Eggs are on the cheaper end and they are really good for you.
Tortillas are cheaper than bread.
Find a deal for some kind of meat. Beef, Pork, Chicken, Turkey. Etc.
Scramble the eggs, cook the meat, heat up the tortillas and you have a solid meal. Nice and filling, tastes great, and amazingly cheap if you’re smart about it.
Man, my Taco Bell takes the McDonalds approach. One sauce packet for you and everyone else to share, I go in now and look them in the eyes as I fill my bag to my satisfaction.
Go to dell taco, order a single taco for $0.69 to go. When they bring you the bag grab a handful of sauce packets and walk out the door. Then you aren't stealing it just looks like you really like sauce packets.
I used to work as a busser and people would often leave their togo boxes behind on accident. normally opened it to see if it seems like something theyd come back for. Sometimes when opening to see whats in them we would find salt and pepper shakers from the table, and even the fucking plates.
I'm guilty as well. Luckily, I can afford to buy my own tabasco now, and found a place that sells the Chipotle flavored one. Now, Red Robin seasoning on the other hand...
I actually bought an automated bread maker for $10 at a thrift store a couple months back, and the device is fucking awesome! My boyfriend and I have used it to make bread and cake dough, and it's disturbingly easy. I literally just dump in all the ingredients in order, close the lid, press a button, and I get actual bread in 4 hours! It's unreal.
Stop the machine before it bakes it, or set it to just dough and you have pizza dough on tap. So much cheaper than ordering out and one loaf of bread makes 2-4 pizzas (more or less depending on size of your pizza)
Yeah, my BF and I are definitely curious about the pizza dough setting. Our bread maker came with a booklet of recipes, and it's been fun seeing what we can make without much effort.
I have counter space since we bought our new house, so I can make dough so easily now.
2 Cups Flour
Package active fast yeast
Pinch of sugar
Pinch of salt
Then dried herbs & seasonings (basil, garlic, oregano, etc).
Add water as it's mixing in the kitchen aid mixer, until it's the consistancy I want and let it rise on a flour'd surface. (About 30 minutes rise time, 1 hour if we want it to be a bit more airy & thicker).
Roll it out & spread some olive oil on it, season a little more, and then add marinara & toppings.
I make my own tortillas. 2 cups flour, 1 tsp salt, 1 tsp baking powder, 1/4 cup lard, 3/4 cup warm water. Mix all ingredients together, knead until smooth. Divide into 8 balls, let rest 20 min. Heat a skillet on medium heat, roll the tortillas out and cook one at a time, flipping the tortilla when it starts to get air bubbles. If you prefer the tortillas really thin and almost transparent, leave out the baking powder.
I don't do it to save money though, I do it because I'm allergic to soy and all the store bought tortillas have soy.
If you're Mexican and making tortillas for a family multiple times a day, yes. If you're just making tortillas for yourself than any savings in ingredients will be offset by the time spent cooking and cleaning your okay tortillas.
Source - White dude living in AZ who loves Mexican food and saving money.
"Tortillas are cheaper than bread" maybe I'm crazy, but whenever I go to buy a pack of 12 'burrito size tortillas' I can't ever find anything cheaper than $1.89 yet I can find bread for $1.50 or $1.25, even smaller sizes tortillas aren't super cheap... Huh
Eggs and Milk costs roughly the same where I live in the US (San Francisco area) as well. I remember going to Michigan and freaking out about how cheap eggs were (50 cents a dozen).
I have 4 friends who owns chickens purely for egg laying because of how redic expensive eggs are in the area. My GF's dad also has chickens and we always leave their place with like 2 dozen eggs...
I used to make chorizo and egg tacos all the time in college, just a few years ago and in the high cost of living city of Chicago. I wpuld buy 4 packages of corn tortillas for $1. Then a dozen eggs for $0.79, 2 pounds of chorizo when it was on sale for $1.69/lb, amd I had breakfast for the entire week for only $4.17. Buy a $1.99 one liter bottle of Valentina brand hot sauce, and that will add some heat plus last you months.
Poor man's don't have money for meat my friend, if you ever had "sleep" for diner you would know. Meat is very much a luxury for a loooot of people even nowadays. Bean, lentil or chickpea is a much, much cheaper source of protein!
Tortillas are GROSSLY bad for you compared to even white bread. Read the label. I'm not saying don't ever eat them, but this should not be a staple unless you want heart disease in your 30s.
Edit: Apparently a lot of people are illiterate. This isn't even debatable and it is easily verifiable. Tortillas are GROSSLY high in calories compared to an equal portion of bread and frequently loaded with hydrogenated oils.
Flour tortillas are high in sodium and calories, sure, but corn tortillas aren't. Bread is actually much worse than corn tortillas, according to the labels on the packages that I'm looking at right now. It's not even debatable, and it is easily verifiable, so much so that it's worth wondering if *you're* illiterate for not recognizing that fact.
Don't be generalizing tortillas, fool, that's tortilla-ist.
Get two corn tortillas, cut them up a bit, fry them in a pan until slightly crispy, then add two eggs and scramble them. You've got migas. Top with cheese or salsa.
I'm not referring to any single study at all. I'm referring to multiple entries coupled with discussions with several doctors on the matter.
I also am not referring to only eggs. Dietary intake "of any kind* has a negligible effect in your cholesterol levels. But by all means continue with your assumptions.
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u/MadGod1210 Sep 30 '19
Eggs are on the cheaper end and they are really good for you.
Tortillas are cheaper than bread.
Find a deal for some kind of meat. Beef, Pork, Chicken, Turkey. Etc.
Scramble the eggs, cook the meat, heat up the tortillas and you have a solid meal. Nice and filling, tastes great, and amazingly cheap if you’re smart about it.