Hey Pandas, What’s Your Best Go-To Cheap Meal? (Closed)

frozen sweetcorn(lol) believe it or not! the sweetcorn is really nice on a hot day, and tastes fantastic

I love soup so much, cheap, healthy, and keeps you full for the day :)

Hmm. Soup and sandwich is my go-to, generally. But I really love naan bread, a couple of fried eggs (I break and cook through the yolk for less mess when eating), some butter or condiment of choice, and a couple of slices of lunch meat (ham or salami, usually). All told, it costs like $10 for all of the components, but I have enough for at least 4 sandwiches. So, $2 a sandwich and it’s enough for a whole meal. For $3 (more naan) more I’d have enough for 8 sandwiches. :)

I make something I call the Bachelor Bake. You basically combine a meat of choice (I like chicken) with a firm noodle of choice (I like tricolor rotini, but any macaroni products work) and a vegetable of choice (broccoli for me, sometimes squash) you don't want anything too wet or it's going to go bad before you finish. Keep the sauce separate, pick a cheap shredded cheese in the fridge, and mix the sauce in and top with cheese before nuking in a microwave safe bowl or dish. Used to feed my brother and I for a week.

Kobe Beef and Maine Lobster Burger:

The Kobe Beef and Maine Lobster Burger is topped with caramelized sweet onions, prosciutto, French Triple Cream Brie and a drizzle of 100-year aged balsamic vinegar.

I like it with a bottle of Dom Perignon Rose Champagne. ,

Buttered noodles elbow or spaghetti with lots of salt and pepper and sometimes I put ketchup on them delicious and filling but definitely not diet food lol....

Rice, poached egg, cheese, and salsa.

Cabbage, chopped & fried in olive oil or butter, with either chopped bacon or chopped ham or sliced potatoes, add chopped onions, season to taste (simple salt and pepper will do) and eat hot! 🤗😋👍

Peanut butter on granola bar. Can buy both bulk, cheap.

honestly instant noodles and vegemite and cheese sandwiches. Nothing high class

chow mein spicy noodles

Pea soup. If there's money for some bacon then using that, if not then with carrot. Another one is pasta with tomato sauce and hopefully some cheese or eggplant added. Back when I was a student tuna was still really cheap, but that's not an option these days for cheap meals. I also often buy a larger amount of minced meat when it's on sale, cook it and freeze it in batches of about 200 grams so I can get meat easily for example for 5 dinners if I bought 1 kg.

Tomato soup with diced onions, diced jalepeños or bell peppers, and rice.

I do a lot of the stuff in this list but one of my favourite go tos is a pita stuffed with sauce and cheese and toppings. Bake in the oven for a massive crispy pizza pocket and I often eat with from frozen fries. Bag salad would work too

Stuffed tomatoes. Cut the middle of a tomato out, add tuna or chicken salad. Easy! Also, tomato sandwich: bread, spread mayo on both sides and lay one side down on a cookie sheet. Top with sliced tomatoes, herbs (dried basil works well), salt, pepper, shredded cheese. Bake at 350 until cheese has melted.

Fried tomatoes with bread and butter.

Depending on what I have on hand, it's one of two rice bowls with hot rice as the base: one is topped with a canned beans and corn, chopped up veggies and Chiles and all mixed with spices I have like cayenne, paprika, garlic powder since it makes it extra filling with the flavor punch.

If no beans or sick of them, can of tuna, diced of chiles, tablespoon of cream cheese, and some soy sauce and lime. Tastes like deconstructed sushi almost!

Basically, canned protein with rice paired with Chiles, veggies, and spices lol

Cook egg noodles then mix in cream of chicken soup. Serve over biscuits. My kids love this!

Tuna noodle casserole. Great comfort food. Cheap and easy to make. Makes enough for later too.

Go to ALDI! Bag of spinach, fresh whole mushrooms ( sliced), fine chopped onion and garlic. Sautee shrooms, onion, garlic in evoo. Wilt in spinach. Mix with rice, noodles, Ramen, put in omelets, calzones. Pizza...the list is endless and is healthy and delicious and very inexpensive!