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Paprika Chicken
cost: approx. 2-5$ per serving

1 chicken breast to;
2 ? regular sized onions (the ones you buy in 10lb bags)
2-5 tablespoons of Sweet Paprika

Chop onion into large chunks and fry lightly in oil until clear and soft. Chop the chicken into bitesized pieces. Move the onion to the edges of the pan, and place the chicken in the middle. Stir until chicken is completely cooked (this is important else you get strange textured chicken). Add paprika to taste, and fill the pan with enough water to not cover. Simmer for 1-4 hours or until the paprika becomes pasty. Add water as needed. Serve with dumplings and sourcream(see dumpling recipe). Serves 1 person ? multiply the recipe by the amount of people you intend to serve.
Note: If you “boil” the mixture the onions will turn to mush and the chicken will become tough, dry, and flaky. This is best done in a crock pot on low heat for all day. I prefer my chicken with a strong paprika flavour, but you can easily use very little.


European Dumplings
cost: approx. >1$
1 egg to;
approx. 1 cup milk
Flour
teaspoon of salt and sugar.

Before starting, get a deep pot and fill it with water and boil it with a pinch of salt in the water.
Beat the egg, salt, sugar and milk together until it has a light yellow consistency. Add the flour until it turns into a paste that sticks to your fingers like glue (If it turns out watery, keep adding flour until it reminds you of bread dough). Clean off your hands and take two spoons, scooping out the mixture with one while using the other to scrape it off into the water. The dumplings will float to the top of the water when done; remove and keep as dry as possible. Serve with either very light recipes, or with heavy ones for winter.
Note: These are extremely heavy (they are basically boiled dough). I made 1 ? this recipe and it fed 4 people, as well as 2 lunches with the Paprika chicken.

Stuffed Green Peppers
cost: approx 5-10$

4 Green/Yellow/Red Peppers
1-2lbs ground beef (any other meat will work fine as well)
1 egg
Splash of worchester sauce
1 tablespoon Black Pepper
Liberal amount of Paprika

Cut the pepper as you would a pumpkin used for carving. Hollow out the seeds and clean, making sure to remove stickers on the skin. Place it in a roasting pan or baking dish with a lid, and fill with an inch or two of water. Put enough paprika in to turn the water red.
Mix the egg, ground meat, worchester sauce and pepper, as well as any other spices. It should stay together like packed meatballs. Fill the peppers with the meat (if you have any left over, roll into meatballs and place in the pot with the peppers). Put the caps back on the peppers, put the lid on, and cook at 450F for approx. 1 hour. Makes enough for 4 people.
Optional: Remove the peppers, and pour the remaining paprika/meat juice liquid into a gravy dish, and mix sour cream into it until it becomes orange. Serve over rice as a sauce with the peppers.
Note: This is probably one of the cheapest meals you can make that's extremely filling. If you don't have enough ground meat, you can easily put leftover rice into the mixture. Cost depends also on whether you use cheaper green peppers, or more expensive and sweeter red/yellow.

Salmon with StirFry Vegetables
cost: approx 5-15$

1 Salmon steak
1 Bulk Carrot
1 Green/Red/Yellow Pepper
2 Stalks of Celery
Half a head of Broccoli
Any other vegetable

Take a piece of tinfoil twice as tall/wide as the salmon, and grease with butter. Place the salmon in it and wrap it up. Place in the oven at 450degrees until it flakes and is light pink all the way through (approx 20 minutes). Test for doneness by flaking it with a fork; if it easily breaks apart and is a light pink colour it's done.
For the vegetables, wash it all, inspect for pesky grocery store stickers, and thinly slice. Cook in a tablespoon of oil on medium heat until the peppers are soft. Add seasonings of choice, such as; vegetable premixed spices, thai curry sauce, or just a dollop of butter. Serve the vegetables alongside the Salmon. Serves 1-2 people.
Note: Buy salmon while it's on sale (20$ for 2 long steaks that can be divided into at least 6 decent sized servings) and freeze, thawing it by taking it out of the freezer and putting it in the fridge the night before you plan to cook it. Talipia also works very well, and is much cheaper.

Stew-so-easy-you-could-make-it-while-donkey-punching-your-sister
cost: approx 10$

1-2lbs stewing Beef, cubed
3 large bulk carrots
1 litre of V8 juice
3-5 stalks of celery
as many potatoes as you want
Any other vegetable

Take the cubed beef and flour it, then cook in a pan/dutchoven/crock pot until fully cooked. Chop the vegetables into cubes/bitesized pieces and add to the pot, pouring enough V8 vegetable/tomato juice to cover it. Lower the heat to gently simmer it. Cook for 2-3 hours. Serve with buttered crusty bread. This will make enough to serve 2-6 people depending on how many vegetables you put in it.
Note: This technically can't be called a stew I believe, but it's good enough at the price you make it. The V8 juice also adds a lot of flavour, so you don't need to own a lot of spices. The stew itself doesn't really need to be stirred very often either, which makes it great for stove cooking while you play videogames.

Cheap-Ass Chili
cost: approx 10$

1-3lbs ground beef
2 cans of Kidney beans
2 normal sized cans of Tomatoes (diced)
OR
1 Large can of Tomatoes (diced)
chili powder

Cook the ground beef and break it up into as small pieces as possible. Drain the extra meat juice; add the drained tomatoes and stir. For thick chili, do not drain the kidney beans ? for thinner, soupier chili drain one can of kidney beans. Add chili spice to taste (I like my deep red) and stir, and simmer for at least 3-5 hours. It will be done when the beans are soft, and everything is a rich colour and tastes of the spices you added. Will serve 2-5 people depending on the circumstance.
Optional: Dark chocolate, dried peppers, peppers, celery, onion, anything you can think of. Top with grated cheddar, a dollop of sourcream, and eat with corn chips (tostitos) or buttered bread.
Note: This is a very very basic recipe. It's also extremely cheap and will taste just as good, if not better the next day. This is ideal if you are extremely poor, because canned kidneybeans/tomatoes can and will go on sale for as little as 50 cents each. It is also several times more filling than shitty instant noodles.

THANK YOU, ANONYMOUS

Basic Cheese Sauce
cost: approx >1$

1 tablespoon flour
1 tablespoon butter
1 cup milk
1 cup shredded cheese (Cheddar works best)
a dash of salt and pepper

In a shallow pot, melt the butter at medium heat and stir in flour until it becomes pasty. Don't let it bubble and burn. Pour the milk in a little at a time to let it heat it up with the flour/butter mixture. Add the salt and pepper. It'll start to thicken at this point. Again, do not allow it to boil. Add the shredded cheese (as thinly grated as possible) and stir in until all the cheese is used. You can boil it now at this point lightly, but personally this is the part I take it off the stove and let sit for a few moments to let it thicken. Serve on top of Vegetables, or as the base to homemade macaroni and cheese.
Note: I don't recommend using margarine since it's an oil. If you're using mixed cheese, try to make the majority Cheddar, else it'll be really really strong. Add powdered mustard if you want more flavour.

And that's it for now. If you guys have specific recipes (like making cheap homemade mac and cheese, knock offs of fancy meals etc) I could write more up. I'm a little tired of seeing people post "OMG I AM POOR I SPEND 500$ A WEEK ON FOOD" when I can feed 4 people a night on a that a month.

I eat pretty well and I can eat for about $200 CAD a month. I could knock that down a lot more if I didn't drink soft drinks and juice.

I've got a good memory and a great sense of taste so I can usually tell how something will taste just by looking at a recipe.

I could post up some stuff sometime if anyone is interested.

Thanks for the recipes, friend. I requested your thread for archive and I suggest you do the same so we can save your recipes for future use.

Pancakes:
Price: Dirt Cheap

- box of premixed buttermilk pancake mix.
- water
- eggs
- maple syrup

Put the first three in a big ol' pot. (Just dump the mutherfucker in there) and mix it. Pour it on a griddle and fry them up at once. Smother those bitches in syrup and youve got yourself a shit-ton of pancakes. Makes about 50 servings.

ty OP this is helping alot. IDK but I think archive would be nice since this subject comes up alot...

>>695925

yes plz

Potato-Egg casserole
Serves about 4 people, but you can add/take away the amount of ingredients to fit your own needs.
Costs >$10
6-8 medium/large russet potatoes
6-8 large/jumbo eggs
1 c. (1/2 pkg) shredded cheddar cheese
1/2 medium/large onion (optional)
salt and pepper
paprika (optional)
chives (optional)

1. If you like your onions to be a little more tender (as opposed to crisp and crunchy), throw them in a frying pan over medium heat for 5 minutes or so (until they start to turn a little translucent). If you don't mind the crunch and/or hate onions, then disregard this step.
2. Boil some water. Once water is at a hard boil, gently drop the eggs in the water. To get the perfect hardboiled egg, let them boil for approximately 10-13 minutes. If you don't cook them long enough, the yolk will be runny. Conversely, if you cook them too long, the yolk will turn greenish.
3. While your eggs are boiling, get your potatoes peeled, cubed, and in some hot water. You want them to be soft, because you're going to mash them.
4. Preheat your oven to 400.
5. Mash potatoes, and shell the eggs, then cut the eggs horizontally into slices.
6. Layer your potatoes, eggs, onions, then cheese in a casserole dish. Create as many layers as you like, but make the top layer potatoes. Salt and pepper the top layer to your taste, and add paprika liberally. Bake for 30-40 minutes, sprinkle chives on top before serving.
*We tried adding other ingredients in this recipe: mushrooms and frozen broccoli are equally delicious if added.

Chicken Parmesan (without the parmesan)
Serves 4 people
costs >$10 (depending on how expensive chicken is)
4 boneless skinless chicken breast
1 lb (1 pkg) pasta of your choice (I recommend spaghetti)
1 jar pasta sauce of your choice
1 c. (1 pkg) mozzarella cheese
1 egg
Breadcrumbs or Ritz crackers crushed into bitty pieces

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
2. Heat a frying pan with olive oil on your stovetop on High heat.
3. Whisk an egg in a bowl, and pour breadcrumbs in a separate bowl.
4. Dip chicken first in the egg bowl, then the breadcrumb bowl, then finally into the frying pan. Do this with all breasts.
5. Sear the chicken on the pan at high heat until the outside of the chicken is brown and appears to have a "crust." You're not *cooking* the chicken, just searing it to lock in the moisture for when you bake it.
6. Pour half your jar of sauce in a casserole dish, then place the chicken on top of it. Pour the rest of the sauce on top of the chicken, then add the cheese being sure to cover the chicken as well.
7. Bake for 40 minutes; prepare pasta as instructed on the box.
8. Serve together and enjoy! Sprinkle some parmesan cheese on top before eating if you like.

>>695973
Alright, well, I'll put it in the back of my mind and post some stuff up when I don't have a couple of huge lab reports due.

Swiss Steak
costs will vary depending on price of meat and how many people you're serving. Steak's expensive (~$5/lb on sale) but worth it for a treat every once in awhile.
Sirloin steak
2 cans french onion soup
mashed potatos

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Put steak and cans of soup in a casserole dish. Bake for 40 minutes.
3. Prepare some mashed potatoes to go along with the swiss steak. Use the "sauce" in your swiss steak as gravy, and enjoy!

>8-10 chicken thighs, skinless
>Cut up chicken breasts

well which is it OP? breasts or thighs? D:<

Spinach casserole
Serves 4 people
Costs >$5
2 -10oz pkgs of frozen chopped spinach
1 lb cooked pasta (I recommend spaghetti)
2 c. (1 pkg) shredded cheese (we usually use the "Mexican" variety by Kraft; Colby-Jack by Sargento, etc).
1/2 medium onion
1 c. sour cream
1. Cook the pasta as indicated on the box.
2. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
3. Cook the spinach as indicated on the package. Be sure you drain the spinach to rid it of excess water (you can sacrifice a towel and wring the spinach in it--your towel will forever be stained green, though).
4. Finely chop the onion into small pieces.
5. Add the spinach, pasta, sour cream, onion, and cheese in a large bowl and mix it together. Pour it all into a casserole dish and bake for 40 minutes.

Korean-leftover-rice-dish-you-can-make-in-the-microwave aka Spicy Rice
serves as many people as you want provided you have enough ingredients
costs vary
My roommates ask me to make this for them all the time; I always use leftovers because it's so convenient.
A hell of a lot of rice (1-2 cups for 4 people)
Kimchi (a Korean vegetable)
Korean hot/spicy bean paste (I have no idea what it's called in English; the label says "Go chu jang"--see picture)
Leftovers*
Any and all vegetables
Any and all meat cut into bite size pieces (try to focus on just 1 meat if you have many to choose from)
"Light" soups (such as chicken soup, kimchi jigae, or even ramen soup) -soup is optional, it just adds flavor.
1. Make rice.
2. Add leftovers to rice.
3. Depending on how spicy you like it, add the spicy bean paste. About 2-3 good spoonfuls if you like it on the milder side. Add as much kimchi as you please.
4. If you have any "light" leftover soup, add about a half cup of it. Mix it all together thoroughly so that the rice is a nice orangeish color from the spicy bean paste.
5. Optional step-if you have any lettuce, you can turn this dish into Lettuce Wraps. Just wash a head of lettuce and spoon rice onto a leaf of lettuce. Wrap the lettuce and enjoy!

Easy seasoning for Kalbi (Korean BBQ)
Korean BBQ is basically where you sit at a table and get plates of uncooked meat. You get to cook your meat at your table where there is a grill, and season it as you please. It's very similar to Chinese hot pot, but instead of making it in a pot, you make it on a grill.

This is a "dipping sauce" recipe for your cooked meat.
Assuming the meat is unseasoned...
In a small dish, pour in 2 tbsp Sesame oil, 1 tbsp black pepper, and 1/2 tbsp of salt (these are all approximations; basically just dump a bunch of salt and pepper in a small dish that already contains sesame oil. You're supposed to have more pepper than salt, but it really doesn't matter). Stir it all together. Dip cooked meat in, making sure that it touches the spices on the bottom. Eat to your heart's content!
*This "dipping sauce" tastes especially good if you use it in lettuce wraps. Take a leaf of lettuce, add a spoonful of rice to the middle of it, place a piece of meat on top of that, wrap it up and enjoy.

Polish Drop Potato Dumplings

Cost: super cheap

Ingredients:

* 1 large potato, peeled and grated
* 1 cup all-purpose flour
* 1 cup whole milk
* Salt and pepper to taste

Bring a large saucepan of salted water to a boil. Meanwhile, in a medium bowl, mix all ingredients until a thick paste forms.

Get half a teaspoon of the mixture and drop it gently into the boiling water.

Simmer about 20 minutes or until dumplings taste done. Drain in a colander and serve as a side dish, a Lenten/vegetarian meal or in soup.

Is OP the same Anon who gets paid to cook for their roommates? Also bampu for good cheap recipes

Thanks so much OP

Also, I don't know if they have these in america, but the scwartz sauce packets are around 40pence and make dinner so much cheaper.

Also if you don't like the origonal recipe idea on the packet it will give you alternatives. Good for people who have no idea what to cook

Fucking hell, i hate all you poor fucks! I am also in college at the moment but my parents pay me enough so I can get my meals in a restaurant.

>>696311
They'll get sick of it after the first year

enjoy your ramen you sponging faggot

>>696311

haha you fucking loser. enjoy it when you're on your own and don't know how to boil water, dickwipe.

I have no idea who you are but I would buy an expensive dinner for you. Thank you, anon.

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>>695904
>>695933
>>695965
Your welcome.

>>696075
Oh I must've missed that. In the original, my family used Chicken breasts, but I changed it to thighs because it tastes better/cheaper. You can use either.

>>696280
Yes, the same one. Luckily all the people in the apartment don't mind care what I cook and have no strange eating habits.

I'll post some more recipes now, might take a while since I'm writing these ones up as I go.

all of these recipes look simple and well tasting, thanks man, i'll definately try some of them out (dumplings look interesting, i love paprika and broccoli). Some of it is very simple, like "how to cook rice in a pot" but yanno, i hear fags complain about that all the fucking time, so a big thumbs up, you should compile a PDF and upload this + maybe a bit more stuff as a "newbie college cookbook" kind of thing, i'm telling you there are alot of people out there that could need this.

Homemade Mac and Cheese
cost: approx 10$

1 large bag of dried pasta, any kind
Butter
1-3lbs of ground/strip meat, sausage, ham, etc.
Left over vegetables
4-5x Cheese sauce recipe
Optional spices: Dry mustard, paprika, extra pepper, hotsauce, etc.

In a large pot, boil the dried pasta (I use elbow macaroni) until it is “al dente”, or otherwise, still has a firm shape but is soft. It's the point before it becomes mush, and after it's lost its dried out crunchiness. While watching the pasta, cook up any left over or raw meat of your choice. You can also throw in the leftover vegetables to heat up during the last few minutes of cooking the meat. Drain the pot and put it back on the cooling burner; this will help get rid of any excess water. Prepare the cheese sauce; optionally, you can use more milk and less cheese to help it stretch further. I'd advise against using Kraft singles, Velveeta or any overly processed cheese, as it will just end up tasting pretty bad, as well as the few extra dollars spent on good cheese will make a world of difference.
In a baking dish, grease the sides with a thin layer of butter; this will make cleanup easier and it will slide out of the dish. Fill the dish with macaroni, while mixing in the meat/veg. Mixture. Afterwards, mix in the cheesesauce.
Top with grated cheese(s), breadcrumbs, etc. Cook until bubbly and the top layer is golden brown. Serves 4-6 people.
Note: If using raw vegetables such as broccoli or cauliflower, I'll throw them in with the noodles to cook. I prefer not to use any starches or heavy veg, as well as crushed crackers on top due to personal preference.

Roast Garlic Mashed Potatoes
cost; 1$ per serving

For one serving:
6-10 Red potatoes, baby/small
2 tablespoons heavy cream (milk otherwise)
1 tablespoon chicken stock
1 tablespoon butter
1 segment of a clove of garlic

Peel the garlic and remove the ends. Place in the shallow pot with a small amount of oil and cook until it's brown and crispy on all sides. Remove from the pot, give the pot a quick rinse and fill with water (Careful, if you use too much oil and pour water into the pot it will spit). Place the potatoes in the pot and boil at high heat until they are soft and you can push a fork all the way through without much force. Do not overcook!
Drain the water and place back on the cooling burner to get rid of excess water. Add all other ingredients, as well as an optional dash of salt and pepper or half a handful of cooked bacon pieces (real bacon bits work as well). Mix with a masher or a fork until it is smooth with small chunks. You want to avoid over mixing it, else it'll get gluey, so try to fold the mixture into itself instead of just mashing it up and down. Top with a teaspoon of butter and cracked salt and enjoy.
Note: Green onions, Bacon, thyme, any other spice you could think of works extremely well in this too. I used to make this at the steakhouse I worked at, except without the chicken stock and in 30lb increments.

Crème Brulee
cost: approx 5$

1/2 cup/4 ounces sugar
6 egg yolks
1 teaspoon vanilla/fruit extract
2 cups/1 pint of Heavy Cream

In a medium heat pan, pour the pint of Heavy Cream (I use whipping)and let it sit until it forms a skin on the top and is thoroughly warm.
Separate the eggs by cracking it open into one palm with your fingers slightly open, pouring it from hand to hand until you have only the yolk left. If it breaks, place in a small tupperware container and save for breakfast's scrambled eggs. Save all discarded egg whites in another bowl for the meringue recipe.
Combine the egg yolks and sugar into a large mixing bowl and whisk briskly for about 5 minutes. The mixture should come away silky smooth when rubbed between your fingers; if it still has sugar granules, continue mixing. Once the mixture is smooth, gently and slowly pour the warm cream into the mixture, whisking it quickly to prevent the egg yolks from separating and becoming scrambled eggs. You'll know you've done this right when the mixture is a warm/hot, light yellow, and uniform. Add the vanilla or fruit extract and mix lightly. If there is foam at the top, fold a piece of clean papertowel into a small square and skim the top of the mixture. This will ensure that the top of the crème brulees are very beautiful.
Fill crème brulee dishes up, or if you don't have any, shallow ceramic coffee mugs, onion soup dishes, etc will suffice. Fill only 2-3 inches tall depending on the width to ensure even cooking.
Preheat the oven to 350degrees, and place the crème brulee's in a deep baking dish. Those glass casserole dishes work perfect for this. Once all the crème brulee's are in the dish, fill it so that it comes up to at least half the height of the mugs you put the mix in. Cover the top with tinfoil and cook for approximately 20-30 minutes, or until you can tap the side and have it jiggle slightly like jello. Immediately place in the fridge until cool.

>>696453
(field was too long, here's the rest of it)
To create a sugar crust on top without having a blowtorch, set the oven to broil and place the rack as close to the top as possible. Sprinkle a thin layer of refined sugar or raw sugar (please don't use sweeteners) on the cooked, fridge cooled crème brulee and place in the oven until the top is brown.

Note: This recipe seems like a lot to do, but it's very easy in practice. Tongs make taking the dishes out of the baking dish much easier as well. This is an extremely cheap dessert and even if you mess it up, you can easily throw out the messed up batch and create another. The only real expense is the heavy cream.

>>696425

Signed. Thanks OP and other contributors.

Frozen Fruit Syrup
cost: approx 2-5$

1 cup frozen or freshly chopped fruit
3 tablespoons sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract (optional)

Try to use a mixture that has a lot of blue/black/rasp-berries, as well as strawberries. In a saucepan, place the chopped fruit in on medium-low heat, adding in the sugar, vanilla and a tablespoon or two of water. Mix until it becomes bubbly and syrupy, adding more water if it becomes too pasty, as well as more sugar if desired.
Serve it hot on the cremebrulee, meringues, sponge cake, regular cake, brownies, vanilla icecream etc.
Note: Don't substitute the sugar with sweeteners, as the mixture doesn't become properly syrupy (in my experiences). Cleaning the pot may also be a pain, so after removing the mixture soak in hot soapy water.

Oven Baked “Pie Filling”
cost: approx 2-5$

4 large apples OR 1 small pineapple OR combination of fresh/frozen fruit
1 /2 a cup of brown sugar
1 /2 cup of rolled oats
Unsalted chopped nuts

Core the apple and/or pineapple; if you don't have a tool to core the center out, then just cut the fruit up to remove it. Place the fruit at the bottom of the baking dish and top with the brown sugar, rolled oats and nuts. Add any optional toppings like cinnamon and raisins/craisins. Bake at 450degrees for 30-40 minutes with the lid on, or until the fruit and oatmeal is softened, the sugar is melted and syrupy and it smells like pie filling.
Note: Extremely easy, extremely tasty. When fruit goes on sale, or when they have those 50% off bargain bags of apples because they expire soon, pick them up and make this recipe with them.

Cabbage Salad

Cost $15-20 initially, $7ish after

You need:
Rice Wine Vinegar (seasoned or unseasoned)
Vegetable oil
Container of sesame seeds
Head of Cabbage
a bundle of green onions
1 Ramen (oriental style)
optional: a small package of sliced almonds (most likely cheaper if you get whole and slice yourself)

After the first time buying stuff you should have more than enough vinegar, oil, and sesame seeds to make several more salads

Break up ramen into small pieces and save the flavor packet
Toast 1 to 2 tbl spoons of sesame seeds, ramen, almonds in the oven (~15 min at 350, stirring occasionally)
Cut cabbage into small pieces (think a stick of Orbit gum)
Slice onion into small pieces

Put the cabbage, onion, toasted stuff into a bowl, and contents of seasoning packet into a big bowl
Pour some oil in
Be safe and start with a little and work your way up to where you like it (I have never measured the amount, gently pour oil around the outside of the bowl until you get all the way around)
Add in some vinegar to taste (again I have no volume for you, but I quickly shake it like a ketchup bottle all the way around once)

Stir the salad
It should initially resist, but after a second or two move easily.
If not add more
1)oil if you were cautious
2)vinegar if you can't taste it in the cabbage that well

Farmer's Breakfast
cost: approx 3$

2 eggs
1 small vine ripe tomato, sliced
1-2 hasbrown patties OR 1 cup homefries
2-3 strips of bacon
2 pieces of toast

Before starting, preheat your oven and place the hashbrown patties in the oven, or follow the Homefries recipe.
Heat up a pan to medium heat, adding the strips of bacon and cook until they are soggy. Move them to the side of the pan and add the sliced tomato as well as eggs. Cook until the eggs are done; slid off onto a plate with the toast and homefries.
Note: Takes a little time to cook for a breakfast, but it's a good lunch as well. You'll want to cook the hashbrowns in the oven or another pan, else you get a soggy mixture. Cook the bacon to about half-3 /4 the way cooked you normally would eat it before adding the eggs, else you'll have burnt bacon. Alternatively, serve with pancakes instead of toast.

Homefries
cost; almost nothing

1-3 large potatoes
2 tablespoons oil (olive works nicely)
seasoning

Cut the potatoes up into small cubes or chunks, and wash it until the water is clear. Pat dry with a paper towel, then place on a baking sheet. I sprinkle Cajun seasonings on it, but you can use any kind you feel like. Toss with oil and place in a 350degree oven for approx. 20 minutes, or until the potato has shrunk and has a crunchy shell with a fluffy inside (you may need to taste test).
Note: Extremely cheap, tastes like those old mom and pop diner homefries. If you cut the potatoes smaller, they'll be crunchier, but if you cut them larger, they'll be fluffier.

Caprici Salad (a fake salad that might impress the womenz)

cost: $15ish

Vegetable oil
Balsamic Vinegar
Medium Sized Block of Jack Cheese (I haven't tried pepper jack, it might be cool)
Basket of small tomatoes (6 inch by 6 inch container sold at most grocery stores)
Basil (buy a plant, keep in in the light, water it every few days)
Stores tend to sell herbs in plastic containers
pepper (whole in its own grinder is preferable)
Red Onion (optional)

Slice tomatoes in half, put into a bowl
Cut up cheese into small cubes (about the same size as the tomato halves), put into bowl
Finely cut up the basil (I like to roll up the basil and slice it all at once)
Dice up the red onion into small pieces

Stir it all together with some oil (again, fuck measuring salad stuff)
Put in some balsamic vinegar (as a rule of thumb, use more vinegar than oil in salads)
Crack in some pepper

This shit'll get better with age, but is only good for a week or two

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>>696479
Forgot to add that these serve 1.

Potato Pancakes (Latkas?)
cost: almost nothing

3 large potatoes
1 egg
2 tablespoons flour
seasoning

Grate the potatoes and clean the starch off until the water turns clear. Pat dry with papertowel. In a mixing bowl, combine with the egg and flour until it has a coconut cookie type of consistency. In a pan, place 2-3 tablespoons oil or until it coats the bottom of the pan in a thin layer, and add 1-2 tablespoon portions of the mixture into the oil, flattening it out with the back of a spatula. Cook until it's golden brown on both sides and fluffy in the middle. If you cook too hot you may not cook the inside, but if you cook too slowly it will become greasy. Alternatively, you can just cook it in the oven on a baking sheet. Serve with sour cream or apple sauce by themselves, or serve as a sidedish to a breakfast/lunch meal. Serves 1.
Note: Extremely extremely cheap. I lived off this and tea for a month while mooching off friends, waiting for student loans to come in. You'll get sick of them fast this way, but potatoes are 3$ at most for 10lbs, and sourcream is 2.50 a container.

Bean Salad
cost: approx 2-5$

2 cans green beans
2 cans yellow beans
2 cans kidney beans or 1 large can.
1 1 /2 cup vinegar
1 cup sugar
2 onions
4 tablespoons oil
Parsley

In a sauce pan, heat the vinegar while mixing the sugar into it until it dissolves. Mix in the oil and take off heat.
In a large tupperware container, mix the drained and washed beans together, as well as the chopped onion and parsley. Pour in the vinegar mixture and mix until everything is coated. Store in the fridge for at least 1 day before eating. Lasts several days, or can serve 4 for lunch/snacks.
Note: You can use any kind of canned bean for this, such a chickpeas. This recipe is excellent for when canned goods go on sale, or if you parents left you with some bizarre canned beans you have no idea what to do with other than to heat and eat.

this thread should be stickied

Thanks op,

>>696499
Oh shit sorry, I forgot to make that 2 cups vinegar and 1 cup sugar. If you like your recipes sweeter use the one I posted, but otherwise it might turn into some weird syrup.

Minute Steak with Sauce
cost: approx 3$

2-3 “Fast Fry” steak, or thin cube steak.
1 egg
flour
breadcrumbs
oil
1 cup chicken stock
1 cup milk
spices

These steaks can be called anything from Fast fry, cube steak, hell, even “grilling”. They have no bones and are just thin, flat sheets of meat, usually marinating oriented cuts that were cut thinner to cook in less than 1-2 minutes.
Batter the meat by dredging it in flour, dipping it into the beaten egg to completely cover it, and then batter it with breadcrumbs. I prefer using the Asian “Panko” variety because it creates a fluffier, crunchier taste. Pan fry with liberal amounts of oil on medium heat, careful not to burn. Only cook until golden brown or until the meat is done. Remove from heat when done, and place on a wire rack or paper towel. Mix in the same amount of flour as you have leftover flour; if there is more than 3 tablespoons of oil left discard some. Whisk together until a warm paste, then add the chicken stock slowly until it's heated, adding the milk in the same fashion. This will ensure that it heats up evenly and you won't get large lumps of paste in the sauce. Add seasonings such as pepper, thyme, parsley, etc. Once it's thickened, remove from heat and serve over top of the steak. Serves 1-2.
Note: The gravy itself tastes like something from KFC because I used chicken stock and the oil had left over “batter” in it. You can easily substitute the meat for thinly pounded chicken breasts or pork as well. If you're making a large batch, cook all of it except for 2-3 pieces, clean the pan and replace the oil, then continue and make the gravy that way. I find that by cooking more pieces over longer periods, the oil becomes gritty and full of burnt pieces.

>>696518 Mix in the same amount of flour as you have leftover flour

Should be :
Mix in the same amount of flour as you have leftover oil in the pan.

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Cheers OP.

Casserole:

1 can evap milk
1 can cream o' mushroom
1 jar cheeze whiz
2 cups cooked rice
1 lb cauliflower/broccoli

Combine in croc pot, cook low for 6hrs.

=delish win

Shoyu Chicken
(serves number you want)

Cost: Price of chicken

X pounds of boneless skinless chicken thigh (1 pound serves two people easily)
Rice
Soy Sauce
Sugar


Cook rice (~1 handful of rice is a serving)
Slice chicken thighs into 1/4 to 1/3 inch thick strips (if it gets really long, cut the slice in half)
In a large(ish) pot:
Put 1/3 of a cup of sugar
1 cup soy sauce
mix and throw in 1 lb of chicken (you can took up to 2 lb batches safely, just double the sugar and soy)
turn on heat and stir occasionally until it starts to bubble (it will get a crazy looking yellow foam)
Remove chicken for sauce (don't let it sit in there, it will get salty)
Server over rice


note: shoyu is the Japanese name for soy sauce (or at least part of it), and I learned this from and Asian chick)

You are a god OP.
I love you.

>>696425
If OP can't be arsed I might compile this maybe tomorrow when I have time.
Don't hold your breath though, got loads of stuff to do before the weekend.

>>696548
Oh no I am compiling it in a PDF as we speak. It's just I get sidetracked with writing up Recipes on /ck/ instead of doing it.

As a chef, I would just like to comment on No.696061 's post. Traditionally Chicken Parmesan is made with mozzarella, not Parmesan.

>>696488
Once again, not to Troll, but it should be made using olive oil, and sliced fresh mozzarella. It comes in a liquid and it is shaped in a ball. Should have a firm, wet texture.

Easy and cheap potato pancakes
cost~2-5 bucks I guess. depends if you have the ingredients. a 5lb sack of potatoes is 2-3 dollars, 6 pack of eggs is like 2 dollars
ingredients for 2 people or 1 very hungry fatass
2 large eggs
4 small russet potatoes(Or 2 large)
a small handful of flour
salt and pepper to taste

if you don't like the skin, peel that shit off your potatoes. Grate one potato into a large bowl that has a bit of water in it and then squish the grated potato with your hand in the water to clean them. Put the grated potato into two paper towels and wring the water out. Repeat for all the potatoes then put all the grated potatoes into a big bowl. Add eggs, flour, salt, and pepper and mix that shit up with your hands-yes your hands, don't be a pussyshit- until the egg is well incorporated into the potatoes. Roughly divide the mixture into 4 parts while setting a large frying pan on medium heat with about a tablespoon of butter or oil or bacon fat or whatever you want and let it heat up a bit. Then take 2 parts of the mixture and shove that shit in the pan and divide it in half. It should fill the pan about 1/2-3/4 inch thick, but it doesn't really matter as long as it gets cooked through. Let the pancakes brown, then flip. Repeat with the rest of the mixture. Serve with whatever the fuck you want, they're basically hashbrowns that won't fall apart so you can eat it with ketchup if you like, but I like butter and applesauce on mine.

Here's the recipes I contributed to the thread in .doc form for now.

http://www.sendspace.com/file/mhesit

Jesus Christ, America. Is this what ghetto whites eat?

>>696537 1 jar cheez wiz
Holy shit that's alot of fake cheese.

EDIT:
>>696488
It is 3 parts oil to 1 part vinegar. Trying to kill your lady?
Pic:
Me and my gf in School.

>>696588

Yeah, it sounds like it, but it's also a lot of rice and vegtables (I usaully put a whole head of cauliflower and the equivalent in broccoli), plus it is so good.

My family only makes it once a year since it is so bad for you. But soo yum!

>>696582
What do ghetto europeans eat?

>>696590
I dunno, my mom told me something long ago and I thought it was that.
I just poor shit in until it looks and tastes good

>>696594
Anything from Farm Foods and Lidl

That or fish and chips.

>>697088
brand of quality is cheaper amirite

Aight guys, here's another recipe, this time with some photos.

You will need:

Leeks, Potatoes, Garlic, Pepper, Lemon Juice, Chicken broth, a little oil, some butter, and some fruit juice to drink while you work :)

>>697092
You will also need a nice clean stove with a small pot, a larger pot, and a pan. Preheat the oven to about 250 degrees. Okay, it's time to start.
Also, my hand's turned at a weird angle, but this is how you're supposed to hold a knife, as my workmates told me when I worked in a kitchen.

>>695893
dear OP.

i noticed alot of your recipes involve whole milk, and i love soy milk (ya srsly)...
my GF is lactose intolerant , and i love soy milk (ya srsly) so is there a soy equivalent for whole milk, or am i just SOL?

>>697100
There are lactose free milk- my old roommate was chinese and couldn't handle milk either. Use lactose free, or if you can't, try goats milk. It seemed to not bother her stomach as much, as apparently goat's milk is closer to human milk than cows.
If you can't use milk at all, then I guess you could use soy, though I've never tried that.

This here is the lamb I'm doing up; if you have large pieces you can make very small incisions on the side into the fat, like on a rack of lamb, and insert slices of roasted garlic. I've topped it with rosemary, Lemon Juice, some chicken stock to keep it moist and coarsely ground pepper. Wrap it up and slow cook it for a little while until you get the doneness you want (I had to cook it to well done because my roommates hate medium rare, sob!)

Now for the leeks.
The good thing about the leeks I buy is they come in packs of 3, usually 1$ per leek. If you're making the potato leek soup by itself, it's usually 2$ a person at the most. This recipe I used 6$ worth of leeks, 1$ worth of potatoes, 1.69$ for the box of stock and about 50cents for the milk. Butter and garlic maybe 50cents combined. It made *alot*.

As for the leeks, I roughly chop them up after washing them to this point, where the white inside starts to turn dark green.

>>697103
well i figure the reason you use whole milk is for the fat content in it. i know this fat content is pretty crucial in some recipes (like crêpes for example), so is this the case here too, or are you merely suggesting it because it offers more flavor?

>>697106
All of the pictures after this is really blurry as fuck.

Cook the Leeks in a pot with butter until it's all soft. Alternatively, you could cook it in oil until clear, but that gives it a different taste, and I like the creaminess of the better better.
Add some more Stock and lots of pepper and other spices you'd like and stir, letting it simmer away.

>>697107
Correct, but I use whole milk because I'm also a fatass. I would not suggest replacing whole milk with soy in stuff like Creme Brulee, but for Leek soup, Mashed potatoes, Cheese sauce etc. you can use alternatives.

The only time you really need to use the fatty whole milks from cows or goats is when you're baking. Otherwise, you can always find variations for vegan versions. I also suggest Goats milk because it has fat content while being easier on the stomach before you go ahead and try using Soy, which is basically bean juice and lacks alot of the flavour/consistency/fat, I find anyways.

I couldn't get any better pictures, so once the potatoes are done, drain and allow the water to evaporate on the still hot burner. Add the Leek mixture, milk/heavycream/liquid/stock until it's covered. If you want it chunkier like a paste, I suggest mashing the potatoes into mush before adding the Leeks, and mixing in the liquid while you stir. I don't have a proper masher yet, so I just used inherited hand mixer my grandmother gave me (it's probably from the 60's).

>>697115
This is the point you want to stop pouring milk/stock/liquid into it. I went too far and had to drain some out (sob) but if you use less than this it will be more of a pasty, really thick soup. I know one of my friend's likes making a cold version of this for summer with lots of milk in it.
Also lol in Canada milk comes in bags!

>>697117

>>697117
And finally, put it all together with some buttered sour dough bread, cranberry raspberry juice and a few roommates out in the dining room.

Hope you guys try it sometime, overall, without the Lamb it costs about 1$ per large bowl. With the lamb, it's about 3$.

>>697122
Tomorrow I'm going to attempt to make some jaager schnitzel with spatzel or something, so I'll record that and post a photo recipe as well.

bumping this so it doesn't disappear while i'm in class

bumping thread for general awesomeness

>>697123

Spatzel bump.

sticky please...

>>696494
Latkas are godly.

But srsly, all of these are super simple, how the fuck do people justify eating pre-made shit instead of doing ten minutes worth of cooking?

You're the best roommate ever.

>>698484
They have preconceived notions of time and think it takes longer it is a mind set people have to break on their own but advertising does not help with this...

>>695893
this shit is delicious and easy to make. i use a similar recipe.

WHY THE FUCK DON'T SEE MUG BROWNIE IN HERE?

4 TABLESPOONS OF FLOUR, NIGGER
4 TABLESPOONS OF SUGAR, CUNTWAD
2 TABLESPOONS OF COCOA, ASSFUCK
2 TABLESPOONS OF OIL, SHITCOCK
2 TABLESPOONS OF WATER, COCKSUCKER
STICK IT IN A GODDAMN MUG AND MICROWAVE THAT PIECE OF SHIT FOR A FUCKING MINUTE

THEN ENJOY

GODDAMN THAT SHITS GOOD. MM-MM, BITCHES.

So before I start, I'd just like to say that this entire meal was an exercise in failure that turned out okay. It was just a lot of little mistakes that made it really terrible. Having to substitute almost everything didn't help either.

It started with wanting to make jaeger schnitzel and not having: breadcrumbs, red wine, a siv to make homemade spatzel in, etc. Anyways, this is what I started with.

Pork cutlets, pushed thin by the bottom of a pot, flour, egg, breadcrumbs (panko), spatzel, mushrooms (small white ones and portabellas) aaand stock + lots of butter and oil.

Ps. I'm really messy.
Here's me frying the cutlets after peppering them, flouring them, coating them with egg (whip it with a bit of water so you don't get super strong eggy taste to it), rolled into the breadcrumbs and then egg+breadcrumb one more time. This one was cooked at too high a temp and burnt, so the ones afterwards were cooked much lower to make them gold and cooked throughout instead of blackened and raw.

>>698608
For the spatzel, I used a 3$ bag of premade stuff. I like this brand, and quite honestly, Spatzel is really really annoying to make. It's basically punching dough through a strainer over a boiling hot pot of water. If you're bent on making it homemade, I'd suggest pushing it through the backside of a cheese grater instead, or just roll them into little balls.

It takes about 15 minutes to cook, but if you accidentally cook it along side the meat too soon, you can drain it, put a lid on it and let it sit there for quite a while.

>>698617
Now this was the part it all fell apart.

I didn't want to use the left over oil because I cooked too many cutlets and ended up with really dirty, blackened oil. So instead, I cleaned the pan and started cooking with some small bits of chopped bacon, adding a large dollop of butter and then the mushrooms. I cooked extra so I could add it onto my nachos later, but I made 3 mistakes.

When you cook the mushrooms and bacon, remove it from the pan and make your sauce, else it'll turn this cement like colour. The mushrooms will also almost taste gooey because the flour will stick to it once you start trying to make the sauce. Secondly, I didn't have red wine, and couldn't get some, so instead I made it with chicken stock and then milk. Lastly, I chopped the mushrooms way too big, and should've pulverized into itty bitty bits if I wanted it in the sauce, or served the mushrooms on top of the strange eggy japanese breadcrumb pork AND THEN put the sauce on top.

Overall it was pretty good though. I would make it again fixing those mistakes, and using redwine reduction and stock instead of milk. The meat itself was really good despite being a little too thick.

I got a recipe:
Mexican lasagna
1.5 lbs of ground beef
an onion, diced
a bell pepper diced
can of diced tomato
2 bags of shredded cheese
a jar of salsa
a bag of tortilla chips

brown the beef in a pan, use spices to taste.

layer that stuff in glass pan thing, youll end up with a lot of layers, and this probably enough for two of those dishes. make sure the top layer is cheese, and the bottom layer isnt cheese

cook it at 350 for like 20 minutes

and try use the lowest sodium things you can, canned/jarred stuff has a lot of sodium already.

bumping until this shit is archived somewhere.

My college diet right now consists of 1 cup of rice and a serving of tuna salad. Balance of carbs and protein with the right amount of calories at a low price.
Tuna salad is just mix of vegetables like tomatoes, lettuce leaves, scallions, olives, corn kernel, garlic powder, ground black pepper, salt, tuna and the oil it comes with.

Dunno if anyone did this, but home made ravioli is pretty cheap. Just buy a small tub of ricotta cheese and make pasta from flour, egg, salt, or whatever you make it with, and roll it thin, spoonfuls of ricotta cheese, cover with another layer of pasta. Don't need a pasta machine and much better than store bought. PLUS YOU CAN EVEN MAKE THEM BLUE OMG FOOD COLORING

This stuff is excellent.

Curry is the ultimate in cheap, delicious college eating.

>>699645

IDK what things go good with curry. Any tips? All I ever use is salt, pepper, cinnamon, and garlic.

>>700074
Here, have a curry recipe:
1.) Get a small onion, some garlic, a hunk of ginger.

2: Chop that shit up. You don't have to chop it finely because you're going to puree it later. I use a microplane for the ginger because it gets rid of the fibers, but if you don't have one just chop that too.

3: Sautee until the onion is slightly softened

4: Puree! If you don't have a food processor, just chop everything up finely to start. The pureeing is more for texture than flavor.

5.) Chop your meat up into bite-size pieces. I used chicken here, but pork or beef is fine too. If you're poor or vegetarian I guess you could use a can of beans or some shit.

good thread. keep posting

6.) Sautee until brown on all sides

THIS PICTURE DOES NOT WANT TO POST, IMAGINE A PAN WITH CHICKEN IN IT

7.) Add your puree back in with half a can of diced tomatos and 1/4 cup chicken broth

8.) Add your spices: a few shakes of chili powder, a few shakes of tumeric, a teaspoon of garam masala and a teaspoon of cumin.

Spices are super cheap if you can get them in bulk at a food co-op, or get huge bags at an oriental mart

9.) Simmer until meat is cooked through: cut a thick piece in half to check. If you're low on liquid put a lid on it.

Op here, I'm glad to see this thread grow.
Keep posting recipes!

>>699229
Check the weekly flyers at the stores, they usually sell good food for cheap sometimes. Like this week I stocked up on over 30 chicken breasts because they were selling them for about 1.50$ a lb, skinless boneless (ie 2 chicken breasts for 2-3$).

10.) Serve with cock sauce and rice for maximum nom. Eat it with a fork, it is not Chinese or Japanese, do not eat it with chopsticks you fucking weeaboo.

Makes two bowls.

Final picture refuses to post as well. Rest assured it looks delicious.

And you can do this with your leftovers if you have them, and just zap it next time you're hungry.

>>700179
THERE we go. That is the finished product.

wow thanks, this thread is perfect for me.

>>700150

wow TY that sounds fucking delicious. I drooled a little.

>>700150
I used beef in this, a steak cut up to be specific.

It was really good, not as spicey as I would have liked though, and I only had medium curry powder. Gah, I hate when people buy the weakened versions of things.

BUMP FOR PDF

>>700569
It's not spicy on its own, that's why you pair it with cock sauce.

BUMP

also, we should archive this :3.

bump pdf

Would anon be interested in an easy recipe for Russian tea cakes? Makes a lot and isn't too complicated. The only thing is, it's more of a dessert food...

>>701894
I've already posted a few dessert recipes, so go ahead, they sound interesting.

>>701906
Alright then.


Russian Tea Cakes
Cost: No clue, but it shouldn't really be all that much.

1 cup softened butter
1/2 cup confectioners sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 1/4 cups flour
3/4 cups finely chopped nuts

Mix the butter, sugar, salt, vanilla, and flour thoroughly, then mix in the chopped nuts. Wrap dough in wax paper and chill. Afterward, preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Roll the dough into approx. one inch thick balls and place on ungreased cookie sheets. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes until set but NOT brown. While warm, roll in confectioners sugar.

Makes about 4 dozen.


Found this recipe in an ancient cookbook that my mother left behind when she moved out. Not sure if they really do work, but they sound delicious, and I definitely want to make these bad boys in the coming weeks.

I've got a cheap (and easy) recipe that I got from one of my more recent issues of Backwoodsman Magazine.

Cost: lol idk

Ingredients:
6 cups flour
3 cups room temperature water
1 teaspoon yeast
2 teaspoons salt

Mix the yeast in the water, then mix the salt in the flour, then mix it all together. Cover and let sit for 12-24 hours.

After waiting, grease a large baking dish (ceramic or glass are preferred according to the article, I have not tried metal), and move the dough into it. This may be difficult, as the dough is very sticky. Cover and let rise for one hour.

Bake at 375 degrees (Fahrenheit) for 45 minutes. DO NOT OVER-BAKE. You will end up with something similar to Dwarf bread if you do. (I know this from personal experience.)

>>695902
>>696053

I don't believe that these can be made for $10

cool topic bro

>>702218

Perhaps, but still, cool topic bro.

I especially like the looks of that bean salad. Will try it at home.

bumping because I'm planning on reading through it later and planning out some meals.

>>702218
Are you buying bags of organic vegetables or the bulk ones that you can get a lb for like 50cents? If you're also buying everything at full price instead of on sale it'll be a little more expensive too.

>>702156
This is similar to hardtack which is flour and water + a little salt.

I had no money but a bag of flour once. Kept me full for two days.

>>696106

Red bean pepper paste.
And the dish you made is called "bibimbap".

Please please please post the PDF!

I'm interested in the pdf as well.

Here /ck/ i compiled a PDF of all the recipes here as well as some of the pictures, it's not perfect but i tried fiddling around with the layour and stuff. 28 pages. 39 recipes.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=9N1G3ZIM

i just used megaupload because that was all i could remember that had unlimited downloads.

i'll make a version with no images and upload that too

Here's the version with no pictures of the food (still front page picture though) 23 pages, and some of the references to the pictures don't make sense but i couldn't be bothered to edit it.


http://www.megaupload.com/?d=UQWSH2CL

Thanks OP.

>>704388
not op, but wanted it for myself too :P