food for a broke college kid

[polaris dude]

I just got a house, so I wont have to eat on the gross and overpriced food plan anymore whilst at college. I was wondering if anyone had some advice on things that could be made that are cheap, AND that are also nutritious(trying to stay in good shape). I am definitely planning on hard boiling eggs so I can eat those as snacks(and they have lots of protein for muscle growth), and making large pots of chili with bags of dried beans and maybe making my own soup and such. Does anyone have any additional wisdom they would like to share? I'd like to keep my budget under 50$ a week including any drinking which might be done

 

[m8magicandmystery]

so far your diet is indicating some dangerous control efforts of the bowels...oh and stay down wind...

 

[ak ryda]

Great way for cheap, long lasting, and big volume meals is to get a crock pot. I really like throwing a roast in with a bunch of potatoes and carrots, season however you want. Beans, brown rice, quinoa are great sources of healthy carbs. Bulk/family packs of meats. I make 3 or 4 days worth of meals at a time.

 

[m8magicandmystery]

Great way for cheap, long lasting, and big volume meals is to get a crock pot. I really like throwing a roast in with a bunch of potatoes and carrots, season however you want. Beans, brown rice, quinoa are great sources of healthy carbs. Bulk/family packs of meats. I make 3 or 4 days worth of meals at a time.

x2...crock pots are awesome..

 

[Mafesto]

I'd like to keep my budget under 50$ a week including any drinking which might be done

Trick question.
Nobody can drink on $50/week

 

[ak ryda]

Oh wow, saw you wanted to include booze in that $50, lol no way that is happening, even if you were eating top ramen every day.

Even at $50 it will be difficult to have a healthy diet, especially if you plan on keeping the whole foods protein high enough to promote muscle and strength gains.

Cheap / Healthy / Taste Good - Pick Two

 

[mtsummitx]

Do you hunt and fish??, other than hamburger or the occasional pork chops and chicken legs I rarely have to buy any meats from the grocery. My boy and I like deer so that saves alot if you don't spend alot of money hunting every weekend looking for big horns. Just tip over a doe, or a stupid young buck, and I cut em up myself so no processing fees. I probably spend about $200.00 a month at the grocery store, and that includes non-food stuff. laundry detergent, toilet paper, cleaning supplies, etc, etc.

 

[POLZIN]

50.00 a week? HAHA I assume your not an economics major . You would starve to death on that.

 

[Snowmow]

Sounds stupid but you can find bread makers At second hand stores and garge sales for cheap. You can make some really heathy breads using while wheat flower and adding flax seed or anything you want. Sandwiches are always fast and prety nutritious. I would recommend buying a whole small smoked ham you can eat off that for awhile and it's very lean. Could use it In Your soups as well. Making a lean beef roast in the crock is always good. Prety universal meat once it's done. Can go in soup, make shredded beef tacos or shredded BBQ beef, roast beef sandwich the list goes on and on. You can play butcher and save alot of money buying whole chickens and cutting them up yourself. All the bones will make you a great chicken stock for your soups! Don't know if you would ever consider couponing. But my wife does and saves over 50% almost every trip to the grocery store. We have a smiths here shopping there gives you points towards fuel at the loaf and jug. About once a month we can both fill up our suburban and my mega cab and get 1 dollar off the pump price. Wich for 2 vehicles with 30+ gallon tanks. That's a 60$ saving right there!!

Oh. And something else to look for at second hand or garge sales. Would be a small deep freeze. Convert it to a kegerator for les then 20 bucks.
You will be the dorm god. And you will save $$ over buying cans or bottles!!

 

[Mafesto]

I would recommend a part time job at resteraunt that offers huge discount for employees.

 

[polaris dude]

Thanks for all the advice, I think a lot of it will be useful. I plan on making large amounts of my food in one go(pot of chili/stew or hotdishes/lasauna ect) and then supporting those things with fruits(those small oranges are amazing), dairy things like yogurt/cottage cheese, and perhaps some additional carbs/protein in the form of rice/eggs. I might have to plan for 75$(especially if I plan on drinking jack and not lord calvort) instead but I don't think that would break the bank.

 

[polaris dude]

Trick question.
Nobody can drink on $50/week

You can if your not 21 and can't go to the bars

Even in Brookings where the city has the only liquor store so it can jack up the prices I can still get a 175 of jack daniels for 50$

 

[Snowmow]

Get a brita water filter. The one with the container you put In the fridge.
You can use it to make cheap liquor taste alot better. Especially vodka. Will make potters almost as good as goose. No joke. It works!

 

[av8er]

Brita filter

I don't get it, r you taking if u mix it with water, or for purified ice cubes or what??????

 

[av8er]

costco.com

costco.com has large quantity survival meals for cheap, I don't know if they taste good or not.

 

[snowman80]

If you drink pop/soda buy 2 liter bottles.

 

[Boostfreak]

I eat a lot of wild game and even if u don't hunt its usually fairly easy to come by. Lots of people I know have it processed and it just sits in there freezer. So ask some friends and u might get a lot of free meat.

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[mold]

Dandelion greens.

 

[Snowmow]

I don't get it, r you taking if u mix it with water, or for purified ice cubes or what??????

No. Just poor the liquor into the brita container. It has the charcoal filter in it. The liquor passes through the filter. Dripping a little bit out at a time. Once all the liquor has filtered through the filter, you drink it!! Enjoy the better quality!!

 

[m8magicandmystery]

If you drink pop/soda buy 2 liter bottles.

pop...drinking your way to death..

water or alcohol is healthier