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cali (87,233 posts) Tue Sep 24, 2013, 12:09 PMWhat are your favorite cheap recipes?I love fried rice: Here's my v****e fried rice recipe: 1 c. white rice, cooked and chilled 1/2 c. finely chopped celery 1/2 c. finely chopped carrot 1 c. chopped onion (any other v****e of choice, like peas or green peppers) knob of ginger, finely chopped, divided. 4 cloves of garlic bunch of scallions 2 tbs hoisin sauce 4 tbs soy sauce half of the chopped ginger chopped garlic dash of sherry 2 tbs warm water In a couple of tbs vegetable or olive oil, saute onions and other v*****s except for scallion. When soft, add rice, saute five minutes or so, push rice and v*****s to side of pan, add one egg beaten with a dash of water to center of wok or pan. scramble the egg lightly, mix into rice. mix sauce ingredients and poor over rice. cook for a couple minutes more. Add chopped scallions. Mix in. Enjoy. cheap, delicious and filling dinner. serve with a salad of thinly sliced c***s marinated in white vinegar and topped with toasted sesame seeds.
Cracklin Charlie (615 posts) Tue Sep 24, 2013, 12:26 PM1. I made my new favorite last night...Roasted Cherry Tomatoes with Penne Cherry tomatoes Olive oil Salt Pepper Minced Garlic Hot Pasta Grated Parmesan cheese Cut tomatoes in half. Place on a baking sheet, and drizzle with olive oil, salt and pepper. Roast tomatoes in a 325 oven for one hour. Transfer contents of baking sheet to a skillet. Cook pasta according to package directions. One minute before pasta is to be done, add minced garlic to skillet with roasted tomatoes. When pasta is done, add to skillet with tomatoes and garlic. Toss to coat pasta with skillet contents. Sprinkle with grated parmesan. Eat with crusty bread and salad. Cheap and Delicious, my favorite combination. Sometimes my husband will request a small steak or chicken breast, but the pasta is usually enough for me.
Fortinbras Armstrong (1,106 posts) Tue Sep 24, 2013, 12:50 PM2. Macaroni and cheeseI use a recipe I stole from James Beard's Pasta book, with some adaptations 4 tablespoons butter 4 tablespoons flour 2 cups milk Freshly ground black pepper ½ teaspoon Tabasco ½ pound macaroni elbows or double-elbows ½ pound grated cheddar 4 oz grated parmesan/asiago/pecorino romano Some panko for a topping Preheat oven to 350°F. Cook and drain the macaroni while making the sauce. Put the macaroni in a buttered baking dish. Melt the butter in a saucepan over low heat. Add the flour, and stir it with a wooden spoon for about 3 minutes, until the roux is frothy and the taste of raw flour is gone. Meanwhile, heat the milk in another pan. Add the warm milk gradually to the roux, stirring all the while. Turn up the heat and cook, stirring, until the sauce is just at the boiling point. Turn down the heat and let it simmer for a few minutes. Now add the pepper and Tabasco. Don’t be afraid of the Tabasco: it will help to bring out the taste of the cheese. Mix the grated cheeses into the simmering sauce. As soon as it melts, combine it with the drained macaroni. Sprinkle the top with the panko, and bake for 30 minutes. Serve hot.
cbayer (124,322 posts) Tue Sep 24, 2013, 01:38 PM3. I like recipes that use a cut of inexpensive meat, like a chuck roast, and calls for cooking them until they fall apart. My favorite is to use an asian concoction in the broth and throw in carrots, potatoes and whatever else I have on hand during the last phase of cooking. All cultures seem to have these kinds of recipes. They are easy, use what is available, can be made for a crowd and inexpensive. Grillades and grits is another one of my favorites.
Major Nikon (11,146 posts) Tue Sep 24, 2013, 02:42 PM4. I'm with you thereAnyone can take a tender cut of meat and get good results with very little culinary skill or effort. The other day I cooked a pork shoulder for 16.5 hours in the smoker after marinading and rubbing. It cost $1.99 per pound and even the leftovers went fast.
cbayer (124,322 posts) Tue Sep 24, 2013, 02:54 PM5. Yum! Pork shoulder in the smoker. Love it.I once had the great honor of going to a pig roast where they buried the whole pig in a coal pit. It was, bare none, the best pork I have ever had, to say nothing of the overall experience.
Glassunion (5,239 posts) Tue Sep 24, 2013, 04:25 PM8. An old post... $15 steak dinner for 2.http://www.democraticunderground.com/115718099 Just skip the wine.
pinto (99,822 posts) Tue Sep 24, 2013, 04:59 PM10. Stuffed baked potato is one.Large baked potato, steamed broccoli, minced garlic, whatever shredded cheese I have on hand, a dollop of sour cream, black pepper. Sliced cucumber. Simple and cheap. Black beans and rice. Omelet. Mac 'n cheese. I do a lot of different add ons out of the fridge. Supermarket broiled chicken. Makes 4 meals and soup. Spaghetti with garlic and oil, red pepper flakes, grated cheese, basil, toasted bread crumb. Oh, and whatever my sister is cooking when I go over.
I think the vicious old biddies in the cooking group have been lurking here, offended by coach describing every diner in small-town Nebraska with exotic foreign-named dishes on their menus from top to bottom.The old bitches actually realize they're being mocked.
"The nation that couldn’t be conquered by foreign enemies has been conquered by its elected officials" odawg Free Republic in reference to the GOP Elites who are no difference than the Democrats
Fry some garlic in olive oil, boil spaghetti, add the oil and garlic to the spaghetti, add some salt and pepper, it's awesome!
You forgot the ketchup.
½ pound macaroni elbows or double-elbows ½ pound grated cheddar
knob of gingerhoisin sauceparmesan/asiago/pecorino romano pankosmoker
It was, bare none, the best pork I have ever had.
That doesn't sound like it's enough cheese for me.
"Cheap" recipes???Keeping these things on hand ain't cheap:And of course their usual gross ignorance of English:
Well, damn, madam, it's good to see you.My favorite is broccoli, cheese, and long grain brown rice.
I love broccoli, cheese, and rice too.OMG no way!
And of course their usual gross ignorance of English:
cbayerIt was, bare none, the best pork I have ever had, to say nothing of the overall experience.
My dog Tara loves her broccoli, cauliflower and carrots mixture. No cheese , though.
