bumping for some new stuff I've been doing.
Typical sunday routine, three "big loads":
1. Soup - approx $20 serves 10-12 bowls. ~$2 a serving
Generic Beef Soup
-couple pounds of beef cubes
-beef broth + water (somewhere around half-half mixture)
-potatoes - cubed
-carrots - small diced chunks
-mushrooms
-celery - small diced chunks
-spices - whatever I have on hand
-red peppers - cut into thin strips
-sometimes broccoli or other assorted veggies
mix everything together, bring to boil and then reduce to simmer. simmer for a couple hours. It's done when the beef cubes fall apart and the potatoes are cooked enough to easily split them with a fork.
2. Chicken and Rice - ~6 bucks. Yields about 4 meals. $1.5 a meal.
-1.5 lb of chiken tenders. Fry em up in a pan with a light coat of veggie oil to help prevent sticking.
-Broccoli - fill up a pot of lightly salted water. Bring to boil. Add broccoli. Bring back to boil and let boil for 7-8 minutes or until done.
-Rice - I use instant white rice for simplicity. Boil water, add rice (I go by package, whatever it calls for 6 servings). Wait 5 minutes, done.
-Baby carrots - straight out of the bag, no prep necessary.
3. Sushi (you may have to youtube how to specifically prepare stuff for sushi if your new to it). $8-10 total. Can yield 4-5 good meals. ~$2 a meal.
-half pound of whatever meat you want. Normally ranges from about 4-6 bucks depending on what you choose.
-one avocado ~$1. - cut into strips, youtube sushi avocado if you need an idea.
-One red bell pepper - not sure of cost, can't be more than a dollar. Cut into then sushi strips. Youtube is your friend.
-Carrots - normally just cut the baby carrots I have left over in half.
-cucumbers - use about half a cucumber, cut into thin strips.
-sushi rice - 2 1/2 cups.
Cook sushi rice first, as you have to let it cook for 25 minutes and then let it cool to room temperature for quite a while. Make sure your constantly stirring it AS IT IS COOLING (no need to stir while cooking), this lets the heat escape evenly so you don't have room temperature rice at the top of the pan and hot rice at the bottom.
Start preparing ingredients as rice is cooling, prepare avocado last (you don't want it to brown. Place it in the fridge or use lemon juice to prevent browning). Once rice is cool, lay some Nori (seaweed that is used to roll sushi) down and load up a roll.
Heres a good video that explains good techniques for rolling. I struggled with having very loose and messy rolls for a while, then I found this video. Actually, the guy has a whole channel that has very good sushi information.
there ya go. In total I have more than enough food for the whole week. Yields somewhere around 20 meals for about 30-35 bucks. You keep costs low by looking for the "manager special" meat. This is meat that is going to past it's "sell by" date normally withint 24-48 hours. Shop in the morning, and prepare throughout the day.
Everything keeps well as long as it refrigerated. You could probably freeze any of this, but I never do. Combine this with a decent breakfast of a few eggs, some oatmeal, and maybe some greek yogurt. You can feed yourself for less than $200 a month in groceries and maintain a healthy and low fat diet. Supplement with protein shakes and your in business.
God'll prolly have me on some real strict shit
No sleeping all day, no getting my dick licked
The Original Emotional Alpha