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Re: Ask HN: Hack a healthy, yet not expensive, meal.

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Post by Shamiq »

menloparkbum wrote: post #7

- eggs are cheap. egg white omelets and frittatas are reasonably healthy. - chili and soup. you can make a ton at once and then keep it in the freezer for meals the rest of the week.

Eggs.

Used as a replacement for meats in most dishes. Ideal cooking temperature is 145 F.

Warning: Be wary of dirty looking eggs; cook throughly; each egg contains around 75% Daily Value of cholesterol, so you may want to remove yellows post boiling or pre-scrambling.

Adding PG's comment: Beans and rice can get boring, but do serve well as a backup when nothing else is working.

Re: Ask HN: Hack a healthy, yet not expensive, meal.

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Post by tdavis »

Wait until you get to the point where you want it healthy, cheap, and made for the super lazy. It gets even harder. Pans, ingredients, seasonings NNOOOoooo. If it's more complicated than PB&J I just can't bring myself to make it.

This leads to lots of frozen steam-able veggies, fruit whenever we get around to going to the store, lots of yogurt, bagged salad... but also a ton of noodles.

Re: Ask HN: Hack a healthy, yet not expensive, meal.

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Post by catone »

pg wrote: post #4

Rice and beans. There are 1000 variations.

Or take some black beans, jack cheese, a tortilla and some salsa and make a quesadilla.

To the OP: I find making pizza is really cheap and versatile (i.e., it can take you awhile to get sick of it). Most supermarkets sell premade dough for $1 or so. Then just get some sauce and cheese and any other toppings you might like (I love making a pizza with butternut squash, garlic, shallots, scallions, olive oil, mozarella, salt and pepper -- no red sauce).

The whole thing is done in a half hour and for half the price -- or less -- of a take out pizza.

Salads are good to... veggies get a little pricier, especially out of season... but a hearty salad with nuts and cheese is great for you and not _that_ expensive.

Same with soups, which can made pretty easily and cheaply with pretty much anything you have lying around. :)

Re: Ask HN: Hack a healthy, yet not expensive, meal.

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Post by kapitti »

Take some premade pizza dough, put some ricotta cheese on it for the base - saute some baby spinach (10oz or so) and artichoke hearts (1 can will do) throw it on the pizza. Cook a single chicken breast in a skillet, dice it up, throw it on the pizza - sprinkle with feta cheese, add some crushed red pepper - throw it under the broiler until the feta is soft.

Enjoy.

Re: Ask HN: Hack a healthy, yet not expensive, meal.

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Post by dcurtis »

alaskamiller wrote: post #2

I bought a cast iron skillet for 10 bucks ( http://www.amazon.com/Lodge-Logic-4-Inch-Pre-Seasoned-Skille... ) and it's the best thing ever. Fast to heat up and start cooking and easy clean up. Best thing to make for me is pan-seared yellowfin tuna steaks over veggies like asparagus or broccoli. Get a 5oz tuna steak of sushi-quality, marinade it with some soy sauce and sesame oil, sprinkle on some seasoning and sesame…

I love seared tuna. It's pretty easy to make, but it's definitely not cheap.
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