If I am staying at a hotel that has a kitchen I have on occasion gone about the ingredients for a simple meal at the grocery. I make a very dumbed down beef stew.

Brown stew meat in pot.
Drain fat
add 3 cans of consomme
simmer
add pre peeled and washed baby carrots
cut up two baking potatos
cut up celery
cut up small onion
simmer and eat

buy "Bag O' Salad" and it's a meal.

This makes more than I can eat for dinner but the ingredients are still cheaper than what I would pay for dinner out. I toss the rest and don't worry about wasting food. I like being able to cook for myself at home. I also leave the dirty pots. It's nice to cook and not have to clean up.


[This message has been edited by prncess674 (edited 11-25-2002).]