Food can quickly become a big ticket item, especially if you buy processed foods. What’s that, you say? Processed food is stuff that has something done to it or food that has been sort of prepared for you.
Eating cheaper doesn’t need to be very complicated and Jakob from Early Retirement Extreme, one of my favorite frugal bloggers, featured what I think is a brilliant frugal meal: the one dollar Pinto bean based Sloppy Joe.
The only things you really need are pinto beans, fried onion, can of tomato paste.
Leaving out the optional parts changes the taste but does not affect the general idea.
Fry the onions in a pan. Add the rest except the beans. Stir. Now add the beans. You’re done.
You can serve it on bread with lettuce, tomatos, olives, etc. or with rice and pasta. All these options create a balanced amino acid profile.
Great, solid meal.
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