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What meals do you cook when very low on money?
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So far wasnt in the situation, buuut:
Cheap and easy spaghetti salad: A big bowl
1 piece of garlic, finely chopped or sliced
2-3 big tomatoes or appeopiate amount of smaller tomatoes, small pieces
Basil, finely chopped
Spices (rosemary, Oregano, etc. for other pizza and pasta appropriate spices)
Olive oil, a healthy amount. The ingredients should be moderately covered in a small pool of oil (dont drown it.)
Pepper and chili flakes as much as you like
Let it rest for >60min. But you can be impatient and eat it earlier)
Salt to taste (should be a bit saltier than you like)
Cook as much spaghetti as you like.
Remove from water and add to the bowl with the oil mix.
Mix all ingredients hntil everything is covered.
Enjoy :)
That sounds amazing! And really simple, and even affordable. Some chunks of cheese would make it even better, if there's cheap cheese to be had. Will definitely try this, maybe try adding some lentils as a meat substitute. Thanks for the suggestion!
Your suggestions arent what I'd use it with but feel free to modify as you please :)
Take a look into the asiasn kitchen.
Some stuff can be made very easy with few ingredients there.
For example I made a duck breast broth udon bowl.
But it's
200 g (7 oz) duck breast fillet
1 leek
1 teaspoon sunflower oil
500 ml (2 cups) water
100 ml (7 fl oz) soy sauce
50 ml (3½ fl oz) sake
50 ml (3½ fl oz) water
100 ml (7 fl oz) mirin
5g (¼ oz) dried kombu
5 g (¼ oz) katsuobushi (dried bonito flakes)
Udon
Yes, the ingredients require upfront cost and are usually more costly (for example in Asian supermarkets) but the broth was amazing for those few ingredients.
And they could probably be substituted with cheap version (in comparison to mid-quality products) or swapped.
Maybe not the same taste but similar enough to still taste well. :)
(If someone wants the recipe, the epub can be found online.
This book (EN version under the same title) https://www.dorlingkindersley.de/buch/maori-murota-wiebke-krabbe-japan-home-kitchen-9783831046881
Page 14
Tried only one recipe but so far it's a good book.