Did I poison myself?

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I'm the world's worst cook. But I thought a Slo-Cooker would save me - cook once, eat all week.

Except now I've got The Flu back for the 3rd time.

Have patience with me please - it's a vegan recipe.

In layers in Slo-Cooker -
4 tofu hamburgers, cut up.
1 can potatoes, rinsed
2 cans mixed beans (e.g. romano beans), rinsed
entire bag frozen mixed veg
1 can mushroom soup

I let it slo-cook overnight. I might have left it on the counter too long before packaging it for freezer.

Now I'm sick as a dog. I read once that you can't twice-freeze beans but I didn't.

Help? Did I poison myself? I'm serious; I need to know.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slow_cooker#Hazards

You can freeze beans as much as you want. It can just make them mushy. You can't twice freeze raw meat but you can freeze whatever else.

I use my crock pot a lot. I can give you recipes. Do you eat meat?

Here is a good mac and cheese recipe. Boil and drain an 8oz pack of macaroni. Put it in. Put in three cups of shredded cheddar cheese. Put in the smallest can of EVAPORATED (NOT CONDESED) milk, and two spoons of minced onions from the spice rack. You can leave them out. Stir. Turn it on high and cook four hours or eight on low.

Did you wash the tofu? You are supposed to. Bacteria gets in that.

I don't know any vegan recipes though. But you could make soup by putting canned tomatoes, frozen veggies and spices in it. Then add cooked rice or pasta an hour before its done.

If you do eat meat, I always cook my beef roasts in it. I put the roast in it and potatoes and onions and then fill with water and cook till it falls apart.

That's interesting and I thought I had the answer with this:

Raw kidney beans, and to a lesser extent some other beans (such as broad/fava beans), contain the toxin phytohaemagglutinin, which is destroyed by boiling, but not by the lower temperatures of a slow cooker, so dry beans must be boiled at 100 °C (212 °F) for 30 minutes prior to slow cooking,[9] or alternatively soaked in water overnight, discarding the water and then boiled for at least 10 minutes. Even a few beans can be toxic, and beans can be as much as five times more toxic if cooked at 80 °C (176 °F) than if eaten raw,[10] so adequate pre-boiling is vital.

But the word "raw." Cans of beans are not raw, they're already cooked, aren't they?

Not if I can get out of it. My aunt made a Sunday Roast for the 'honoured guest' (me) and I just ate it and said it was delicious. But I wouldn't inflict it on myself.

Ah, but you see, that's haute cuisine to me. Boil and drain macaroni is a whole meal of cooking. And then shred 3 cups of cheese? That'll take me a couple of days. I can't use pre-shredded because I had a colossal allergic reaction to it once. I had just opened the packet, took a pinch of cheese, put it in my mouth, and spit it out. My friend liked it fine so she took it home.

I should have been more specific. I used "Yves Patties" which is pre-fab and ready to go. I know what you mean about being careful of tofu, though.

Sounds good.

Cans of beans are cooked, and your recipe looked fine. Could you be sensitive to one of the ingredients?

Not so far, and I had a whole work-up for allergies at the hospital not long ago. No allergy to foods or meds. Just dander and birch.

Over the years, I've triggered emotional/allergy reactions to perfectly ordinary food, like Kraft Dinner, which I can eat except on that one day. (You should have seen the handsome intern!) I'm in a very bad place now and I wonder if it's an emotional rebellion. I once cured it with a can of beer and a hockey game. But that's psychology, not cooking.

I just retired and the Gov't says they overpaid me $5000 over the years and they want it back @ $70/mo. Furthermore, my retirement income will be half what they promised. Maybe I'll go live in a tent. Also I had a concussion and I'm still dizzy. I only have 75 cents for 2 weeks, which is why I was trying to stretch food with Slo-Cooker. But that's going along with the feeling of being trapped. (A whole other discussion.)

Yeah, the concussion might be your culprit. That sucks about your financial cut. When I was broke I lived off of oatmeal, peanut butter, and apples. Hope you feel better...

Crock pots are great for the cheapest eats. Makes them tender. Get a thing of stew meat or beef tips or get the butcher to cut up whatever cheap cut of meat that will make about three cups. Put that in. Put in a can of Campbell's golden mushroom soup. Has to be that kind. One envelope of Lipton or knock off onion soup mix like you use for sip. Then one empty soup can of water or dry red wine. Also a small can of mushroom ends and pieces. Cook on high six hours. Serve o we rice or potatoes.

Sargent makes a shredded cheese that doesn't use preservatives. It's a little more but they don't have the preservatives in it. Or you could buy a pound of cheddar at wal mart deli and get them to shred it for the mac and cheese. You can cut regular cheese up small instead of shredding if you want to.

Another one:

Get some tiny cocktail weenies and a thing of bacon and some toothpicks. Cut the bacon into thirds, then wrap one piece around each cocktail weenie and put in a toothpick. Once they are all on pour a box of brown sugar over them. Don't stir. Cook four hours on high. It's a snack thing.

Other cheap meals.

Brown a couple lbs of hamburger and drain. Put in enough canned spaghetti sauce to get it all moist like sloppy Joe's. Put that in the bottom of a rectangle casserole dish. Then since you donate shredded well, get some sliced mozerella or provolone and lay on top. Spread a cup of sour cream on that. Open some crescent rolls AMD lay them flat on top. Put a little melted butter on and park cheese. Cook for as long as the crescent rolls say to and on that temp. Crescent roll casserole


BBQ casserole.

Brown hamburger meat and drain. Add big size can baked beans and some chopped onions. BBQ sauce, ketchup, mustard. Cover and cook 45 mins on about 350


Curry
Boil AMD drain lentils. Put back in pot. Add a can of tomatoes, some chopped onion AMD potato s and frozen veggies. Put in curry powder to taste. Cook till its done. Serve over rice. For stroganoff use only lentils, potatoes, onions, salt and pepper but cook the same way

Chicken and dumplings. Boil chicken thighs and when done remove from water to cool in bowl. Open a can of biscuits and flatten and cut into strips or buy frozen dumplings. Bring stock to a boil and drop them in one at a time stirring as you do. Cut it down and cook about 30 mins. Meanwhile get most of the chicken off the bone and put the meat back in there.


You can buy a huge thing of first cut ugly looking pork chops cheap, and muscle chicken breasts too. Use thighs instead of legs or breasts in chicken dishes. Boston but pot roast is about 15 bucks for a big one bit you'll eat on that all week. Roast, BBQ, pot pies, etc. Banquet makes box dinners that include everything even the meat and they are three something. It's plenty for two and they are good. Kielbasa style long sausage cut up with bell peppers and onions and baked covered for an hour or so rocks. You can use spam instead if you want. Spam is good.

Lasagna can be made with cheese and no meat and oven ready pasta. A big pot of red sauce can be frozen in small bags and thawed to go over pasta or on pizza or whatever. Chili can too. Hot dogs with chili and onions is good and you can use the cheap dogs with all the toppings. Cheap ground beef makes great burgers if mixed with breadcrumbs, tomato paste, an egg and garlic and parsley. Make patties and let them sit on the fridge for a couple hours. For a real treat get the butcher to grind a pound of bacon and put it in three pounds meat. Make up the burgers and freeze them. Cook them when you want one.

Breakfast for dinner is good too. Nothing easier than egg casserole. Hamburger helper. Tuna helper. Chicken or pork chops on the oven. Potatoes. More potatoes. Also candy made from potatoes.

For years we were pretty poor and I fed a family of six on about a hundred a week. I can tell you how. No complicated coupons either. You can even cook several things on one day and eat all week. I'll be glad to help. Let me know your allergies and cooking skills and what skills you're willing to try to learn or able to. PM me for that cause I ma not check this to often.

But I've been a housewife basically for 30 years and never had enough money and had to get done what I had to get done. I know tons of cheap meals and shortcuts too. I do our money and always have so I can help you with your budget as well. There's lots of tips and tricks. And I won't tell anybody your business. But this kind of thing I'm the expert in so let me help. I'll be happy to.

Ever since I read how poisonous raw beans are I've been afraid to eat the baked beans my mother sometimes makes in her crock pot. I don't like them anyway, just a big mealy pile of mush and the molasses she adds makes them much too sweet.