Yummmmm, shepard's pieeandy wrote:I don't know how healthy it is, but I really like to take ground beef, brown it, put in the bottom of a big bowl, put half cream style corn, half regular corn on top of that, and then put mashed potatoes on the very top. Very delicious, very cheap, and it reheats very well.PitchO20 wrote:I'm tagging this topic simply for the (relatively) healthy and cheap food options. Crock-pot, frozen veggies, bulk brown rice, oatmeal...all good ideas.
Anyone else have any cheap/healthy/simple recipies/grocery tips for us law students on a budget?
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Ah. Roommates are a no-go for this guy. Too damned old for that shite.astro1819 wrote:
I share the house with two other people, it's in the Shaw/Howard metro area -- which tends to be pretty reasonable -- and I just got lucky with the find. If you search long and hard enough, things open up.
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wow, something not ridiculous is said in this threadThe phrase "live like a lawyer now and live like a student later; live like a student now and live like a lawyer later" is just ridiculous in my opinion. Why not live like a normal person throughout?
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I was being totally serious. My entertainment budget is going to be tinyGordonBombay wrote:"Iowa City can be pretty distracting with the party scene, so I'll need the force of will to just stay in most nights."
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yeah, I understand completely. I'm about at the end of sharing a house myself.ccs224 wrote:Ah. Roommates are a no-go for this guy. Too damned old for that shite.astro1819 wrote:
I share the house with two other people, it's in the Shaw/Howard metro area -- which tends to be pretty reasonable -- and I just got lucky with the find. If you search long and hard enough, things open up.
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Coming to the end of 3 years in college with roommates myself. Never again. God forbid I end up working in NYC, I'll live in Newark before I get a roomie, though if everything goes as planned, I'll go to a lower top14 school, graduate near the top of my class, and end up in Chicago biglaw. The next roommate I'll have is a spouse.ccs224 wrote:Ah. Roommates are a no-go for this guy. Too damned old for that shite.astro1819 wrote:
I share the house with two other people, it's in the Shaw/Howard metro area -- which tends to be pretty reasonable -- and I just got lucky with the find. If you search long and hard enough, things open up.
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high-end escorting
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Those jobs are harder to land than biglaw.CrimsonCal wrote:high-end escorting
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What happened to Peter North? I think he'd have connections in that (throbbing) vein.
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?JOThompson wrote:I was being totally serious. My entertainment budget is going to be tinyGordonBombay wrote:JOThompson wrote:"Iowa City can be pretty distracting with the party scene, so I'll need the force of will to just stay in most nights."
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Am I being ambiguous? Trying really hard to be precisejtxcounitah wrote:?JOThompson wrote:I was being totally serious. My entertainment budget is going to be tinyGordonBombay wrote:JOThompson wrote:"Iowa City can be pretty distracting with the party scene, so I'll need the force of will to just stay in most nights."
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This website is pretty helpful for saving money: http://www.frugallawstudent.com/ Sorry if it has already been posted!
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no, pretty clear. just Iowa having a lucrative party scene is shocking news to me. You need to stop shattering my stereotypes about the midwest. in my mind, Iowa students all drive to corn fields and drink grain alcohol and Leinenkugel's.JOThompson wrote: Am I being ambiguous? Trying really hard to be precise
I'm glad you'll be able to buckle down in the face of such the bitchin' party scene.
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I think we might be dealing with a case of diminished expectations here.jtxcounitah wrote:no, pretty clear. just Iowa having a lucrative party scene is shocking news to me. You need to stop shattering my stereotypes about the midwest. in my mind, Iowa students all drive to corn fields and drink grain alcohol and Leinenkugel's.JOThompson wrote: Am I being ambiguous? Trying really hard to be precise
I'm glad you'll be able to buckle down in the face of such the bitchin' party scene.
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I <3 Leinie's.jtxcounitah wrote:no, pretty clear. just Iowa having a lucrative party scene is shocking news to me. You need to stop shattering my stereotypes about the midwest. in my mind, Iowa students all drive to corn fields and drink grain alcohol and Leinenkugel's.JOThompson wrote: Am I being ambiguous? Trying really hard to be precise
I'm glad you'll be able to buckle down in the face of such the bitchin' party scene.
I cook huge, healthy, cheap, vegetarian meals most nights of the week. I use allrecipes.com mostly, because you can search by ingredient ("Uh, I have chickpeas, carrots, and half a banana- what can you do me for?"). I love cooking and food, and it's definitely possible to eat healthily and cheaply. And as someone who joined the film society at her undergraduate school solely because they ordered the best pizza every Monday, I second the free food suggestions. Plus I got to see a ton of great movies free.
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I really doubt you can make it on $80 a month. I tried living on $200 and it was basically impossible...nick637 wrote:everythingMr. Pablo wrote:What are you expecting to get out of that 12k?nick637 wrote:what is everyones expected COL?
I hope to take out and live on roughly 12k. I'm gonna need your prayers
rent= 400/month
food= 80/month
books= 1500
leaves money left over for anything else i may need. Is this too much or too little
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