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[–] 18975916? ago  (edited ago)

Man I've got you; this is my life.

Many people claim that lack of funds and/or time are why they can’t eat a more balanced diet.

No sir that's what you call "lazy" or "making excuses".

The template is dead simple. Meat, a starchy vegetable, a green vegetable. Simple. Cheap. It just takes work. That's the real commodity.

Grill a steak, roast some potatoes and green beans in the oven. Get some shredded chicken. Add teriyaki sauce and broccoli and rice. It's painfully simple. Once you start putting in the work you start to resent those who don't. Fast.

So first off buy a slow cooker. It's maybe $50 for one that you can program to run for x hours and then automatically switch to "warm" mode, so you can "set it and forget it". You can also get an "instant pot" or a pressure cooker. Same as a slow cooker but much much faster. Also more expensive so if you're broke then skip it.

here's a beef stew you can make in a slow cooker:

Needs these things:

    2lbs Beef
    Some oil
    Some Flour
    1 seasoning packet (Mckormick beef stew packet from your grocery store)
    5 cups various vegetables ( Potatos, carrots, onion, celery are good choices )

Do these things:

    Heat oil in a big pan on medium heat.
    Coat beef in flour, cook until brown on all sides.
    Meanwhile, chop about 5 cups of vegetables.
    Mix seasoning packet and some warm water in a crock pot, then add the beef once it's brown on all sides.
    Add the vegetables on top of the beef, cook on low for about 6 hours (or high for 4).

The beef is the most expensive part but probably pretty cheap if you're willing to find cheap cuts and cut them into stew-sized chunks yourself.

Another thing you can do with the slow cooker is meal prep lunches you can take to work. You just take some chicken breasts (or thighs if you're poor), cover them with any liquid (bbq marinade, chicken stock, water, anything), set the slow cooker on low for 4-5 hours or high for 2-3, then once that's done take the breasts out and shred them up with two forks. Now you've got a shitload of shredded chicken, which is incredibly versatile. You can look up recipes for "shredded chicken" and get a lot out of that. For work lunches though; measure out some chicken, frozen vegetables(brocolli's a good option), and rice (figure out your macros and portion out from there), fill a bunch of bags with the mix, and then freeze the bags. Take one or two bags to work every day and all the sudden you're eating for a couple bucks a day.

Also here's a chicken parm recipe that's so fucking simple it's criminal to not know it:

Needs these things:

    1/2 cup Italian-seasoned bread crumbs
    1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
    1 teaspoon salt
    1 teaspoon ground black pepper

    1/2 cup all-purpose flour

    1 egg
    1 tablespoon lemon juice

    2 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves

    1/2 cup pizza sauce, divided
    1/2 cup shredded mozzarella cheese, divided

Do these things:

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).

Combine bread crumbs, Parmesan cheese, salt, and black pepper in a shallow bowl; place flour into a second bowl. Whisk egg and lemon juice together in a third bowl.

Dip each chicken breast in egg mixture and dredge in flour; dip again in egg mixture and dredge chicken in crumb mixture until coated. Place coated chicken breasts into a baking dish.

Bake in the preheated oven until chicken is heated through and crumbs are golden, about 20 minutes.

Spoon 2 tablespoons pizza sauce onto each chicken breast, sprinkle each with half the mozzarella cheese

Bake until chicken is no longer pink inside and the juices run clear, about 10 more minutes. An instant-read meat thermometer inserted into the thickest part of a breast should read at least 160 degrees F (70 degrees C).

If you want to learn more about cooking there's a shitload of white girls who make it their jobs to set up websites that teach the art.

https://sweetpeasandsaffron.com/ , https://www.365daysofcrockpot.com/ , etc just do some searches and you'll find 'em.

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[–] Thissandwich 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

On the note of parmesan cheese, the cheese is a shaker is mixed with wood pulp to keep it from sticking together. You do not want to eat wood. I would suggest getting a block and grating it yourself.

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[–] 18978492? 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Oh I don't get the green can; I get a bag of pre-grated parmesan, still probably not as good as getting a wedge and grating it, but it's a middle ground between ease and quality.

Given that the whole thing takes negligible time to put together, a block is probably an easy improvement.