Got any food stretcher ideas for meals? I’m pretty frugal…
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Got any food stretcher ideas for meals?
I’m pretty frugal but have been extra frugal lately and finding ways to add cheap “stretchers” to meals that are 1. heathy 2. cheap 3. focus on adding protein cause meat is expensive 4. delicious
Today was a can of $1.99 on sale Progresso chicken noodle soup with a $1.25 can of garbanzo beans and the liquid and a cut up carrot and some onion (probably 50 cents total) - this got me about 4 meals worth so basically my meals were over 20 g protein each and less than $1.50 a meal and super satisfying. I added a little extra salt, some garlic powder, some black pepper for extra flavor
Another I did recently was a spaghetti / pasta sauce with onion, celery, green pepper, carrot and tomato paste and crushed canned tomatoes, garlic, seasonings. I used 1/2 ground beef, 1/2 lentils and wow that was great with some pasta. And was cheaper than without the lentils per serving.
Got any other stretcher hacks?
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I’m pretty frugal but have been extra frugal lately and finding ways to add cheap “stretchers” to meals that are 1. heathy 2. cheap 3. focus on adding protein cause meat is expensive 4. delicious
Today was a can of $1.99 on sale Progresso chicken noodle soup with a $1.25 can of garbanzo beans and the liquid and a cut up carrot and some onion (probably 50 cents total) - this got me about 4 meals worth so basically my meals were over 20 g protein each and less than $1.50 a meal and super satisfying. I added a little extra salt, some garlic powder, some black pepper for extra flavor
Another I did recently was a spaghetti / pasta sauce with onion, celery, green pepper, carrot and tomato paste and crushed canned tomatoes, garlic, seasonings. I used 1/2 ground beef, 1/2 lentils and wow that was great with some pasta. And was cheaper than without the lentils per serving.
Got any other stretcher hacks?
#finance
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