heba:
foodwise: plan what youre going to eat everyday in advance. for the week. so when you do your shopping youre only buying ingredients you need.
Yeah I planned on doing that. I've been trying to think up of meals.
Beans & Rice: This is my favorite dish and by far is one of the cheapest [still despite the rice shortage]. Cans of beans [and other can foods actually] are really cheap and you have stores like Shop Rite that do the Can Can sale. I'll get a bulk container of Salsa from BJ's and call it a meal.
Tortilla Wraps: This is such a staple food for me. Moreso than slice bread. With tortilla wraps, I can wrap up the left over beans & rice. I can have it for breakfast with some eggs and a slice of cheese. I can dip it in some hummus. I can even make multiple breakfast wraps in one shot and freeze em. So on the days that I'm rushing out the door, instead of stopping to get something to eat, I can pop it in the microwave and go.
Canned fruit/veggies Frozen veggies/fruit: Last longer, I can mix the canned fruit with ice cubes and have a smoothie for a meal. Canned veggies are also sides and like the beans, are dumb cheap. I can even throw some veggies into a can of tomato soup. I can stir-fry up the frozen veggies and place them on top of a bed of rice.
Tomato soup: As I said before, I can throw veggies in and/or I can even get some frozen ravioli's and throw them bad boys in. Cheap but totally filling.
Eggs: Can have for any meal. Breakfast wraps, top a salad with em, and I can have an eggsalad sandwich.
Tuna: Cheap and so versatile.
I can have a tuna wrap, a tuna salad, tuna patties [with rice], tuna burgers, tuna smoothies...lol jk on the last one.
Popcorn: Awesome cheap easy quick healthy snack. I can pop a whole bunch and throw it in some bags. For an extra umph I can add pretzels [cheap] or change up the flavoring.
Potatoes: I can bake several of them at a time and freeze em.
I can stuff em with some steamed frozen veggies and boom bam thank you ma'am.
I can also dice a couple potatoes and freeze em. So on some mornings I can make up some hash browns. I can also mash them and when they aren't mashed I can fry them and have french fries. I can do a bunch of different meals with potatoes alone.
I would do pasta dishes but pasta is getting so expensive, no? Well, since it's just me [and soon to be him] I think one box will last us at least two meals. Not bad come to think of it. I can make some pasta with stir fry, pasta with sauce, butter & herbed pasta, pasta in soup...
I think this is a pretty decent list of foods that are versatile and not costly, no?
shadha-