What You Can Cook For The Price of McDonalds
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I've had enough of people telling me that eating fast food is easier and cheaper than cooking yourself. The sole purpose of this video is to debunk that idea. I went to McDonald's, got three meals worth of food, then went to the market and spent the same amount of money and cooked a ton of delicious food. I ended up making enough food for 3-4 days and didn't even use up everything that I bought. Even if you eat off the dollar menu, cooking at home can save you some green. See below for what I made
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What I Made on $16.43
1. French Fries
2. Beef Tacos
3. Pickles
4. Jalapeno Black Bean Spread
5. Spicy Tomato Sauce
6. Fried rice
7. Tacosagna
8. Veggie Omelette
9. Breakfast Tacos
10. Egg in a Hole Tortillas
11. Slaw
12. Rice
What I also made but didn't show in video:
1. Crispy Potatoes
2. Banana Egg "pancakes"
3. Tortilla Chips
4. Taco Slaw Salad
Recipes:
Ingredients:
Cooking Oil
Salt & Pepper
Potatoes
Onions
Ground Beef
Canned Jalapenos
Tomato Sauce
Cucumbers
Cabbage
Carrots
Lime Juice
Vinegar
Rice
Black Beans
Tortilla Wraps
Eggs
Scallions
Instructions:
In an oven tray, put oil and salt. Cut up potatoes into French fries and place them on the tray and mix it around with the oil and salt. Put it in the oven to bake at 425 degrees.
In a pan fry up some diced onions and then add ground beef and cook it together with the onions.
Mix up canned jalapenos (save a couple of jalapenos to roast later on) with a little bit of the pickled jalapenos juice and blend it with the tomato sauce and blend it all together in a blender to make into a spicy jalapeno tomato sauce. Dip your potato fries into the sauce and enjoy!
Take left over pickled juice and add a little bit of water and add in some cucumbers and salt.
Slice up some cabbage and add some roasted cut up carrots. Add lime juice and salt. You can add vinegar or seasoning if you’d like.
Add a little bit of cabbage in a rice cooking pot and cook it with some rice to add flavor to the rice.
Add in some roasted jalapenos into a cooking pot with some canned black beans and a little bit of cabbage.
Grill your tortillas and add in all your ingredients: black beans, ground beef, cabbage, spicy jalapeno tomato sauce and cucumbers with your fries on the side and enjoy!
Bangin’ Fried Rice
In a wok pan, throw in some cabbage with your ground beef and in a cracked egg and cook all together and add in cooked rice. You can also add in scallions and soy sauce if you’d like.
The BG Loaded Omelette
In a pan, add in some chopped up carrots and potato fries and in your beaten eggs. Add in some ground beef and let it cook into an omelette and add in scallions. Enjoy!
The Tacosagna
In an oven tray, place some tin foil. Spread some spicy jalapeno tomato sauce on the tin foil and add your tortillas. On top of your tortillas add in ground beef. Add another layer of tortillas on top of ground beef and add black beans with a little cabbage and spicy tomato sauce. Add another layer of tortillas and spread spicy tomato sauce and put it to bake. Once it has baked, crack in some eggs and let it cook on top of tortilla. Add some salt and pepper. Enjoy!
The Egg In a Tortilla Hole
Take a tortilla and cut a hole in the center. Put tortilla in the frying pan with oil and crack the egg in so that the yolk is at the center where the hole is and let it cook for a little. Add in salt & pepper. Flip over gently and let the tortilla cook on the other side. Put tortillas in a plate and add in your black beans and cabbage with some spicy tomato sauce. Enjoy!
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This should be a mandatory lesson at schools how to cook healthy food on a budget. Great video dude.
True story
@Biden’s_Bro 58 we mean school, not college
We have mandatory Food Technology lessons in the UK and there’s even an optional qualification in it. The standard of school food is vastly improved since I was a kid. It’s even better in most European countries.
Agreed
Mcdonalds isn't even cheap anymore. It's crazy how much the prices have crept up.
ItsMe Cat how much should they make? Never heard a fast food worker say they should make more than the military. There jobs for youth, so what happens to those jobs between 9-3 when kids are in school? Do those workers now get a bump in pay because now you don't have teens to do them. There is a lot of nuance to this issue. Also the military make more than 15/hr. Also how "American" that you get to arbitrarily decide without doing any research how much someone should make.
ItsMe Cat than that's another problem??? But working at McDonald's is stressful and hard in different ways and people should earn Enough money to live off of one job? Also raising the wages would actually make the products a few cents pricier....nothing big...most of the money just goes to the big people of the company. People in your military should earn more, but also don't look down on the people who prepare your food because you can't do it yourself/ don't know how to/ don't want to? Don't judge how people earn their money...you don't want someone to do this to you as well
My Food Trek No no not necessarily. Yes, if you order the most expensive premium burger menu set. they always have cheap alternatives like these snack menus. I go whenever I'm low on cash, just last week I got 3 burgers and fries for 1.9$
My Food Trek They barely have a dollar menu anymore. They act like theyare Hardee's which is a little expensive. I haven't ate McDonald's in 2 years after I seen a big Mac that would not rot or decay. Disgusting.
My Food Trek yes!!! So very expensive!
Love this. I totally followed your advice on the $1 meal series when I was broke as hell. Helped me a lot and when I told people I could eat for 3 days with $8 they couldn't believe it. Thank you!
Back when it was like $4 for a McD combo it used to be ok, now that it's like $7-$9 for a combo of that shit quality food, not even about to happen.
Amocoru inflation
nah its more about brand identity/firm power. Now that they are known as the cheap place to get food they dont need to bother pricing well and people will eat it up if they dont know better.
I bet you're ordering a 7-9$ combo instead of 4 McChickens for 4 dollars. it's more food than I can eat
@@theepicrrotmg7325 you call that inflation😂😂😂😂
Wait till you see the inflation in my country.
I can get it for 1.99 with a voucher burger and chips
"..Cut a little hole out, with my mouth.." - this is brilliant
Mathe Poulsen yes so brilliant 😁
"I don't know what this part is, but I lick it anyway"
Maxwell Martinez 9:00
Christina Robinson TFW you don't get the reference :/
lol jokes... I would ve done the same
Poor green pepper just wanted some company.
haha-that's funny
i love how you used all the same ingredients but got different styles and flavors out of them!!! Your videos are so inspiring! thank you for the time and effort you put in!!
I'm having a deep breath for dinner and watching these vids for dessert
I like how authentic you cook your food. Some YTers who pretend to be good cooks garnish their food like crazy!
"authentic"... Yeah like blow torching an omelette. That's authentic.
What truly is authentic, I wonder.
Emile Lord Ayotte anyone can buy a mini blowtorch...
Gracey Page this was not authentic, I would know.
Still does not make it authentic. Look at a dictionary, some peops might have the wrong definition here.
Josh is like the Bob Ross of cooking
happy little black beans
Nick Ciucci I was just thinking the same thing, lol! thanks for the vid though, I'm on a tight budget for now and am getting rice and beaned out, will have to get some jalapenos now!
no, Ainsley Harriot is.
Haha this is so accurate. He can't mess up, only make happy little accidents wich make the food taste only better.
RICH KID ALERT!!!!!!!
Here's how to cook on a McDonald's budget! *Pulls out flamethrower*
I have a torch like that. it was 17$ from China (AliExpress/DHgate), but that's quite a bit over budget still lol
So run it under the broiler instead.
You want to eat free of charge at McDonald's? just search *freeburger. Me* . they're just Kind.
It's always cheaper to cook at home, my mom taught me well. Those extra cash ended up paying for my dates and video games.
yeah i wish the school system was better at teaching kids how to cook and why its important
I agree, but the school system was made to be needlessly expensive and complicated, not exactly to be practical.
What I think confuses people is when they go shopping, even for like one meal and they spend $20-40 they think wow this is a huge waste of money and not even consider the tons of ingredients they have left over that they could use to cook potentially 4-8 more meals depending on ingredients.
@aaaaaaaaaaaa808 same story here man ahah!!
aaaaaaaaaaaa808 :D
This is one of the best videos you guys have ever made, and that is saying a lot because you guys make awesome content that is educating the masses on how easy it can be to make great food on a budget. Keep fighting the good fight brothers, you guys motivate me.
You remind me of a cook I watched as a kid on PBS, the Urban Peasant. He had an awesome laid back, use what you got philosophy and encouraged viewers to eat in season, use every bit of food and just relax. Thanks for carrying this on, I appreciate your channel! ❤️
9:22
The yolk was like: "Hey, I'm getting off!"
and I'm like: "No you're not getting off yet, you're not getting off."
I don't know why this is so funny, but I can't stop laughing.
I, too, love oven fries! I bought some silicone baking mats which amped up the whole "oven fry experience". You need very little oil and end up with lovely, crunchy fries (beware, though, if your fries are cut very thin. You have to keep an eye on those kids, cause they end up very brown and way past crunchy). I don't eat fast food any more, unless I cook it myself...I love this video!!! Shows that homemade "fast food" can be healthy, and fun to cook...
fast food is expensive compared to cooking, end of story.
any food out is more expensive, Just like building something yourself vs paying someone to do it =)
slowly forgetting these old ways
the price is just an excuse, the real reason is because they're lazy
OFF GRID with DOUG & STACY agreed!!!
It's basic math, but they mess it up usually on purpose. $4-6 for a meal is not cheaper than spending $10 and making 4 or more meals with it that are just as filling and tastier and healthier. You can make thousands of meals for $2.50 or less per serving.
Agreed!
This has to be one of the strangest combination of ingredients I have seen in a while lol
who cares it looks DELICIOUS!!!!
kind of but not if you are, as he said, mexican. Also broke. (not mexican but i am in the broke ball park so this doesnt look strange to me. just missing cheese.) id say the combination of ingredients will make trips to the bathroom... interesting... -
Every now and then you repeat that you cook with what you have/ can get. Sometimes it does not register with my brain, but sometimes I have no idea what I want to cook/buy, but then I see a few items, combine them and out comes a great tasting meal, so THANK YOU for reminding us about creativity!
Wow $16 goes far in the US.... try that in Canada.
Mareya Salazar well one American dollar is equal to 1.10 in Canadian dollars
Mareya Salazar do you know how currency works idiot? everything in Canada is cheaper whem using the American dollar to exchange
Guy's chill!! I'm a Canadian, I wasn't trying to attack anyone here lol. 1USD is actually equal to 1.35CAD. Therefore 16 USD is approximately equal to 21.61 CAD. Thats still a significant price difference.
Plus, the tax on stuff is too much. When I was there visiting, I didn't buy lots of stuff. I was scared lol.
King Green not exactly, once you account for tax rates (we import a lot of american food) and availability (canadians are pretty spread out, and stores have to deal with a bunch of overhead)
"I'm making lasagna with tortillas. Kind of like a taco-lasagna."
Erm... You mean enchiladas?
Giga yes
I love this guy. I wish he'd come over and chill with me while I cook.
I cook allot like him. Just random things I have around and then it turns out amazing.
Just a little effort.
I am so glad I found this channel when I did. I started cooking at home so often that I haven't eaten fast food in years. Listening to people complain how expensive fast food has gotten in 2024 makes me wonder how anyone still eats out at all anymore.
Since prices have changed so much it might be worth remaking some of these videos again.
Egg: "Hey, I'm gettin off!"
Me: "No, you're NOT gettin off!"
LMAO
10/10
CrapDonnalds is crazy expensive here in Brazil, so easy to go for the healthy way as you did...
Thank you for the inspirational video!
I'm glad to hear that.
Watching this really relaxed me. Thankyou!!! This food looks obscenely good!!!!!
You're videos are awesome, authentic and chilled. Love ❤️
this is such a cool idea, much respect for the creativity man 👍
Linda Pentony so true he is so creative
Good job! I've been telling people this for years. It's not that they don't believe me, it's just that they give up so easily. I'm definitely sending this video to a few of my friends.
Today I discovered your channel with old videos from like 3 years ago and I found this and wow.Time makes a different
Guys - I was never for "cooking shows" - but your channel - is - AWESOME :) - and thanks for all the tips on 15 mistakes beginners do ... Fantastic!
I tried this video out guys. Like he said, just use what you have left over, or what's in your fridge etc.
I had half a pizza left over from the other night, and 2 burgers from McDonalds, so I made pizza and burgers for dinner and it was faster than fast food. Just a few minutes in the microwave oven and it tasted exactly like going to McDonalds and pizza hut.
Can't believe people go out and wait in line at McDonalds when you can just make it exactly the same at home, less time and best of all because it was just leftovers in my fridge, it was totally free! and I even got pizza as well.
Amazeballs.
Simon Johnny this is beautiful. Innovative. 👏👏
Umm... ok then. 😉
I don't know where you live where ground beef is that cheap, but where I live that amount of meat would have cost me 8-12$
Periwinkle for real though
Not even possible me and this guy both live in ny and he's just exaggerating. I love this channel but hate when channels lie or anything that rant true even if I like them
@@JoshuaNY93BX idk, i dont live in ny but where i live in minnesota ground beef is like 4 bucks for that. Pork sausage is like 2 or 3 for that much. I cant imagine its triple the price in ny unless its some fancy grass fed organic stuff
@@JoshuaNY93BX hell, if you really wanna go cheap, ground turkey is like 2 bucks a pound.
@@JoshuaNY93BX he did say you buy whats on sale. maybe the meat was goign to expire soon. depends on the store too, some stores are pricey. -
Josh this is by far the best kind of video you make. Where you find a way to challenge yourself with cost and come up with some amazing recipes. Please always do these.
This channel is by far my favourite food (and I guess lifestyle?) channel!
It is always going to be cheaper to make the food at home instead of getting take-away, but there are some things that you are not taking into account here. You would need to add the cost of things like the oil used, the electricity/gas for cooking, the water and detergent for washing up, and most importantly, the value that you place on your time. Fast food is all about convenience. You can go somewhere and have a meal given to you in 5 minutes, eat it and be done. No prep, no clean-up etc. That is what people are really paying for.
alright, so you also have to add to mcdonalds side the future medical bills, the real price for convenience is your health. Not to mention what industrial farming does to the environment.
Ed- ward But McD is unhealthy. It impacts long term health.
@@szyby98 u can say all that but same can be said about how ppl cook no real difference.
@@JoshuaNY93BX McD fries have 17 ingredients, ever made fries at home with more than 3? And I don't consider heating up frozen meals as cooking.
@@szyby98 dude I actually went to culinary school, ive worked as a chef for the past 15 official and 5 unofficially. Now to answer your question yes I have and it depends on how I'm making the fries. So again ur point is invalid.
the underlying problem is LAZINESS =) and if you grew your own veggies now it becomes a huge winner on cost comparison =)
good ideas
the best part was the time it took to shop and cook this was similar to driving to McDonald's and ordering food.
right lol but for some reason people have this idea that the drive thru is faster and hands out real food =) lol
keep it up and if you guys ever want to colab with us send us a PM =)
Completely agreed. People don't think about the amount of time they spend sitting in a drive-thru line, then waiting to pay at window #1 and waiting to get food at window #2. Try timing it some time during meal time. It is the same amount of time or faster to run to a convenience store or grocery store and grab some food, then wait in a line to buy it, then cook it. Honestly, if you just grab some veggies from the produce section and tortillas from the Mexican food aisle, then you got a wrap using condiments you already have at home. Or how about chick peas, potatoes and stewed tomatoes with curry seasoning and you can make Channa Masala in the crock pot while you are at work or running errands all day.
Robin D then again there are the people who could burn down theirbhouse making Kool-aid its a shame more people dunno how to cook
OFF GRID with DOUG & STACY
Too bad any land people happen to own gets used up as lawn. Not very smart
You are not only cooking delicious, healthy, cheap food, but also providing a wonderful humanitarian service for those of us living below the poverty level. Keep the videos coming!
This is the way I cook most of the time. Cheap, healthy, and delicious! I've watch a few videos now you're my new favorite cooking channel!!!
Okay im watching this at 5am in a coffee shop and im jealous 😭👌🏾🔥
So glad my mom taught me how to cook. Fast food is nice but way more expensive than home cooking. Homemade is better for your health and your wallet.
Con I’m sorry but it’s not idk why his McDonalds is so expensive I can get burger and chips for 1.99- not saying u can’t cook for that but this video is inaccurate for me personally
I'm learning how to cook and I know simple stuff. But man! It's so time consuming and dishes pile up. I'm a single mom so time is very limited
Very groovy...I love simple and amazing food! thanks.
And this is why I need to learn to cook more than "dump in a crock pot" recipes. I just ate lunch and my mouth was still watering while I watched. Subscribed.
I would rather eat this than McDonald's any day. 👍
Sable Jefferson so true
If you haven't already, any chance you could make a "cleaning hacks" video for the kitchen? I *sort of* like to cook, but HATE the cleanup afterwards. I've looked around the internet and didn't really find a lot that helped. Maybe you guys could make a video that makes me like cleaning more XD
MJ I don’t make videos but one thing I do is run a sink full of soapy hot dishwater before I start cooking. I use that to wash everything as soon as I’m done with it. By the time the food is done all the things that I used for cooking are washed and drying on the rack and the stove and counters are wiped clean. I drain the sink, run a fresh sink of water and use that to wash my plates after eating.
I thought i was a very simple n cheap whole foods cook but you just blew my lid. kudos man and thank you
Love your narrating! I feel less afraid to cook now because of your video. Thanks!
You have a wife now ? cool.
yep :)
+Brothers Green Eats wait since when? You never told us lol !! Congrats
cod maniac caveman
Any man that has a passion for food and cooking is a keeper. She is one lucky lady!
since end of last summer I think, just before he cut his hair
Lol, I don't know if prices are different where you're from dude, but all that stuff you bought would have cost at least 50$ in Newmarket Ontario where I'm from. Loved the video though!
You missed the part where he mentioned buying things in bulk or stuff on sale.
No ur right I'm here in ny and the only way that be possible but still priced about 25 would be with coupons or like said in bulk but still not priced for what it is if in bulk but what it could be. Just bad video this time around
Food is incredibly cheap in the US. I watch a lot of these videos, and I'm astonished by the price of ingredients.
Like how positive you are in your vids. Subscribed.
Pretty awesome and economical recipes. Well done.
me: * watches this as I'm eating a Big Mac *
It's not really about the price or fastness, it's about convenience
Andy Lam
I said the same thing, it's a lot easier to drive through a place and eat than it is to shop and cook, especially when you're hungry. good video tho
Ehh, not that much difference unless you live far away from any stores. Going to a store could take probably 10 extra minutes if you have a list of the food you want and know the store well. I guess the cooking is time consuming, but not baking french fries and making sauce.
If you have a freezer you can easily buy enough for a couple of weeks or more depending on freezer size and prepare meals beforehand and leave them in. Just warm them up and eat them whenever. Would just take a few hours to prepare multiple meals and there are 5-10 minute stir-fry/fry recipes that you can do on the fly.
That's why you prep your meals ahead of time. But touchè...
That's why you stop being lazy. Prep your food and freeze them.
Love you guys. Thanks for the videos.
wonderful idea on this video! i loved it, proved a point to several people with this video! so inspiring, keep up the great work!!
Great video! I love the concept of making dishes with whatever you got 👍
It's what I do
the bigger issue is were giving medication to stabalize blood pressure and family members sneak in fast food. were not police officers. were nurses but ultimately the patient extends their stay in the hospital. I'm a nurse practioner and I've caught so many family members sneaking in soda pop and fast food to their loved ones. WTF!
It's their choice, their lives. The damage is already done anyways, if they're in the freaking hospital.
Dude i love the vibe of your videos. great recipes and good humor 👌🏻
Freaking awesome....loving it!!!!!! You lads inspire a new generation of "eChefs"..........thanks man.
The “tacosagna” can essentially be seen as an enchilada casserole.
great video brother,
Richieboy's World so great
Obsessed with this video! Every recipe looks so good!!!
I just bumped into your channel randomly and I’m so glad I did! You’re very creative and actually cook on a budget!! I can’t wait to make the Mexican style lasagna =D
Hey guys, I really like your videos, but I have a little complaint. Could you please show the temperature in degrees Celsius whenever you mention it in Fahrenheit? The thing is that the USA are the only country to use °F. Thanks a lot and keep up the good work!
OK... Here's the big problem with your formula... I don't know what the prices are for beef where you live??? But it looks like you got 2lbs. of hamburger for $3.05... So you are looking at $1.50ish a pound!!! Man! I wish I could find a store that sold it for that!!! Everywhere I shop... Kroger... Meijer (Michigan)... Walmart... it's closer to $4.50 per pound... for the cheap stuff!!! Even the marked down stuff is way more expensive...
In the city things can be cheap, local deli, keyfood, c town but it right all the ingredients he said is no way under 30 bucks unless couponing. McDonald's I can get under 6 with coupons.
@@JoshuaNY93BX most of his stuff looks like it came from some kind of ethnic market. Ethnic markets like local asian stores or mexican stores are cheap, very cheap.
you inspire me so much to get creative with the food I have in my kitchen, which honestly is something I need because i never have much. so thank you 💜
love your videos. so creative with little money. Looks so appealing and delish.
"I cut a hole with my mouth."
Just have to love you for this. :)
Sad thing is, in Canada that amount of beef would probably cost almost the entire $16.
MissTasseled don't get meat then!
That's an ignorant comment. Like telling me not to breathe air, because I said it's too polluted. I like to eat meat, deal with it.
MissTasseled you were complaining that meat is expensive so don't buy it if you can't afford it lol I could care less if you eat meat or not
Don't assume I can't afford it, and if you don't care then move along without sticking your nose into my comment. Bye!
Well, the best bet is to take the advice from the beginning of the video :) Buy what is cheap and on sale that is suitable for your palate. Burger is pretty expensive where I live (not $16 persay, but I'd only get half of what he got for what he paid) but if you can find a good sale on it and have the extra cash, buy in bulk and freeze it in multiple ziplocks for future use. Even then, other meats are cheaper and can be used in place of that (where I live it's chicken, but it could be anything depending on where you live). The entire point, at least from what I've gathered, is to seek out and buy the things in your price bracket and be creative on how to cook it.
Thanks UA-cam recommendations system, very cool.
I made the egg one and it was soooooo delicious!!!!! The tomatoes sauce mixed with jalapeño juice is everything!!!
Nonsense! That isn't all you can make with $104.4 Billion! Not even near it.
Noice.
I love these challenges. Your food always looks amazing. I presume these kind of videos takes a long time to make, with all the cooking, so I appreciate it. More challenges for us people who have little money
i am sooooo glad i found this video. people constantly ask how i have the drive to cook
1. it just tastes better than most restaurants or fast food places (exception of nice restaurants)
2. It honestly is just cheaper, like waaaayyyy cheaper
it's funny - in my country it is basically common knowledge that fast food is more expensive than cooking yourself. glad you are spreading the word with amazing cooking-content, also your pacing has a nice contrast to other fast-paced cooking videos
When there's literally one Asian / ethnic market in Ireland and you live no where near it 😂
Rebecca mc caffrey haha tbf not in small towns but definitely in the cities 😂
Ill tell my boy connor mcgreggor to open one for you on your street
I always cook at home and when I wanna cook something nicer I go the day of like pork chops I got for I think 98 cents per lb plus I got 3 cents off per gallon of gas.
Dude you’re videos are outstanding thank you
well done ... I think a picture of the McDonalds meals sitting next to what you purchased at the markets would have been a great comparison shot.... Great idea with the lasagne and I am going to try it lol thanks
$6 for McDonald's Meal Deal, Ain't no deal.
rightt 😂😂
Your like bob ross if he was a UA-cam chef🤘😎
I completely agree with you. Sometimes after work I am so hungry that I'm tempted to pick up fast food on my way home, but I dont 'cuz I know I have food at home that I can cook which may take 15min more than pulling into a drive-thru. And its more nutrishish and satisfying to me. Fast food may be quick2get but it doesnt last long in your tummy. I really enjoyed your video. Going to try a couple of these recipes. Thank you for sharing.
This was AMAZING!!! Thank you!!! 💙💙💙
the doctors use the term GOMER equals get out of my emergency room. It's sad because these patients need help but when your BP is 300/140 and your insulin dependent. the last thing you need is fast food. I see it everyday.
Cabbage black beans and eggs =😰💨🤔
I'm 23, been cooking since I was a kid as it was necessary for me to cook for myself growing up since parents weren't home a lot due to work. Its amazing how many people don't know how to cook and don't bother to learn to cook properly when it's one of the skills you can improve simply due to the amount of times you have to do it throughout one week. Cooking has begun to seem like such a daunting task that some people don't even bother making their own food anymore. But I do understand that due to certain circumstances you wouldn't be able to cook for yourself at times, but it really is cheaper.
If you soak your black beans and cook them from scratch, you will never go back to canned again! I pay about $1 for a pound of black beans (dollar tree). You soak them in hot water (just add super hot tap water) for 2 hours. Rinse and drain. In my pressure cooker I got on a Black Friday deal for $10, put the drained beans cover with water to about 2 inches above and add the following (if you have these): cumin or chipotle chili powder, a few teaspoons of salt, crushed garlic or garlic powder (whatever you have) add a chopped onion and a good few teaspoons of black pepper. Lock down the lid, put your pressure sensor on it. Once your pressure cooker starts whistling, let it go for 30 minutes. Turn it off, remove from heat. In an hour, release the pressure (if there is anything left). Your $1 has now made you about 5 lbs of beans. You are welcome! I want you guys to try it!
Amie Davis Once a month I do beans in the slow cooker overnight (I have several, lol) then toss them into baggies for the freezer. Saves me a lot of money and time, and tastes better than canned!
I never use canned black beans now. I think they smell like cat food.
bro you cheated. you gotta be ordering mcchickens and mcdoubles and use that as the budget. ordering the full meals are kinda pricy, but when people say it's cheap, they're referring to the value menu only.
I completely hear you, but I calculated even ordering on the dollar menu I saved money since I had food for 3-4 days!
eh I never order off the value menu, most the sutff for a dollar is pretty gross in most places :p
Jason L who eats dollar menu shit other than broke ass teenagers ?
King Green I do, and I'm not broke, I have a job
King Green a Mcdouble with shredded lettuce and mac sauce is basically a $1.80 BigMac minus the middle bun and the seeds on top.... dont say we can't eat good on the value menu, plus the mcpick 2 for 2 fitty you can get fries.
It takes 5 minutes to go through the drive through at McDougals. Last time I fried chicken and fries, it took 2 hours to cook and clean.
These videos are pretty damn misleading and are hiding a lot of the practical costs of what they do behind the magic of compressing it down into a video and presenting it as if its some kind of well balanced comparison.
Its obvious the reason they picked a three meal sample instead of say, just a single value menu item because it would basically be next to implausible for them to do anything with a dollar and change as a homecook and shopper because McDonald's economy of scale is immense in both material, labor and utility.
Instructions Unclear; Face stuck in toaster Well yeah you're not going to have a meal on literally two dollars to start. But if you budget your paycheck and stock up on staples (flour, eggs, etc.) with the money you would have used for fast food you can indeed eat for cheaper than MacDonalds. Lentils and rice, or beans and rice make a complete protein and are dirt cheap. Get a $3 live chive plant and chop a few chives and throw an egg in your ramen for protein and color. Potatoes with a little butter and salt can take a myriad of forms and are delicious. There are a ton of very, very cheap options that don't even take the time or effort shown in this video. And yeah, if someone wants MacDonalds go for it. I used to eat fast food a lot cause I worked there and with my discount could get a meal for almost nothing. Problem is that eating fast food often coexists with other non cheap habits, laziness, and obesity. How many people seriously just get one macdouble all day and are done? Eating out is going to run you probably $8 a day unless you work there if you want to stay at maintenance calories.
Reagan Sims you probably don't know how to cook then 2 hours for chicken and fries
i've got access to a microwave at work-so it's easier to take food in and warm it up.you cook in bulk and freeze so that you just use a microwave to warm it up-i understand pasta does not like being frozen-but there are alternatives
This is yet the most intelligent fast food related video I have seen on UA-cam in ages. You've restored my faith in humanity. Every fast food eater should be shown this video.
Ok I came across this video randomly 9 months ago and couldn’t finish it. But I share my UA-cam account with my fam and I haven’t been able to find this again until now. I am so excited to try these. Seriously.
And I feel semi accomplished lol
it would cost us $4 just for soy sauce. Maybe make us a grocery cart of groceries for us with empty fridges and pantries so we can make cheap food too. $125 budget or so.
Lisa Lynn ok just skip the soy sauce, easy fix. a
Check out his 3 dollar a day videos. Considering that he spent about 21 dollars for each week about 84 dollars. Soy sauce lasts a long time so it's not just a one time investment.
a mcdonald's commercial came up before the video... ah irony
Cant believe I have not subscribed to this channel yet, keep up the good work man!
this is an amazing video, the best budget food ive ever seen. im a chef, i know theres no evidence on my profile or anything but this holds up as great cooking advice for all levels, not just cheap budget
it's not about price, it's about convenience
wouldn't it be convenient not to waste money tho.
and trow away your health?
Well the amount of inconvenience it will be in the ER or the doctors office or keeping track of your meds because you ate shit food will DEFINITELY be less convenient than this.
Take care of your body and eat real feckin food.
fact: buying McDonald's saves you the cooking and cleaning up (time/effort)
in the short run sure, but making your own food makes you feel better and be healthier which makes clean up a fair trade.
I prepare cold foods or foods with very little clean up time. See my above comments. It requires little effort to chop a few things, dump a couple cans and let it sit in a crock pot with a disposable liner in it, or use a blender to make a smoothie then blend dishsoap and water in the blender to clean it. 30 second clean up including rinse time. Even with a portable convection oven/ air fryer you can add soap and water and turn the fan on high while you eat so the clean up will be just a wipe and rinse when you are done.
You could also cook primarily food that doesn't spoil easily and cook in huge batches. If someone is eating mcdonalds every day I don't think they would mind say cooking a big batch of chili that would last you 7 days.
Of course you still have to clean up on that first day but for the other 6 days you'd be free and all you'd have to do is heat up the chili and you're good to go.
Please release more cookbooks!! I've just bought all the ones available on your site
as someone in a tight spot, this video is actually incredibly incredibly helpful!! thank you for sharing!!!!