My first ever attempt at making potato cakes today. Really easy as it turns out so I don't know why I haven't tried this myself before?

I peeled and grated three getting-past-their-best potatoes and soaked the gratings in cold water for a few minutes to leech out the starch.
Then I drained the potato, wrapped it in a (clean) teatowel and squeezed as hard as I could until liquid stopped coming out. (In hindsight, I could have used my nutmilk bag for this stage.)
I emptied the drained potato into a large bowl and stirred in salt & pepper, 2 tbsps nutritional yeast, 2 tsps garam masala powder, a pinch of fennel seeds and 3 tbsps chickpea flour.
When everything was thoroughly mixed, I used my hands to shape six flat patties.
I heated rapeseed oil in a frying pan (quite a bit, this isn't the healthiest of recipes!) and when a potato shred started to sizxle, I gently placed the potato cakes into the pan with a spatula, cooking them in batches of three. Each batch took about five minutes to cook to a deep golden brown and I turned them each three times.
I drained them on kitchen roll to absorb some of that oil and served them up, still warm, with some Co-Op GRO coleslaw which was yellow-stickered this morning (50p for the tub) to make a filling-yet-frugal lunch!

#WorldwideVeganNomz #VeganRecipes #potatoes #CheapEats

https://zachary-2w-tan.com/posts/allfor900yen/

I'm going to miss this place when I move home to Australia in September.

#Nagasaki #Kyushu #Japan #長崎市 #九州 #日本 #JapaneseFood #CiboGiapponese #日本料理 #EatLocal #CheapEats #LetUsEatTogether #MangiamoInsieme #一緒に食べましょう

since 4/26 is free pretzel day numerous pretzel places on 4/26/23 will be giving away free food to visitors with no purchase necessary

wetzel's pretzel's is offering one free original pretzel to each person who visits one of their locations nationwide from 3 pm until close

philly pretzel factory is offering one free pretzel to each person who visits a participating philly pretzel factory store and WalMart

PretzelMaker is offering a free order of pretzel bites (original salted or unsalted) to each person who visits a participating PretzelMaker location nationwide

source links: https://www.chewboom.com/2023/04/25/wetzels-pretzels-is-giving-away-free-pretzels-on-april-26-2023/

https://www.chewboom.com/2023/04/25/philly-pretzel-factory-offers-free-pretzel-on-april-26-2023/

https://www.chewboom.com/2023/04/25/pretzelmaker-offers-free-pretzel-bites-on-april-26-2023/

#food #FreeFood #CheapEats

This restaurant was our first stop for delicious empanadas.

We ate in the restaurant once for lunch and came back twice more to order and take with us. We tried the "caprese", "carne y pasas" and
"jamon, queso y ananá". Far and away, the "carne y pasas" was our favorite.

La Cibeles Restaurante - Centro

#CheapEats
#Montevideo
#Uruguay
#Travel

Off a back lane in Pandamaran? It's seafood time. Peng Leng Zheng #cheapeats #klang #portklang

#FoodFriday #Cheapeats with the crazy price gouging going on with #food prices these days here is a great tasting cheap #recipe

In my local area chicken 🐔 thighs are 1.19$ a lbs potatoes & onions are 49 cents a lbs

Check it out it’s delicious 🤤

https://youtu.be/d4UVxW0z0Uo

#cheapeats
Here is a #recipe I made yesterday. The ingredients are mostly long shelf life so you can have them around it makes 4-6 servings making it very cheap #cooking
With #food costs going up & up having cheap recipe options available helps 😊
—white bean chicken soup—

1 & 1/2 cups dried white beans
1 can chicken
1 carrot
1 stalk celery
1 medium onion
2 cup chicken stock (bullion)
1 cup vegetable stock (bullion)
1 bay leaf
1 tsp rosemary
1/2 tsp thyme
1 tsp garlic powder

#cheapeats
Here is a #recipe I made yesterday. The ingredients are all long shelf life so you can have them around it makes 4-6 servings making it very cheap #cooking
With #food costs going up & up having cheap recipe options available helps 😊
—white bean chicken soup—

1 & 1/2 cups dried white beans
1 can chicken
1 carrot
1 stalk celery
1 medium onion
2 cup chicken stock (bullion)
1 cup vegetable stock (bullion)
1 bay leaf
1 tsp rosemary
1/2 tsp thyme
1 tsp garlic powder

#cheapeats

Due to market consolidation (monopolization) and the blind drive to maximize quarterly profits because of the legalize stock buy backs #inflation & #food prices will keep going up.

Fight back by using “loss leaders” some stores will sell certain items at or below cost to get people in the door while the high mark up on everything else gives them $
.
In my area piggy wiggly has rotating weekly loss leaders via flyer, Kwik trip always has potatoes & onions (39 cents a lbs)

Lots of people doing it tough, and there are times when I was a poor starving student that I would eat literally plain rice dressed with lemon juice and sugar for dinner because I had no money and (at that time in the 90s) no idea how to cook cheap tasty food.

So I am going to post the links to recipes that I know are pretty cheap to make and tasty/healthy.

Starting with the Meghan Markle Sexy Mush Pasta Sauce. https://soyummy.com/tried-meghan-markle-sexy-pasta-sauce/

Its very easy, with few ingredients and readers, it freezes beautifully so you can make heaps and save for later.

#CheapEats #LowCost #EasyDinnerIdeas #SlowCooker

I showed how easy it is to make ricotta the other day for over 50% cheaper than buying it, in under 15 minutes.

Now here’s the “cream cheese” I make from it — just purée it with some salt! But I add lemon juice, sea salt, white pepper, blitz it, then add lemon zest.

Ricotta has: 50% less fat, 20% less carbs, 50% fewer calories, and 80% more protein than cream cheese.

Highly recommend making your own. #recipes #food #kitchenhack #cheapeats #healthy #cooking

This is a family favourite and it has been awhile since I've made it, so I'm going to whip up a batch tomorrow.

It uses base ingredients most Folks have in their kitchen already, and goes together in a snap.

Trade chicken stock for vegetable stock, and it's an easy vegan option. :)

I try to make sure there is a stash of portions in our freezer/cupboard. (Use a pressure canner for canning, not the Instant Pot.)

http://melissadimock.com/blog/2019/12/17/instant-pot-spiced-lentil-vegetable-soup

#instantpot #recipes #recipeblogger #cheapeats #frugal

Another #indiedev cooking tip, or just #cheapeats - Make your own beanpaste - healthy and cheap. Dried beans are incredibly cheap to get most places. Soak them overnight, (Important)throw-away water and rinse well. Boil beans in water and stock until you can squish them. This can take up to an hour. With these boiled beans ready, just take onion and olive oil in a pan and saute for 5 min, add spices and garlic, tomato paste, and beans. More oil and some water. Blender it - more water as needed.

Indie development and bootstrapping doesn't need to mean cheap unhealthy food. A healthy and very cheep dish, and vegetarian too - is Dahl. Cook red lentils with spices - eat with rice and some yogurt. Also, it is quick to make. A lot of wins for little effort. There are a lot of recipes for it, but on a budget, you can get away with just dried spices, though stock and coconut milk and fresh herbs will add deliciousness. #food #indiedev #cheapeats

Decided I want my buttermilk sriracha chicken to brine overnight for waffles & air fryer chicken for breakfast during the World Cup.

So I’ll make oat waffles.

But oat flour is a rip-off. It’s $3.97 for 1kg large flake oats. Get oat flour & it’s $4.97 for 700gr.

Fuck that! That’s 20% more for 30% less!

Grind oats in your blender when you need it. Just weigh it out, grind how you like. And it’ll taste better too!

10 seconds later, I have nice flour.

#hacks #cooking #cheapeats #food

My best #nyc #cheapeats of 2022 2/many:
The Cemita Cubana from San Jose Restaurant at 153/River Ave in the Bronx is the best bang for the buck around Yankee Stadium before or after a game. I’ve tried a few of their tortas and cemitas and a lot of places don’t do cemitas well, but they do them well here. El Ray (La Reina?) for me is this one, which packs in four kinds of meat along with the string cheese, chipotle and all-important papalo. Que rico! #mexicanfood #bronx #nycfc #nyyankees

My Best #NYC #cheapeats of 2022 1/many: Jhol Momo with Sel Roti from Nepali Bhancha Gar in Jackson Heights is a perfect cold weather lunch. Below are the Goat version of the Momo and they may be the GOAT. The Sel Roti is like savory rice donut. They are best eaten on premises straight from the fryer. The dipping sauce is sublime but I also dip the Sel Roti in the Momo sauce. #deliciousness

Home made #vegan banana bread today to use up bananas. 🍌 I used this foolproof easy #recipe (without sultanas & mixed spice) https://abergaveggie.co.uk/recipe/best-banana-bread-ever/ #lovefoodhatewaste #cheapeats #baking

It sure is getting colder outside here in my neck of the woods, and I really do not feel like trekking to the local grocery store. So, it is time to rummage through the pandemic pantry and whip up something cheap and easy.

Can you guess what is going to be in the slow cooker tonight from these ingredients?

#Pantry #CheapEats #SlowCooker #ChickenSoup #GayFoodie #InTheKitchen