Judging by the eyes, you must’ve been driving VERY fast!

Nice. I think I saw her on OnlyFans.

Just dropping in to thank everyone for the ideas, encouragement etc, and a bit of an update.

I bought some onions and added them to my edible-but-not-very-tasty rice, and fried them together, and it tastes a million times better. I have pasta and tuna as backups, and will keep referring back to this thread every time I shop. The positivity in the thread also got me to clean my fridge, which was absolutely filthy (I don’t even know how it got like that) to mark the beginning of new kitchen habits. The fridge is still depressingly bare, but it’s clean and that makes it less depressing haha. It’s nice having more bench space where the microwave was… it almost looks like a kitchen now.

Thanks again! 👍

I think I’ll use stock cubes for now. Actually I bought some yesterday. Thanks for the info.

Is a bullion cube a stock cube?

Thanks for the idea!

Yes I get fruit from trees in the neighborhood when I can. When it’s fruit season, it saves quite a bit of money.

The ones here don’t accept electrical appliances, because they’re not able to vouch for their safety (for example, if it spazzes out like my microwave did).

I’ve been eating a lot of sausages lately too, they’re the cheapest source of (reasonably decent) meat I can find. Sometimes I braise sausages in a tin of tomatoes, and sprinkle with basil and curry powder. It’s a really satisfying meal for how cheap it is. But it’s always good to have ideas on how to change it up.

I agree. I used one for the microwave, but I think saucepan on stove (or hob) is just as easy as a rice cooker. But I’m no authority on the subject.

Ooh broccoli mac and cheese! Capsicum and onion would work too, maybe. Cheers!

Yes I have an electric kettle. That’s a good point about super basic things when you’re too tired. My shopping list grows ever bigger! Cheers!

Better than mac and cheese! Thanks.

I use white rice. I don’t like rice that tastes perfume-y.

Stove, saucepan, frypan, can opener, cutlery, crockery. And several microwavable containers.

I’ll pass on the old shoe idea 😂 I know what you mean. It’s hard to screw up a slow cooker stew. I don’t use any of those sites but I’ll have a little sniff around and see what I can find.

I’ve been adding margarine and yes, butter would be much better. Butter chicken curry! 😲

Awesome. Cheers.

Oh that’s one of the cheaper ones! No taste is good - I’ve eaten stuff cooked in peanut oil and it makes everything taste like hot peanut butter. Canola oil is on the shopping list! Cheers!

Charity shops here don’t accept electrical goods, because people were donating dangerous things like what my microwave was until very recently. I love stews so I’ll keep an eye out and maybe I’ll get lucky somehow. Cheers.