I got some hotdogs, buns, cold-cuts with condiments, and two steaks for $6 a piece, some juice... and it cost about $75. My cart was barely a 1/4 of the way filled. Inflation is well above 10%. I wish I took a photo. I think we should start posting shopping cart photos, with totals here. Groceries plus gas is a nightmare right now.
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I typically survive on one meal a day.
I can spend as little as $2 to $3.50 a day on my meals and as much as $15-20 (if I eat out for a change of pace).
That cost does not factor in spices or hot sauce, but I have a well-stocked spice cabinet.
As an example, here's a cheap and quick meal-
A can of organic beans such as kidney, black, or pinto costs about $1.00 or so. I sautee a small onion and season them with cumin, chili powder (various kinds in my spice collection, so I mix it up), garlic powder, salt, black pepper, and red pepper before adding and mashing up beans.
Toss the mixture onto 6 corn tortillas along with a 4 oz. square of cheese (I cut a 32 oz. block into 8 squares as meal prep), and bake in air fryer at 400 until cheese is nice and melted.
Top with tomatoes, lettuce, and hot sauces.
Enjoy. This meal would easily feed 2 people who eat more than once a day.
I sometimes make the exact same thing but with a pound of ground beef instead of the beans. I've found it marked down as cheap as $3.99 because it expires the next day and spend as much as $6.99 if I'm just in the mood for meat.
I cook other things, of course, but that's about as cheap as I can make my meals these days unless I soaked and cooked the beans myself.