Lunch and Dinner 10/15

For lunch I went ahead and just had two eggs, over-easy, and 4 slices of toast. I'll guess about .04 worth of butter, about .10 worth of bread, and then .32 for the eggs, putting it at around .46 for a nice lunch, I'll take it.

For dinner I had a free coupon for a local pizza place, and I'm not going to turn down a free meal.

Lunch 10/14 & Dinner 10/14

More of the hamburger helper for both of these meals. I realized I forgot to add extra noodles like I usually do so it was slightly less filling, but oh well, it's cheap

Lunch: $1.53
Dinner: $1.53

Dinner 10/13

Made some of the Kroger brand imitation Hamburger Helper. Didn't even do anything fancy since I just wanted to do something quick. I still had some milk left over from a while ago that for some reason is still good. Paid $1 for the half gallon, so the 2 cups I used comes out to about .25 worth, one pound of kroger ground beef which was 3.10, total price is 4.60.

Hamburger helper is great since it can last multiple meals and is really filling. I'll say it's going to last me 3 meals, so that's 1.53/meal. A little higher then it should be since I screwed up when I was buying the beef, but oh well.

Why am I doing this?

Going into college everyone hears about how "you'll be living off ramen" or "you'll starve to death."
I didn't want to settle for that, I knew that there were cheap ways to eat that don't involve only eating ramen, a college student can make delicious meals and stay low-cost. Not only low-cost in terms of ingredients, but also low-cost in terms of equipment: I won't be using a $500 omelette pan.
The purpose of this blog is for me to share the meals I make on a daily basis, their price, and a basic way of how to make them. Whether you're a college student who wants to stop eating ramen 24/7 or just some random person wondering how college students eat, I feel it will be a great resource for
I'm not Bobby Flay, nothing I make will be super complex, but it will be easy and it will taste good. I hope you enjoy a look into my College Culinary Creations.

Shopping Trip 10/13

Spent $43 which I'm hoping will give me enough food for 5 weeks instead of my usual 4. I went to safeway hoping to get a different deal, but I saw the ground beef and the price was too good to pass up. I spent $2 more than I needed to, but oh well

Fry's:

Kroger Mayo - 2.29
Kroger Drink Mix (2)- 4.00
Kroger Margarine (2) - 1.34
Kroger Ground Beef (3 lbs of 73/27) - 9.29
Kroger Chicken Thighs (~4 lbs) - 6.87
Fry's Eggs (dozen) - 1.93
Kroger Hamburger Helper (2) - 2.50
Kroger Pasta (2 lbs) - 1.58
Kroger Buns - .99
Kroger Bread - 1.00
Kroger Beans - .67
Kroger Pasta Sauce - .89
Kroger Sirachi - 2.29

Safeway:

Safeway Ground Beef (3 lbs of 73/27) - 7.30


I also spent about $5 on snacks and $2 to get some sandwich bags, so my total was closer to $50, really high but like I said, hoping I can get 5 weeks instead of the usual 4.

Cooking Equpiment

You don't need a $12,000 set of cookware in order to make good cheap food. Here's a list of what I use in order to make everything I'll be posting about.
I'll update this list if I ever buy something new, but I'm fairly certain I have everything I need for a while

9" T-Fal pan
8" diameter, 4" deep T-Fal pot with lid
3 tupperware containers
3 bowls (2 plastic, one ceramic)
1 plate (plastic)
Plastic flipper
Large plastic spoon
Wooden spoon
Colander