My life has fallen apart because of Trump/Musk taking my job and the American economy becoming a dumpster fire.

I have turned to frozen margarita pizzas as a source of nutrition. To spruce up my pies I chop up spinach, mix in a can of diced green chilies, and season with whatever I have on hand. If I have an extra bag of mozzarella I throw some of that in there too. I let it sit for five or so minutes then spread that on top of the pizza. I add five to ten extra minutes to the baking time.

Got any cheap and fast cooking tips along those lines?

–Extra points for vegetarian tips.

  • KristellA
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    8 hours ago

    One of my favorite cheap master recipes, parts all by weight:

    • 1 part protein (meat, beans, whatever you have)
    • 2 parts veggies
    • 2 parts rice/pasta/similar dry carb
    • 4 parts water

    If you’re using eggs as the protein, it’s 1:1:1:2 instead. 1:2:2:4 comes out not as good. One of my personal favorites is spam+frozen peas&carrots mix+rice with a bullion cube in the water.

    The basic instructions is “Put everything in a pot, boil until the ride is cooked”, but there are lots of things you can do in the middle of that. Toasting the rice in fat, browning the meat, etc. He if you quadruple the water it also works as a soup recipe, just don’t add the rice until you’re ready to eat it. Rice expands a lot, and you will end up with a savory rice pudding. Edible, but 0/10 experience. If you break up the noodles in the top ramen packs they come out basically the same as the canned chicken noodle noodles though. I have yet to run into a combination of things I didn’t like with this.

    Spices also help a lot with cooking. Even just a good season salt (I use Tony Chachere’s) makes a huge difference, and they’re usually like $5 for a canister that’ll last a year or two.

    Bullion cubes in rice dishes. The store brand ones are usually $0.10 each, maybe $0.15, and they make a huge difference in rice.

    Another note: Biscuits are cheap and easy. If you don’t have milk, you can use water, just add a little extra fat, and a little bit of sugar to the dough. They don’t come out the same, but it’s close enough. Gravy is great for extra flavor that’s cheap, and not as bad for you as people think. Rice and gravy is great.