Cheap food oppo (preparation for college)

"traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn" (el-peasant) 08/10/2016 at 23:09 • Filed to: None

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Ramen is synonymous with cheap food, $250 will get you through an entire year, considering 2000 calories per day. But it’s very salty and unhealthy if eaten for a long time.

This one website suggested masa harina (cornmeal?) and pinto beans.

Cornmeal/Beans per 2000 calories: $1.24 - Per year: $452.60

Also potatoes and rice are other cheap choices.

So it’s $200 more than Ramen but waayyy healthier. And when the average American spends $6000 per year on food, $200 is nothing.

Cornmeal and beans for 4 months challenge...hmmm

Of course if I feel malnourished I’ll go back to “expensive food.”

Die-Trying > traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn 08/10/2016 at 23:17

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buy a couple of hens........

Blunion05 drives a pink S2000 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST) > traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn 08/10/2016 at 23:24

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It’s important to be cheap responsibly. Don’t let it ruin your health!

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn 08/10/2016 at 23:27

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Get a crock pot, buy larger cuts of meat like a roast, and make a few days worth of meals.

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn 08/10/2016 at 23:28

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Rice! Use it to fill out other meals.

TheJWT > traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn 08/10/2016 at 23:31

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Solution.

Biased Plies > traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn 08/10/2016 at 23:43

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Rice, Pasta, Beans, Potatoes, Bread, Cereal, make these staples of your diet and as much as possible prepare your own meals and minimize eating out.

In school I could get by on $50/week for food easily, still eating very well (for a student) and getting in a healthy variety of meats, veggies, fruits, spices, dairy, eggs and spices to keep things interesting.

shop-teacher > traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn 08/11/2016 at 00:01

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Peanut butter and eggs.

Shane MacGowan's Teeth > Blunion05 drives a pink S2000 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST) 08/11/2016 at 00:24

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Yeah, gotta stay healthy for the drinking, recreational drug use, casual sex, and all nighters.

If you do college right, you should end up in the hospital at least once.

NostalgicCarLife > traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn 08/11/2016 at 00:40

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Throw a handfull of frozen veggies into your ramen and you’ll increase its nutrional value for just a few pennies.

Blunion05 drives a pink S2000 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST) > Shane MacGowan's Teeth 08/11/2016 at 00:43

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LOL

I guess everybody I know is doing college wrong, then, including myself.

TrustMeImAnEngineer, but I'd rather be an InternationalArtThief > traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn 08/11/2016 at 00:44

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My dad gave me some sage advice on saving money in college, telling me once I had moved off campus: “Being in college means you’re going to have to save money. That means going to Harbor Freight instead of Home Depot for tools.” It was the best financial advice I’ve ever gotten, and now as I start grad school I’ve got most of the Harbor Freight catalog in my garage...

OPPOsaurus WRX > Blunion05 drives a pink S2000 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST) 08/11/2016 at 07:39

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go get some shrooms and fix that quick*

*my advice may not be good advice, proceed at your own risk

Roundbadge > traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn 08/11/2016 at 07:56

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Learn a good recipe for red beans & rice, and eat like a king for a few days. Don’t mess around with Minute Rice either. Bags of white or brown rice aren’t all that expensive and go a long way.

iSureWilll > traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn 08/11/2016 at 08:55

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I usually eat the same thing for lunch every day at work. The complicated recipe is below.

5/8 cup of rice (just over 1 serving, big box of rice is $2.50, lasts 2-2.5 weeks)

6 Chicken nuggets (4.4lb family bag for $13 lasts 2-3 weeks)

Pinto beans (split 1 can into 5 lunches for the week, $1.29/can)

Shredded Cheese (big bag costs $3.50, lasts about 3 weeks)

DipodomysDeserti > traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn 08/11/2016 at 10:35

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If you have a good local farmer’s market you can pick up fresh organic produce for cheap. Good meat is always going to be expensive, so cut back on them and supplement with eggs and beans. Buy a bunch of veggies at the market, some pasta and tortillas, and you can make yourself a whole bunch of different meals on the cheap. I never once ate ramen in college, and I supported myself.

Zonday > traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn 08/11/2016 at 12:15

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Start researching lentils. They’re dirt cheap, nutritious af and can be made into very delicious soup with a basic mastery of spices.

Short-throw Granny Shifter is 2 #blessed 2b stressed > traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn 08/11/2016 at 13:41

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Depending on how big your school is, you can usually scrounge up 1 free meal a day. Leftover bagels or donuts from early morning classes, sandwich platters from lunch break “brown bag” seminars, and early evening pizza from voluntary study sessions are pretty common. M y motto was, if you smell food, investigate.

Also keep an ear out for Friday night Sabbath meals at the campus Jewish center. They like reaching out and feeding us poor hungry goyim, and you get to learn a little Jewish culture and meet some new people to boot. Same thing with post church coffee on Sunday, but you need to attend Mass.