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Quickest and Cheapest solution.. requires two ingredients (rice & sachet of cup-a-soup)
Cook rice in pan (ability to cook rice assumed)
Boil Kettle
When rice is cooked, remove from heat and drain
Open sachet of cuppasoup (chicken or veg flavour works best)
Pour contents of sachet into mug
Add a small amount of boiling water from kettle into cup and mix into a paste.
Pour paste into rice, and stir well
The result? Instant Savoury Rice
Cook rice in pan (ability to cook rice assumed)
Boil Kettle
When rice is cooked, remove from heat and drain
Open sachet of cuppasoup (chicken or veg flavour works best)
Pour contents of sachet into mug
Add a small amount of boiling water from kettle into cup and mix into a paste.
Pour paste into rice, and stir well
The result? Instant Savoury Rice
And if you eat cheap sausages and bacon all year you will probably get very fat, have very bad guts and only poo about once a week. Sausages especially cheap ones are made of some of the most hideous stuff imaginable and bacon is lovely but pure Lard! Chicken is pretty cheap especially if you buy a whole one and either roast it all and then divide it or butcher it at home! It is also a lot lot better for you!
Never understood Students who eat rubish all the time, they always seem to be able to find £20 to get ****** up but never £5 to spend on decent food!
Go to a butchers. I always get my meat from one and its far cheaper, and better quality, than Tesco. Similar for a greengrocers.
After the last thread about student food spending, I took a serious look at what I was spending and eating. Im sticking to the meal planner my coach made me, and aside the supplements in it, am only spending around £20-25 a week. And its a lot of food.
In terms of cook-to-freeze, chilli is a favourite of mine
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After the last thread about student food spending, I took a serious look at what I was spending and eating. Im sticking to the meal planner my coach made me, and aside the supplements in it, am only spending around £20-25 a week. And its a lot of food.
In terms of cook-to-freeze, chilli is a favourite of mine
.If you want to survive on healthy wholesome food at Uni on a budget then there's some good advice here. Personally I spent most of my time at uni consuming the following:
- Omlettes, scrambled eggs and such like. I used to go to the local supermarket and see what was being sold off cheap because it went out of date that day and then threw it in an omlette that evening. I lived like a king with this strategy with salmon and prawns with my scrambled eggs and lots of fancy cheese omlettes.
- Risotto. My favourite variation on a rice theme. Just need an onion and some stock to give a slightly tastier plain rice dish. I then again employed the strategy of throwing in what was going cheap as described above with the eggs.
- Stew. Find a good stew recepie and you can eat really well for days at a time at minimal cost. You can find good recepies online but they generally all revolve around bowning some meat and then basically throw loads of veg and stuff in a pot and leave it for hours. You can make ten portions for less than a tenner with ease. You can freeze a portion and leave the rest and reheat it for two days running.
And a final tip - make your own sarnies to take into Uni rather than relying on their canteens.
- Omlettes, scrambled eggs and such like. I used to go to the local supermarket and see what was being sold off cheap because it went out of date that day and then threw it in an omlette that evening. I lived like a king with this strategy with salmon and prawns with my scrambled eggs and lots of fancy cheese omlettes.
- Risotto. My favourite variation on a rice theme. Just need an onion and some stock to give a slightly tastier plain rice dish. I then again employed the strategy of throwing in what was going cheap as described above with the eggs.
- Stew. Find a good stew recepie and you can eat really well for days at a time at minimal cost. You can find good recepies online but they generally all revolve around bowning some meat and then basically throw loads of veg and stuff in a pot and leave it for hours. You can make ten portions for less than a tenner with ease. You can freeze a portion and leave the rest and reheat it for two days running.
And a final tip - make your own sarnies to take into Uni rather than relying on their canteens.
A quid for 3kilos bargin and definately a good thing to have kicking round the kitchen
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Try this it is seriously nice
This serves 4 so adjust as needed
For the ingredients you will need
4 large baking potatoes
1oz of butter or marge
5oz broccoli cut into small florets
4oz mushrooms sliced
8 medium eggs
1. Preheat the oven to 200c/gas mark 6
Bake the potatoes for 1 hour but about 5 mins before the end melt the butter in a frying pan and fry the broccoli and mushrooms for about 3 minutes. then set aside
2. when the potatoes are cooked cut them in half and scoop most of the flesh into a bowl, stir in the mushrooms ,broccoli and pan juices and season well.
Spoon back into the potato skins and make a well in the middle. set the potatoes on a baking tray.
3. Carefully crack an egginto each well (don't worry if the white spills over) return to the oven and cook for 15 minutes until the eggs have just set.
You can put cheese on top if you like but I like to use some crispy bacon as well but then it is not so cheep
This serves 4 so adjust as needed
For the ingredients you will need
4 large baking potatoes
1oz of butter or marge
5oz broccoli cut into small florets
4oz mushrooms sliced
8 medium eggs
1. Preheat the oven to 200c/gas mark 6
Bake the potatoes for 1 hour but about 5 mins before the end melt the butter in a frying pan and fry the broccoli and mushrooms for about 3 minutes. then set aside
2. when the potatoes are cooked cut them in half and scoop most of the flesh into a bowl, stir in the mushrooms ,broccoli and pan juices and season well.
Spoon back into the potato skins and make a well in the middle. set the potatoes on a baking tray.
3. Carefully crack an egginto each well (don't worry if the white spills over) return to the oven and cook for 15 minutes until the eggs have just set.
You can put cheese on top if you like but I like to use some crispy bacon as well but then it is not so cheep
This thread has got to be a joke.
Go into supermarket, look for cheap stuff, buy it, cook it, eat it.
If you really want to push the boat out, try using some common sense and pick out a few things that go well together and then turn it into a half decent meal.
Seriously, not eating for days because no one has held your hand and told you what to buy and what to do with it?!
Go into supermarket, look for cheap stuff, buy it, cook it, eat it.
If you really want to push the boat out, try using some common sense and pick out a few things that go well together and then turn it into a half decent meal.
Seriously, not eating for days because no one has held your hand and told you what to buy and what to do with it?!
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Minced beef + Chillis + super market own chopped tomato.
Salt + Pepper.
Served with rice.
Can add to ti depending on whats in your cupboard or your budget
Salt + Pepper.
Served with rice.
Can add to ti depending on whats in your cupboard or your budget
Ive used my time at uni to become a pretty good cook to be honest I didnt fancy 4 yrs of eatting crap so I started looking for some nice recipes and gathering a good collection of herbs, spices and decent utensils.
Now im in my 2nd yr I am the cook of the house and can usually knock up sometime pretty decent from what we have banging about, just throw some things together and see what works and what doesnt.
I also cant understand why some students seem to feel the need to just eat crap thinking its cheaper yes it costs a bit to get a decent selection of spices and things but once youve got them they last a while and will add life n flavour to even the crapiest back of the cuboard ingredients.
Now im in my 2nd yr I am the cook of the house and can usually knock up sometime pretty decent from what we have banging about, just throw some things together and see what works and what doesnt.
I also cant understand why some students seem to feel the need to just eat crap thinking its cheaper yes it costs a bit to get a decent selection of spices and things but once youve got them they last a while and will add life n flavour to even the crapiest back of the cuboard ingredients.
frozen peas and an egg - scramble the egg into the rice as you fry it (boil it first and let it cool in the fridge). Most of the world get by on stuff like this so you'll live
The trick here is once the rice is cooked, rinse it in *cold* water. Don't need to wait for it to cool then
The trick here is once the rice is cooked, rinse it in *cold* water. Don't need to wait for it to cool then
It's sort of right
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This thread has got to be a joke.
Go into supermarket, look for cheap stuff, buy it, cook it, eat it.
If you really want to push the boat out, try using some common sense and pick out a few things that go well together and then turn it into a half decent meal.
Seriously, not eating for days because no one has held your hand and told you what to buy and what to do with it?!
It's not just letting it cool thats important. It's getting the moisture out that stops it turning to rice pudding when you fry it. Hence putting it in the fridge overnight is the best bet. Trying to fry rice you've just cooked always ends with a horrible rice pudding effect.The trick here is once the rice is cooked, rinse it in *cold* water. Don't need to wait for it to cool then
The OP should find Jonny69's tomato sauce recipe. To simplify;
- Chop a clove of garlic and fry it in some oil
- Get a tin of chopped tomatoes and chuck it in
- Let it simmer on a low heat for as long as you like. The longer the better.
- Top it up with water if it reduces too much. Add salt'n'pepper to taste.
- Cook some pasta.
- Chuck the pasta in with the sauce and mix.
- Eat.
Err... how can you not know how to feed yourself? Pasta is your friend at uni, its cheap, and you can do lots with it!
For quickness I would suggest pasta sauce bakes, and ready made bolognaise, you could also go and get some ready meals, though if your like me you will need about 3 to fill you, but 3 ready meals are £2.50 and you can put other things with them!
For quickness I would suggest pasta sauce bakes, and ready made bolognaise, you could also go and get some ready meals, though if your like me you will need about 3 to fill you, but 3 ready meals are £2.50 and you can put other things with them!