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Yahoo
4 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Top 5 Fast-Food Meals Cheaper Than ‘We Have Food at Home'
Do you remember when getting fast food used to be an affordable treat and not a physically and financially shame-inducing spiral from which you'll never recover? No? After you come home from an exhausting day at work, the house is all out of order, your kids are clamoring to eat and you do not feel like cooking, the last thing you want to hear is, 'We have food at home.' Up Next: For You: Technically, what you have at home are probably ingredients, so it's best not to split hairs and save yourself a potential argument by suggesting to your tired spouse that they whip up a meal. Though not always the case, it still can be cheaper to eat out rather than going to the grocery store and playing tariff roulette with your produce. With that in mind, GOBankingRates put together a list of the top five fast-food meals that are cheaper than grocery shopping. Order up! McDonald's McChicken Value Meal Price: $5 You shouldn't play chicken with your monthly expenses, and with the McDonald's McChicken value meal, you get a McChicken, four-piece Chicken McNuggets, a small French fry and a small soft drink. When you factor in what you would spend on a chicken breast (plus more for nuggets), a head of lettuce, burger buns, mayonnaise, potatoes and soda at the grocery store, you probably started pulling into the drive-thru marked with Golden Arches before you finished reading this sentence. Explore More: Taco Bell's Classic Luxe Box Price: $5 If every time you go to the grocery store, you have to dip into your children's college fund, then maybe you should subsidize with the occasional Taco Tuesday for family night. For $20, you can feed your family of four with this Taco Bell combo meal, which includes a Beefy 5-Layer Burrito, crunchy taco, cinnamon twists and a medium fountain drink. Antacid is sold separately, but you may not need it to settle your system when you see how much money you saved. Wendy's Biggie Bag Price: $5 Gone may be the days of Wendy's locations having a sun room you could smoke in while you appreciated nature, but that doesn't mean they still don't offer some nostalgic pricing for some items on their menu. For just $5 a pop, you can get the Biggie Bag at Wendy's, which includes a choice of sandwich (Jr. Bacon Cheeseburger, Double Stack or Crispy Chicken), 4-piece chicken nuggets, fries and a drink. Chipotle Burrito Price: $11.65 to $12.45 Chipotle may not be the first fast-food option you think of when it comes to savings, but when you factor in its portion sizes for baby-sized burritos or the many influencer cheat codes to multiply how many meals you can get out of your order, the savings do start to add up more than the additional cost of guacamole. You could even buy a burrito for dinner, eat half, and have the second half as a lunch leftover the next day. Of course, this would require more self-control than most people have when delicious food is in front of them. Subway's Meal of the Day Price: $9.99 And the number one fast-food meal that is cheaper than 'we have food at home' is … the Subway Meal of the Day! Why doesn't everyone just relax and enjoy a delicious Subway sandwich until the stock market figures itself out? You can set your calendar to Subway's Meal of the Day, which includes a daily rotating footlong sub option, a choice of a bag of chips or two cookies and a drink. This is an easily shareable meal too, as even Subway is shocked more people aren't splitting in this economy. More From GOBankingRates 6 Popular SUVs That Aren't Worth the Cost -- and 6 Affordable Alternatives This article originally appeared on Top 5 Fast-Food Meals Cheaper Than 'We Have Food at Home'
Daily Mail
01-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Influencer claims to have nailed the secret recipe for McDonald's McChicken sauce
An Australian health coach claims to have cracked the secret recipe for McDonald's McChicken burger sauce and it only involves four ingredients. Bec Hardgrave, a Brisbane-based content creator, regularly shares recipe and food ideas on her Instagram and TikTok. A recent video showcases her take on the McDonald's McChicken burger sauce which she said she has spent s considerable time perfecting - explaining in the video that she'd finally 'nailed the recipe'. Bec confirmed that her creation 'actually tastes like the real thing'. The four ingredients the content creator suggests are needed to achieve the distinct McDonald's McChicken burger sauce flavour are mayonnaise, dry mustard, onion powder and salt. In the video she said: 'Honestly I'm still shocked at how close this tasted like the real thing.' Bec also provided the exact recipe details in the caption of the post. Her recipe recommends starting with one cup of mayonnaise in a mixing jug before adding a teaspoon of dry mustard, followed by half a tablespoon of onion powder and half a teaspoon of salt. Bec then hand-mixed the ingredients together until they were completely combined to create the sauce. The clip then shows her pouring the homemade condiment into a squeezy sauce bottle and storing it in the fridge to be used as needed. Although the fitness coach didn't reference specific brands in her recipe, the products that she used were Hellman's Light Mayonnaise, Keen's Mustard Powder, Coles Onion Powder and Woolworths Essentials Iodised Table Salt. In the video Bec said she found that most people assumed the sauce used on the McDonald's McChicken burger was just plain mayonnaise but instead that this is not the case. She added: 'I've gotten so many comments about this saying it's just mayonnaise... But if you're a sauce connoisseur like me, you'd know that mayo alone does not taste that good.' The health coach also provided the nutritional information for her sauce recipe. She wrote that it contained: 'Calories per 20g: 53 Protein: 0.1g Carbs: 1.2g Fats: 5.2g' Excited McDonald's showed their excitement in the comments section of the post. One person wrote: 'Need to give this a go!' One revealed that they had been 'teased' for referring to it as 'McChicken sauce', while their friends insisted it was 'just mayo'. However, other comments disagreed – passionately arguing that McChicken sauce was just mayonnaise – but that the trick was to work out which brand. One person wrote: 'McChicken sauce is legit just Hellman's.' Another said: 'Kewpie Mayo is an exact replica of McChicken sauce.' This isn't the first time Bec tried to recreate the fast food giant's popular item. She previously recreated her own version of the popular McChicken burger using budget ingredients purchased from Aldi. In her chicken burger video, Bec said: 'These are super quick and easy to make I just chucked the chicken in the air fryer, assembled the burgers and there you go. 'It's the perfect thing when you feel like Macca's, you have to try these.' The fitness coach used Aldi's Farmwood brand Chicken Breast Schnitzels, sesame seed brioche burger buns, Colway Light Squeezy Mayonnaise and a bag of shredded iceberg lettuce. She cooked the chicken schnitzels in the air fryer until they were crispy then layered them on the burger buns with a small handful of lettuce and a squeeze of mayonnaise. Using Bec's recipe, each burger is only 380 calories and contains 18.2 grams of protein, 11.9 grams of fat and 48 grams of carbohydrates.
Daily Mail
01-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
I nailed the secret recipe for McDonald's McChicken sauce - and you only need four ingredients
An Australian health coach has claimed to have cracked the secret recipe for McDonald's McChicken burger sauce - and it only involves four ingredients. Bec Hardgrave, a Brisbane-based content creator, regularly shares recipe and food ideas to nearly 350,000 followers across her Instagram and TikTok platforms. She made a video unveiling her secret recipe to make your own McDonald's McChicken burger sauce quickly racked up more than 100,000 views on each of her social media platforms. The health guru said she'd spent considerable time perfecting the formulation – explaining in the video that she'd finally 'nailed the recipe'. Bec confirmed that her creation 'actually tastes like the real thing'. The four ingredients the content creator suggests are needed to achieve the distinct McDonald's McChicken burger sauce flavour are mayonnaise, dry mustard, onion powder and salt. 'Honestly I'm still shocked at how close this tasted like the real thing,' she said in the video. Bec also provided the exact quantity details for her sauce mixture in the caption accompanying her video. Her recipe recommends starting with one cup of mayonnaise in a mixing jug. She then add a teaspoon of dry mustard, followed by half a tablespoon of onion powder and half a teaspoon of salt. Bec then hand-mixed the ingredients together until combined to create the sauce. The clip shows her pouring the homemade condiment into a squeezy sauce bottle and storing it in the fridge to be used as needed. Although the fitness coach didn't reference specific brands in her recipe, the products that she used were Hellman's Light Mayonnaise, Keen's Mustard Powder, Coles Onion Powder and Woolworths Essentials Iodised Table Salt. She explained in the video that she'd encountered the common misconception that the sauce on a McDonald's McChicken burger was just plain mayonnaise. 'I've gotten so many comments about this saying it's just mayonnaise... But if you're a sauce connoisseur like me, you'd know that mayo alone does not taste that good,' Bec said. In the post, she claimed that combining mayonnaise with her suggested three strategic flavouring ingredients makes it more akin to McChicken burger sauce. RECIPE: Bec Hardgrave's McChicken burger sauce replica Ingredients * 1 cup Mayonnaise * 1 tsp Dry Mustard * 1/2 tbsp Onion Powder * 1/2 tsp Salt Method 1. Place all ingredients in a mixing jug and hand mix until combined. 2. Pour the mixture into a squeezy sauce bottle. 3. Store in the fridge and use when needed. The health coach also provided the nutritional information for her sauce recipe. She wrote that it contained: 'Calories per 20g: 53 Protein: 0.1g Carbs: 1.2g Fats: 5.2g' Excited McDonald's fans jumped into the comments section of her sauce recipe post. 'Need to give this a go!' read the reply of one Instagram follower. Others also agreed with Bec's sentiment about McChicken sauce being dismissed as simply mayonnaise. One revealed they were even 'teased' for referring to it as 'McChicken sauce', while their friends insisted it was 'just mayo'. However, other comments disagreed – passionately arguing that McChicken sauce was just mayonnaise – but that the trick was to work out which brand. 'McChicken sauce is legit just Hellman's,' one McDonald's fan suggested. 'Kewpie Mayo is an exact replica of McChicken sauce,' another argued. And it isn't the first time Bec tried to recreate the fast food giant's popular item. She previously recreated her own version of the popular McChicken burger using budget buys from Aldi. 'These are super quick and easy to make I just chucked the chicken in the air fryer, assembled the burgers and there you go,' she said. 'It's the perfect thing when you feel like Macca's, you have to try these.' The fitness coach used Aldi's Farmwood brand Chicken Breast Schnitzels, sesame seed brioche burger buns, Colway Light Squeezy Mayonnaise and a bag of shredded iceberg lettuce. She cooked the chicken schnitzels in the air fryer until they were crispy then layered them on the burger buns with a small handful of lettuce and a squeeze of mayonnaise. Each burger is only 380 calories and contains 18.2 grams of protein, 11.9 grams of fat and 48 grams of carbohydrates.
Yahoo
23-03-2025
- Science
- Yahoo
Biologist stunned by unusual materials found packed inside bird nest: 'The oldest layer is as old as me'
Eurasian coots are making their nests out of our trash, reported ZME Science. Researchers in Amsterdam have discovered that Eurasian coots are building nests using plastic waste dating back decades. One nest contained 635 artificial items, including a 1994 FIFA World Cup souvenir and a 1996 McDonald's McChicken container. "The oldest layer is as old as me — all my life, a bird was nesting here," said Auke-Florian Hiemstra, a biologist at the Naturalis Biodiversity Center in Leiden, Netherlands. Unlike natural nests that decay each year, these plastic structures can last for decades. Some coots are even reusing old plastic nests rather than building new ones — an unusual behavior for these birds. These nests reveal how deeply plastic has worked its way into nature. Like scientists use tree rings to study past climates, these nests contain a timeline of human trash production. Unlike natural materials that decompose within months, the plastic in these nests won't break down for hundreds of years. This represents a dramatic shift in how wild animals interact with their environments. While birds adapt to use these materials, we don't yet know how toxic chemicals in plastics might affect developing chicks or adult birds. These "accidental archives" also serve as physical proof of how long our everyday trash stays in the environment — the McDonald's wrapper you tossed years ago might still be in a bird's home today. Companies are developing biodegradable packaging alternatives that break down naturally if they end up in the environment. Many communities now offer plastic recycling programs that keep waste out of waterways. Should tourists be responsible for cleaning up their own trash? Absolutely In most cases It depends on the place No, they shouldn't Click your choice to see results and speak your mind. You can help by reducing single-use plastic in your daily life. Choose reusable water bottles and shopping bags. Pick up plastic litter when you see it, especially near businesses that use eco-friendly packaging. And remember: Proper disposal of plastic items means they're less likely to end up in a bird's nest. Join our free newsletter for good news and useful tips, and don't miss this cool list of easy ways to help yourself while helping the planet.
