Fried rice is another good, cheap meal (sm)
Posted By: tnmt on 2007-05-20
In Reply to: omelettes. eggs are economical protein - sm
I use a rice cooker a lot since I can cook w/o babysitting it. Make extra rice and put it in a ziplock bag and refrigerate. Next day you can take the leftover rice and bits of meat and veggies left over from other meals and an egg or two, and make fried rice. If you're new at it, there are some inexpensive fried rice spice mix packets that give you the flavor with some instructions. But once you've done it a few times, you can wing it with some asian spices and just use up the leftovers you have.
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I didn't even realize women like you still existed in the real world.
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I've tasted fried calamari. To me, it
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the rest of the week, or freeze what you don't eat. Then you have a ready meal that just needs thawed out.
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Rice
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I've been told I have bats in my attic...and that I'm a french fry short of a happy meal, too!
This native NYorker agrees! Nice restaurant meal & clean sheets
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I did try lamb and rice
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Get a rice cooker sm
could never make rice. Been using a rice cooker for 10 years and it's perfect every time.
Condaleeza Rice
Can't stand Hillary, would never vote for her, no way, no how, not a chance, never.
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paste. . . potatoes or rice?
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Rice-A-Roni, the San Francisco treat!
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yeah ours did too but they are the cheap
they don't last long.
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