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post #106 of 111
1/12/11 at 9:01pm
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Originally Posted by Kyoung05 View Post
Eh? So adding rice somehow makes the meal cheaper? Let me know where they pay you to take rice, and I'll show you some cheap eats....


I'm guessing you missed that I stated I eat half a box a sitting. After the 35% discount it works out to 87 cents for the indian food and 13 cents for the rice (about a 1/4 cup)
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post #107 of 111
1/12/11 at 9:12pm
Not the cheapest ever but I have been playing with variations on tuna salad/melt.

The other day I did can of tuna, small onion, bunch of chopped baby spinach mixed together with a few tablespoons of mayo and some salt and pepper. Add a little tobasco sauce or whatever to give some more flavor. This gave me enough tuna salad to spread on to 2 slices of bread as well as make a sandwich for the next day's lunch. Throw the 2 slices into the oven until they are hot and then toss some cheese on top and place back in the oven until it melts.

maybe $3 worth of stuff in here for a dinner and lunch.

If I had them on hand, I would have chopped some tomatos....but otherwise it was pretty good.
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post #108 of 111
1/13/11 at 12:48pm
Cheapest, what I would call an actual meal (not a sandwhich) is probably fried rice. A cup of instant rice is 10 cents, half a bag of frozen stir fry veggies is 75 cents, and if im feeling fancy I'll grill a frozen chicken breast thats a dollar. So all together like $1.85.
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post #109 of 111
1/14/11 at 12:00am
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Originally Posted by aphextwin07 View Post
the quality is actually on par or better than most Indian restaurants in my area.

sucks to be you
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post #110 of 111
1/14/11 at 12:06am
although the costco tasty bites madras lentils are pretty sweet. whiz em up in the microwave and dip in some of their roasted garlic bread.
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post #111 of 111
1/14/11 at 12:08am
Grits are a cheap filler to throw into the mix as well.
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