Another approach to sustaining life with minimal expense is a potmess of food.\u00a0 As a single dish, throw in some meat, maybe veggies\/probably not, pasta or rice, a sauce \u2026 white\/cheesy, red\/spaghetti-y, gravypack&water \u2026 ovenbake or stovecook \u2026 feeds the whole family \u2026 daily food=fuel problem=done.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Half will usually just shovel it in, or forego if it\u2019s really gross. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
TheKid usually doesn\u2019t like it but hunger seasons every dish. Or I\u2019ll make fries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Adults can not eat and it\u2019s a diet. Fail to feed theKid and it\u2019s neglect. So unfair.
TheKid said theKid wanted candy! Drank milk. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
SO! Without further ado (more ado, always ado) \u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
FoodPot #1, or Spaghetti with Meat<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pasta \u2026 spaghetti is the point, but you do you<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Boil the spaghetti in a big pot. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
OH got another one \u2026 pots and pans and dishes \u2014 stuff to put food in = thrift&donate stores.\u00a0
Clean good first because people gross \u2026 generous, but gross.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sauce \u2026 any kind in the glass jar is good, long as it\u2019s red and has little green flecks of flavors<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ground meat \u2026 I\/we have a preference for beef, some like turkey but they are wrong<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Onion \u2013 white or yellow works, red is for sammiches \u2026 chop as much as good, small bits, confetti-sized<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Garlic \u2026 mmm, garlic. All the garlic. Get the bulb kind and crush that bish. Take off the skin (garlic flayer?) first, get down to the smooth yellow, bean-looking thing, and chop that (or many thats) smaller than the onion<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Olive oil \u2026 sounds fancy but usually right next to \u2026 all the oils<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Seasonings \u2026 as before hunger helps, with a little added salt, pepper, red pepper (spicy!), oregano (fancy!) \u2026 Feeling adventurous? Garlic \u2026 powder<\/em> \u2026 onion \u2026 powder<\/em> \u2026 yeh ahHA \u2026 have been known to add a bit of \u2026 basil. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Shredded\/grated\/yes parmesan cheese \u2026 all the yes \u2026 that canned\/bottled\/tubed crap (green container?) is nasty \u2026 fresh shred (ooo! another thrift store tool! cheese shredder\/grater\/watchtheknuckles) or buy from \u2026 fancy place? But not that other stuff unless no other option then yes because cheese product is better than not \u2026 almost<\/p>\n\n\n\n HORROR STORY \u2013 service provider, providing service, told us that service provider had numerous kidpersons, and random sort of\/not really friendperson offered bag full of kidclothes \u2026 parents need kidclothes, so nice thought. <\/p>\n\n\n\n No.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Service provider says that brought home bag of kidclothes, dumped bag of kidclothes in laundry room, along with bag of kidclothes came bag of ROACHES<\/em><\/strong> and those ROACHES<\/em><\/strong> scattered \u2026 ROACHES<\/em><\/strong> everywhere \u2026 ROACHES<\/em><\/strong> \u2026 as ROACHES<\/em><\/strong> like to do \u2026 and from that point on ROACHES<\/em><\/strong> service provider had to battle ROACHES<\/em><\/strong> all over the house until ROACHES<\/em><\/strong> service provider relocated and dumped most ROACHES<\/em><\/strong> personal property \u2026 bought all new stuff \u2026 with many kids \u2026 as service provider. There would be so much angry(ie?)s. englishmakesnosense<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Nope. All the nopes all the time. Anyway. Point, and back to FRY THE MEAT UNTIL THERE IS NO PINK PART with the onions and all the garlic(s?) \u2026 should use a big, wide pan \u2026 think cast iron skillet \u2013 doubles as cooking tool and good solid blunt force object \u2013 but there\u2019s some seasoning-thing to do to cast iron skillet and I\u2019m\/we\u2019re not those person(s) so \u2026 nonstick?<\/p>\n\n\n\n After finishing FRY THE MEAT UNTIL THERE IS NO PINK PART dump in the sauce, turn down the heat \u2026 I like all that fat, so Half and theKid do too, or at least, they usually eat it but that might be more because they don\u2019t want to provide\/make their own food, so \u2026 I suppose perhaps one could drain the juiciness of the fried meats but one would miss so much \u2026 One do one \u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n Add the spices. Mix together with spoon (thrift store tools!) let it boil for NO TIME and then turn down the heat to low, cover (get with thrift store tools!) let simmer \u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n CHECK THE PASTA \u2026 use the time on the box \u2026 when done, dump out the water (colander \u2013 more thrift store tools!), dump in some olive oil, shake it so it doesn\u2019t stick because chunks of spaghetti are ick<\/p>\n\n\n\n Divvy up the pasta into dishes (what the word? thrift store! that\u2019s two words)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Throw on the sauce (use a spoon! \u2026 and whaaayyyrrr???<\/em>\u2013yes)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sprizzle\/drinkle cheese on top<\/p>\n\n\n\n Shovel in. Fed. Done. Until have to eat again. Ugh. Everyday?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Another approach to sustaining life with minimal expense is a potmess of food.\u00a0 As a single dish, throw in some meat, maybe veggies\/probably not, pasta or rice, a sauce \u2026 white\/cheesy, red\/spaghetti-y, gravypack&water \u2026 ovenbake or stovecook \u2026 feeds the whole family \u2026 daily food=fuel problem=done.\u00a0 Half will usually just shovel it in, or forego … <\/p>\n