Ask HN: Hackers who cook

Re:Ask HN: Hackers who cook by steakejjs on Tuesday September 23, 2014 @01:26PM (#8356584)

1. To save cash and recreationally. I would like to buy a house and cooking cuts my meal costs in half. It is also something I do with my SO

2. No. I live next door to two different upscale grocery stores (talk about luck). I just go nextdoor daily.

3. What kind of things do you cook usually?

4. I eat little junk food. I have a milk allergy. I also eat a lot of meat. This is due to having powerlifting as one of my hobbies.

5. I eat a lot of tacos, steak and rice, chicken. etc. It is easy and fast.

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Re:Ask HN: Hackers who cook by richardking on Tuesday September 23, 2014 @01:30PM (#8356623)

Curious, what is your cost per meal, approx? I live next to Whole Foods and buying ingredients daily usually makes the meal ~$7-$10, which is about the same as buying a pretty healthy prepared meal.

I do think buying/cooking in bulk will save money but that's harder to plan for and I don't have many recipes to cook in bulk.

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Re:Ask HN: Hackers who cook by steakejjs on Tuesday September 23, 2014 @01:43PM (#8356745)

I live next to a wholefoods and a wegmans so this is a good comparison. The things I buy bring my average meal cost to about $5. If I eat out (chipotle or something) it is $10.

I eat simply. One thing I love is wholefoods preseasoned chicken. It's about 2.99 a pound and serves 3 meals (2 dinners, and my lunch for the next day).

I should also note I eat around 3100 calories per day.

edit: I should also note. cooking for more than 1 meal at a time brings my average cost per meal down quite a bit. Even if it is only 2 meals.

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