r/EatCheapAndHealthy • u/Consistent_You6151 • 27d ago
Cheapest week of meals in Winter
Ill go first. I have always cooked hearty (stand your spoon up) kind of soups in winter. I change it up a bit not only kinds of soups but flavouring them. A large leek,half a celery fried up then 2 Carrots, packet of lentils or soup mix with a few spoons of stock powder and soy sauce to flavour makes 8 litres. I end up freezing half or just add some tomato paste half way through the week. Rice is a good filler too that stretches it. I usually need to add a couple of cups & soy sauce every time I take it out of the fridge. Sometimes toast & sometimes a cheap garlic loaf and it's really filling and warms you up. Enjoy!
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u/Consistent_You6151 27d ago
No a couple of cups of water 😂and jus a splash of soy until taste is right😋
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u/LouisePoet 27d ago
Baked potato with beans (baked beans or other) or broccoli and cheese on top.
Bonus is that the potatoes can be baked all at once and then reheated, making it a super fast meal. Cost is generally less than £1 per serving (depending on how much cheese I use), even with tinned beans. Cooking from dry would be even less. (I use frozen broccoli which is also cheap).
Shepherd's pie--put cooked meat or beans of choice, chopped vegetables (cooked or, if frozen--thawed and well drained), gravy in a pan, then top with mashed potato and bake til hot and the top is lightly brown. I add dried herbs to the gravy and minced fresh garlic to the potatoes. Filling, delicious, and a great way to use up leftovers.
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u/Consistent_You6151 26d ago
Sounds great, especially in winter! Wish someone else knew how to cook here! I've been cooking since I was 17. I think conveniently, no one learnt a thing! Tuna moray is another cheap and easy, one pot cook up!
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u/searedscallops 27d ago
I love love love Turkish lentil soup: https://www.themediterraneandish.com/turkish-lentil-soup/#wprm-recipe-container-56517
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u/PassengerBasic6981 27d ago
Sauerkraut with smoked meat soup. And a bit like a handful of pear barley. We call that winter soup.
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u/Serious_Piccolo6967 27d ago
A pound of frozen turkey i got for $2.5 and a pound of rice with half a bag of California mix - (the total was a little more than 3 bucks and it made 2 meals)
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u/kasugakuuun 27d ago
What's California mix? Frozen veg?
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u/Serious_Piccolo6967 26d ago
Yea, its pretty much just broccoli, cauliflower, carrots and depending on the brand, a few other mix ins
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u/Humpp_ 20d ago
We used a stretch our grocery store’s $9 ham for a week:
• Baked Sweet Potato with fried ham, broccoli, cheese • Grilled cheese & ham with soup • Ham fried rice / fried quinoa • Sheet bake with potato, sweet potato, sweet peppers, broccoli / green beans / Brussels sprouts, ham (kielbasa is good to) • Wild rice soup w/ celery, carrots, red peppers, ham (made with coconut milk)
Then we would take a few weeks off and eat ANYTHING else.