I’m getting really tired of my food expiring before I make anything with it, and I want to quit buying anything that can’t be frozen or last several months in the cupboard.
Here’s one that’s lazy, pretty much foolproof, and uses all canned food from the pantry. (If you know what it’s called, good for you.)
- Add oil to stockpot, put in anchovies, dried red pepper, and garlic, fry it up a little bit until it smells good.
- Add in a can of crushed tomatoes, drained olives, and caper. Boil, then simmer.
- Cook some spaghetti to al dente(approximately 6-7 minute, SALT THE WATER, DON’T OIL THE WATER)
- Drain the pasta and mix into sauce, add olive oil and Parmesan to taste, serve.
Seems like a pretty good dish, I’ll have time to try it some time. Thanks for the suggestion!
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Ah, I’m not doing this because of money or anything. I’m just getting frustrated whenever I buy an onion for a recipe, and it goes squishy before I can actually cook the thing. If I can get rid of all the stuff like that from my diet, then I’ll be happy.
Thanks for the homesteading suggestion, though. I’ll keep that in mind when I’m searching for recipes online. That community might also have some nice tips for how to live like this.
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Vegetarian chili - canned or dry beans and lentils, tomato sauce, canned veggies if you want. It’s versatile enough that you can make it differently every time.
Sounds great! I’ll try it sometime
Chilli con carne:
- chuck frozen mince in a pot with some oil & spices
- chuck in a tin of chopped tomatos
- chuck in some frozen veg
- chuck in some tomato puree
- chuck in more spices
- simmer for like 15-20 minutes
- eat (with tortilla chips / rice / cheese / etc)
That sounds great! I’ll definitely try that. Thanks for the suggestion!
wouldn’t that be chili sin carne?
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0 idea, but it’s tasty
1/2 cup rice
1 cup water
1-2 cups misc frozen veg and frozen cooked meat (e.g. sandwich ham)
stock cube and/or spices
Stick the water and frozen stuff in a pan and bring to the boil, stick the rice in and bring back to the boil with the lid on, boil for one minuite and turn the hob off/take off the heat and don’t move the lid. Don’t touch it for fifteen minuites. Fluff and serve
That sounds great! Thanks!
You can replace the rice with 1 cup of couscous, but you need more spices as it’s rather bland otherwise
Thankfully most spices are shelf stable so as long as you find some spices you like you’re also good for years. I personally couldn’t live without cumin or garlic powder.
They will go stale and lose potency, but yeah they’re not gonna go mouldy or anything for the most part
Basically anything but make it with frozen vegetables, and vacuum seal your meat and put it in the freezer?
Lentil soup. The only fresh ingredient is the greens (and you can freeze them to use later). The finished soup can be frozen.
2 cups black beluga lentils (or green French lentils), picked over and rinsed
1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
1 large onion, chopped
1 teaspoon fine-grain sea salt
1 28- ounce can crushed tomatoes
2 cups water
3 cups of a big leafy green (chard, kale, etc), rinsed well, deveined, finely chopped- Boil the lentils for 20 minutes, drain and set aside.
- Saute the onion until soft
- Add everything else except for the greens; bring to a simmer
- Stir in the greens and cook for another couple of minutes
- Adjust seasoning
Looks interesting! Thanks for the suggestion, I’ll save the comment so I can try it out someday.
My go to is https://www.budgetbytes.com/poor-mans-burrito-bowls/ It’s much better with cheese and green onions, but still damn good with just the canned beans, rice, and salsa.
If you’re willing to spend a weekend making, ramen stock freezes very well in pieces.
The stock goes into the plastic soup containers, the meat can be bagged and frozen, many veggies work well frozen (thinking corn), I buy seaweed chips for the nori, the noodles are also bought frozen, and all that’s left is an egg to prepare.
caramelized onions
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We’ve been making salads lately out of canned fish and canned beans to use them up! Usually just add some onion and dried parsley 😊
Chili sin carne with dried vegan ‘minced meat’.
Or just do a three bean chili and skip the meat.
