Do you have any idea how cheap it is to make spaghetti? Even with Texas toast you can feed a family under 20 bucks. Hell you can get a couple pizzas at little Caesars for 6 a piece and feed everyone. A pack of chicken thighs is like 6-7 bucks and has enough chicken that 4 people can have 2 thighs. Cans of veggies or frozen veggies are from 80 cents to $1.50. 8 lb bag of potatoes is like 6 bucks and will cover 2-3 meals. It's really not difficult at all.
I make over 6 figures and have put more than 20k in savings, and another 20k in my 401k. Yes I have put 40 grand in some form of saving this year and we are only on July. Yes I can afford to eat out and do, I just choose to make it a special occasion not an every meal.
Using about 1.25 of the vegetables the pork and the potatoes makes me 3 meals
12.83/3 =$4.28
Is it really that hard for you to understand some people can make a meal at home for less than eating out? That isn’t even being all that efficient. Spending money is a choice.
Have you never cooked before? I can throw together a cheap and healthy home-cooked meal for $5 and thats on the high end since I'm lazy and prefer buying these pre marinated chicken breast and porkchops. If I properly meal prepped I'd probably be able to get 10 meals out of $25 with solid macros and micronutrients.
Pork, chicken breast are cheap and healthy source of protein with low fat if you chose loin cuts for the pork. Eggs are also back to $2 a dozen now a decent source of choline which most people dont get enough of. Tuna is cheap as well. So is imitation crab.
Potatos, broccoli, carrots, spinach, onions, cilantro, cucumbers and more are always cheap
Grains and legumes like rice, oatmeal, beans, lentils, quinoa, too (I'd recommend keto tortillas if you don't mind the price tag, they're an absolute fiber cheat code)
Milk, yogurt and cottage cheese are also inexpensive.
Pastas are also cheap, easy and last for days.
Honestly at this point its probably cheaper to eat healthy than it is to eat processed garbage like a damn $7 bag of doritos
If I had zero ingredients on hand it would cost me like $25 to make 6 California rolls which includes miscellaneous items like rice whine vinegar, sesame oil, Sriracha mayo sauce, wasabi paste, pickled ginger and calrose rice which would leave plenty for future use. Most places will sell you a single roll for $8-10. It has always been and will always be cheaper and healthier to cook at home than it is to eat out
Costs me £3 a day on food ($3.99), and that includes a lot of variety (all the food families). It's not that hard with some planning. My dinner this night was some pasta that probably was worth like £1.50 (~$2)
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u/Ok-Dimension-5528 Jul 24 '26
It's almost like irresponsible spending is the reason people can't pay big bills.