Hello.

My microwave died in spectacular fashion today. It was the lifeblood of my kitchen. I’ve had it so long I’ve forgotten how to cook without one. And I can’t afford to buy a new one. I was going to post in eatcheapandhealthy but that place looks as dead as my microwave. I don’t know what I’m going to do.

Jamie Oliver often went on about cheap recipes… that required 30 ingredients and a bunch of equipment I don’t have. These are not helpful. I need recipes that are cheap to shop for, cheap on electricity usage, easy to prepare with limited equipment, and it would be a bonus if they are healthy and tasty. I know I’m being picky, but I don’t have much to work with.

I figured this would be the community to ask because to cook well, you need to know stuff that a bad cook wouldn’t know. I hope I can get a few useful ideas. Thanks.

  • kindenough@kbin.social
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    3 months ago

    Get a big bag of basmati or jasmin rice and get a rice cooker. Where I live a bag of jasmin rice is 36 euro for 18 kilo. You can eat rice with omelettes, wok chicken, shrimp and vegggies or what not, next day make fried rice.

    Tons of video’s on youtube with people sharing their home made rice dishes.

    Edit: A wise man once said “red beans and rice, I could eat a plate twice”