What are your best poverty meals? I came up with this recently that I've been meal prepping:1kg ox heart2 x 400g tins red kidney beans3 x cups jasmine rice1 x 400ml tin coconut milkA few chilli peppersI cook the rice in the coconut milk, brown the beef heart then add the chopped chillis, beans, some stock then season with tomato puree, allspice, paprika, salt, black pepper and msg and slow cook for a few hours. Makes a week's worth of lunches and the whole thing costs less than £10
>>22239744i have been living on black beans and mexican rice with sour cream and occasionally guac. it's so fucking good but it makes me so goddamn bloated for hours.
>>22239761I wouldn't say I feel bloated on rice and beans but I get full fairly quickly. I wasn't exactly fat before but I've noticed since adopting poorfag cooking that I've been leaning out a lot and getting abs now. I try to include protein in all my meals which probably helps.
sorry i dont speak britbongistanian.can you translate k.g.tin into o.z.can
>>22239744Sounds good.
>>22239744Presumably you are a real Bong and not just Larping (why the 3rd world packets in your picrel?) Do you cut out the gristly bits from your beef heart? Surely you would get cheaper mileage from long grain rice rather than the small difference a more expensive jasmine rice would give? Do you freeze the left over stuff, for another day?
>>22239744Short grain riceRound porkGochujangSoy sauceChili oilLiterally it
>>22239797I just duckduckgoed a generic image because I didn't want to take a real photo. I buy the heart pre trimmed and stuffed l diced for about £4 a kg. You often find it in the reduced section for much less, presumably because it's not a consistent seller. I bought it last time for £1.70. Picrel is the rice I buy at Farmfoods, it's maybe not the cheapest but I like it. I portion out my servings into tubs and store then in a chest freezer in my garage.
>>22239801>and stuffed lPhoneposting error btw
Also here's another one I make:300g red lentils2 large potatoes3 carrotsStockSome ham hough or cooking baconWash the lentils then get them to a rolling boil, add the meat, diced potatoes and carrots. Reduce heat and simmer for as long as you want but at least 30 mins, mostly depends on what kind of pork you used. Season with salt, black pepper, paprika, fenugreek, or whatever you want really.
>>22239801Beef heart isn't as cheap as it used to be but nothing is these days. Fair enough on your choice of rice but for a poverty meal, I couldn't justify that price. > I portion out my servings into tubs and store then in a chest freezerSame. It's a bit of a local chain but 'Proper Job' sell 500ml tubs at 6 for £1 Mine is a bit cheaperTin of PilchardsTin of TomatoesOnionGarlic (paste or granules) Chilli powder (I have a good supply of Kashmiri chilli powder) Black pepperLong grain rice. Fry off onion and add tin of toms . . . reduce.Add tin of Pilchards, garlic, chilli, black pepper and heat through.Serve in a birds nest of rice. I usually have enough left over for two tubs to go the freezer. I reckon less than £7 for the lot and that's for 3 meals.
>>22239800That gives me massive farts
I FrugalShop™ so everything is cheap.
>>22239744All of these can and should be adjusted to taste and how large the vegetables are at your local store. Yes, this is essentially just a vegetable curry but damn if its good:1 medium-large cauliflower, broken to bite-sized pieces. Can use frozen if you're a lazy fuck and/or if it's cheaper.5-8 potatoes, firm variants preferred but it's no big deal, cubed. Peeled too if they're a thicker skin variant and/or you prefer them peeled.2-3 onions, peeled and rough chopped3-5 carrots, peeled and sliced to coins1 400ml tin of coconut milkCurry powder(to taste but at least one heaping tablespoon)Soy sauce to tasteCouple of dashes of Worchestershire sauce(optional)Tomato paste(optional)Garlic(optional, 5-10 cloves or a heaping tablespoon if using paste)Chicken stock, stock cubes and water or just water, enough to cover everything in the potCooking fat of your choiceCorn starch(optional)RiceChicken, cut of your choice(optional)Get a bit of fat hot in a large(preferably at least 5L) pot and throw in all the vegetables. Keep stirring regulary so the potatoes don't stick to your pot. Add curry powder, garlic and tomato paste when the onions start turning translucent and let go for another minute or so while stirring. If you're using stock cubes add them too here. After that, add the soy sauce and worchester and scrape the bottom of the pot. Add the water/stock and coconut milk. Let it come to a boil and turn down until it bubbles gently and let go until the potatoes and carrots are done. Thicken with corn starch slurry if you prefer it that way.Make rice however the hell you want, I use the oven method but it really doesn't matter. If you're using chicken, you can add it with the spices if you want it in the curry, or cook it separately. The curry is also perfectly good without a protein.
>>22239965Needs some protein but otherwise excellent, anon
>>22239744Wait, do you add everything to the coconut rice or keep them separate? Either way it sounds dee-lish.
>>22239832>Beef heartI'm usually poor but that's crossing the line for me. I just replace meat with the cheapest bacon or fish sticks, or I spread 500g of chicken over 5 meals. Or like beef stew, just make it with more sauce than usual. At least it gives the illusion and saltiness of meat. Then potatoes + one cheap veg, usually carrots or beans yeah. Or a jar of green peas.
>>22239761unironically buy some generic beano from Walmart. it's 6 dollars for 100 capsules and you can take it up to 30 minutes after you eat.as for poverty meals I do chicken paprikash, chickpea curries (just make a regular curry and sub chickpeas for the meat), and for "instant ramen" tier quick meals I just make savory oatmeal with eggs and beef bouillon and whatever spices and aromatics I have lying around, usually leftover ones.
>>22240585I keep the rice separate.>>22240589Heart just tastes like dense beef
>>22240549I'm sure something like lentils would work great in it too, just needs more liquid. But I prefer just adding chicken and making a soup of the lentils instead.
>>22240617>Heart just tastes like dense beefNo It doesn't>>22240589I'm not poor but I'm with you. Organ meats are horrid and I don't eat them often. Even so, I occasionally get pangs for them. Chalk it up to being Asian, but I sometimes get strong hunger specifically for liver and kidney and I especially dislike both.
>Tomatoes>Mushrooms>Tomato sauce>Herbs and spices to your liking>Cook together, add water if neededPairs fantastic with rice. It has become my new go-to cheap meal.>>22239744>poverty mealsWhen I was actually poor, in both money & time most my meals were ultra processed trash meat + pasta.I think that holds true for most low income households. Only true destitution would be enough of a financial strain to push someone out of the convenience that meat and ultra processed foods provide.If you have the time and mental energy to cook beans and rice, you're already better off than most people who are chronically stressed and don't even know how to season a meal properly.
>>22239761Do you soak the beans properly? That makes a huge difference.
>>22240596I want to try modifying my gut biome to handle the beans better. Maybe kefir will work.>>22241270Yes I soak them with a bit of baking soda and salt which are supposed to help a lot but I still feel ridiculously bloated, like just-ate-5lbs-of-mashed-potatoes bloated.
>>22241358I drink kefir and eat various other probiotic foods and pills for years and they've done nothing to help my digestion but you're welcome to try. probiotics aren't magic and should you should expect nothing to happen. probiotics might make your stomach worse as well if you have SIBO and low digestive motility.
>>22240628>No It doesn'tIt does though. I think you're getting confused with liver or something. What do you think beef heart tastes like? When did you last eat it?
>>22241266>When I was actually poor, in both money & time most my meals were ultra processed trash meat + pasta.>I think that holds true for most low income households.It is. It's why modern poor people are fat and unhealthy. Our genuinely poor rural great-great grandparents that had to feed 12 kids had much healthier diets using even less money than poor people have now.
>>22239744200g pasta - 24p2-egg scrabbled eggs - 48pHalf-tin baked beans - 20p100g sweetcorn - 19p100g mature cheddar cheese - 74p700 grams, 1550 calories for £1.85, less if you go for cheaper brands.
>>22241412Excepting a hot sausage that I ate then immediately asked "was this made with beef heart?" (and had my suspicion confirmed shortly after), I've not had it in ages but it tastes heart-y and metallic/iron-rich in the same way good spinach does. Except not actually good.Anyway, the guy running the cart held up the package. Arnold's. So I looked up the ingredients for Arnold's Hot Sausage on my phone and lo-and-behold: beef heart was ingredient #2.I'm not some supertaster. I'm a normal guy with normal taste buds. If I can pick the taste of heart out of a sausage that's been ground, mixed with regular beef and beef fat, heavily spiced and smoked, then claiming that it tastes no different than "dense beef" is just patently absurd. That iron-y taste is unmistakeable.And of course I'm not mistaking it for liver. Again: Asian. I know liver when I taste it. Also kidney. The three do not taste alike, although liver and kidney taste more similar to each other than either do to heart.
rice, corn, and peas
>>22239744Genovese2lbs Eye Round/Rump Roast5 lbs Oniones, quartered1 large Carrote, choppedFistful of Celery Leaves and 1 stalk, chopped3/4 cup Extra Virgin Olive Oil2 cups Cavernet SauvignonSalt n PepperServe with Penne, Rigatoni, or ZitiParmiggiano Reggiano
>>22241566Oh yeah, needs to be simmered for 6 hours
>>22241532>Breakfast::50g porridge - 6p300ml milk - 33pSugar or salt to tasteBanana - 16p500 calories for less than 60p>Lunch:4 slices bread - 15p30g peanut butter - 9p100g mature cheddar cheese - 74p1 apple - 40p1100 calories for £1.38>Examples of Snacks:100g milk chocolate digestives - 42p, 500 calories100g swiss roll - 40p, 120 calories100g mixed nuts - £1.05, 660 calories100g neapolitan ice cream - 8p, 160 calories100g nachos and 100g salsa dip - 77p, 500 calorieshot chocolate with 300ml milk - 70p, 165 caloriesThere you have it, three meals and a snack, thousands of calories for less than five quid a day.
>>22241575>Lunch:>4 slices bread - 15p>30g peanut butter - 9p>100g mature cheddar cheese - 74p>1 apple - 40p>1100 calories for £1.38I'm all for that kind of lunch, though I'd replace the cheese with some homemade spread like humus..The issue is that most people consider a cold lunch as a sort of defeat, almost like they're giving up their dignity and admitting that they're poor.
>>22241590>The issue is that most people consider a cold lunch as a sort of defeat, almost like they're giving up their dignity and admitting that they're poor.Really? I never once thought of a cold/homemade lunch as a poor/undignified thing, a lot of people I know bring food in from home. I actually take pride in making my own lunch compared to buying overpriced sandwiches in those meal "deals". To me, having crisps and coca cola or starbucks and muffin for lunch is much worse. If they want lunch to be their main/hot meal of the day, fine, but that means they have to buy overpriced cafe/takeaway meals which is idiotic if you are trying to reduce meal costs like OP.
>>22241612>Really?You made me check, and I guess that's more of a French thing. I thought that was shared by a good chunk of Western cultures.
I never cook rice without cutting in lentils too, they take the same amount of time to cook and the lentils add protein and fiber. For every 1 cup of rice, 1/3 cup of lentils. If I've got beans I don't even buy meat, the whole point of beans and rice is that it's a "complete" protein. Lots of rice, lentils, and beans. You can make a very serviceable lentil sloppa pot with nothing but lentils, onions, oil, salt, pepper, and some vinegar. The trick is to spend 30-45 minutes caramelizing the onions in oil until they're dark dark dark brown, then you cook the lentils in water and add the onions and a splash of vinegar at the end. The Arabs have a dish called mujadara that's caramelized onions, rice, and lentils. Not the same as my 1 cup to 1/3 cup unseasoned rice and lentils, mujadara has much more flavor and is a proper dish. Like the lentil sloppa though you need to spend 30-45 minutes caramelizing the hell out of those onions for maximum flavor.
>>22241575REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEThis is where things fall apart.It's all very well to show individual servings and their comparative prices but there is an initial outlay. eg:>50g porridge - 6p>4 slices bread - 15p>30g peanut butter - 9p>100g swiss roll - 40p>etc. Show me where I can buy these?Cheapest I could find:>1kg Porridge £1.25>Sliced Bread £1.15>Peanut Butter 95p>Swiss Roll £1.40 I won't go through all of it but you get the picture.Also there is no meat or fresh veg here and a working man needs at least 2500Kcal per day and your 'daily menu' is hardly balanced.
>>22241695>You can make a very serviceable lentil sloppa potWhen I'm feeling extra lazy I just dump a can of lentils and whatever else I have on hand in a pot. It's always tasty enough and filling>>22241708>Also there is no meat or fresh veg hereNTA but the need for meat is grossly exaggeratedIf it's something you enjoy go for it, but never feel that you NEED to eat meat for a balanced dietDefinitely agree on the lack of fresh veg tho
>>22241710>but the need for meat is grossly exaggeratedI'm not so sure about that.I know that there is stuff like iron in veg but the compounds are not as readily absorbed as meat based iron, so you need to eat shedloads more veg to compensate, this goes for other nutrients too.
>>22241719You really don't need that much iron unless you're a woman (bleeding out every week depletes iron). Eating meat once or twice a week is more than sufficient, it doesn't need to be every single meal every single day.
>>22241561So you ate a sausage with various ingredients, not just beef heart. I don't think that's sufficient to have an accurate assessment.
>>22241708Complaining about initial outlay is stupid, especially since all these ingredients are cheap even when bought in bulk.
>>22241708>there is an initial outlayAnd? The initial outlay still cheap, certainly much cheaper than buying from a restaurant/takeaway, and most of the food can keep at least a week so you can easily get through them over time. But if you can't afford to spend £2 in upfront cost for a week's worth of peanut butter sandwiches, you have problems and should apply to a food bank.>Show me where I can buy these?They are all Tesco store-brand foods. Eg, Tesco Scottish oats is £2.45 for 2kg (12p per 100g or 6p for 50g), which will keep for months in an airtight container.>Fresh vegOverrated, frozen veg is generally cheaper and just as good. These are only example meals, there are countless other meals where you can add as much vegs/macros as you want. As for meat, yeah it ridiculously expensive now unless you buy something like whole chicken and carve it up yourself, but meat is not the only source of proteins, don't knock baked beans!
>>22241730I don't really want to get into this but.Humans are omnivores and our bodies reflect this, from our teeth to our intestines. In order for humans to absorb nutrients from plants only, our intestines would have to be about 3x as long.I recall many years ago a documentary where a group of chimps chased a Lemur thing up a tree and ripped it limb from limb to eat, it was pretty graphic and probably wouldn't be shown today but previous to that everybody thought that chimps were harmless vegetarians eating fruit. We too are primates and once or twice a week eating meat is survivable but it's not good long term. >>22241737>Complaining about initial outlay is stupid,It's actually not. >>22241750You are missing the point entirely.The initial outlay is important and overlooked with these 'poverty meal threads'. Buying a month load of items and dividing it, is just pure folly - look at an earlier post I made >>22239832It's a cheap meal (or three) but it doesn't rely on a large store cupboard full of pre-bought ingredients.
>>22241735You really ought to work on your reading comprehension and basic logic skills. Think about it: how did he guess that the sausage had heart in it if he didn't already know what heart tasted like on its own? He even said that he could taste it through all that extra stuff.
>>22241758>Humans are omnivores and our bodies reflect this, from our teeth to our intestines. In order for humans to absorb nutrients from plants only, our intestines would have to be about 3x as long.Nigga I never said never eat meat, I said you don't need to eat meat every meal every day.
>>22241770>I said you don't need to eat meat every meal every day.I never said that either.
>>22241773>In order for humans to absorb nutrients from plants only
>>22241774>once or twice a week eating meat is survivable but it's not good long term.
>>22241758>chimps chased a Lemur thing up a tree and ripped it limb from limb to eatNature can be metal. I've seen a horse eat a baby chick as if it was a chicken nugget.>>22241750>frozen veg is generally cheaper and just as good.The only real downside of frozen veg is usually texture>Cut up a tofu block and spread evenly on a baking sheet>Spread frozen broccoli on the remaining space>Throw in the oven (don't know the best cooking temp & duration, I just wing it)>Serve with sriracha sauce et riceProbably the healthiest meal I cook up
>>22241777check out those trips
>>22241758>initial outlay is importantIt is important if the outlay is expensive, but in this case it is not as the cost is cheap, especially if you just plan a bit and build it up over time. Literally save £2 and you can buy everything you need for a decent sandwich for five days. That saves you more money from not having to buy lunch at a canteen or some other business where a single meal would cost more than £2. Use that canteen lunch money you saved to buy more food for more home-cooked meals, saving even more, which you can use to add more variety to your meals, eg jam or humus sandwiches.>FollyWhy? It doesn't take up much room, everything is used regularly and it's cheaper overall. There is nothing wrong with having a stable store of long-term commonly-used ingredients, especially when your money is tight at certain times of the month, it has actually been a lifesaver and morale boost for me knowing I will always have something in the cupboards.
>Spend 20 bucks grocery shopping>Do some planning and cooking>Have food for a weekPeople will legitimately argue against this.Meanwhile spending 5 bucks on a single meal is considered a deal.
>>2224181820 bucks is getting really tight these days but even 30 or 40 can be done easily with very little planning. I think it's much more about making batch cooked meals like stews, soups and gravies than just prepping. Even the dumbest retard can't spend *that* much per portion when cooking 5-10L at a time.
>>22241986I agree with you about batch cooking and freezing the remainer but my point still stands regarding breaking things down to silly money on a meal by meal basis, when the initial outlay is overlooked. For example . . .I could live like a King and have Beluga Caviar on my sandwiches for a few quid extra but try buying it initially. I am trying to maintain that each meal should be cheap, rather than a large initial outlay and spreading it out.
>>22241358Just soak the beans in some baking soda water before cooking
>>22241770You need to eat meat every meal
>>22241758>It's actually not.It is. Being on a limited income doesn't automatically mean you have to be feckless with money and incapable of buying av5kg bag of rice
>>22241770Being able to identify heart doesn't imply it doesn't taste like beef. I can identify the difference between rump and silverside for instance, but they both taste like beef
>>22243253>her reading comprehension is so shit, she can't even keep track of which posts she's replying to
>>22241767>how did he guess that the sausage had heart in it if he didn't already know what heart tasted like on its own?It could have been a lucky guess
