What's the cheapest hot meal you can make every day with multiple fresh vegetables?

[Anonymous]

If you are looking to add vegetables for health reasons lettuce is pretty low value. I’d do rice/grain bowls. You can use whatever veggies you want and even use different ones each day. Whatever is on sale -broccoli, frozen peas or soybeans, roasted carrots, spring onions, etc. Add a small amount of animal protein if you want.

[Anonymous]

Check out this entire site if you want new recipes: https://www.budgetbytes.com/

If you’re just trying to turn it into some kind of weird competition: whatever’s on clearance sale/you grew yourself/got from dumpster diving.

[Anonymous]

The Leanne Brown cookbook has many excellent suggestions — and might still be available as a free pdf.


https://books.leannebrown.com/good-and-cheap.pdf


https://snaped.fns.usda.gov/nutrition-education/snap-ed-recipes


https://www.myplate.gov/myplate-kitchen/recipe-resources/usda-cookbooks

[Anonymous]

Stir fry, frittata, egg roll in a bowl

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Now, for the cheapest hot breakfast for the week -- I make overnight oats and it is really, really cheap.

1 pound of old fashioned oats - $1.00
1 cup raw walnuts - $1.00
1 cup hemp seeds/chia seeds/flax seeds -- whatever is on sale. -- about $1.00
1-2 cups dried raisins/craisins/etc -- about $1.00
about 5 cups of milk. $1.50

Put in a large Tupperware container and cover with water to soak, then mix it well, Leave it overnight in the fridge.
It will last 5 days in the fridge.

In the morning, scoop out how much you want and add 1 cup whatever milk you like. ($0.25?) Heat it in the microwave for a minute.

Top with sliced banana, berries (on sale) -- another $2-3
and some brown sugar or maple syrup if you have it.

That's about $7 for 5 days of breakfast. Way more filling and nutritious than a bowl of cereal and milk.

You really think 2 cups of craisins costs $1? A pound of oats $1? Your prices are way too low.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Now, for the cheapest hot breakfast for the week -- I make overnight oats and it is really, really cheap.

1 pound of old fashioned oats - $1.00
1 cup raw walnuts - $1.00
1 cup hemp seeds/chia seeds/flax seeds -- whatever is on sale. -- about $1.00
1-2 cups dried raisins/craisins/etc -- about $1.00
about 5 cups of milk. $1.50

Put in a large Tupperware container and cover with water to soak, then mix it well, Leave it overnight in the fridge.
It will last 5 days in the fridge.

In the morning, scoop out how much you want and add 1 cup whatever milk you like. ($0.25?) Heat it in the microwave for a minute.

Top with sliced banana, berries (on sale) -- another $2-3
and some brown sugar or maple syrup if you have it.

That's about $7 for 5 days of breakfast. Way more filling and nutritious than a bowl of cereal and milk.

You really think 2 cups of craisins costs $1? A pound of oats $1? Your prices are way too low.

A cup of walnuts is way more than $1

[Anonymous]

Pot of rice. Sautéed green onions, spinach, white onions, mushrooms, and carrots.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Now, for the cheapest hot breakfast for the week -- I make overnight oats and it is really, really cheap.

1 pound of old fashioned oats - $1.00
1 cup raw walnuts - $1.00
1 cup hemp seeds/chia seeds/flax seeds -- whatever is on sale. -- about $1.00
1-2 cups dried raisins/craisins/etc -- about $1.00
about 5 cups of milk. $1.50

Put in a large Tupperware container and cover with water to soak, then mix it well, Leave it overnight in the fridge.
It will last 5 days in the fridge.

In the morning, scoop out how much you want and add 1 cup whatever milk you like. ($0.25?) Heat it in the microwave for a minute.

Top with sliced banana, berries (on sale) -- another $2-3
and some brown sugar or maple syrup if you have it.

That's about $7 for 5 days of breakfast. Way more filling and nutritious than a bowl of cereal and milk.

You really think 2 cups of craisins costs $1? A pound of oats $1? Your prices are way too low.

A cup of walnuts is way more than $1

You have to be careful and shop the best sources, use whatever is cheapest at the moment. I do cost comparisons and buy on sale or the cheapest options. Whole Foods bulk bin is often the cheapest source.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Now, for the cheapest hot breakfast for the week -- I make overnight oats and it is really, really cheap.

1 pound of old fashioned oats - $1.00
1 cup raw walnuts - $1.00
1 cup hemp seeds/chia seeds/flax seeds -- whatever is on sale. -- about $1.00
1-2 cups dried raisins/craisins/etc -- about $1.00
about 5 cups of milk. $1.50

Put in a large Tupperware container and cover with water to soak, then mix it well, Leave it overnight in the fridge.
It will last 5 days in the fridge.

In the morning, scoop out how much you want and add 1 cup whatever milk you like. ($0.25?) Heat it in the microwave for a minute.

Top with sliced banana, berries (on sale) -- another $2-3
and some brown sugar or maple syrup if you have it.

That's about $7 for 5 days of breakfast. Way more filling and nutritious than a bowl of cereal and milk.

You really think 2 cups of craisins costs $1? A pound of oats $1? Your prices are way too low.

A cup of walnuts is way more than $1

I just checked my math. One cup of walnuts is about 4 ounces. I can get walnuts in bulk at Whole Foods for about $.25 an ounce. So yeah, it’s about a dollar for 4 ounces of walnuts a day. I love walnuts so I like to put them in my oatmeal. But obviously if they are too expensive, put in fewer walnuts or switch to a less expensive nut or whatever you can find that’s on sale.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Now, for the cheapest hot breakfast for the week -- I make overnight oats and it is really, really cheap.

1 pound of old fashioned oats - $1.00
1 cup raw walnuts - $1.00
1 cup hemp seeds/chia seeds/flax seeds -- whatever is on sale. -- about $1.00
1-2 cups dried raisins/craisins/etc -- about $1.00
about 5 cups of milk. $1.50

Put in a large Tupperware container and cover with water to soak, then mix it well, Leave it overnight in the fridge.
It will last 5 days in the fridge.

In the morning, scoop out how much you want and add 1 cup whatever milk you like. ($0.25?) Heat it in the microwave for a minute.

Top with sliced banana, berries (on sale) -- another $2-3
and some brown sugar or maple syrup if you have it.

That's about $7 for 5 days of breakfast. Way more filling and nutritious than a bowl of cereal and milk.

You really think 2 cups of craisins costs $1? A pound of oats $1? Your prices are way too low.

Old-fashioned rolled oats are between six cents an ounce and eight cents an ounce at Aldi’s, Whole Foods bulk, and Lidl.
So that’s three places where you can get oatmeal for about a dollar a pound. If you’re paying more for that, then yeah it’s gonna be more expensive.

[Anonymous]

You can do a base of chicken, carrots, cabbage, onion and make a few different meals from it: chicken noodle soup, chicken and dumplings, chicken stew with biscuits.

Right now, carrots and cabbage are likely the cheapest fresh vegetables for most of us.

[Anonymous]

Why are you insisting on fresh? Frozen vegetables will give you more nutritional value (you won't lose nutrients in frozen veggies like you do with fresh ones that sit in the fridge for a week) and more bang for the buck. I think you're being penny wise and pound foolish.

[Anonymous]

Raisins are 0.15 an ounce. Craisins etc will be more unless on sale, more like $0.24/ounce cheapest I can find.
The cheapest I can find maple syrup in a reasonable-to-store quantity is organic Lidl at 37 cents per ounce. Obviously sugar would be cheaper, but I love pure maple syrup.

[Anonymous]

Some variation of beans and rice. My parents are Indian immigrants and my mom’s go-to meal to cook when she’s feeling lazy is a rice and red lentil soup. You can add whatever veggies you want and a giant pot (10-12 servings?) costs about $5. It’s also delicious.

[Anonymous]

Fried rice with chopped vegetables and roasted veggies on the side.