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veen  ·  3710 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Grubski Challenge #1: $20 One Dish/Pot Meal

I was actually in the middle of cooking myself a meal when I read this!

Ingredients, and a rough estimate of price:

Potatoes: $0.90

Green Onions: $0.08 (no typo! Bundle of ten green onions for $.80. Cheaper and nicer taste.)

Champignon (mushrooms): $1.40

Paprika (you call it bell pepper?): $0.80 (bought in bulk & frozen)

Leek: $0.50 (bulk & frozen)

Paprika powder: $0.10

Total: $3.78. Step up yo game, Rico. Granted: I didn't include meat. And it's not a particularly fancy dinner. But it's tasty as fuck.

I have some ground chicken frozen that I couldn't added, which would be around $1.60 more.

Recipe:

Put oil and cut potatoes in pan. Add salt & pepper. Wait a while, then add the frozen veggies (leek & paprika). When they're starting to become cooked, add the green onion, champignon and a bunch of paprika powder. Taste, season as needed.

Suggested Wine Paring: I have no idea I never drink wine. Choose whatever.

End result:





humanodon  ·  3710 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Huh. Never ate potatoes like that, but it does look good. $3.78 is pretty damn good; thanks for joining in!

user-inactivated  ·  3710 days ago  ·  link  ·  

That's how potatoes are done for breakfast tacos, right?

_refugee_  ·  3710 days ago  ·  link  ·  

These potatoes are similar to home fries which are a popular breakfast side.

humanodon  ·  3710 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I don't know; I don't really eat eggs, so breakfast tacos are usually off my radar, but if you say so.

ghostoffuffle  ·  3710 days ago  ·  link  ·  

You don't eat eggs? If I ever get to dictate the challenge, Ima be tempted to make it eggs. So versatile! Gotta be some egg dish you can stand eating...

humanodon  ·  3710 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Yeah dude, not sure why either. I used to eat them as a kid but now I have an extreme aversion.

ghostoffuffle  ·  3710 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Man, that sucks. Could be worse- have a friend who considers himself a foodie but can't stomach cheese in any form other than melted cheddar.

humanodon  ·  3710 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I'm pretty sure it's psychosomatic, I'm just not sure why. Maybe it's just by chance, but all of my serious girlfriends have been absolutely enamored with eggs. There's probably no connection . . . but what if there is?

ghostoffuffle  ·  3710 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Hah, what if it's some Freudian isht? You afraid of long-term commitment (read: babies), or what?

humanodon  ·  3708 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Commitment? No (I think). Babies? Ehhhhh . . . maybe. I am not yet worthy to be someone's father.

thenewgreen  ·  3708 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    I am not yet worthy to be someone's father.
Is anybody, really? If that were the prerequisite, our species would be in peril.
humanodon  ·  3707 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Yeah . . . you're right but isn't our species always in peril?