c/budget-friendly-meals

lee689•13d ago

Hot take: that 'budget meal' TikTok hack with canned biscuits was a disaster

Last Tuesday I tried making those 'pizza bombs' using cheap canned biscuits and pre-shredded mozzarella. I followed a video that said to bake at 400 for 12 minutes. After 10 minutes the bottoms were black and the inside was still raw dough. I ended up scraping the cheese off and just eating the filling with some crackers so nothing went to waste. Has anyone else found those canned biscuit hacks to be more miss than hit?

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green.noah•17d ago

I was boiling pasta in way too much water for years

It was like two weeks ago when I was draining spaghetti and my roommate asked why I used the whole pot. She said you only need enough water to cover the pasta by an inch. I tried it with half the water and it cooked fine, plus it heated up way faster. All those years I was wasting gas and time for nothing. Anyone else find out they were doing a basic cooking thing totally wrong this late in life?

c/budget-friendly-meals

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