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<blockquote data-quote="joegrizzy" data-source="post: 3632327" data-attributes="member: 45524"><p>yeah while i love hermans coleslaw made with oil and vinegar instead of mayo, paying restaurant prices for coleslaw is one thing i will NOT do. a 3lb bag of shredded cabbage is like .99c. mayo and/or vinegar is pennies on the dollar for the amount you need. if i don't have to shred the cabbage, just mix it, i'm gonna do it. heck, most coleslaw bags come with the mayo sauce stuff in a sep bag you still have to mix anyway.</p><p></p><p>rice and beans still cheap. pork was significantly cheaper than beef, but i hear that's about to even off a bit. super cao nguyen has great prices when their dry goods like flat noodles and stuff are on sale. just $20 can get you an entire cupboard full of flat noodles of various thickness and widths. great for easy pasta dishes or stir fries.</p><p>and their canned meats are waaaaay cheaper and better than the us versions. </p><p>inb4 mercury yada yada, don't get me wrong, i get high quality canned salmon and other fish. </p><p>but for canned crab, the stuff they have at super cao nguyen is half the price of the stuff in normie grocers.</p><p>and it's real crab and it's delicious. they have some with spices too, all sorts of flavors that us markets won't sell. </p><p>20lb bags of rice make weekly meals nice and cheap. i love winter time because i can't eat as many beans in the summer, lol. </p><p>thaw $15 pork butt on weekend, pressure cook 3-4 lbs at a time, one with cumin, chili powder, mexican spices; one char siu to marinade</p><p>shred and skillet carnitas with the mexican pieces</p><p>any remaining carnitas are bagged up for leftovers (lunch). </p><p>next day cook the char siu pieces after overnight marinade. prepare rice and serve pork over it.</p><p>any remaining pork bagged up for leftovers (lunch). remaining rice is fridged for fried rice. </p><p>refrigerated rice makes best fried rice, so next day you take out your rice and fry it up, with whatever remaining pork pieces you have. </p><p>if pork was all eaten, throw in a can of $3 crab and frozen vegg. </p><p>any leftovers (i usually cook 4 cups of rice initially, with two adults i will still have leftovers after first meal and fried rice meal, now on third meal with same rice) are combined for lunch. </p><p>get next cut of meat out for thawing</p><p>repeat with other recipes if using something like a loin instead of butt, etc. </p><p></p><p>you can still feed yourself and an other or two for $100-$200 a month. buying steak will ruin this budget tho unless you got the cow in the backyard. </p><p></p><p>i miss steak <img src="/images/smilies/frown.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" data-shortname=":(" /> did have a nice veal ribeye from benevenuti's in norman not too long ago. hooooooly crap it was good. very reasonably priced for how big it was, i honestly doubt the restaurant got the steak much cheaper than they were serving it for.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="joegrizzy, post: 3632327, member: 45524"] yeah while i love hermans coleslaw made with oil and vinegar instead of mayo, paying restaurant prices for coleslaw is one thing i will NOT do. a 3lb bag of shredded cabbage is like .99c. mayo and/or vinegar is pennies on the dollar for the amount you need. if i don't have to shred the cabbage, just mix it, i'm gonna do it. heck, most coleslaw bags come with the mayo sauce stuff in a sep bag you still have to mix anyway. rice and beans still cheap. pork was significantly cheaper than beef, but i hear that's about to even off a bit. super cao nguyen has great prices when their dry goods like flat noodles and stuff are on sale. just $20 can get you an entire cupboard full of flat noodles of various thickness and widths. great for easy pasta dishes or stir fries. and their canned meats are waaaaay cheaper and better than the us versions. inb4 mercury yada yada, don't get me wrong, i get high quality canned salmon and other fish. but for canned crab, the stuff they have at super cao nguyen is half the price of the stuff in normie grocers. and it's real crab and it's delicious. they have some with spices too, all sorts of flavors that us markets won't sell. 20lb bags of rice make weekly meals nice and cheap. i love winter time because i can't eat as many beans in the summer, lol. thaw $15 pork butt on weekend, pressure cook 3-4 lbs at a time, one with cumin, chili powder, mexican spices; one char siu to marinade shred and skillet carnitas with the mexican pieces any remaining carnitas are bagged up for leftovers (lunch). next day cook the char siu pieces after overnight marinade. prepare rice and serve pork over it. any remaining pork bagged up for leftovers (lunch). remaining rice is fridged for fried rice. refrigerated rice makes best fried rice, so next day you take out your rice and fry it up, with whatever remaining pork pieces you have. if pork was all eaten, throw in a can of $3 crab and frozen vegg. any leftovers (i usually cook 4 cups of rice initially, with two adults i will still have leftovers after first meal and fried rice meal, now on third meal with same rice) are combined for lunch. get next cut of meat out for thawing repeat with other recipes if using something like a loin instead of butt, etc. you can still feed yourself and an other or two for $100-$200 a month. buying steak will ruin this budget tho unless you got the cow in the backyard. i miss steak :( did have a nice veal ribeye from benevenuti's in norman not too long ago. hooooooly crap it was good. very reasonably priced for how big it was, i honestly doubt the restaurant got the steak much cheaper than they were serving it for. [/QUOTE]
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