Thought I had our food budget figured out

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we were going to eat beans once a week to save money but by the time you buy the beans, vegetables and ham to go in the beans it’s almost twenty eight dollars so we went back to our old menu of frozen burritos instead…wahhhh…i’m so bummed.

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I love baked beans in tomato sauce on toast or with a jacket , there roughly 40p a tin

Idk just do what is best for you both @jukebox and take care!

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 1.beans

  1. canned potatoes fried in pan 1.00

  2. Roll of ground pork or bacon $3.98/ $4.00

  3. Canned peas 1.00

    should cost around $10

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I cook my pinto beans in a crockpot. I put a cup of beans and about a teaspoon of salt and that’s it and it tastes fine. It obviously taste better if you put the meat in it, but you don’t need the fat in your beans.I usually serve it with rice or cornbread.

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That’s a terrific idea now do you put your potatoes and your peas inside your beans or you eat them on the side?

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It looks like a lot of ingredients but you might have some on hand already and the rest are cheap.

MEXICAN BEANS

Ingredients

  • 1 tin of pinto beans (400g), drained

  • 2 cloves of garlic, minced

  • 1 small white onion

  • 1 tbsp tomato puree

  • 1 tbsp chipotle chilli paste

  • 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar

  • 1 tbsp olive oil

  • 1 tsp smoked paprika

  • 1 tsp garlic powder

  • 1 tsp cumin powder

  • 1 tsp cayenne pepper

  • 1 tsp dried oregano

  • 1 tsp brown sugar

  • 1 cup vegetable stock

Instructions

    1. Heat your oil in a pan on a medium heat and add the diced onion. Saute for 4-5 minutes then add your minced garlic. Saute for 1-2 minutes until golden and fragrant.

    2. Add your tomato puree and chipotle chilli paste, stir.

    3. Add in all the spices, the apple cider vinegar, and the brown sugar and stir.

    4. Tip in the drained pinto beans and stir them into the sauce/spice mix until fully coated.

    5. Add your veegtable stock (use more for a thinner sauce) and simmer the beans on a low heat for 5-10 minutes until the sauce has thickened.

    6. Blend between 1/4 and 1/3 of the pan with a stick blender (or remove, blend, and return to the pan).

    7. Serve with fresh lime, chopped cilantro, plain yogurt, pickled red onions, and sliced avocado.

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Mix it all together so like a hash. You can make a little gravy to pour on top. All you need is a little milk and a couple tb of flour.

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I try to keep my meals under $4. I go ove when I can afford salmon or pizza but most of the time my food is really cheap too.

I just a t bought an 18 pack of bar cheddar smoked sausage for $8 !! Gonna taste bomb with some fries :french_fries:

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I order too much garbage. Need to break that habit but when you have cravings and a few buttons to order whatever you want its hard. Should be saving that money instead. Feel kinda bad for spending so much when others are scraping by. My cost of living is just so low. Might just delete the app

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I would leave out the ham, and add rice, maybe tomatoes.

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