Attn: Donna and being poor. Me too, Hi Mel

[Guest guest]

Thanks Mel, I try to post all the best of my recipes as I run across them, I'm

always trying something new. I really have to budget and I need dishes that are

inexpensive and don't take a lot of time to prepare since money is tight and I'm

always pinched for time.

If you want a wonderful sandwich that's vegan and filling go to the files under

sandwiches and try the potato sandwich I posted. I swear that's heaven on a

plate and it's so inexpensive. There are lots of pasta dishes with veggies and

no tomato sauce in there. Some of the salads are very easy with good dressings.

The savory sauce is vegan, easy and very versatile. Susie posted some wonderful

soups. There's also a spinach soup I love and the lentil loaf is vegan and it

makes a great leftover for sandwiches. PT posted her brown rice recipe with

garlic and peanut butter in it. I make that quite often.

Do you use a crockpot???

I steam white rice and change it around. One time I will cook it with sauteed

veggies and veggie broth. Next time I might toss slivered almonds in it or I'll

use rice vinegar and make sushi rice. You don't need a kitchen full of

ingredients when being creative. Seems like most of use use the basics and just

change recipes around.

For dinners I usually make steamed veggies during the week and I'll make patties

out of chickpeas, or a good one out of grated zucchini, the black bean patties

are wonderful, just ask Shawn. I buy bulk couscous, beans, grains and cook

those up with herbs and spices. I always toast my quinoa in a hot dry iron

skillet first and it gives it a nutty roasted flavor. What type recipes are you

looking for? I will dig through my cookbooks for some of my favorites for you.I

wanted to apologize if I emailed replies back you you and they were meant for

the other Mel. It has taken me a while to sort out the Mel's here and I now

know there are two..........Enjoy Friday and let me know if you want certain

type dishes posted. Donna

 

Melissa Hill <assilembob wrote:

I just wanted to say that i have seven wonderful

recipes saved up to use when I get my paycheck. I

needed a change and your recipes are truely

inspiring...

I am sick of Kale and potatos, Rice, and pasta with

plain ol' marinara sauce.

I also just noticed that my favorite marinara sauce

has the dreaded Partially Hydroginated oil in it. I am

so sad. It will be the last jar I buy. I buy it

because it's tasty and CHEAP! and now I know why. I

hate being poor. The BF's miltary housing needs to

come through soon but by then he'll be overseas...grr.

Hate the military.

 

On that note: What kinds of fast and cheap meals do

you guys cook? I am vegan, but I am very good at

veganizing almost everything you guys put out there. I

am usually at work (the high school I teach at) until

8 or 9 at night so I either eat late or take lunch AND

dinner with me to work so I can have foods. Plus no

fridge or microwave access after 4 pm up there...blah.

 

Thankies!

~Mel

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

Great post, Donna.

 

I try to have bags of pasta, rice, couscous and beans on hand (and as of

late some WF bulk mixes - tvp, nature burger). The basics are cheap and the

bulk or bagged products are cheaper than the canned (and is less wasteful as

far as can recycling).

 

Along with that I try to buy fresh produce once every couple of weeks (with

an emergency trip in between for jalps, onion, cilantro and garlic runs). Of

course, potatoes are cheap and can be used as a staple or primary ingredient

in a recipe (and they're friggen good).

 

I have some seasonings and sauces that can always be mixed and matched with

these. Always nice to have veg broths and soy sauces on hand (veg mushroom

Asian sauce too) Along with that I have canned tomatoes, Rotel, Kombu and

such things that can change up the flavor.

 

I also have frozen bags of produce that I froze because I didn't think I

would use it before it got bad. Along with that are bags of broc stems,

celery tips and such that will/can be used for homemade broth or roux. Oh

and don't forget the 87 bags of cranberries...

 

S.

 

On 8/26/05, GeminiDragon wrote:

>

> Thanks Mel, I try to post all the best of my recipes as I run across

> them, I'm always trying something new. I really have to budget and I need

> dishes that are inexpensive and don't take a lot of time to prepare since

> money is tight and I'm always pinched for time.

> If you want a wonderful sandwich that's vegan and filling go to the files

> under sandwiches and try the potato sandwich I posted. I swear that's heaven

> on a plate and it's so inexpensive. There are lots of pasta dishes with

> veggies and no tomato sauce in there. Some of the salads are very easy with

> good dressings. The savory sauce is vegan, easy and very versatile. Susie

> posted some wonderful soups. There's also a spinach soup I love and the

> lentil loaf is vegan and it makes a great leftover for sandwiches. PT posted

> her brown rice recipe with garlic and peanut butter in it. I make that quite

> often.

> Do you use a crockpot???

> I steam white rice and change it around. One time I will cook it with

> sauteed veggies and veggie broth. Next time I might toss slivered almonds in

> it or I'll use rice vinegar and make sushi rice. You don't need a kitchen

> full of ingredients when being creative. Seems like most of use use the

> basics and just change recipes around.

> For dinners I usually make steamed veggies during the week and I'll make

> patties out of chickpeas, or a good one out of grated zucchini, the black

> bean patties are wonderful, just ask Shawn. I buy bulk couscous, beans,

> grains and cook those up with herbs and spices. I always toast my quinoa in

> a hot dry iron skillet first and it gives it a nutty roasted flavor. What

> type recipes are you looking for? I will dig through my cookbooks for some

> of my favorites for you.I wanted to apologize if I emailed replies back

> you you and they were meant for the other Mel. It has taken me a while to

> sort out the Mel's here and I now know there are two..........Enjoy Friday

> and let me know if you want certain type dishes posted. Donna

>

>

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

I am looking for two things: easy take along foods

that require little prep and cook time or can be

cooked up on weekends and stuff I can make for dinner

when I get home at 8 or 9 that is light but still

satisfying. I do a lot of pasta and rice dishes but i

like brown rice and it takes about ten million years

to cook. right now my budget is so small I have been

living off rice and pasta and cheap veggies and it's

getting dull. I just need to figure out how to make

things more interesting.

I have wanted to try the black bean patties but

haven't had the money to buy the stuff for them. they

are #1 on my list along with the couscous thing you

posted.

 

--- GeminiDragon <thelilacflower wrote:

 

> Thanks Mel, I try to post all the best of my recipes

> as I run across them, I'm always trying something

> new. I really have to budget and I need dishes that

> are inexpensive and don't take a lot of time to

> prepare since money is tight and I'm always pinched

> for time.

> If you want a wonderful sandwich that's vegan and

> filling go to the files under sandwiches and try the

> potato sandwich I posted. I swear that's heaven on

> a plate and it's so inexpensive. There are lots of

> pasta dishes with veggies and no tomato sauce in

> there. Some of the salads are very easy with good

> dressings. The savory sauce is vegan, easy and very

> versatile. Susie posted some wonderful soups.

> There's also a spinach soup I love and the lentil

> loaf is vegan and it makes a great leftover for

> sandwiches. PT posted her brown rice recipe with

> garlic and peanut butter in it. I make that quite

> often.

> Do you use a crockpot???

> I steam white rice and change it around. One time I

> will cook it with sauteed veggies and veggie broth.

> Next time I might toss slivered almonds in it or

> I'll use rice vinegar and make sushi rice. You

> don't need a kitchen full of ingredients when being

> creative. Seems like most of use use the basics and

> just change recipes around.

> For dinners I usually make steamed veggies during

> the week and I'll make patties out of chickpeas, or

> a good one out of grated zucchini, the black bean

> patties are wonderful, just ask Shawn. I buy bulk

> couscous, beans, grains and cook those up with herbs

> and spices. I always toast my quinoa in a hot dry

> iron skillet first and it gives it a nutty roasted

> flavor. What type recipes are you looking for? I

> will dig through my cookbooks for some of my

> favorites for you.I wanted to apologize if I emailed

> replies back you you and they were meant for the

> other Mel. It has taken me a while to sort out the

> Mel's here and I now know there are

> two..........Enjoy Friday and let me know if you

> want certain type dishes posted. Donna

>

> Melissa Hill <assilembob wrote:

> I just wanted to say that i have seven wonderful

> recipes saved up to use when I get my paycheck. I

> needed a change and your recipes are truely

> inspiring...

> I am sick of Kale and potatos, Rice, and pasta with

> plain ol' marinara sauce.

> I also just noticed that my favorite marinara sauce

> has the dreaded Partially Hydroginated oil in it. I

> am

> so sad. It will be the last jar I buy. I buy it

> because it's tasty and CHEAP! and now I know why. I

> hate being poor. The BF's miltary housing needs to

> come through soon but by then he'll be

> overseas...grr.

> Hate the military.

>

> On that note: What kinds of fast and cheap meals do

> you guys cook? I am vegan, but I am very good at

> veganizing almost everything you guys put out there.

> I

> am usually at work (the high school I teach at)

> until

> 8 or 9 at night so I either eat late or take lunch

> AND

> dinner with me to work so I can have foods. Plus no

> fridge or microwave access after 4 pm up

> there...blah.

>

> Thankies!

> ~Mel

>

>

>

> __

> Start your day with - make it your home page

> http://www./r/hs

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

, Melissa Hill

<assilembob> wrote:

> I am looking for two things: easy take along foods

> that require little prep and cook time or can be

> cooked up on weekends and stuff I can make for dinner

> when I get home at 8 or 9 that is light but still

> satisfying.

 

 

For easy take alongs, I would count on leftovers...make extras and

freeze meal size portions...I do this for dh.

 

 

You should be able to make extras on the black bean patties too, and I

imagine they'd freeze fine...wrap them seperate & I label everything

cuz it never looks the same frozen. I do this with lentil burgers all

the time - they are a great quick dinner late at night!

 

m

[Guest guest]

Mel - make a huge batch of rice on the weekend, for the whole week.

It gets a little dry by the end of the week, but usually whatever you

put on top is saucy enough it's ok. Then you only ned to spend one

" ten million years " per week.... package it up in daily portions.

 

, Melissa Hill

<assilembob> wrote:

> I am looking for two things: easy take along foods

> that require little prep and cook time or can be

> cooked up on weekends and stuff I can make for dinner

> when I get home at 8 or 9 that is light but still

> satisfying. I do a lot of pasta and rice dishes but i

> like brown rice and it takes about ten million years

> to cook. right now my budget is so small I have been

> living off rice and pasta and cheap veggies and it's

> getting dull. I just need to figure out how to make

> things more interesting.

> I have wanted to try the black bean patties but

> haven't had the money to buy the stuff for them. they

> are #1 on my list along with the couscous thing you

> posted.

>

> --- GeminiDragon <thelilacflower> wrote:

>

> > Thanks Mel, I try to post all the best of my recipes

> > as I run across them, I'm always trying something

> > new. I really have to budget and I need dishes that

> > are inexpensive and don't take a lot of time to

> > prepare since money is tight and I'm always pinched

> > for time.

> > If you want a wonderful sandwich that's vegan and

> > filling go to the files under sandwiches and try the

> > potato sandwich I posted. I swear that's heaven on

> > a plate and it's so inexpensive. There are lots of

> > pasta dishes with veggies and no tomato sauce in

> > there. Some of the salads are very easy with good

> > dressings. The savory sauce is vegan, easy and very

> > versatile. Susie posted some wonderful soups.

> > There's also a spinach soup I love and the lentil

> > loaf is vegan and it makes a great leftover for

> > sandwiches. PT posted her brown rice recipe with

> > garlic and peanut butter in it. I make that quite

> > often.

> > Do you use a crockpot???

> > I steam white rice and change it around. One time I

> > will cook it with sauteed veggies and veggie broth.

> > Next time I might toss slivered almonds in it or

> > I'll use rice vinegar and make sushi rice. You

> > don't need a kitchen full of ingredients when being

> > creative. Seems like most of use use the basics and

> > just change recipes around.

> > For dinners I usually make steamed veggies during

> > the week and I'll make patties out of chickpeas, or

> > a good one out of grated zucchini, the black bean

> > patties are wonderful, just ask Shawn. I buy bulk

> > couscous, beans, grains and cook those up with herbs

> > and spices. I always toast my quinoa in a hot dry

> > iron skillet first and it gives it a nutty roasted

> > flavor. What type recipes are you looking for? I

> > will dig through my cookbooks for some of my

> > favorites for you.I wanted to apologize if I emailed

> > replies back you you and they were meant for the

> > other Mel. It has taken me a while to sort out the

> > Mel's here and I now know there are

> > two..........Enjoy Friday and let me know if you

> > want certain type dishes posted. Donna

> >

> > Melissa Hill <assilembob> wrote:

> > I just wanted to say that i have seven wonderful

> > recipes saved up to use when I get my paycheck. I

> > needed a change and your recipes are truely

> > inspiring...

> > I am sick of Kale and potatos, Rice, and pasta with

> > plain ol' marinara sauce.

> > I also just noticed that my favorite marinara sauce

> > has the dreaded Partially Hydroginated oil in it. I

> > am

> > so sad. It will be the last jar I buy. I buy it

> > because it's tasty and CHEAP! and now I know why. I

> > hate being poor. The BF's miltary housing needs to

> > come through soon but by then he'll be

> > overseas...grr.

> > Hate the military.

> >

> > On that note: What kinds of fast and cheap meals do

> > you guys cook? I am vegan, but I am very good at

> > veganizing almost everything you guys put out there.

> > I

> > am usually at work (the high school I teach at)

> > until

> > 8 or 9 at night so I either eat late or take lunch

> > AND

> > dinner with me to work so I can have foods. Plus no

> > fridge or microwave access after 4 pm up

> > there...blah.

> >

> > Thankies!

> > ~Mel

> >

> >

> >

> > __

> > Start your day with - make it your home page

> > http://www./r/hs

> >

> >

> >

> >