It looks like a normal pan with a little basket on it. Anyways, I might give it a try if the price is right.. cooking is such a pain.
Back in the day, as they say these days, I used to make a big pot of beans and have "red beans and rice." Super cheap, and a big pot of beans was good for several meals a week, or if you were having a bunch of folks over and wanted to feed them something. You get a bag of dried pinto beans, or whatever floats your boat, and soak them overnight. (like 12 hours) Then you put them in a large pot with water, some spices you like, a little sliced onion, and cook them slowly for several hours. If you aren't a vegetarian, you can put a bit of ham or pork in there for flavor. When you're hungry, you cook up some brown rice (or white, if you prefer... I always used brown), put some in a bowl, and pour over the beans. Beans and rice! Eat it with some bread and you've got a good, very cheap meal. If you want, you can slice some sausage and grill it in a pan, tossing it in your bowl, or something else, if you like. Beans and rice served me well while I was living cheap in the late 60's.
Those beans sound pretty good right about now.. as I'm sitting here chewing on my bread with nutella. The downside is that it takes too long to make. But it's good if you're going to have someone over and you don't want to fork out too much cash on a meal. For me spaghetti is always the easy way out if I've going to have some people over. It's cheap, the most expensive thing on there is the sauce I think, so it's not bad. I just spent about 6$ on BW3's this Tuesday+Wednesday on some wings and drumsticks. Anyone knows if there's a good place with a deal like that on Thursdays and maybe even Fridays (for tomorrow)???
It can really taste great, with some experimentation. Of course, places like Mother's here in Austin do an amazing job. The idea is that you make a big batch of beans and they're good for a week. America... home of instant gratification! (and you can speed the beans up with a pressure cooker, if you want)
It's interesting, but after researching this, apparently there are a bunch of different Timmy Chan's all over the city (or were anyway). I've eaten at that one... not bad, gunfire is probably above average by Timmy Chan standards, though, so you may want to take that into consideration. Food was "edible". Man, 20 wings and fried rice for $4.50... that's great.
I never use the 2 bottom peices in the picture. Just the main peice and lid. What's cool is that the chicken is always juicy.
Single and want to cook frozen stuff fast : http://www.thane.com/products/housewares/flavorwavedeluxe_quick/fw-deluxe.php A steak goes from frozen to done in about 8-10 mins. Is it as good as grilling? Hell no, but you obviously don't have the time or inclination to do that, so don't ask, FOO! There are competitors like the NuWave oven that I think I saw at Dillard's or JC Penney : https://www.nuwaveoven.com/ I never buy infomercial crap (knowingly), and I've never seen the infomercials for this thing, but I bought one after someone mentioned it on here (moomoo?). It's quite possibly the best cooking item I've bought yet. My first one died after 2 years I think. My current one has been going for about 2 years (they use a different heating element in the newer models).
I bought some frozen pretzels at the dollar store. All you have to do is put them in the oven, and they are like ball park pretzels. Its kinda weird seeing frozen foods and vegetables at the dollar store, but alot of ppl buy it from looking at other ppl's carts. I'm pretty sure the quality is somewhat decent.
Ramen noodles in a microwaveable dish with not much water; put cheese in when you put the noodles in, and cook an egg in there for a minute or two once it's gotten hot. Filling. On the healthier (and slightly more expensive) side, slice up a pack of firm tofu and cook it in a skillet with frozen stir-fry vegetables, an appropriate sauce, and spices. Tortellini or ravioli from those cheap bulk bags. Microwave it under pasta sauce, melt cheese on top of it. (just did that for lunch today) At least out here, we have lots of HEBs. Many of them have great deals on chicken strips, etc., from the kitchen area. I know one here that will give you a huge scoop of buffalo chicken bites, catfish tenders, or whatever, a big pile of fries, and a big pile of whatever other fried side thing you want, for $5, enough for at least two meals. Not one of the healthy options, but tastes good and is one way to get your meat protein.
pinto beans, blackeyed peas, and white(butter) beans are all good eats. especially with a big hunk of cornbread and maybe some cabbage or fried potatoes. man, i can sit and eat that stuff all day. oh and don't forget the tabasco sauce.
