Free donut day at Krispy Kreme is a clusterfuck
Motherfuck
Both Arby’s near me are not participating in the 5 for 5. Fucking bullshit
This might have been a very bad idea, but after reading for a long time that fast food is still reasonably priced if you have the apps, I downloaded the McD’s app. This sounds silly to ask, but any tips/hacks for optimizing?
For example, there’s currently a deal for $5 20-piece nuggets. There is a separate deal for free fries with $1 purchase. But when I click on either to add to a mobile order, it warns me “Are you sure you want this deal? You’re limited to one deal per visit. All other deals become unavailable for 15 mins.” So you can’t ever stack more than 1 offer? Seems not worth it if I can’t do something like combine the nuggets and fries, and if I essentially always have to pay full price for all remaining items if I’m looking to piece together an actual “meal”.
I can’t believe I just wrote a post like this lol.
I get like free double cheeseburger every week plus you get points that goes towards free food. Obv fast food is bad but if you’re gonna do it, use the apps. Mcds, Wendy’s, and BK have all been worth having over the years
You can stack the deals with other menu offers though. For example you can use a BOGO sandwich offer from the app and then there are items that are BOGO $1 in the actual menu. Mcdoubles and McChickens at mine. You can get a boatload of food for fairly cheap that way. I think 2 double cheeseburgers and 2 hot and spicy mcchickens at mine using that technique are roughly $6.
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Got it, I can’t remember every seeing BOGO offers on the menu in-store. But that may be because it’s in a HCOL/urban area.
They dont show up on the app menu either but if you load them up in cart it will discount it. In my area the BOGO for $1 has replaced the dollar/$1$2$3 menu
One annoying thing about McDonalds pricing is that they seem to set “gotcha” or just unusual pricing for certain items. For example, I’ve seen many times where a four piece McNugget was priced such that it was cheaper to buy two four pieces than one 6 piece. The OG Egg McMuffins are almost always way more expensive than Sausage McMuffins with egg (I doubt there is a huge price difference to McDonalds, so my guess is that people really like Canadian Bacon and/ or the OG version is just the default order so they price accordingly)
Or, the other day, the app showed the following prices
A) Cheeseburger $1.89 for sandwich only, $8.25 for a combo
B) Double Cheeseburger $3.79 for sandwich only, $6 for a combo.
So, I guess my tip is, if you really want to save money, it may help to not just auto-pilot your order, but to actually look at the prices of different substitutions and see where you may be able to make a small substitution that triggers a deal. Of course, sometimes you just want what you want, but if you’re flexible there’s sometimes strange value to be found.
According to basic marketing psychology, constantly bundling and then rebuilding different items makes it difficult for consumers to remember or figure out what any item costs in the bundle, or even if the extra food/drink is worth it
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Let’s talk about real food that can be made fast, even while high after a day’s work.
Mac & cheese & peas & tuna, with a homemade sauce containing freshly shredded cheddar, manchego, and Velveeta.
- Gross
- Would smash
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tuna mac 
You can braise chicken thighs in canned beans in about 35 minutes and if you can’t be bothered to brown the chicken first it is a dump all the ingredients in a pan and make sure it doesn’t catch fire recipe…
4 skinless/boneless chicken thighs from costco freezer pack. One 28oz can of baked beens. Added about a 1/3 of a can of a water which was too much, but nothing stuck to the pan so that’s a bonus.
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Lol Mississippi. This map is a near perfect demonstration of my long contention that higher fast food prices are a wholly good thing. If a FF meal costs 20 bucks in your neck of the world congratulate yourself on living right.
I want to be supportive and encouraging, but that neither sounds nor looks appetizing. You seem really concerned about chicken sticking to the cooking vessel, but simply coating both sides with some type of spice rub and then cooking the breasts in a hot pan with a little oil will give you tasty sauteed chicken breasts (that shouldn’t stick to the pan), next to which you could place some heated up beans, and maybe some rice or some other starch.
Does the liquid base become a bean soup? Or do you just scoop the breasts and beans out of the pot with a slotted spoon?
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You’ve obviously forgotten braising attempts that went a little dry and coated the pan with baked on braising liquid. The beans by themselves would probably have done it but I panicked and added some water. The beans and liquid become a “sauce” if that is correct word for the chicken. This isn’t fancy cooking this is “real food that can be made fast.” I made it in about 35 minutes during lunch and will get 3 meals out it for a few dollars. I discovered it using home made baked beans and there are certainly a ton easy add ons to make it better, but as is you end up with 2-3 meals of good chicken and beans. But if you don’t like beans or chicken I can see this not being the hit I think it is…
I actually can’t remember the last time I braised anything. Whenever I cook protein on the stovetop I sauté in a small amount of oil in either a cast iron pan or a Dutch oven. If I want to make a soup with protein, I’ll saute the protein first in the Dutch oven, remove the cooked protein, build the soup in the pot, and the return the protein to the soup.
I’m not trying to be dick, and I always encourage people to cook healthy food. It just seems like you could take the same ingredients and with not much more planning or work create something with a lot more flavor.
Totally understand. I browned the chicken in a little avocado oil, and started braising to reduce the amount of oil I was using making food. For two ingredients it isn’t bad, it’s at least as good as the baked beans you used.
Regardless of your weight or cholesterol levels, I really wouldn’t be concerned about using a tablespoon or two of oil to sauté your food, especially a healthy choice like avocado oil.
If you actually like to make soup, one benefit of sauteing in the soup pot is the creation of the “burned” bits of goodness that easily come loose with light scraping when you add liquid to the pot. Then all of these flavors absorb into the soup.
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You could definitely take the same chicken pieces, season them, and put them in the oven until they hit correct temp. In the meantime, you could heat the beans on the stove or just nuke them along with some veggies and make yourself a salad in the same amount of time. No need for weird concoctions lol
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