Hey RDG..
I’m with Dutch.
Buy a couple onions. Maybe a Vidalia, and a white onion.
Garlic cloves, or just the powder would be easy to get.
Off the top of my head? An easy thing for a guy like me, would be something baked, or pan fried in margarine not grease…
You can usually find some chicken strips in a freezer section, raw. You could thaw them. Wash them. Put them in a oven safe Pyrex container with margarine (or butter,) and simply throw some chopped up onions in with some chopped/minced garlic. Might be nice to buy some marinade that garlic and onions would compliment well.
Combine in Pyrex. Cook for suggested time on chicken bag.
Serve over rice, or with potatoes.
I would personally add some green pepper, and maybe some tomatoes, or mushrooms. Depending on what marinade you get.
As we know, I’m not a doctor. However. I feel like I should mention that lots of onions can cause heartburn, or other gastrointestinal issues. Being as you’re already having stomach issues…
It might be nice to drink some ginger ale, or ginger beer. Ginger is great for helping a tummy feel good. Especially if it’s carbonated…
As a poor person, most of my adult life, I’ve learned a ton of cheap things to eat.
Baking is a cheap and easy way to feed yourself a decent meal. Stay away from drive-thru type foods.
I used to buy a couple turkey legs, for less than $4. A can of Campbell’s condensed soup, of your liking. Combine in a Pyrex bowl, bake, and enjoy. Cans of sliced potatoes and beans are cheap. There’s your side…
Dark meat (poultry,) is usually pretty cheap. Canned vegetables too.
I survived five years, eating a different type of canned beans everyday for one meal. And one “bigger/more expensive” meal per day. Just add a couple bottles of OJ, or a few V8 type beverages, to keep from being malnourished…
You can add onions and garlic to all that stuff.
I used to cook a mean Ramen noodle stew. 3 packages of your preferred Ramen (like $1.) Put on a pot of water, or again Campbell’s condensed soup, with water (aprox $1.)
When pot starts to boil, drop 3 raw eggs in. (again, pretty cheap.)
Add cheese, garlic, onions, peppers, or whatever.
Bring off boil and stir slowly until it forms a mush-like substance. Bam! You can eat half the pot, put the pot in the fridge. Take it out later, and put it straight back on the stove top, with maybe a bit more water. Bring to quick boil. Bam! Another meal…
On super poor days. You can ball up some pieces of cheap sliced bread, and heat up a can of beans…. A cheap loaf of bread, and can of beans can feed big guys like you and I for $3—$4/day RDG…( I know you’re financially challenged, like me.)..
It’s not luxurious. But. That would be boring…Right….
Good luck with your cooking buddy. When you perfect cooking on a ridiculous budget, it kinda feels like you aren’t scrapping by… And. It impresses the ladies!..
Got me a good girlfriend for about a year once, by dazzling her with peanut butter sandwiches, and Ramen stew!