Your favorite "poor man's" dinner?

When I was a kid and my family was poor, my parents would buy a ham and we'd chow on that for like a week.

Ham w/ pasta, ham sangwiches, ham w/ gravy and mashed and eventually ham soup/stew.

 

I'm surprised nobody's mentioned mine yet - cereal!

It's good for breakfast, good for lunch, good for dinner, and good for a midnight snack!

 

Pasta with garlic, tomato, chilli, prawns...

 

Tins of Tuna. wins every time.

 

Tough to beat a 50 cent box of Kraft macaroni and cheese. I love that stuff

 

I am eating right now. Warn me next time!!

 

cereal is expensive! i can finish half box of korn flake and still feel hungry. Box of cereal is like 3.50, milk is 2.99 per gallon.

 

I like cereal! Honey Bunchs of Oats

here's a fruity cheerio

 

Eat oatmeal then!

 

what about peanuts

 

I eat way to much of them, not a 'meal' though, more of a snack IMO.

 

that's one thing I can't stand...even if you diced 7 peaches and used 2 lbs of sugar and cinnamon!!!

 

I make what we call "slop" It involves hot dogs or any kind of meat we might happen to have that goes good with eggs, fried potatoes with scrambled eggs poured over the top of them.

It's a regular hit around here...melt some cheese and get out the hot sauce, yummy or if you don't like hot sauce, a nice side of jelly toast goes really good too.

 

true could be just a small part of the meal

 

Had you pegged as more of the "Fruit Loops" type!

 

HD&E that's a new one!

MaryMary...lunch lady of the slopateria!

 

when Im short on cash its either ramen noodle or corn dogs, I actually prefer the generic brand ramen cause its actually cheaper and you get more seasoning.luckily my dorm forces me to buy a meal plan otherwise Id probally die from either atherosclerosis or salt poisoning.

 

fried bologna

 

chili peanuts with onion & ginger

 

mmm im getting hungry now