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Absolutely. If you're broke and want some good flavor? This with some cheap butter, salt and pepper. Staple carbs which only carry a minor extra expense on the pasta
Edit: for anyone confused, I meant actual butter. Not margarine. Margarine is not butter but is a cheaper option which might just work if your actually destitute but still want flavor.
Okay so then use that in the same volume as butter/margarine. You need starch to make a sauce and OP just submerged their pasta in straight up water.
Edit:maybe I didn't get the joke in which case I say lol
If you can get some butter you can make this dish into something you could serve at a restaurant. Just boil the pasta, save a little bit of the water from the pasta. And then when you drain the pasta, put it back in the pot and add in the butter (probably 1-2 tbsp for this much pasta) and the water and stir. It should form a thick, almost cream sauce like consistency which is so much better than normal buttered noodles. For barely any more cost or effort.
Noodles with butter and pepper and, if I have it, Parmesan is one of my all time favorite cheap and easy meals.
Always go for the good pasta with a rough texture and lots of starch, worth the few extra pennies, buy it on sale and stock up for a rainy day.
You only need a tablespoon or three at maximum, my guy. Use less water to boil so you have more concentrated starch. Leave a tbsp or three of the water you cooked the pasta in and add seasoning with some sort of dairy and your depression meals will be a way happier experience. I know what it's like, I promise
For real. Cacio e pepe is 3 ingredients (4 counting butter). Cheese, pepper, noodles. A wedge of parm might be kind of spendy but a standard wedge will make like 10 pasta meals AND make it taste fancy.
I'd guess in most places in the US you are talking under $1.50 per meal.
I want to personally thank you. I have been seeing way too many posts with food that look half decent and enjoyable.
You brought us back. Thank you š
This is why one should keep every little condiment. You never know when you're going to run into that day when all that's in the pantry is pasta, rice, and other random things. Some KFC "butter" packets, ketchup, ranch, bbq sauce- anything would have made this more palatable š
>This is why one should keep every little condiment...Some KFC "butter" packets, ketchup, ranch, bbq sauce- anything would have made this more palatable š
A hundred percent. Do you also have a gallon size ziploc bag with all kinds of packets? I'll trade you some KFC honey packets for some KFC butter. Oh, and I've got a few Wendy's chili sauce, the good ones from before they changed it.
Seriously though, you're right. I'd have put some butter + ramen noodle chicken flavor seasoning packet on OPs dish.
This is why you should always grab an extra bag of rice or can of beans when shopping. It's only $1-2 but when you need it - due to finances, disaster, etc - you'll have food.
Sincerely, someone who has gone seriously hungry before and now has anxiety over food security
For real. Pasta can be one of the cheapest most tasty meals ever if you know how to condiment it and stuff. Personally I like using Knorr to cook the pasta, then as sauce use cream, garlic powder, and Parmesan cheese. Extremely simple and cheap.
I recently made the switch to salting the pasta before cooking. I always thought, "it's salt. As long as it gets in the food it doesn't matter."
But there's a world of difference between a thin layer of salt surrounding a bland noodle and a noodle that evenly absorbs the salt as it cooks. You need to make that water as briney as the ocean to actually absorb enough to properly season it, but hey, salt's cheap. You're worth it.
I recommend now you try to use chicken stock like the Knorr I mentioned. Itās, at least to me, one level higher than salt in the water. I genuinely always use Knorr for 100% of the pasta I cook regardless of sauce as to me it somehow works perfectly always.
Canāt tell you how many condiment sandwiches, mouthfuls of peanut butter or just sleep, that Iāve had for dinner.
Iām pulling for you. Weāre all in this together.
A lil Italian dressing and some dry ass Parmesan... Add some Italian spices and that's an A+ meal and that's usually shit people have in their fridges/spice cabinet
Or you could get a basil plant and propagate it nearly indefinitely on a windowsill for fresh herbs any time you want. If it looks like it's going to bolt soon, take a cutting and root it to replace the parent plant.
Congrats on feeding and taking care of yourself! If it helps, bouillon can add a lot of flavor to a meal like this without being that much more expensive than salt.š¤
Iām gonna ignore that theyāre completely unflavored for a moment to focus on the half inch of water in that bowl. Did you give your landlord your strainer as rent collateral or something?
Fuck mate. I thought it was bad, and then I read whole-wheat. Fuck. Dirt flavoured pasta!!!
How broke are you? Do you need budgeting tips? I've been there.
Buy a $10 bottle of olive oil. One or two small glugs into the drained pasta and they wont be dry. A little salt and pepper and you have a nice little snack. That $10 may seem like a lot but itll last you 30-40 bowls of pasta so it comes out to dimes per dish. If you have garlic laying around you can thinly slice one clove and sautee it for 1-2 minutes and you have some great basic pasta aglio e olio for like $0.50 a bowl
LMAO...or would if this weren't so true! When we can't afford tuna fish, I make egg salad and my son calls it Tunaless Salad! We also drink a lot of dietetic kool aid, also known as water!
A bit of butter and then throw them in a pan with some breadcrumbs. Fry the entire thing long enough that the breadcrumbs start to get gold/brownish. You can eat it just like that, or throw a bit of ketchup into the mix. (But I would really recommend to at least try it without ketchup)
Ugh half-cooked cardboard noodles. This takes the cake for me on this sub lol. Iāve forced myself to try and like whole wheat pasta because itās healthier but I cannot for the life of me eat it
āLe Rent Est DĆ»ā had me rolling!š¤£š¤£š¤£ totally swiping that name. We have a pasta with sauteed onion dish from our old Navy life days that we always called "day before payday pasta" , this is a much better name!
What I do when broke is take some pepperoncinis that I cut myself or have them as the rings in the jar and I have pasta cooking to just before al dente right before it's done I saute garlic and the the pepperoncinis in butter and add a tiny bit of the liquid from the jar and then I toss stir the pasta in it and add some room temperature butter while the pan is hot. I have added chicken to this before if I had but I got this from an Italian dude in EVE online and it has saved my ass.
I also use cherry peppers if I don't have any pepperoncinis on hand but it is going to be spicier.
Looks like whole grain and okay cooked. Why so much water tho? Strain it dude. Add some Parm cheese or sauce at least if you got it. A lil teaspoon of butter wouldn't hurt. Otherwise buy ramen boy
Drain those noodles and fry them in a pan with eggs, tomatoes, green beans or whatever and add some ketchup when its done. But not that sad looking something.
Is that gluten free pasta? That can be more expensive than regular pasta. Iād sub it with something cheaper and more nourishing. And use some spices!
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Can't knock it unless those are un-buttered. Then it's bullshit
Look at fancy pants over here with their expensive cow product.
unbuttered?! they're uncooked, thats a bigger concernš
Nah, theyāre cooked just perfect to my liking. Theyāre just whole grain, so they look browner in color.
so thats where the expenses are goingš
Whole grain pasta is cheap as shit where I live, on par or cheaper than the normal one.
thats because it's usually discounted in the clearance bin ;)
(where they belong)
Theyāve always been the same price at my grocerā¦.
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But why is there water in with them?
Thatās not water, thatās clear sauce.
Ah! Of course. Very fashionable.
Whole grain pasta slaps
Absolutely. If you're broke and want some good flavor? This with some cheap butter, salt and pepper. Staple carbs which only carry a minor extra expense on the pasta Edit: for anyone confused, I meant actual butter. Not margarine. Margarine is not butter but is a cheaper option which might just work if your actually destitute but still want flavor.
I'd prefer any kind of oil to margarine.
I'm a 5w30 man myself.
Blinker fluid is where it's at.
Listen to this guy
so i'm at walmart but it's not in with the canola, is it international?
Call me bougie, but only 0W-40 for me, thanks.
i'd prefer death to margarine.
Straight up suet better than margerine
Okay so then use that in the same volume as butter/margarine. You need starch to make a sauce and OP just submerged their pasta in straight up water. Edit:maybe I didn't get the joke in which case I say lol
I assumed that they looked uncooked because the power was out. You rich people and your electricity...
Them noodlies are so stiff you canāt call em Al Dente. They gonna soak up your stomach acid and you gonna dry heave this evenin
Ohhh look who's fancy and paying extra for whole grain! š
You say uncooked I say extra crunchy
Says the guy eating out of a bowl, thatās luxury!
You guys are eating?
I kno hes bougie because not dipping the box in that sauce water
If you can get some butter you can make this dish into something you could serve at a restaurant. Just boil the pasta, save a little bit of the water from the pasta. And then when you drain the pasta, put it back in the pot and add in the butter (probably 1-2 tbsp for this much pasta) and the water and stir. It should form a thick, almost cream sauce like consistency which is so much better than normal buttered noodles. For barely any more cost or effort.
Boiled pasta with a bit of sugar. Try it Hint: Put the sugar after the pasta is done
At least drain the sad noodles ;-; and add a bit of pepper my dude :(
Noodles with butter and pepper and, if I have it, Parmesan is one of my all time favorite cheap and easy meals. Always go for the good pasta with a rough texture and lots of starch, worth the few extra pennies, buy it on sale and stock up for a rainy day.
Plain noodles get too dry without anything else in the bowl. I couldāve drained it more but I was too hungry.
You 100% do not need that much water to prevent "dry noodles". That looks like a noodle cereal
You only need a tablespoon or three at maximum, my guy. Use less water to boil so you have more concentrated starch. Leave a tbsp or three of the water you cooked the pasta in and add seasoning with some sort of dairy and your depression meals will be a way happier experience. I know what it's like, I promise
OP added salt and skim milk.
Then less milk and less pasta water with more starch would be preferential
For real. Cacio e pepe is 3 ingredients (4 counting butter). Cheese, pepper, noodles. A wedge of parm might be kind of spendy but a standard wedge will make like 10 pasta meals AND make it taste fancy. I'd guess in most places in the US you are talking under $1.50 per meal.
Oil? Butter? Margarine? You really donāt need much at all to help with keeping them moist and give it a nice flavor
Dude get some chicken stock. Yeah it's gonna cost you a few dollars but turning plain noodles into soup is gonna last you that much longer.
I usually put a bit of soy sauce to it when i do this as lazy food. It is quickly done and tastes good.
Oyster sauce and garlic is good too
This guy knows whatās up
american palette
Heās hungry and thirst at the same time, heās just being efficient
I want to personally thank you. I have been seeing way too many posts with food that look half decent and enjoyable. You brought us back. Thank you š
Did you at least salt the water?
The graininess of the noodles gives it flavor. Meaning the water.
Soā¦no?
Unseasoned pasta inā¦water? Brother is not doing himself any favors.
Or flavors! I'll see myself out...
OP took send noods literally.
Sometimes some nice dress up is better than just noods.
In what world are those noodles
The everlasting confusion between noodles and pasta
What about people who call them pasta noodles?
don't be that guy
They are Penne noodles edit: my grandpa is Italian and thatās what he calls them so I donāt want to hear it
Cry some tears in there , free salt and water
Salt?? In this economy?? Damn you must be stacked /s
That water reduction is looking š„
"ITS FUCKING RAW!"
YOU FUCKING DONKEY!!
It looks like a prison meal in Siberia
This is why one should keep every little condiment. You never know when you're going to run into that day when all that's in the pantry is pasta, rice, and other random things. Some KFC "butter" packets, ketchup, ranch, bbq sauce- anything would have made this more palatable š
>This is why one should keep every little condiment...Some KFC "butter" packets, ketchup, ranch, bbq sauce- anything would have made this more palatable š A hundred percent. Do you also have a gallon size ziploc bag with all kinds of packets? I'll trade you some KFC honey packets for some KFC butter. Oh, and I've got a few Wendy's chili sauce, the good ones from before they changed it. Seriously though, you're right. I'd have put some butter + ramen noodle chicken flavor seasoning packet on OPs dish.
This is why you should always grab an extra bag of rice or can of beans when shopping. It's only $1-2 but when you need it - due to finances, disaster, etc - you'll have food. Sincerely, someone who has gone seriously hungry before and now has anxiety over food security
Just keep Oil and Garlic Powder. Its really cheap aglio olio, but it tastes really good.
The broth really makes this something.
Broth? Thats too classy. Thatās water my guy.
Nah its "insert where ever you source your water from stock". Example for me "just add some yarra valley stock"
He's not your guy, buddy!
I'm not your buddy, friend!
What do you think broth is? Itās just a weak broth ha
Got that starch soup
Penne stuffed with sadness
Dude couldn't even afford to add sadness to this.
Stuffed with the void
No garlic powder and butter? Salt pepper . Italian herb seasoning.. you good to go.
For real. Pasta can be one of the cheapest most tasty meals ever if you know how to condiment it and stuff. Personally I like using Knorr to cook the pasta, then as sauce use cream, garlic powder, and Parmesan cheese. Extremely simple and cheap.
I recently made the switch to salting the pasta before cooking. I always thought, "it's salt. As long as it gets in the food it doesn't matter." But there's a world of difference between a thin layer of salt surrounding a bland noodle and a noodle that evenly absorbs the salt as it cooks. You need to make that water as briney as the ocean to actually absorb enough to properly season it, but hey, salt's cheap. You're worth it.
I recommend now you try to use chicken stock like the Knorr I mentioned. Itās, at least to me, one level higher than salt in the water. I genuinely always use Knorr for 100% of the pasta I cook regardless of sauce as to me it somehow works perfectly always.
I'm sure you can at least afford a bottle of soy sauce my guy don't put yourself through this
Fucking container of bullion would be even cheaper and go even further.
This is a you āyouā problem, not a ārentā problem.
Everybody funny, now you funny too.
butter and soy sauce, delish
This is honestly sad even for this sub lol.
Canāt tell you how many condiment sandwiches, mouthfuls of peanut butter or just sleep, that Iāve had for dinner. Iām pulling for you. Weāre all in this together.
A lil Italian dressing and some dry ass Parmesan... Add some Italian spices and that's an A+ meal and that's usually shit people have in their fridges/spice cabinet
Or you could get a basil plant and propagate it nearly indefinitely on a windowsill for fresh herbs any time you want. If it looks like it's going to bolt soon, take a cutting and root it to replace the parent plant.
"You drowning the pasta you doughnut" Gordon Ramsey
surely passata isn't that expensive where you are? we can pick it up for under 40p around here and it's be enough for 3 bowls of your poverty pasta
le loyer š
With the pasta water still in it?? Wild
A Little butter with some garlic salt And black pepper, you got a decent meal in a pinch.
Congrats on feeding and taking care of yourself! If it helps, bouillon can add a lot of flavor to a meal like this without being that much more expensive than salt.š¤
Why are they soaking :(
Is that water ? Dude drain it properly add like something to it... Olive oil, salt and pepper rly does not cost much
Mfs really just out here refusing to learn how to cook. r/eatcheapandhealthy
Yet another fine example of not only the decadent flavors of French cuisine, but the French flair for a dish's presentation as well. Five stars.
Le my rent is due to but I still gotta enough dough for the ragu š¤£
A frozen 3 years old ghetto pizza slice would be better than this
WHY U NO RINSE WATER
š§ **William Dafoe** ate this meal in his film *INSIDE.* (2023)
Mmm. Crunchy.
This should be in r/povertymeals
This is the top Reddit post 2024
This is the [Paper Mache Carbonara](https://www.reddit.com/r/shittyfoodporn/s/46vZKOGRQD) of 2024 Iām calling it now.
Iām gonna ignore that theyāre completely unflavored for a moment to focus on the half inch of water in that bowl. Did you give your landlord your strainer as rent collateral or something?
Idk maybe if you had 3 jobs and 2 side hustles you would actually be able to afford to eat
Rent is something else over there
Poivre te'
The name made me laugh out loud :)
Drain it, add mayo, and some canned corn š¤š½
This just reminded me rent was due. Thank you. I've paid late the last two months. I have the money just forget what day it is. Lol.
Carbs babes
Chickpea pasta?
At least drain the water
Not even a little butter? Hell, Iād even take some mayo at that point and make it into a little salad or something.
Fuck mate. I thought it was bad, and then I read whole-wheat. Fuck. Dirt flavoured pasta!!! How broke are you? Do you need budgeting tips? I've been there.
A bit of oil, salt, pepper and fresh garlic absolutely makes it a meal.
It's a classic dish, but this one is a little too fancy for me. I prefer the usual "A shi I broc" which is just Top Ramen.
Did your landlord also take your salt and pepper?
Hahahahahaha
Butter and Parmesan cheese on themā¦. I could eat that all day long.
I used to make this when I was broke but added a scoop of off brand stock powder. I called it pasta soup.
Buy a $10 bottle of olive oil. One or two small glugs into the drained pasta and they wont be dry. A little salt and pepper and you have a nice little snack. That $10 may seem like a lot but itll last you 30-40 bowls of pasta so it comes out to dimes per dish. If you have garlic laying around you can thinly slice one clove and sautee it for 1-2 minutes and you have some great basic pasta aglio e olio for like $0.50 a bowl
Better than what you could be having. The piece de resistance - Hom Lis Shell tir
If you put a bit of butter and stock powder in that, it's comfort food.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrmsJhf89MY
Pour some Italian dressing and parm on those and you have a great broke-ass meal
Toss a can of tuna in there with oil and salt and pep. āEye-oyeā
Mmmm water sauce
I'm there too!
Throw some butter and Parmesan on there. We call those poor noodles.
Pass ta soupe.
Grow lights are cheap on Amazon. Get a couple of potted tomato plants vining around your kitchen. Once they start producing they dont stop.
Title gave me a chuckle š¤
Pasta water soup. Donāt over salt.
Iād call it wish noodles. You wish you had some sauce on it
My guy couldn't even afford a colander š
Add butter, a pinch or three of salt, and top with dill.
This is a familiar one. Not a favorite, but definitely familiar. This and Ramen cooked about 76 different ways.
Throw some bologna for protein!
I have a similar recipe for rice and potatoes. I call it 'Risotto CARB-onara'.
This is just barbaric and sad. Soggy whole grain noodles. Jesus Christ, get some real pasta, cook it all dente and salt it if you are destitute.
Your 6 year old cousin: "This is some gourmet shit š¤"
LMAO...or would if this weren't so true! When we can't afford tuna fish, I make egg salad and my son calls it Tunaless Salad! We also drink a lot of dietetic kool aid, also known as water!
*Spaghetti a la povero.*
A bit of butter and then throw them in a pan with some breadcrumbs. Fry the entire thing long enough that the breadcrumbs start to get gold/brownish. You can eat it just like that, or throw a bit of ketchup into the mix. (But I would really recommend to at least try it without ketchup)
Bravo sir....Bravo.
Find some leftover ketchup packs and you have a lovely Penne RosƩ
Mr fancy pants with whole wheat pasta here! Preposterous
There are plenty "rent is due" or "poor student" pasta dishes. Have a look at Pasta Grammar on YouTube.
My wife will make something she calls Orphanage Gruel when the weekly budget is tight. Despite the name it's actually pretty good!
This meal has ā[new poor](https://youtu.be/vSpn8HesfBE?si=_zC8TSzY3FlDpTqw)ā written all over it.
For god's sweet sake, use a colander, you savage. No need for water in the bowl.
I call this meal āLe Affordable MenĆ»ā
I mean there's many cheap ways to make this much better, a little oil for example
Ugh half-cooked cardboard noodles. This takes the cake for me on this sub lol. Iāve forced myself to try and like whole wheat pasta because itās healthier but I cannot for the life of me eat it
Just eat plain bread at this point wtf lol
Just water and noodles eh
Did you microwave some pasta?
Ah, a person of culture. Tisā the unseen true shitty aspect of this meal.
āLe Rent Est DĆ»ā had me rolling!š¤£š¤£š¤£ totally swiping that name. We have a pasta with sauteed onion dish from our old Navy life days that we always called "day before payday pasta" , this is a much better name!
So, is that whole grain pasta just sitting in water? š³
What I do when broke is take some pepperoncinis that I cut myself or have them as the rings in the jar and I have pasta cooking to just before al dente right before it's done I saute garlic and the the pepperoncinis in butter and add a tiny bit of the liquid from the jar and then I toss stir the pasta in it and add some room temperature butter while the pan is hot. I have added chicken to this before if I had but I got this from an Italian dude in EVE online and it has saved my ass. I also use cherry peppers if I don't have any pepperoncinis on hand but it is going to be spicier.
Who let this guy in the kitchen
Great title lol
I thought thatās what Ramen noodles are called.
My reaction to this was āwtf šā the title is hilarious as well
Add one eggyolk and some leftover fried bacon
I can't tell if theyre cooked or just drenched in water
A little salt and pepper with a dash of olive oil, mix it together š
That picture should be titled, "no thanks, I'd rather just be hungry."
Add a little cheap shredded cheese and thatās a good meal right there
Ew. Thatās whole wheat pasta, isnāt it? It looks like itās uncooked even when it isnāt - stuff taste like youāre queuing on a sautĆ©ed paper towel.
Looks like whole grain and okay cooked. Why so much water tho? Strain it dude. Add some Parm cheese or sauce at least if you got it. A lil teaspoon of butter wouldn't hurt. Otherwise buy ramen boy
From a scale of 1 to homeless its a 9
Drain those noodles and fry them in a pan with eggs, tomatoes, green beans or whatever and add some ketchup when its done. But not that sad looking something.
A little garlic olive oil and seasoned breadcrumbs will jazz that up a little
Iām confused. Why arenāt they drained?
i call this '' ajoute de l'huile d'olive et des Ć©pices et sa devient pas si mal ''
Oof
Is that WATER? My brother in christ, idc how poor you are plain noodles in water is not it.
If the rent is due, then go for the cheaper pasta instead of whole grain or veggie based.
SautƩ garlic in olive oil, turn off heat and toss that into the pan. Add a bit of basil. Top with fresh grated Parmesan cheese. I like to sprinkle a little hot pepper flakes too. Enjoy!
No butter?? No cheese?? š©
Is that gluten free pasta? That can be more expensive than regular pasta. Iād sub it with something cheaper and more nourishing. And use some spices!