Hungry and Itchy for cheap food

Hate queuing for food during lunch hours? Feel an urge to get your cook on in school? Bringing food from home getting too damn boring? You are not alone. We feel the same way.

As my tummy started grumbling in class, I wondered what I could eat for lunch. A little later, Miss French Fries arrived and complained about the endless queues down at the canteen. Waffle Girl overheard and cut in.

“Wouldn’t it be awesome if we prepared our own snacks in school?”

“Like what?” Marshmallow Boy asked.

We started discussing what snacks we could possibly put together in school and agreed on the following: 1) the ingredients should be cheap and easy to find, 2) the preparation time should take less than 5 minutes, and 3) the steps should be simple.

We were up to some mischief early in the morning and here is a video to proof it!



This is what we came up with:

Sausage Spooned Mash Potato

Mash potato alone is boring, why not dip your sausage in it? ;)
The saltiness of the sausage is balance by the mild flavor of the mash potato.
Your sausage will be more savory, and your mash potato will be more filling.

Marsh-scuit 

Cream crackers and marshmallows, bet you didn’t think of that.

Step 1 - Stuff a marshmallow in between two crackers
Step 2 - Place it in a microwave oven for approximately 20secs
Step 3 - Remove and enjoy

The chewiness of the marshmallow complements the crackers. Not only is it sweet, but it’s both chewy and crispy.

Instant (egg + noodles) 

Most of us find cup noodles dull and “jelak” (sick of eating the same food, in Malay) and often crave an additional ingredient with the instant noodles.

For only 75 cents, you can get a tea egg from 7-11 and add it into your cup noodles.

So these are a few snacks you can try when you feel an urge to cook in school or are simply lazy to queue. Your experiments may or may not turn out well but it’s always fun to try, especially with your friends!


If you have any suggestions or ideas for snacks, feel free to share them with us in the comment box below.

Have a good day fellow cooking idiots!

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Bread Pizza

Have you guys ever had leftover breads and you don’t know what to do with it? Or do you feel like having pizza but do not have enough money? Not to worry my dear readers, this recipe will save you from your misery of throwing your bread away and satisfy your cravings for pizza.

Basically, this pizza use normal bread that you always have at home. And no, it is not weird to eat it with normal bread. Instead, it taste exactly like the pizza that you will get at any pizza stores. It is really simple and cheap. Making the dough can be very confusing for cooking idiots like us, so bread can be a substitute for it and it's sure as hell a good one! 

The ingredients that you need are:

1. Bread (you can use wholemeal bread too if you want)
2. Tomato sauce ( I recommend using Prego because they are just so darn good)
3. Mozzarella cheese
4. Hotdogs/beef pepperoni 
5. Button mushrooms
6. Capsicum

You can add any other ingredients that you want to your pizza such as bacon, corns, tomatoes, pineapple, minced beef etc., What is most important is that you need bread, tomato sauce and mozzarella cheese. Since it is your own pizza, just go crazy with the ingredients because no one is stopping you!

Before you start make sure that you pre heat your oven to 170 Degrees Celsius about 7 - 10 minutes before you put in the pizza.
  
 Here are the steps:

Put it in the oven for about 8 - 12 minutes. Check a few times to see if your pizza is ready.
As we are using normal bread as your base, it tends to harden easily so make sure you do not overcook it. If your toppings are done cooking and the cheese have melted then you can take it out from the oven.

Voila you are done! Just 4 easy steps for you to enjoy your very own pizza! 
Have fun trying fellow cooking idiots ~

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Grocery prices are rising; it’s time to get smart!

Buying in bulk provides you with a cheaper alternative. 

We as people who cook should stop paying high prices for their groceries simply because it is not worth it. Especially when there is a cheaper alternative out there; this would be buying in bulk.

According to the Ministry of Trade and Industry (Department of Statistics) prices for groceries has been on the rise. Consumer Price Index, which is what people pay for, has gone up 6% from 2010 to 2012. Click here to see more - Statistics to Rising Food Prices


Opinions on rising food costs from Cooking for Idiots on Vimeo.
Today, we do what normal human beings are best at doing; complain. However, if we just took the time to explore other options like purchasing food ingredients in bulk with our neighbors around us, such a thing would not be a problem for us no more.

Buying in bulk is not only cheaper; there are possibilities of getting promotional discounts. This may sound weird to some but clearly from the video we know it has been done and is regularly continued up till today.

So do not just sit around and sob about the grocery prices being high. Start doing something, go to your neighbors and introduce this idea to them. ASK THEM! Ask them if they want in. And if you are already buying in bulk with your friends, neighbors or family, tell us where you are getting the offers from!

SHARE THE LOVE WITH OTHER FELLOW SINGAPOREANS JUST LIKE YOU! Fellow Singaporeans, who are trying to save money, feed a family and/or feed themselves!

Also, feel free to drop us pictures of you and your neighbors or family and friends picking up a fresh new batch of delivered groceries. You can also mention us on twitter at cookforidiots .

Stay tuned for the next article where we show you some of the best offers for buying in bulk and also the differences of buying in bulk and just buying individually.

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