>>21469800 (OP)You can feed yourself extremely healthy for next to nothing. Most people (Americans) just straight up don't know how/are too lazy/are too nutritionally illiterate to prepare food. All my coworkers do is complain about how expensive food is then they just go to the store and shop like an idiot.
Healthy carbs (all under $1 per 2000 calories):
- Oatmeal
- Barley
- Rice
- Lentils
- Chickpeas
- Basically any dried legumes
- Potato's
- Tortillas
Meats (healthier options, try to eat mostly lean meats to be healthy although that doesn't need to be a hard rule for all meals) :
- Pork Tenderloin (on sale for CHEAP sometimes)
- Chicken thighs
- Ground chicken (bulk from meat processor under $2.50/lb)
- Ground Turkey (Also bulk)
- Eggs (cheap again now especially if you're not in a city)
- Beef Liver
Veggies (fresh)
- Carrots
- Celery
- Broccoli
- Green Beans
- Cabbage
- Onions
Canned stuff:
- Canned Corn
- Canned Fruit
- Canned Beans
- Canned anything
Other stuff:
- Milk
- Bullion Cubes
- Garlic
- Cheap spices from Walmart
- Tomato Paste
- Lemon Juice
- Bread
- Off Brand Peanut Butter
- Peanuts
You can make fucking amazing food with all this stuff and it costs next to nothing. Eating a relatively complex carb+relatively lean meat+fruits/veggies is just about the healthiest thing you can eat and it costs next to nothing. People are just fucking dumb. Cook them into a stew, cook them into a soup, serve them on a plate. So many ways to make this shit taste good.
Make it all in large quantities so you can eat for 3 - 4 days off just one session of cooking.