Cheap Meals

Here are some cheap meal alternatives:

These are only but a few…I can get very creative when times are tough or I can’t get to the store.

Ramen noodle soup with added fresh vegetables
Egg noodles, your choice of meat and undiluted mushroom soup
Pasta and sauce with homemade garlic bread. Just take some cheap sliced white bread and spread margarine and sprinkle garlic powder.
Rice, potatoes and hardboiled eggs
Rice, potatoes and canned sardines
Fried eggs and rice
Fried bananas, fried eggs and rice
Rice and canned pork and beans
Rice and canned vegetables
Toasted cheese sandwich and canned tomato soup
Corn chips and homemade salsa
Fried hotdogs and rice
Instant mashed potatoes with canned beef stew over top
Instant macaroni and cheese with sliced hotdogs
Vegetarian canned baked beans with cut up hot dogs added over rice or potatoes
Fried bologne and eggs with toast
Try breakfast for dinner
Try dinner leftovers for breakfast
Rice with ketchup packets you picked up at a convenient store for free (bachelor recipe)
If I’ve run out of economy grade bacon I use left over sliced deli ham and fry that up for breakfast or add to my pasta sauce.
Macaroni salad with mayonnaise and salt and pepper
Cook one- pot meals for dinner
Sweet plantain omelets
Potato omelets

I could go on and on but the message here is to use pantry food and add the few cheap staples to create a more balanced meal.