pasta that easy? It's cheap and its fool-proof but it takes a long time and I find its usually a lot of effort to make it yummy. I'm not much of a pasta fan, i guess.

My go-to cheap staple is rice. I mix rice with everything. Its so easy to chop up whatever is in my fridge and mix it all together. I have lots of different kinds of soya sauce to make it tasty and delicious. And its pretty healthy when you make real rice, not box rice. Really cheap too.
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Postby beautiful liar » 11/15/2009, 9:24 pm

i'm a rice person too. rice is incredibly cheap and if you invest in a rice-cooker, foolproof to cook.

my favourite cheap & easy meal these days is chicken smothered in salsa done in the slow-cooker. put it on top of rice, and if we have some around, i put a big dollop of sour cream on top. nom nom nom.
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Postby Kicker774 » 11/16/2009, 7:02 pm

Boil water
Dump in pasta
Wait 15 mins.
Dump water
Place pasta on plate
Add sauce

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Postby xoNoDoubt69 » 11/17/2009, 6:41 am

i usually revert to pasta alot too and 15 minutes isn't that long but it is when you just get home from work and dunt feel like making anything!

i find tuna fish quick and easy. on crackers or bread!
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Postby Kicker774 » 11/17/2009, 7:25 pm

I actually like the 15 minute wait.
It forces me to do *something*

If I just grab a burger from Wendys I'm on the couch immediately and there the rest of the night.
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