Office workers with meals

Yes, this office worker thinks that cooking by himself is cheaper than ordering takeout! First of all, let me explain this problem. I usually cook by myself, because the brunch canteen in my unit covers meals. Usually I cook two dishes in the evening, a staple food and a plate of fruit, so that I can eat no leftovers. If office workers bring their own meals, besides saving money, they should also consider the nature of the ingredients. For example, there will be nitrite in vegetables overnight, so it is best to cook vegetables in the morning. Sharing my cooking experience with you can completely reduce the cost to a certain extent and do more and more interesting things with the saved money. Isn't it more fragrant?

First, how to buy cheap ingredients.

First of all, I usually buy food from these aspects: first, large supermarkets; The second is Pinduoduo; The third is community group buying; The fourth is a vegetable shop with a discount at the entrance of the community. I used to go to a large supermarket once a week, such as Wal-Mart, and basically I could find vegetables at a low price of about one yuan every time. Moreover, I will record the lowest price of vegetables and meat in my mobile phone, so that when I shop, I can know very clearly whether this price is the lowest price and whether it is cost-effective. Pay attention to the price of ingredients, so that you won't be deceived by the price of merchants because you are young.

Shopping in Pinduoduo is also a good choice. However, because vegetables are usually sold in Pinduoduo at the price of 5 kg and 65,438+00 kg, leafy vegetables are not recommended. It will be more convenient to choose roots for a long time. If you like a vegetable or fruit very much, it is more cost-effective to buy it in Pinduoduo when you are sure you can finish it. I bought 10 kg pineapple in Pinduoduo several times before. In order to eat cheap pineapples, I even learned to cut beautiful fruit shops with a pineapple knife.

The word "community group buying" can be seen everywhere now, and there is a normal development trend now. Occasionally, there are cheap dishes worth buying. Because as I said before, as long as you know the price of a dish, you will know when the price will reach your expectation.

There should be a discount vegetable shop at the entrance of the community. You can talk to your aunts and grandmothers around you. A famous vegetable shop is Aunt Qian. There are also many fruit and vegetable shops that have not learned the business model of Aunt Qian. All vegetables in the shops near my home are 50% off after 9: 30, but they are also very cheap. Learn to ask more aunts and uncles in the community, and they will know where to buy food and meat more cost-effective. Where is the cheapest place to buy food near the community? It is right to follow your aunt. However, this kind of physical store generally adopts the way of stored value card. In order to avoid risks, it is not recommended to store too much money in the card at one time.

Second, about how to make cheap ingredients.

First of all, in the production of ingredients, you should probably have a grasp in your heart. Generally, beef and mutton are more expensive than chicken and duck, chicken is the cheapest, chicken wings are more expensive than chicken breast, frozen products are cheaper than chilled ones, and the freshly slaughtered ones are more expensive. All kinds of seasonal fish and shrimp will also be expensive. If you are very demanding about the ingredients themselves, there is no way to make cheaper dishes than take-away. If you cook too much at a time, you can freeze it directly in the box, or you can freeze the ingredients directly when you buy it. It is also a good choice to pretreat the ingredients in advance.

For example, I usually use frozen chicken wings to make braised chicken, chop the chicken pieces with a boneless device, add potatoes and cook them together, and pour them on rice, which will taste good; In kung pao chicken, people usually use chicken breast. As long as it is marinated with starch in advance, it will be tender and not firewood at all. Pipa legs are a bit chicken-ribbed. Personally, I don't like chewing directly. Chopped chicken pieces are too big. Usually, I will fry the bones with the chicken leg. Last time I tried to roast the legs of salted chicken powder pipa with a rice cooker, which was also delicious. Duck meat, half duck and frozen duck legs in the supermarket are very cheap and should be done well, but I don't usually eat ducks, so I can't give advice.

For seafood and aquatic products, saury, blue and white fish, yellow croaker and Basha fish are very cheap. If fishing is prohibited, you can find many cheap frozen yellow croaker by searching for "Zhoushan yellow croaker" on Taobao. Just notice that some of them are small, and maybe seven or eight can make a dish. This kind of frozen fish only needs to be thawed and marinated with salt, pepper, ginger slices and old wine for 15 minutes. Steamed fish with soy sauce tastes similar to fresh fish. Friends who have higher requirements for umami can also make it thick and stew it in bean paste, so that the original umami can hardly be eaten. Or get on well with skilled fishermen who are not in the air force, so there will be endless river fish (laughs).

I also bought shellfish. In the Japanese drama "Yesterday's Food", there is also a way to preserve inexhaustible shellfish: spit sand directly and freeze it, and the taste will still be the same when you eat it again. Note: Frozen Pipi shrimp is different from ordinary frozen fish and can be divided into ship freezing and cooked freezing. Generally speaking, meat will not shrink after cooking and freezing, but ship freezing is different. Be careful not to be cheated.

Finally, share some recipes of cheap and convenient dishes. First, cold black fungus. Put about10g of dried auricularia into an incubator, add a teaspoon of sugar and a box of warm water, and cover it10min. I think this method is amazing. Blanch auricularia auricula with hot water, shower, add three cloves of minced garlic, a spoonful of soy sauce, a spoonful of vinegar, a spoonful of sesame oil, a spoonful of sugar and a little chicken essence, and stir well.

Second, pumpkin red date soup. About 500 grams of pumpkin is peeled and cut into pieces, a handful of red dates and a spoonful of sugar are thrown into the rice cooker, filled with a pot of water, and the soup button is set regularly. When you come home from work, you will have cheap and delicious pumpkin and jujube soup to drink.

Third, baked potato horns. Cut the potatoes into hob pieces, sprinkle with chopped parsley, allspice powder and cumin powder (whatever you want at home), add a spoonful of oil and bake in the oven at 220 degrees for 30 minutes. Potatoes are really cheap, and this dish feels expensive on the electricity bill.

Fourth, sweet and sour pork ribs, this dish will be a little more expensive, but it is quite simple to cook. The ribs were blanched to remove impurities. Normal frying is to add a small bowl of water according to the ratio of one wine, two sauces, three vinegar and four sugars. After the fire is boiled, it will be very delicious to cook for about 15 minutes.

Let's have some pictures of other dishes I've cooked myself.

Fried dumplings with iced flowers

Fish head tofu soup

Kumamon curry rice

Baked Sanhuang chicken with honey sauce

Italian tomato risotto

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