Alright guys, I got some tough times ahead. You probably get asked this a lot (and I'll check the archive after this) but what are some budget-friendly nutritious foods I could get or make? I already switched to eating oatmeal every morning, and chicken with rice every lunch, but I imagine this would lead to some deficiencies, and would like dinner at least to be more tasty and hopefully have some vitamins. What do you guys recommend? By the way, buying in bulk is also not easy since I don't have a car or a huge freezer.
>>21572262beans, lentils, eggs, potatoes. also always look for stuff on sale
cabbage is also nice and costs very little here
>>21572262Why do you have hard times ahead? If people talk or argue about your situation then your thread will be bumped more frequently and more people will see the OP question to answer it while others discuss your situation.Beans and making your own bread instead of buying it if you enjoy bread.
Chicken leg quarters are usually under $1 a lb
>>21572262Unironically ask /fit/.
>>21572262Taco Bell dollar menu.
>>21572262Rice, beans, sale meat, sale veggies, root veggies.
>>21572285It's nothing interesting, I quit my job to try doing a personal project and it's not going well. Basically a starving artist.>>21572301Might do later, but I was thinking /fit/ eats to bulk for gym while I only want to survive/stay healthy at the moment so there might be differences. >>21572311>>21572272Do you guys also have some recipes you recommend for those? I've only ever made mashed potatoes or fried ones, and never in my life cooked lentils/beans.
>>21572285No name bread is 1.50$ Canadian a loaf, bread is too fucking cheap to make yourself. This is struggle meals not pioneer larping.Eggs are the cheapest protein, potatoes are the most filling carb, buying meat in bulk hurts up front but if you portion it out and have enough self control to not eat it all fast just because it's there, your dollar will go farther.
>>215722622 cans of plum tomatoes is about 3 dollars and makes a good tomato sauce for some cheap ass rigatoni. 5 dollars and you'll be eating decently all week.
A pic I saved off /ck/, is it good or will it turn into mustard gas?
Best recipe on YouTubes so farhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J76fun8m5no
>>21572262What do you spend your day doing? That would make it easier to tell you what you should eat.
Dhal with rice is delicious and pretty nutritious, despite looking like slop. Really easy to make too and incredibly cheap. My personal favourite is one with yellow lentils or yellow split peas. In general you can make large amounts of curry pretty cheap, either bean/lentil/chickpea or vegetable based or even chicken and it'll go last you a few days.Also buy whole chickens as cheap as you can get and learn to butcher them yourself, plenty of videos on youtube what will show you how, it's not difficult and you'll save money. Store the leftover carcas in the freezer and make chicken stock when you have enough.
>>21572262Take multivitamins. Drink lots of water and fast.Also Costco $5 rotisserie chicken really helps.
>>21572350Out of date prices. For the money you'd spend making this you might as well get a nice bowl from a restaurant.
>>21572337Honestly a roasted chicken is best with just salt. No need for herb butter or any of that shit. Rice is good cooked in broth. I don't care for beans so I can't help you there
>>21572358Just salt? Damn, you're white
>>21572274>>21572272I agree. Cabbage, potatoes, onions, cheap olive oil, beans, peanuts, cherry tomatoes, tortillas, and some cheap cheese and meat when you can get it. And also some garlic. It's healthier to eat like a pauper anyway. But take a multivitamin from time to time. A man can survive.
>>21572370There are chicken flavored versions of everything, chicken is a flavor and it's perfectly fine on its own
>chickenCheck and see if ground turkey is cheaper per lb than boneless chicken. Since times are tough for you, then make sure you're shopping at a discount type store. They might pay their employees shit and you'll have to endure long checkout lines because they've cut cashier hours, but the prices should be cheaper. Generally, Albertsons/Safeway stores will not fall under this category while some Kroger divisions will.
>>21572262I love this style of animationJust something about it is so endearing
>>21572337Watch a YouTube video on how to prepare beans. They're easy, but require certain steps.
,>>21572262Do NOT do this>>21572301You'll just get crapped on
>>21572262Beans and rice, rice and beans.
>>21572262are you anglosphere, american, or west euro? go to a food bank bro, you can get loads of fresh and processed foods for free. read ingredient labels when picking over canned or processed foods though. canned meats, vegetables and sauces often contain dyes, corn syrup, preservatives and TSP.
Peanut butter noodles are quick and cheap. Organ meats are generally cheap and do well in soups and stews. lentil soup is dirt cheap and lasts for days. Shop at asian or hispanic markets. They always seem to be cheaper than name brand grocery stores.
>>21572346I make this all the fucking time. Make a double batch, put it over rice, and it'll last you weeks.
learn how sales work at your local food markets. Anecdotally, the local asian mart and eastern euro mart have cheaper prices, but don't run sales. The big american chains have great deals on clearance items that are about to hit expiration dates (i.e. whole rotisserie chicken for $3.50 that was going to expire in 2 days). The kroger i go to also has an "ugly vegetable" section where they have a small selection of reduced price bulk produce that is mildly bruised or discolored. Also, always check price-per-unit costs when buying bulk. Bigger bag doesn't always mean better price, especially when sales are involved
>>21572262Mix potatoes and cabbage or whatever leafy greens you can get. Colcannon, bubble and squeak, rumbledethumps, and stamppot are all good options. Pair with sausages or ham for protein.
>>21572346Lol. >10$+>Lunch for 3 days. Nigga plz
>>21572370Nigga you must be niggER because bullion is literally chicken flavor and salt, tell me laqueefica, what herbs you be puttin on a steak? Whites lead the flavor train unfortunately, Americanized versions are always best. Hol up while I eat at star rated restaurants and never ever ever see a nonwhite chef. I wonder why? Maybe their massive egos fucking shit up wherever they wanna feel proud.
>>21572274Cabbage is like 4$ a head here... And rising.
>>21572262>You probably get asked this a lot (and I'll check the archive after this)no you won't, and didn't
>>21572262Sardines for snacks and nutrients like omega 3Beef liver is extremely cheap where I am at like $3 per pound, caramalize some onions for a side. Don't eat it every day or you'll get vit A poisoningPotatoes, carrots, pan seared chicken breast, get some of those Japanese curry blocks from the Asian market and make a big curry stew and pour over rice Oven roasted broccoli is an easy side for anythingChili with a bunch of beans, onions, garlic, ground beef if you can afford it but prices aren't good these daysMixed vegetables with noodles and chicken stock in a soupGet those big discounted bread loaves from supermarket or a bakery, discounted deli meat and some cheese. Cut the loaf into quarters and open it up, brush the loaf in olive oil and Italian herbs, drizzle with balsamic and throw it in the oven until it's toasted a bit. Add meat and cheese and continue to bake until it's all warm. The loaf will last longer this way and you can eat sandwiches for a couple days
>>21572262>ground beef>algae oil (ersatz Omega-3 supplement dual use)>eggs>white onions>probiotic fermented vegetable ascondiment>Ketchup/Mustard, White Vinegar, 2 different spice mixes (to make simple sauces)Carbs are scams as much as carbonated sugar water. Satiety = intermittent fasting (you don't need breakfast/lunch) + Keto-ish. Any leftover budget goes to switching up non-onion fresh veggies. Get a Crock Pot and upgrade to stewmeat as finances stabilize.
>>21572671As in, cooked cabbage, or do I eat it raw as a salad (coleslaw)?
>>21572262Basically spreadsheet your local costs for ingredients and preserved shit, add the protein/carb/sugar load it has, do some math to get cost per thing you want to diet max, then sort for lowest cost per g. The stores kinda help with their little $/g values, but that's mostly useless because it's not for g carb or g fat or g protein. We can't do this for you because we don't live where you are. Your local access to asian markets and other cheap places determine what is actually cheap or not. We can only generalize in that:1. Don't pay for water (tap is cheaper)2. Get concentrates when possible for space saving3. Get dry shit that doesn't go bad (rice, beans, lentils, pasta)4. Learn to match seasonality5. Clearance max and sale max6. Watch YT for struggle meals7. Learn to soup/stew make
How can you not have money this day in age without being a druggie or having it literally stolen from you?
>alsoAnimeJust trying to piss people off here huh?
>>21572800Poorfags can't afford fish. Sorry, anything canned/frozen/raw is going to be well over $3/lb and not worth it. Seafood you don't catch yourself (and fishing licenses are expensive too!) isn't worth it. OP is better off with cheaper proteins. If you care about Omega 3, a supplement bottle will have FAR more without the obscene fish price attached. Baking your own bread is far cheaper than the loaf at the store. You pay for convenience. At no point are you paying at cost, you will always be paying cost + labor + profit margin. Only weird exception is loss leaders like Cost Co. chicken, which you pay for via membership costs in reality (because you aren't really saving much there).
80/20 ground beef or sirloin when it's on special for 4.99 a lb.
>>21572957You have to cook the cabbage. Sautéing would probably be best.
>>21572262Get into lentils and beans. Learn how to make soups. Buying whole chickens and butchering them yourself is still the best bang for your buck widely available protein option and at least you get some degree of variety with the different cuts you get.
Ground Beef, chicken, turkey in nov, corned beef in march, pork ribs for memorial day, Christmas beef roast you can cut up into ribeyes. At any part of the year meat is very cheap. I am not so sure if there are such large variations in seafood but...Pollock, salmon, cod and white fish are all very reasonably priced for fridays.
>>21572370Yes. I enjoy the flavor of chicken, not lawrys
>>21572262>You probably get asked this a lot (and I'll check the archive after this)You know the answer to your question is already available, but you still decided to ask again before even looking?
>>21573244Yeah.
>>21573244Because now Trump is president things have changed so much for the better and I'm behind on what I should now look for
>>21573029Deenz are my luxury splurge but it's still only like $2 a can to get me through the week and theyre actually good for you. Footlong loaves on discount are often under a dollar because they're about to mold in a day or two, hence the baking them to give them a little shelf life. I've never baked my own bread but I know people who do and it's it's own entire learning process until you get a good product, doesn't really seem worth it
>>21573244Archives are a one and done deal, you can only read, but with a thread you can ask people to elaborate on certain things.And who knows, maybe the consensus changes over the years, at one point everyone thinks carbs and bread are the devil, at another point they think it's fine, or maybe what was affordable and a budget food back then is no longer today.
lrn2kill faggot
>>21572262MilkEggsChicken (boneless thighs are best value)RiceTomatoesPotatoesFlourRotation of cheap/in season fruitRotation of cheap/in season vegetables/fungi/nutsCooking oilAssortment of spices/sauces/accoutrements as desiredThat is literally all you need to have three delicious meals every day.>no car>no freezerMove back in with your parents for a while, you clearly failed as an adult
>>21572262>>21574196Oh also stop wasting money on drugs like a fucking retard
>>21572272>beans
>>21574205>poor people overspend on drugsIf I lived in a box I'd want to get fucked up too.
>>21574231It's a chicken and egg kinda problem, innit?
>>21572262Chop up some chicken hearts, fry them up with some garlic and onion, add some tinned lentils, some paprika, and cover with water. Bring to boil then turn down to simmer.Later heat some oil, add flour till it is a liquidy paste and brown it, then mix some paprika in real fast and put it in the simmering pot.Let it thicken and then eat.
>>21574246you got a problem with chicken and eggs?
>>21574205Yeah, poor people aren't allowed any fun or comfort. The filth is supposed to toil so their master can afford his coke habit ( the spending for which doesn't show up on any statistics because duh).Alc and cigs are simply the pleb's choice, the good stuff is never officially consumed by anyone. Thats the only difference.
>>21574267they are so sneaky with their habitual behavior.
>>21574205>the poor spend significant money on tobacco and alcoholZoomers are all poor as shit, and none of them drink or use tobacco. The sentiment of "the poor blow all their money on drugs" is a pretty outdated concept, from when there was a strong middle class and a clear line between them and the trailer park dwelling impoverished.The former middle class that didnt have drug addictions and alcoholism are now poor too.
>>21572262Now do the bean.
>>21574304been been dunne >>21574223
>>21572262>budget-friendly nutritious foodsSeasonal fruit, cheap veggies, chicken breast, sardines. There's isn't much to it. Buy in bulk and on sales, obviously. Grains are very cheap but poor in micronutrient content, as you noticed already. Buy whole grain if you must, not much more expensive but noticeably better micros.
>>21572337based, but what kind of project?
>>21572262A fifth of bottom-shelf vodka and two bags of off-brand funyons per day.We're here for a good time, not a long time.
>>21572357Kek
>>21574246Parent problem
>>21572340>making your own bread is pioneer larpingThat cheapo stuff is dogshit and it's not larping to bake bread, cooklet. It's a great way to elevate a meal on a slim budget like OP is on and an incredibly cheap hobby, which OP may need if he's about to fall on hard times.
>>21574645Imagine kneading dough like a faggot, yiu imeagine they're men's ballsacks?
>>21574715That's none of your business, asshole.
>>21574267get help druggie tard
>>21574820>druggieIs this the same thing where americans will act as if people going to a bar on weekends are full blown alcoholics? Gettign some strong prottie vibes here
>>21574884>ahhh help me nigger man I need to abuse substances harmful to my body you dont understand!you are a degenerate and delude yourself.
you need to find a barrel of cheap wine that you are actually comfortable drinking and you are ok with the tasteyou need to find a brand of stock cube or powder that agrees with youyou need to get thyme, parsley, chives and dill into window planters outdoor or indoorthen watch some chef jean pierre
>>21572272>>21572262>>21572353These. Beans, legumes and lentils can form a complete protein on their own when combined with rice and are dirt cheap + simple to cook. Your biggest expenses are herbs/spices/vegetables which are nothing compared to meat and dairy if you're on a budget, especially if you have an asian grocery nearbyDal Bhat Power 24 Hour is real: 3.5 billion pajeets and chinks can't be wrong
>>21574291>Zoomers are all poor as shit, and none of them drink or use tobacco.Much less work, either. Do many of them hope to make it as influencers doing nothing at all? Are they hoping for another pandemic to be on SNAP-EBT again?
>>21572262Oats are trash. Fortified GMO grains are trash. Get meat and cycle veggies as required. Add a quality oil for satiety. If you absolutely must have breakfast, cold cuts & tomato, eggs if you can swing it. Nutritional density of fowl & pig is dubious— cheap beef and whatever frozen white fish is where it's at. Alternate pan, oven and steaming veg— slow cooker stews are your meal prep and cheap bulk beef friends
>>21576234Lots of entry-level positions are asking for 5 years experience these days, and that's when they even exist. Most of the time they're fake listings meant to farm your personal info to bolster company numbers and sell to scammers. I do feel for the zoomers who are out there trying.
>>21572346>add tomato paste last instead of with the aromatics/onyosIt's true retard shit. Might as well be a recipe by that stickman image faggot.
>>21572358... salt and pepper and maybe estragon/tarragon.It's perfectly good by itself, but salt/pepper is the 20% effort 80% flavor max of chicken and one single herb is like 97% effort and taste.Or tiny hint of lemon in butter. Or horseradish.I pity niggers who can't appreciate light but potent flavoring.
>>21574223>>21572272Sharp fucking noiff there mickey my boy... you got a loiscence for that bad boy?
>>21572262There is a lot you can do with chicken and rice with some inexpensive spices and cheap vegetables like onion, garlic and potatoes You can make chicken soup with rice You can bake the chicken using tandoori mix for a smokey and spicy chicken and serve it with rice You can make fried chicken with onions and carrots and egg and add a little soy sauce You can fry the chicken and make honey sesame chicken and serve it with rice You can substitute rice for potatoes, make a big tortilla and fill it with sauteed chicken and fries and hot sauce or ranchYou can add rice seasoning mix to your rice and cook it paella styleYou can buy tomatoes and stuff them with cold chicken, rice and mayoYou can buy cabbage, steam the leaves and stuff them with chicken and riceYou can make a stir fry with chicken, onion, carrot and zucchini and have it with a side of rice
When I was at school I made a dish using condensed mushroom soup. >baked chicken >blanch carrots (cut into fingers and peeled)>add water to condensed mushroom soup until the consistency of gravy>combine all ingredients together >add chili peppers/hot sauce and fresh ground black pepper or whatever you want to spice the dish>serve over rice Incredibly delicious and easy to make. I probably ate that 4x a week
