Food and Budget

[cjsmith]

Am I the only person I know who picks up TV dinners and divides dollars by calories?

Big ol' Tombstone extra-cheese frozen pizza: $3.50. Two meals.

Two bell peppers: $3.98. Mistake.

Comments

[firecat]

Yeah, I would compare tikka masala made from scratch to tikka masala bought at a restaurant, rather than comparing it to a Tombstone pizza or a burrito. (I think Trader Joe's might have it in a single-serving pouch, btw.)

When making food for myself, I tend not to really "cook" so much as throw stuff together. Frex, I just got done eating some "Imagine" brand creamy tomato soup to which I added a hunk of cheese, a handful of tortilla chips, and a handful of nuts. Each ingredient is expensive to buy ('cos all organic except the nuts, and nuts are expensive), but I can get 4 meals out of it with ingredients left over.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I would compare tikka masala made from scratch to tikka masala bought at a restaurant, rather than comparing it to a Tombstone pizza or a burrito.

Right, fair enough.

(I think Trader Joe's might have it in a single-serving pouch, btw.)

And I bet that beats both the other options.

...but I can get 4 meals out of it with ingredients left over.

*nod* For me, leftover ingredients have zero value because they don't get used... but as you say, if I got the hang of "throwing stuff together", that would improve.

[firecat]

And it's easy enough to find uses for leftover tortilla chips, cheese, and nuts, if only for TV snacks. :-)

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Yum! :-)