Dry lentils are much cheaper than canned beans and cook in 10 minutes, still very high in protein and fiber like most legumes.

>>7625526
Do you mean split lentils? The whole brown ones (cheapest usually at the store) take 30-45 minutes to cook.

I need meal recommendations

I usually have bread, eggs, milk, noodles are the staple, then sauces and simple burritos
So just burritos, eggs, pasta and pb&j make up my whole diet

I don't really know what people usually eat for meals, need things that don't take that much supplementary ingredients as I'm a poor student but I feel like I could be eating a lot healthier food for my budget

>>7625552
Spaghetti and ground beef are pretty good, but then again I have a place nearby that sells ground beef buy-one-get-one-free, so it's fairly cheap for me.

Anyway, rice is a cheap and versatile option, as in the OP. Only problem is you really need some kind of seasoning with it because plain white rice sucks.

That's legitimately about tree fiddy.

>2 cups rice
Weighs about 300g. Depending on the size of the bags of rice you buy, that can cost anywhere between 14¢-66¢.

>cooked with 1 packet sazon goya seasoning
A box of ten costs $2, so 20¢.

>- 1 can chicken breast
$2.29 or so.
>- 1/2 can black beans and 1/2 can peas
50¢ and 35¢, respectively.

How many servings is that, you think?

Here's my low-cost suggestion, going with your beans and rice motif:

black beans, 13¢
>2lb bag is $2 and a half pound cooks up into four servngs, each costing 12.5¢

oil, 1tbsp
>128 oz of oil is equal to 256 tbsp and costs $6.99, so 3¢

flour, 1tbsp
>7g of flour, a 5lb bag costs $2, so less than 1¢

onion, 1 very small
>3lbs costs $2 and a very small one weighs about a quarter lb. so 17¢.

garlic, 1 clove
>a sleeve of five heads is $1, there are about 20 cloves per head so about 1¢

jalapeño, 1
>1lb is $4, and a single 'peño weighs about an oz, so 25¢

chili powder, 1,5tbsp
>about 10g and a 100g container costs $1, so 10¢

cumin powder, 1tbsp
>about 7g and a 100g container costs $1, so 7¢

tomato juice, half cup
>48oz bottle costs $2, so 17¢

water, half cup
>let's just say free

stock cube, enough for 1 cup
>pack of knorr, enough for 12 cups, costs $2, so 17¢

rice, 1 cup, cooked
>1lb of rice cooks up to 5-6 servings, so going with the highest cost, let's assume 20¢ each serving

That's $1.30.

Remember, always ask the guy in the meat department if he has anything that's marked down because it's close to being past the sell-by date.

Nothing quite like getting 3lbs of ground beef for $5.

>>7625653
I got $10.something worth of oxtail yesterday for $6 doing that. The meat department manager slapped a discount sticker on it because I brought up its approaching expiry.

Love oxtail and grew up eating it (brisket and oxtail soup, fuck yeah!) but the price has been escalating due to interest from non-immigrants.

I guess it's nice that I can find it at literally every supermarket nowadays, at least.

>>7625533
Well you are right, only Red and French lentils cook in 10 minutes, the other ones 30-45

Adderall and food rations

>>7625609
Made this for dinner but it cost me less than $1.30 because 4lb bag of mixed kidney and pinto beans is $2.79 and I used that instead of black beans. Also, no japaleenies and just upped the amount of chili powder. And instead of rice, I ate it with free Passover matzo supermarkets around here give out for free every year in March/April. Six boxes of three packages each, each of six matzot (so total of 108 "loaves") for free.

>>7625759
is this diet food? how skinny are you?

>>7625517
>rice

>>7627212
>meme arrows