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Clintonista2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-27-07 02:12 PM Original message |
I need some tips |
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City of Mills (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-27-07 02:20 PM Response to Original message |
1. Can you cook? Do you have a freezer? |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-27-07 02:21 PM Response to Original message |
2. do you have a trader joe's near you? |
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Clintonista2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-27-07 02:26 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. No, I've never heard of "trader joe's" in my life |
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KitchenWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-27-07 02:21 PM Response to Original message |
3. Do you have a Costco near you? |
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Clintonista2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-27-07 02:30 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. My parents shop at Costco.. isn't there a membership fee? |
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KitchenWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-27-07 02:34 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. See if your parents can add you to their membership |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-27-07 03:46 PM Response to Reply #8 |
25. Who else is using the freezer unit |
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Dora (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-27-07 04:35 PM Response to Reply #8 |
29. Costco will save you $ on some things, not on others.... |
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MissMillie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-27-07 02:28 PM Response to Original message |
5. frozen veggies go a long way |
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Omphaloskepsis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-27-07 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
6. Take that money and separate it into 14 parts.. |
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MissMillie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-27-07 02:36 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. I have a great recipe for hotdog hash |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-27-07 03:29 PM Response to Reply #11 |
20. Mexican potatoes |
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Connonym (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-29-07 10:57 AM Response to Reply #6 |
46. that's a really great idea with the envelopes |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-27-07 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
7. Banquet meals... |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-27-07 03:19 PM Response to Reply #7 |
16. and about as nutritious as cardboard |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-27-07 04:01 PM Response to Reply #16 |
27. Truth! |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-27-07 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
10. See if there's a food co-op in your area... |
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Clintonista2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-27-07 02:37 PM Response to Original message |
12. Bookmarking this.. tips given so far are EXCELLENT. nt. |
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ceile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-27-07 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
13. Buy "family" size items and freeze. |
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FreedRadical (309 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-27-07 02:54 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Poor kid. About to get a crash course in empathy for the poor. |
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Road Scholar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-27-07 03:06 PM Response to Original message |
15. Man, do I remember those days. Potted meat and crackers |
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carly denise pt deux (855 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-27-07 03:23 PM Response to Original message |
17. didn't you get a meal plan thru your school? |
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Clintonista2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-27-07 03:45 PM Response to Reply #17 |
24. I don't live on campus this year |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-27-07 04:06 PM Response to Reply #17 |
28. a pound of hamburger |
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Dangerously Amused (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-27-07 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
18. Can you get a part-time job, |
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Omphaloskepsis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-27-07 03:36 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. They have 200$ per month... |
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Clintonista2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-27-07 03:43 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. Yea I plan to, my problem is |
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DarkTirade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-28-07 05:53 AM Response to Reply #23 |
33. I know that problem all too well... |
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Connonym (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-29-07 11:06 AM Response to Reply #33 |
47. god bless america |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-27-07 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
19. Go get a big sack of potatoes and a big sack of rice |
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Rambis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-28-07 03:12 PM Response to Reply #19 |
42. Thats what we did |
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montanto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-27-07 03:42 PM Response to Original message |
22. don't waste your money on |
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MissB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-27-07 03:50 PM Response to Original message |
26. Sure. |
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Danger Mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-27-07 04:59 PM Response to Original message |
30. It sounds daunting, but it is very do-able. |
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carly denise pt deux (855 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-27-07 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
31. ya know, when I see stuff like this, it kinda sickens me |
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DarkTirade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-28-07 05:51 AM Response to Original message |
32. One thing I did to help keep the food budget down |
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DarkTirade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-29-07 10:21 AM Response to Reply #32 |
43. And that casserole is 2 or 3 meals by my standards... |
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eyesroll (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-28-07 07:18 AM Response to Original message |
34. Is there an Asian food store in your area? |
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BellaB (64 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-28-07 10:23 AM Response to Original message |
35. Have you thought |
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Ellen Forradalom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-28-07 11:08 AM Response to Original message |
36. Make 'fridge-clearing' dishes |
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Ellen Forradalom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-28-07 03:09 PM Response to Reply #36 |
41. Meal templates |
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Ellen Forradalom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-28-07 11:10 AM Response to Original message |
37. Bake your own bread. Give up milk. |
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MiniMandaRuth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-28-07 11:12 AM Response to Original message |
38. Top ramen, soups... damn, I dunno. |
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Coyote_Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-28-07 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
39. I worked two part-time jobs, attended school full-time and |
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Ellen Forradalom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-28-07 02:55 PM Response to Original message |
40. Starving Students Cookbook |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-29-07 10:23 AM Response to Original message |
44. Become a vegetarian. You will save a bundle of money on meat. n/t |
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Flaxbee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-29-07 10:54 AM Response to Original message |
45. you're going to need some vegetables mixed in |
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philosophie_en_rose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-29-07 11:07 AM Response to Original message |
48. $50 a week is not that bad. |
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Kipling (929 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-29-07 12:42 PM Response to Original message |
49. Split red lentils are a good idea. |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-29-07 01:33 PM Response to Original message |
50. if you have freezer space you are WAY ahead of the game already |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-29-07 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
51. Chick peas. Then cover them with some fancy oil based dressing and lots |
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