$7 First Apartment Feast Challenge: Ditch Fast Food

$7 First Apartment Feast Challenge: Ditch Fast Food | Struggle Meals

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5 ай бұрын

New apartment, tight budget, and only $7 to spare for dinner? In this challenge episode of Struggle Meals, we're proving that a humble budget can still yield a hearty, home-cooked meal, far from the realm of fast food.
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@FullOfFlail 5 ай бұрын

This was the quintessential struggle meal. Tight budget and no “cheating” of any kind. My hats off to you Frankie!

@CarlySharec86 5 ай бұрын

Can you do like a $10 or $15 challenge for three meals a day?

@azanterose6526 5 ай бұрын

I always like to buy a "luxury" item like bacon when I only have a bare minimum amount of money to spend on a meal. Usually, from the supermarket deli (similar to where Frankie got the bacon) It makes me temporarily happy & not worry about my money woes. I always look forward to eating that meal for a few days in a row.😊 By buying a small amount of either olives, marinated roasted red capsicum, or feta, it makes my simple meal luxurious. 😊

@joshuaberkley5219 5 ай бұрын

In 2024, going under-budget on a $7 family-sized meal gives me hope for the future.

@lesleyvivien2876 3 ай бұрын

A lot of five-year-old "challenges" are being posted as new this year, so the costs may need to be updated.

@michellependergrass2584 3 ай бұрын

@@lesleyvivien2876 i’m not sure how much bacon costs from the deli, but I think you could get pasta, and some kind of veggie, and a can of tomatoes for under like $5

@lesleyvivien2876 3 ай бұрын

@@michellependergrass2584 Me neither so I looked it up. You can get a 250g packet of bog-standard supermarket bacon for about £4, which is your budget blown in one. (Or you could buy 180g of dry-cure organic bacon, nitrate free, for £6 or £7 - out of the question!) You could get the things you suggest for £5, certainly. Or make a veggie version of carbonara, with pasta, an egg and mushrooms, and a bit of cheese.

@michellependergrass2584 2 ай бұрын

@@lesleyvivien2876 yah, but he got like 1 piece from the deli, which I think would be less than 250 g, although you'd only be able to do that at a fancier store, either way I think it would be tight

@lesleyvivien2876 2 ай бұрын

@@michellependergrass2584 Oooo much less! I looked at the Tesco website and found a 300g packet of back bacon containing ten slices - so that's about 30g (or an ounce) a rasher. The pack price is £2.25 so perhaps a single rasher (from a fancier store!) might cost a fifth of the total - enough flavour, for up to 45 pence. Result!

@mirandamom1346 5 ай бұрын

Nice work. I would have spent some of that 83 cents on garlic, but yeah, nice work.

@jeanettenizza8082 5 ай бұрын

I do a version of this whenever I want a quick meal and need to use up odds and ends in the fridge. It works every time!

@Cavewoman1954 5 ай бұрын

Yay !!! Closed captioning :) Thank you SOOO much

@KarMa-ws3ll 5 ай бұрын

i think, if i only had 7 $, i would go for lentils and onions and salt. U can make soup with it, u can make a bred or pancakes with it , its filling and has a lot of proteins.

@wesleythetrombonist 26 күн бұрын

Wow, my dad recommended this channel to me (as a broke graduate student) and I’m really impressed!! The bacon from the butcher’s counter was a great idea

@lkjkhfggd 5 ай бұрын

Nice recipe. I remember one of Struggle Meal's first episodes where it's just broccoli and pasta, and I love eating that. I think if I had nothing at all in my fridge and pantry and only $7, I would look and see if there's a local food bank that can get me started. If there's nothing like that nearby, I would probably just buy a bag of rice and some eggs. Rice provides the carbs and eggs provide almost every nutrient the body needs. Plus a fried egg on some rice tastes awesome (though I'd have to get my hands on some salt and pepper - maybe there's a place where I can snatch some packets). Definitely not exciting but it'll get me by for a while.

@Melodymist 5 ай бұрын

if you can find some soy sauce for cheap, that's salty enough to season the rice, with some extra flavor on top. And if you can splurge on some butter, combining that with soy sauce make the rice taste delicious. I had that with fried egg a few times and I really enjoyed it!

@KarMa-ws3ll 5 ай бұрын

Its a nice meal - when I was low on cash as a student, I would always go for soups. Some Broth cube with a veggie llike carrots and/or some protein in it (eggdrop, lentil, beans).

@anneard1674 5 ай бұрын

first time watching... very inspiring as my income has reduced by 50% when hubby died.

@OneTraveller 5 ай бұрын

I'm so sorry for your loss.

@OneTraveller 5 ай бұрын

I'm also going to echo what another commenter said about food banks. They got me through a lot of hard times.

@elizabeth4053 5 ай бұрын

Sending my love and definitely check out his Struggle Meals videos. They are so worth it. I love his meal planning videos as well. I watch and rewatch videos to get inspired with whatever assorted leftover ingredients I have in the fridge. All the best 🙏🏻💕

@NME_hbb 5 ай бұрын

THE MAN!

@imracer05 5 ай бұрын

Great episode! I didn’t think $7 could go that far!!

@allgreatfictions 5 ай бұрын

I have one very very minor complaint. In order to keep the cutting board clean from the bacon, you folded the inside of the paper underneath and put it on the cutting board. So, technically, a bit of cross contamination. That's just me nitpicking though, and if I'm cooking veggies after something cured like bacon, i don't really mind, as long as it's being cooked.

@Yesica1993 5 ай бұрын

So cool! Thanks for helping out us poor folk!

@meiwong2195 5 ай бұрын

Great timing, exactly what I have today. Will be making this tonight. Thanks very much for the idea!

@zwordsman 5 ай бұрын

I'd opt out of eggplant for either spinach bag or if i could swing in. one of those 4 pack of cheese sticks, or one of those single snack cheese and meat stick. Then that'll beef that up a litle. for still probably under 7. depending on tax

@bushcraftbasics2036 5 ай бұрын

Struggle meal I learned years ago and is now a family favorite. Mix of 50/50 condesed mushroom and tomato soup for pasta sauce is good tasting and inexpensive. If you have more money add spices, hamburger and mushrooms. If feeling wealty top with cheese.

@j-cotto333 5 ай бұрын

You are on a roll my man

@toddli5272 5 ай бұрын

Onion or garlic with that extra 93 cents

@joelaut12 5 ай бұрын

What a great meal! Any suggestion for a slightly less salty protein substitute?

@RDwithers48 5 ай бұрын

You could do a leaner cut of ham. It would give you less salt content due to the reduced fat

@LaundryFaerie 5 ай бұрын

Looks like pasta alla norma without the cheese. Not too shabby.

@kentcostello5286 5 ай бұрын

Hell I would pay $8 for that. Looks awesome and good

@MemeGremlin 5 ай бұрын

Frankie, my dude, you could have sauce drawered some parm on there. That aside, I would love to see a video of you cooking with what viewers have in their pantries. Would be cool if you got us to send you pics of what we have and you show us what we could have made.

@user-xd6nc6rg7b 5 ай бұрын

He could have, but the challenge was for someone who just moved into their first apartment and probably wouldn’t have a drawer full of saved sauce and spice packets. This was for someone with empty cupboards and $7

@nyn1966 5 ай бұрын

Looks delightful!

@utoobguy3041 5 ай бұрын

not a 7 dollar meal but id like to share a dish ive made a lot and makes plenty of servings. get you the ground beef of your choice, 2 packs of ramen noodles beef flavor, a bell pepper, and optional but recommended pepperoni. brown up the beef with italian seasonings along with the chopped up bell pepper and pepperoni if your using it. Once its all cooked drain excess grease added 2 packs of ramen on top then add water till it comes up to the noodles. Add in either 1 or both of the flavor packets from the ramen depending how salty you want, or sub beef broth, then just simmer it until the ramen soak up most of the liquid and is cooked. Top with cheese if you have it and your done. One pot meal comes together fast and pretty tasty. I always have extra pepperonis to use for other things when im done

@tenthousanddaysofgratitude 5 ай бұрын

Well done! Yum.

@kathleenardrey5094 5 ай бұрын

Fabulous problem-solver! I am entranced by your recipe! Hooray!

@rachelschaum 5 ай бұрын

Could have bought an onion with the extra money!

@OneTraveller 5 ай бұрын

Yes, that's what I was thinking, too!

@anitraahrens905 5 ай бұрын

❤ Wunderbar, Chef Frankie Celenza, you did it yet again! ❤

@MRJLS15 5 ай бұрын

Looks great

@sallygordin2869 5 ай бұрын

Good job 👏

@kaanbalci 5 ай бұрын

I'd definitely chop the bacon into an almost mince - that'd replicate a beef mince and the fat would've rendered better. I'd use eggplant into a smaller dice as a meat-substitute as its spongy texture would soak the bacon fat better. I'd cut the zucchini just as you did because that'd be the star veg of the show. But of course as always - bravo!

@anitraahrens905 3 ай бұрын

❤ Thanx, Chef Frankie Celenza for another great meal plan. I'll use turkey bacon. Thanx! ❤