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Can't speak for who you're asking directly, but: lentils, rice, beans, frozen veggies, corn tortillas. Can make delicious meals with a well-stocked spice rack (which costs an initial hundred bucks or so upfront, but depreciation maybe adds at most a couple quarters to each meal).

Fresh veggies are doable too, if you're smart about where you shop and what you buy.

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I'd suggest people to go shopping at your local ethnic store for spices vs. buying pre-packed spice racks or those tiny spice bottles from whole foods or your local markets.

You'll get X times quantity for 1/Yth the cost. The same goes for Lentils, Beans and Rice

> well-stocked spice rack (which costs an initial hundred bucks or so upfront, but depreciation maybe adds at most a couple quarters to each meal).

Then there's the bulk options for spices you use regularly and in sufficient quantity to keep the quality of your stock reasonably high! Being from the Southwest, that tends to include copious amounts of chili powder, paprika, and a few others for me since I go through them so quickly.

I really like your post though. It doesn't cost that much to eat well, if you're willing to sacrifice some time in exchange. And it's probably healthier, too (lower sodium, plus you know more or less what you're putting into it).

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