Lately, I’ve been eating rice topped with some mixture of beans and tomatoes. This combination can be surprisingly versatile.
Refried beans + diced tomatoes + taco mix + thyme
Red beans + diced tomatoes + allspice + thyme
pinto beans + diced tomatoes + tofu + allspice + thyme
Put these combinations on top of rice.
See how versatile?
Also, try pasta.
Cheese is too expensive, so don’t try that. Vegetables can be expensive, depending on what kind you buy. If you do, you’ll have to stick with the simplicity of carrots or broccoli. Don’t even think about asparagus. Also, don’t go near the snack aisle, as you’ll end up getting broker and fatter. Sadly, beer is out of the question, unless you want Natural Ice or something else equally as disgusting and not worth the cheapness. Incidentally, tofu is cheap as well. It’s best to stick with things in cans, as two cans can cost under $1.00 and make a huge meal with leftovers.
The goal is to feel full and to make slight variations day-to-day in order to feel like you’re actually eating something different than you did yesterday. Spices help with this, but you should hope that they’re already in your pantry, because spices are expensive- typically $5 a pop. That’s almost four meals!
In conclusion: cans, rice, pasta, full, flavor.
Ok, so now there’s a segment on the nightly news about an Indian Orphanage. And now I feel guilty for writing this. Incidentally, they also eat rice everyday.
Once again, “Just the place for the snark!” I was sure I had found it when I saw your tag, but alas, once again it has vanished.
I sought it with thimbles, I sought it with care; I pursued it with forks and hope; I threatened its life with a railway-share; I charmed it with smiles and soap.
Alas, indeed the Snark has disappeared, as it was always meant to do. See, in the midst of my celebration at spotting the Snark, in the midst of the word I was trying to say, in the midst of my laughter and glee, he had softly and suddenly vanished away — For the Snark was a Boojum, you see.