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[โ€“] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Agreed. Amortized it much cheaper but when you have an empty kitchen with only a box of macaroni and cheese, getting groceries can feel very expensive.

There are cheap, single serving meals, such as:

  • baked potato - extra lazy version is 6 min in the microwave, add toppings
  • oatmeal - overnight oats, microwave (3 min, water shouldn't quite cover oats), etc
  • sandwiches - lots of options; freeze extra bread and cheese
  • eggs - scrambled, fried, boiled; eggs last weeks

I got through college cooking stuff like this. It was cheap, quick to make small portions, and didn't require many seasonings. I lived on sleek something like $45-50/month, which covered the vast majority of my meals.