I'm back in my actual apartment for the weekend, having spent the week in temporary housing provided by the medical school during my outpatient pediatrics rotation in Manchester, NH about an hour away. Being broke, with my kitchen staples divided between two residences, has left me with an interesting dilemma - namely how to feed myself on the cheap. So I decided to make a game out of it, creating meals today with only what I can scrounge from the pantry, cabinets, and fridge - i.e. out of condiments, old spices, and things not eaten for a variety of reasons (and which happen to have a near infinite shelf life). So far:
Breakfast:
Scrambled egg tortilla wrap with basil salsa
using:
the last 3 eggs in the apt
whole grain mustard
sharp cheddar cheese dried to the consistency of parmigiano
juice from a jar of capers
the 2nd to last tortilla
last of the premade pesto
and Kahlua
I scrambled the eggs mixed with the grated cheese, mustard, smoked paprika and S&P, wrapping them in the pan- toasted tortilla, then drizzled with a sauce made from the pesto, caper juice, and a dash of kahlua - which sounds strange but came out strangely wonderful.
Lunch:
Tuna melts
stale wheat bread
last cans of chunk tuna in water
capers
whole grain mustard
hippie organic vermont salad dressing
fresh cracked pepper
Velveeta "cheese"
Having used my last egg, I replaced the usual mayonnaise with a mixture of stone ground mustard, capers, and something called "Goddess" organic salad dressing. The I shaved some velveeta from a 2 pound block - a legacy of my room mate Kendall- and toasted the sandwiches in the panini press for a surprisingly decent lunch.
The interesting meal will be dinner, as protein sources are running low along with, well, everything else. I may have to break down and buy some supplies with the change from the floor board of my car.
But I still have:
1 can crushed tomatoes
boxes of kraft mac n cheese
1 tortilla
3 slices of stale bread
some dried morel mushrooms
1 quart chicken stock
half a bag of old baby carrots
spices, and condiments
I will think on this and keep you posted.
1 comment:
if you have some olive oil, sweat the chopped up carrots and garlic (powder?), onion (powder?) with salt and whatever appropriate spices you may have, add in the crushed tomatoes and simmer on low while you cook the macaroni (throw out the maltodextrin "cheese" product) then combine pasta with sauce and simmer in some of the chicken stock if you need some more liquid and you have hobo pasta w/marinara.
OR
you can get some canned ravioli with your car/couch cushion change and heat it up in the can with some velveeta and whatever else you wanna throw in there Eurotrip style
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