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I fed myself on $35 a week in college, now I spend $35 on ONE dinner. Here is what actually changed.
Back in 2019 I was living in a studio in Dayton and doing the whole rice, beans, and frozen veggie thing for about $35 a week total. I would buy a 10 pound bag of rice for $6, dried beans for $2, and whatever veggies were marked down at Kroger, and that was basically it. Then I got a raise and slowly stopped planning anything, and last Tuesday I spent $34 on one takeout order without even blinking. The scary part is not the money, its that I forgot how to cook cheap without it feeling like a punishment. I tried going back to my old grocery list last month and I honestly could not remember half the meals I used to make. What is the one cheap meal you still actually make now that you have more money, not just the ones you used to survive on?
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the_amy15d ago
The "feeling like a punishment" part is so real. For me the shift was realizing I stopped cooking cheap stuff because of the blandness, not the cost. So now I still make my old lentil soup but I splurge on good bread and real parmesan to go with it, costs maybe $6 total and feels like a treat instead of survival food.
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