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What are your struggle meals or snacks?

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Dreez said:
+ some of this

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Those pork sprinkles are great by the handful!
 
backslashbunny said:
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I took it to mean quick prep meals that are usually fairly cheap.

A jar of p&b is about $4.99, jelly maybe $3.99, bread's like $3 at least [whole wheat, tastes good]. I have no idea where you get 3 jars and a whole loaf for 5 dollars :x. I don't recall seeing pb&j or bread at a dollar store, tbh.
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Op's definition is more akin to lazy mean than struggle meal. And at my local kroger store, i can get an off brand pb&j for a buck or a 2 or $3 for store brand. And a loaf of white bread for a buck. Aldi stores and walmart were life savers for cheap struggle food.
 
Cut up the cheese in a grilled cheese sandwich in ribbons and space it out so it'll cover the entire sandwich once it melts. That's an extra sandwich right there.
 
backslashbunny said:
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I took it to mean quick prep meals that are usually fairly cheap.

A jar of p&b is about $4.99, jelly maybe $3.99, bread's like $3 at least [whole wheat, tastes good]. I have no idea where you get 3 jars and a whole loaf for 5 dollars :x. I don't recall seeing pb&j or bread at a dollar store, tbh.
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Bread is only $3 a loaf if you go to an artisan baker. You can buy $1 loafs of bread at the grocery store.
 
Something my momma used to make and stuck with me because of ease to make and they are delicious.

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And some

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Grate separately and then mix together in bowl. Put it on top of some buns and put in the oven on broil for a few minutes. Never liked spam itself but this combo is something else. Especially if you cook em perfect and the cheese is nice and gooey.
 
When I ran out of money one month for food at college, I ate saltines and jelly. Like, 10 of those per meal was enough to keep my fat ass happy for like, three weeks.
 
I'm not going to get any food if I'm struggling. If you can afford food in the first place, you're not struggling, you know.
Although I guess it depends of the country. I sure as hell can't buy 500 McNuggets and 20 ramen cups for 1 euro here.

Well, not eating was at my worst. Second worst was lasting on two croissants a day, that's about 3€. Glad I'm done with that crap.
 
GhaleonEB said:
Around midnight, the boxes of cereal in the kitchen just sing to me, calling me to partake of their crunchy sweet goodness. I'm usually tired and therefore susceptible to their pleas.

Sometimes my wife and I just give up and declare anything is for dinner that night. The kids and I often have cereal.
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I just did this. Goodbye box of special k
 
Oh I totally forgot about the humble potato! Fork it and bake in the microwave 3 minutes a side, since open and add butter, salt, and pepper. If you grow herbs, some chives and parsley doesn't go amiss for a bit of extra flavour, and if you have cheese, sour cream, or left over ham or bacon you can turn it into quite a hearty meal. Beans can be good on top too with salsa and tomatoes for a different sort of flavour.
 
old said:
Bread is only $3 a loaf if you go to an artisan baker. You can buy $1 loafs of bread at the grocery store.
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What in the world? Sliced bread can easily be $3 or more at the grocery store. Not sure what store/time-period you shop in where only "artisan bakers" sell loaves of bread for $3.
 
I went over a month on nothing but this:
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Could afford ~4 a week so I had to make them last.



I grew to love the taste and still get one every once in awhile.
 
Weetrick said:
What in the world? Sliced bread can easily be $3 or more at the grocery store. Not sure what store/time-period you shop in where only "artisan bakers" sell loaves of bread for $3.
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This will probably depend on location, but even in New Zealand where food costs are very high, we still have $1 (NZD) loaves of sliced bread. The ingredients are very basic and they don't taste as good as the branded stuff, but it does exist.
 
Sometimes I don't feel like stopping by the liquor store for the moscato I like to put in my hoisin/soy sauce for seared ahi tuna and asparagus
 
A toast sandwich for when you have no spreads or any thing to put on bread like ham.

A toast sandwich is a sandwich made by putting a thin slice of toast between two thin slices of bread with a layer of butter, and adding salt and pepper to taste. Its origins can be traced to the Victorian years.
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I love "struggle" meals. If I'm too lazy to go to the store or something I'll just whip up some pasta and cheese and stuff. Love it.

Megalosaro said:
I eat the same thing every day at the same time.

Breakfast:
Oatmeal
Banana
Milk
Coffee

Am snack
Rice cake

Lunch:
Pbj
Nuts
Yogurt

Pm snack
Rice cake

Dinner
Turkey ham and swiss
Grapes
Nuts
Milk.

I miss eating out. It's not fair
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This is just sad.. makes me cringe.
 
Ramen is probably bottom of the barrel for me (and I love it). I'll usually throw in some random veggies from the fridge and drop a whisked egg into there as I'm boiling the noodles, but it's still 15 cent palm oil fried garbage flour noodles in a salt bath.

If I'm really lazy I'll usually do a handful of open-faced sandwiches - whatever cheese is on hand, and peanut butter and sliced banana on the other. But it's a little more expensive than the ramen option, even if the egg there costs more than twice the ramen itself.
 
hobblygobbly said:
A toast sandwich for when you have no spreads or any thing to put on bread like ham.
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Hmm, it would have an interesting texture variety at least. Like eating a burger except the patty is a piece of toast.

These egg noodles from Superstore are pretty good. I usually get the plain variety but couldn't find an image.
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Surprisingly good ratio of carbs to protein and still low fat, so they're a bit better than coconut/palm oil ramen at least.

Gattsu25 said:
I went over a month on nothing but this:
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Could afford ~4 a week so I had to make them last.

I grew to love the taste and still get one every once in awhile.
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I actually used to work the grill there and I still like that chili. They just use the burgers that had been ready on the grill for too long and are too overcooked for a burger, but are fine for breaking up and boiling in a chili, so you get a pretty good amount of meat in them for the price. It's all done with proper temperatures,etc, so no worries there. That chili's probably the best single fast food menu item you could pick to stretch things out as much as possible. Fibre, slow carbs and lots of protein.
 
not gonna lie

sometimes I just grab some random cheese from the fridge and microwave it because melted cheese is infinitely more enjoyable to me than slices or cubes of cheese
 
Oh yeah, another good snack I like is garlic bread from the local grocery store. They just take the french bread loaves they bake and slice it open and put some garlic spread. $1.79. I usually have the ingredients to make it laying around as well.
 
I used to grocery shop at Dollar Tree exclusively for a bit. You can get a box of pasta and a can of sauce for $2 total. Shit'll last a few days if you're not a complete glutton. Also, their pot stickers are prime.
 
Lazy meals:
Avocado & Sriracha sandwich (it's delicious, try it!)
Fried egg on an english muffin with a slice of cheddar, topped with salsa

"I haven't gone to the store and there's nothing good in the fridge" meals:
Spaghetti with olive oil, garlic, and red pepper flakes
Tamago donburi
Ochazuke
Fried rice
 
I haven't eaten something out of a can in probably years.

My current 'struggle meal' is probably boiled rice, grilled chicken and vegetables coupled with a sauce of choice.
It takes less than ten minutes, costs me like 2-3 EUR and it has some nutritional value at least.

Years ago I had my freezer filled with these 50 cent vietnamese Bapao snacks that you pop in the microwave. Now that was a struggle snack, never again.
 
I like making ramen the Auntie Fee way. Throw in a pot with oil or butter, brown along with some veggies (or meat) for seasoning, then add water. For veggies, you can get an onion, a tomato, and one or two other veggies for under a dollar, a 6 pack of sausage or a pound or two of cow for 2-3 bucks, and 10 packs of ramen for $1. 6 bucks max lasts for a week's worth of lunch or dinners!
 
Ramen Noodle chips

you open the bag, sprinkle the seasoning throughout, reseal and crumble.


rinse repeat 3-5 times and you have exhausted enough calories not to die today for about 2-4 dollars. have resorted to this many of times back in the day...
 
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