Day 3 of moving out. Mom's food never looked so good

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Catatonick@reddit

My man that is not spaghetti, it also looks insanely bland.

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FuzzyBongos@reddit

Spaghetti is a noodle lol. What you have here is (i think) rigatoni and beans

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quackers-and-deez@reddit

Me? I think they mussed up paying for furniture before paying for a decent meal lol. A couch is just a place to die on when your eating like this lol

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Weird_Vegetable_4441@reddit

Why tf did you have this loaded up and ready

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SlickSilver97@reddit

I agree, very unsettling, god help us all

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cupidd55@reddit

Is the spaghetti in the room with us right now?

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yungrii@reddit

The Flying Spaghetti Monster is always in the room with us, if we leave the spiritual door open.

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vaultie66@reddit

Poor guy is so famished he can’t tell the difference anymore

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Dirtypoolgang@reddit

He's nervous, but on the surface, he looks calm and ready.

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AsleepEntertainer440@reddit

Nah that's his own cooking, not mom's

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taurist@reddit

Some people use the word macaroni in place of pasta but never seen spaghetti

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curlystephi@reddit

I call pasta pasta, but I do refer to the meal of pasta + bolognese sauce as spaghetti, regardless of what kind of noodles

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STRED92@reddit

im.sorry, but you could have made a vetger meal.foe the same price.. good lord. dont torture yourself wirh beans and noodles.

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TrippleassII@reddit

Isn't food more important than a couch?

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YungBuckoMode@reddit

Brother a can of meat sauce is like a dollar please

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pocketchange2247@reddit

Cook pasta, drain pasta, throw the meat sauce in the same pan the pasta was in, heat it for a minute or two, throw pasta back in, stir, and eat.

You only get the one pot and one spoon dirty (plus whatever plate and fork you eat with), and it takes like two minutes more, but looks and tastes so much better.

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Espumma@reddit

Learn to drain your pasta with the pot lid and you don't need the strainer

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VoyagerCSL@reddit

Look at Mr. Moneybags over here with his matching pot and lid set

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daedric_yoshi@reddit

Fuck it I'm tired and wasn't sure what to have for dinner tonight, I'm doing that.

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Luci-Noir@reddit

If you buy generic it’s really cheap too and just as good.

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pocketchange2247@reddit

And just get some dried herbs and spices to jazz it up

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You don’t really even have to do that. The one I got a few days ago already had garlic and herbs in it. If it needed anything it would be meat. Beef is expensive so maybe ground turkey. The sauce I bought was as good as the expensive stuff I used to get. It’s crazy how much cheaper generics are.

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thejamhole@reddit

Eat it out the pot and you don't even need a dish!

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pocketchange2247@reddit

Yeah you can be creative and do shit like that too.

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laydibug2477@reddit

This is true.

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Embarrassed_Mango679@reddit

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Varea714@reddit

“Also that’s rigatoni, brother.” Hahahaha 😆 I was over here suffering thinking no one mentioned it

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JewingIt@reddit

This screams as someone who complained and threatened to move out of their parents house but had no idea how to cook or do laundry or anything because their parents did it for them

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meatinmybriefs@reddit

I realize you may not feel malice, but I do want to point out that that's not necessarily a failure on someone's part. You don't know what your parents didn't teach you. Breaking free was already a huge step, learning the rest should be much easier for OP.

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Alternative_Swan_497@reddit

This. Everyone learns a lot the first time they move out on their own.

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RecalcitrantHuman@reddit

And Reddit is here to teach them. Just don’t tell us how to go about it.

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JewingIt@reddit

Wrong person

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g0blinzez@reddit

Yeah man, it's almost like some parents are controlling, or neglectful, and are either lazy pieces of shit who can't even be bothered to teach their kids to bathe and cook for themselves, or who purposefully neglect to teach those things so their kids stay dependent on them for longer. It's a real documented phenomenon in abusive family structures. You don't know anyone's situation, so stop assuming you do. 9 times out of 10, it's the parent's fault because they hold literally all of the power in the relationship.

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Jopkins@reddit

Next up on "things some random Redditor invented", we have a woman who's fallen out with her boyfriend - /u/g0blinzez speculates it's all down to domestic violence! Stay tuned.

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NinjakerX@reddit

No, they are right. You're just being a dick, just like the person they were replying to, who essentially implied the OP was babied by their parents and not only this is somehow OP's fault, they are also at fault to move out in the first place. Hence the mentions of "complained" and "threatened". He's basically saying the person was throwing tantrums.

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g0blinzez@reddit

Careful, these people lack reading comprehensions. Or they're aliens who have no idea how human parent-child relationships work.

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g0blinzez@reddit

lol Kungpowpenis

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IsThisTheFly@reddit

Wtf is wrong with you

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JewingIt@reddit

Do you have any sort of source to back up your claim of "9 times out of 10, it's the parents fault"?

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AccomplishedBug8077@reddit

Literally where else would the fault lie? Parents make children, and it's not like anyone else in society is looking out for the kids lol

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JewingIt@reddit

Did I ever claim that it was false?

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g0blinzez@reddit

Yes. Yes you did immediately after you commented this lmfao

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g0blinzez@reddit

Uh, idk, maybe the fact that children are half their size, have no knowledge of the world, are learning everything for the first time, have no financial independence or means of gaining that independence, and are reliant on their parents for literally everything? Kinda hard to abuse someone who has that much power over you. Basic common sense really.

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JewingIt@reddit

So, nothing to actually back up your claim but an anecdotal refetence.

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g0blinzez@reddit

Anyway, I'm going to tell you what I told the other asshole in my replies: Kungpowpenis. Go ragebait someone else. Clearly you were released from your government alien clone program a bit too early if you don't understand how humans raise their young.

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laydibug2477@reddit

He said he’s completely out of dollars 💸. He’s trying

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tomle4593@reddit

Sounds like a case of absentee father and enabler mother to me. Bro moved out with zero life skill.

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Apart_Pineapple2392@reddit

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pepcorn@reddit

I know :( his parents failed him.

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carcigenicate@reddit

Or even just done tomato sauce. Plain beans and pasta is rough.

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External_Two2928@reddit

Olive oil and garlic pasta or aglio e olio would be a couple bucks to make too

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ElegantEchoes@reddit

^(Meat sauce hides the pasta)

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Old_Hoonter@reddit

Dude. Use the internet and follow directions. You can cook.

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uncleozzy@reddit

Rice is cheaper than pasta …

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Rider434@reddit

And mixes way better with beans

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Boogy-Fever@reddit

Proper pasta with beans is great. This is not that. All the other flavors like an onion and some canned tomatoes if you want, are also cheap. You can add some garlic and some herbs but dont need to. You can even use cheap as hell store brand beans. Expensive high quality beans exist but for store brand I find pinto to be the best choice for pasta

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uncleozzy@reddit

Nah, the best beans for pasta are cannellini, at least if you're not doing red sauce. They get so creamy.

Chickpeas also good with certain shapes if you cook them right.

Pinto beans? Hell naw.

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Boogy-Fever@reddit

Im talking about cheapest store brand beans. I've tried a few types of cheap white ones and they all sucked for fagioli. And pintos get plenty creamy. Anyway I prefer this type of pasta with beans rather than the soupy bean sauce https://pastagrammar.com/blogs/recipes/pasta-e-fagioli-authentic-italian-pasta-beans-recipe?_pos=3&_sid=ee02bd228&_ss=r

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uncleozzy@reddit

It would never occur to me to buy anything but cheap store brand beans. They’re beans!

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Boogy-Fever@reddit

From what I hear a good brand makes a big difference but im not spending extra on them at this point to find out

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AccomplishedBug8077@reddit

Lentils in red sauce with smaller pasta like macaroni makes a nice nutrient slop. Probably more nutritious with rice, though. Which you can also put red sauce on!

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wyldnfried@reddit

That's a myth: https://www.ecowatch.com/hey-vegetarians-and-vegans-its-time-to-debunk-the-protein-combining-my-1891129518.html

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_phaidyme@reddit

Did you read the article you posted? It says you don’t need to combine them in the same meal for it to work because your body stores the amino acids and can wait for the complimentary ones to come along in a different meal.

It does NOT say that combining doesn’t work.

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Trialzero@reddit

nobody reads anything beyond the headline anymore; i blame social media, and stupid shit like that article that uses the title to suggest something that's seemingly contrary (and more controversial, driving engagement) to the actual information included in the article

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YouCantBanMe4EverAR@reddit

American intelligence at work I swear 😂

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Anxious_Lab_2049@reddit

You do need grains with lentils, man. It’s not a myth, it’s a fact.

Beyond that, rice also keeps them from causing distress from a pure fiber bomb.

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IHaveAutismDude@reddit

It's something to worry about if it's your only source of protein, because you will need both in your diet to get all the amino acids you need. You just don't need to eat both at once, as your source states.

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Top-Library9128@reddit

Rice and beans is a way more common and enjoyable pairing than rice and pasta dude

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Saintly-Mendicant-69@reddit

Yeah dawg spend a few bucks next time on the cheapest of dried herbs/spices and some time learning a little technique, rice and beans becomes amazing.

Also get an instant pot at good will/thrift store for the beans. Invest in a 30~ rice cooker

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ampersand64@reddit

Pasta is $1/lb, with ~3.8 grams of protein per 100 calories. Takes 10 minutes to heat water, 8 minutes to cook. Fortified with essential vitamins. Pasta also has some carotenoids, so if you aren't eating many fruits or veggies, it can help you get a little vitamin D.

Rice is 50¢/lb, with ~2 grams of protein per 100 calories. Takes 30 minutes to cook. Sometimes sold fortified, but washing takes away those nutrients.

AP flour is 40-50¢/lb, with ~3.6 grams of protein per 100 calories. Takes hours to turn into bread. Usually sold enriched.

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DarkIcedWolf@reddit

Depends on where you buy it, it’s about the same price here. Though rice usually lasts longer and white rice is usually much cheaper.

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Cosmonaut_Cockswing@reddit

Rice is super cheap and goes amazingly with black beans.

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nhhnhhnhhhh@reddit

Dude doesn’t even know that spaghetti isn’t a catch-all term for pasta. It’s a gonna be a tough journey if he wants to start enjoying his own meals

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bionicjoey@reddit

The beans were 99 cents but hey, protein is protein right.

The man's applying Macklemore Thrift Shop logic to his diet

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MyvaJynaherz@reddit

YOU EAT ALL MY BEANS RIGA?

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magerehein666@reddit

Brother please google a recipe and follow the steps. Or buy a sauce if that’s too much

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LatterParty182@reddit

i want to try this

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whateveratthispoint_@reddit

Call her for advice

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Outrageous_Cell_58@reddit

Absolutely would just by bread and lunchmeat

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Jul1an_28@reddit

Bro, bean and cheese tacos are elite.

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zatalak@reddit

Why did a sheep shit on your pasta?

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ChillerfromDiscord00@reddit

reason 524 for leaving home

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IrisSmartAss@reddit

That's not spaghetti, that's penne pasta. Sigh

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PuzzleheadedDraw6575@reddit

Id really rather just starve.

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imeenshit@reddit

Who stands to eat for a dinner like that?

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Known-nwonK@reddit

Pasta and beans is a choice

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RandomNobodyEU@reddit

bro wtf are you doing

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Melodic_Cap_5498@reddit

Jus pmo w ts

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alliandoalice@reddit

wtf is this

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imafuckinsausagehead@reddit

You mixed it with some overcooked penne, you mixed it with some overcooked pasta, fine.

You did NOT mix it with overcooked spaghetti.

I'm sorry, downvoted me, call me the Gestapo but I will not have this butchering of names of foods continue under my watch.

We have names for a reason.

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creamygnome@reddit

imafuckinhotdoghead is right!

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LoquaciousLamp@reddit

Yeah this is shitty food porn, not wrong noun porn.

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imafuckinsausagehead@reddit

r/wrongnounpissyfoodporn

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imafuckinsausagehead@reddit

Or is it pissy food porn?

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Eis_ber@reddit

Do you and your parents have bad blood? If not, can't you ask yourother to cook a few dishes for you? Or at least that you can take some canned goods and seasoning with you? You don't have to live like this.

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PureExpression2774@reddit

I survived on ground chicken, rice, and beans for 6 months, along with some fruit and mostly just water, when I moved out.

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ZoeyBee_3000@reddit

Okay no lie, do spaghetti with hot dogs. Shit's fire with store brand sauce

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ModeatelyIndependant@reddit

Get a jar of store brand bullion cubes and you can pretend it is ramen.

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Flutterwander@reddit

Olive oil, salt, pepper and a 99 cent Italian herb blend from the store brand will work some wonders even with simple pasta.

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CpnStumpy@reddit

The big kraft Parmesan cheese jar will last forever and adds some easy flavor to a million dishes like this

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Mongoose_Ill@reddit

So do they still offer home ec in school these days?

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LauraLand27@reddit

Obviously not

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CpnStumpy@reddit

Of course not, that would cut into valuable testing time (/s)

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kushkatya@reddit

r/poopfromabutt because I'm seeing what looks like rat droppings lol

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lsthislegal@reddit

Bro wtf you doing. Get some goddamn pasta sauce up in that B. Even the cheap stuff will be fine. Throw some butter in the sauce after it heats up and it makes any sauce better. Little parm cheese too never hurts.

You can mash or blend up those beans and throw em in the sauce for extra protein and you can’t really tell that there’s beans in there.

But, it’s a bit of an investment if you don’t have a food processor. Those things can be over $100 for a really good one but I’m sure you can find them somewhere for a lot cheaper, maybe FB marketplace.

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PapiPorkchop@reddit

Never sleep on the giant bag of white rice, it is such a money saver, make something that could be eaten with it like gumbo or teriyaki chicken, basically anything that you can slather some sauce on it and it tastes great, feeling those savings roll in is just awesome

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PapiPorkchop@reddit

The two other things that I do that save a ton of money with food are using my own sourdough starter, if you get good at it you can make great bread/pancakes/biscuts for basically nothing, and basically any green leafy food like a bok choy lettuce or green onions can be grown in a cup with super cheap hydroponic plant food that you can get on line

These things might sound ridiculous but they add up super quick, good luck soldier

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PapiPorkchop@reddit

Also canned spaghetti sauce is like a dollar, couple that with a pound of spaghetti being a dollar and you have two to three meals for two bucks.

This last one might not be something a lot of people are into but you can also grow mushrooms in like a 5 gallon bucket with some wood chips, the amount that they yield for the cost and effort being put into them really shows you how much we are being overcharged for them

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mistym0rning@reddit

Jesus Christ. Buy a bell pepper and zucchini for like $3-4 total, cut em up, stir fry em, add some tomato sauce out of a jar. Add pasta. Done.

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Little-Bones@reddit

Salt is very cheap...

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SeaStranger842@reddit

Here's some of my fav low cal meals

Lentil Stew Quesdillas ( especially with corn tortillas very cheap) Rice and eggs (or beans whatever you can afford) Pasta ( you can buy canned tomato sauce if you need too) Veggies are very cheap and you can make stir fry with tofu

Some healpful tips from someone who left home as a minor with no money . Quaker churches frequntly do potlucks where anybody can join. Theurs a lot of stigma around food banks but THEY ARE THEIR FOR A REASON use them! Especially when you are first starting out it can be a game changer. Also spices make life a little happier, but it is quite pricey at first too get them (I know lol) so have a super dirt cheap week and buy a bunch of spices that week. Makes the following weeks easier . Lean on local resources! It can be difficult somedays but you got this :)

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the__moops@reddit

You can actually run white beans through a blender a bit and add them into any jar of spaghetti sauce to sub beans for meat in a more enjoyable way.

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OneBucFan@reddit

Them dogs are barkin

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JaWoosh@reddit

Just posts them for free, too

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OleDaneBoy@reddit

I’ve never recommended a man at least add Ketchup for $00.25 a serving to spice up his pasta but here we are

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flatgreyrust@reddit

No one made you do this

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Most_Hallucinations@reddit

spaghetti?

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Missey85@reddit

It's looks like a small animal has taken a dump on your pasta 😂😂

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Mission-Sherbet-8271@reddit

But em dogs look good

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CyanicAssResidue@reddit

The rabbit poo was a nice addition

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beeatenbyagrue@reddit

haha, I guess all was different in my case. While there are a few "Hits" she makes, most things food wise my mother and I have always disagreed on so cooking on my own was always better, even the few broke moments as I could always do cheap sausage, pasta, fresh tomatoes/garlic, etc.

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laurieislaurie@reddit

This is not a finance issue, this is a skill issue.

Eating great is expensive, eating good is very cheap, if you know what you're doing even a little bit.

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Computers_and_cats@reddit

I've made that before back in the day and it isn't terrible. Just not great. Black beans on rice with a little hamburger is nice as well.

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bigbeefybun@reddit

Get rice to go with the beans instead

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Fledermausmann69420@reddit

You're using the wrong pasta here. When making pasta with beans (or any kind of legumes) you need small pasta (with the size of your thumb nail). Also when making the beans, first saute some onion and garlic, then add the beans from the can (if you don't like the broth they come with, strain em and add just enough water to cover them). Add some tomato (peel it and cut it into small cubes) and if you want you can add something spicy or maybe pepper. Wait until the water reduces until it gets nice and saucy. Boil your small pasta with a little bit of salt, strain it and add your beans to your pasta and in the end if you want, and have, you can add fresh parsley. That's how you make pasta with beans.

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deliciousroadhead@reddit

Nice engagement bait fucko

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cloverlovesmapotofu@reddit

empty a 16 oz can of tomatoes (crushed or diced if you like it chunky) in a pan with olive oil or butter with salt and stir. add garlic if you want maybe red chili flakes and cook maybe 7 minutes this is too tragic to see :( you don’t have to suffer like this. check out a cookbook from the library. maybe mark bittman’s How to Cook Everything

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dogbert_93@reddit

Skill issue. Basic cooking really isnt that hard.

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Sweaty_Marzipan4274@reddit

Watch sale ads. Chicken breast and pork loin <$2 lb. Buy in bulk and cut into cutlets or however you like, freeze, thaw overnight in refer. Rice roni stock up sale <$1 box. Knoor sides $1. Cook with spices, good general ones are Morton nature seasons, Lawrys. Salt, pepper, MSG, cayenne, and expands from there. Pick up a small rice cooker, easy to use, best results. There's a tier list of pasta sauces, with cheap ones near the top of there. Onion beef soup mix. Lots of great, cheap options avail. Good luck 👍

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Chihuahuapocalypse@reddit

do some research on basic cooking, you deserve better. mommy can't make your meals forever.

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bloom_baby_bloom@reddit

Pro tip. A 10lb bag of dried beans can produce the equivalent of 40 cans of beans. You can get an organic 10lb bag at Costco and cook that shit with kombu, onions, garlic, cumin seeds and bay leaf in an instant pot and it’s way better and cheaper than canned beans. They freeze really well too.

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FaithlessnessWeak800@reddit

Eww. Couldn’t you have put butter, salt and pepper on the pasta? I love buttered noodles.

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Dethdemarco@reddit

Rip

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BootySnorkelerr@reddit

Brother what the fuck

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Electronic_House2272@reddit

beans and pasta? goodluck

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Salt-Detective1337@reddit

Hey bro, you can saute some onion and garlic. Then cook the pasta with just enough water to keep it covered in the pan with the beans. Let it cook to where the liquid reduces and youll have a more nicely combined meal.

From there you can add other stuff. Greens, tomato paste, seasonings. You got this.

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pimpron18@reddit

Just give ChatGPT a list of what’s in your place, then it’ll spit out a recipe. Follow the recipe. Save yourself from this pain and suffering.

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pwillia7@reddit

don't yall watch youtube? watch some cooking youtubes.......

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Puzzleheaded-Serve82@reddit

you literally couldve bought spaghetti sauce lol. incompetence isnt cute, dont rely on mommy. learn how to cook

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IronClaw84@reddit

I dunno. I love beans 🤷‍♂️

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Ok_Salamander_7211@reddit

Oh my, reminds me of a conversation I had with a coworker from a different state. Pasta is determined by shape. This is not Spaghetti. She thought Macaroni was a base term for all pasta. Absolutely bonkers take if you cook from home.

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vyrus2021@reddit

Feel like you coulda skipped on the couch for a month

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ORIONFEDERATION@reddit

Lentils is also protein and you can mix it with some tomato and onion. For goodness sake MIGHT?! Take her up on the meal bruv.

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pandizlle@reddit

Go to a food pantry bro or try to get on some food stamps.

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Photodudeguy@reddit

Kusheri is an Egyptian dish that's lentils, rice, macaroni and fried onions topped with spiced tomato sauce and garbanzo beans. Cheap to make and rather tasty.

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WildCard0102@reddit

An onion, a can of green chilies (optional), some minced garlic cloves (optional), a box of jambalaya rice, a can of black beans drained and rinsed. All those ingredients should cost about $6-8 altogether. ($4-6 if skipping chilies and garlic)

Sautee the onions in oil or fat, add the chilies and garlic if using. Add the rice and beans and cook the rice by the box instructions.

Cheap, nutritious, flavorful, fills you up, and makes a ton of leftovers.

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AppropriateTouching@reddit

If you can find a crockpot (or any brand slowcooker) at a thrift store or a decent price wherever, you can buy dirt cheap cans of food, on sale meat, some sauce or broth, throw it all in for 8 hours on low, and you have cheap ass food for a week. Check out the slow cooker sub its all about that. Hell you dont even need meat you can make a solid ass veggie chili with a spice packet that costs like a dollar, a bag of chips, and you're solid for a minute.

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Photodudeguy@reddit

This is a few steps away from egypts national dish - Kusheri. It seems like a weird combo but it's rather good. Lentils, macaroni, rice, fried onion, topped with spiced tomato sauce with garbanzo beans.

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SuckMyBandAids@reddit

Dont let pride ignore the wisdom. Go to her house for dinner. THE END lol

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OW2007@reddit

Some olive oil, garlic powder, crushed red pepper, salt, pepper, and some cheap green plastic can parmesian will make that dish amazing.

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Ok-Inflation188@reddit

Budget bytes has easy to make and cheap recipes. Maybe uh. Look into that bud

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captainshockazoid@reddit

plz learn how to cook

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OtherwiseACat@reddit

I mean to be fair this is how people learn to cook. My first homemade meals were pretty bad but I learned from my mistakes.

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captainshockazoid@reddit

well yeah same. i didnt learn how to cook until i was a full adult. im saying please try. look up college student recipes or something at least im begging op

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Ancient-Chinglish@reddit

Is that spaghetti ribbed for your pleasure

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meatinmybriefs@reddit

When you get the chance to buy food again, I find beans more pleasurable when paired with rice. If you can swing it, Ro-Tel is about a dollar and adds some zazz.

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MediocreVibrations@reddit

I agree, although I prefer Red Gold over Rotel

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CoatMate@reddit

For the love of God look up a dense bean salad recipe and fry down some tomato’s for sauce

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marlfox_00@reddit

You know, a 20lbs bag of rice isn’t that expensive. If you can save up for a Costco or Sam’s Club membership you can get $5 rotisserie chicken. Debone it and freeze it in portions. The left over carcass can be used for chicken stock 🤷‍♂️

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largeguineapig@reddit

Baby I’m sad

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Knees0ck@reddit

a tube of the cheap ground beef, the beans, macaroni & a packet of taco seasoning will elevate that.

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Koolklink54@reddit

You can make tomatoes sauce on the stove for like 50 cent bro

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sillyfacex3@reddit

Good on you for getting out on your own.

Just some butter and Parmesan on pasta goes a long way. Try your local food pantry. Don't skip the fiber.

If you get a local library card, a lot of them allow you yo borrow ebooks and audiobooks through an app. I use Libby. Get some books on budget grocery buying and meals. Frozen fruit and veg is actually quite good, especially if flash frozen, because the nutrients are locked in at their peak.

Use craigslist free listings and Facebook marketplace. People also make local FB pages for free stuff or garage sales. Sometimes your area might even have a "tool library" if you find you need something like that.

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lolmonsterlol@reddit

OMG someone is else who does this. It's DELICIOUS. Don't judge. Black beans and pasta is so good.

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MisterSneakSneak@reddit

Frijolesghetti

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DarkwingDuckHunt@reddit

I don't know how to tell you this but you'll go the next few decades-centuries missing her cooking.

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Tankeverket@reddit

How can you make such a mistake in misidentifying ingredients

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DrunkenDude123@reddit

Any sauce would help, but if you’re really on a budget Parmesan and oregano go a long way too. Nothing like some spiral pasta coated in that good stuff

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Tiny_Dyno_Tot@reddit

Go to r/cooking and explain your situation and ask for ideas. Also look for food banks in your area. I wish you the best 💚

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WJSpade@reddit

Definitely shitty food.

Downvoted because feet.

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AmericanBeaverWoodCo@reddit

Just buy dried beans, onion, salt, cheap pork, and put it all in a pot. Easiest cheapest way to get food on extreme budget

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Harmattannn@reddit

Riga-toe-ni

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tem123456@reddit

Buy a bag of dried beans. I like black. Pinto. Or red. Put in a large pot or bowl over night. Drain the water. Rinse the beans. Put in a crock pot with some olive oil. Salt. Ideally throw in some cumin. Some chili powder. Some is like 1 teaspoon. Cook on high for 8 hours. When you have the leftover beans. Put them in a pan. Add more chili powder. Smash them up and heat them up. Refried beans (white people mexican food).

Buy a whole chicken. Put any spice on it. They have lots of pre-don spices like Greek seasonings or seasoned salt etc. Italian seasoning. Put it in an oven at 350 until it reaches 350. It is much cheaper to get a $5 bird from Sam’s or Costco that is already cooked.

Get leftover spaghetti. Crack 5 or 6 eggs and beat them like you are doing scrambled eggs. Heat up some noodles in microwave. Put warm noodles in pan. Pour beaten eggs on top. Bake in oven or stove top and flip it half way. Yo can add cheese and other stuff.

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tem123456@reddit

These are my cheep meals. I hope this helps.

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SillyRazzmatazz3902@reddit

Yummy 😋

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SinkCat69@reddit

Don’t take this the wrong way, but come on dude. You don’t need mom. You need to learn how to cook.

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_luckybell_@reddit

Your phone has this thing where you can Google recipes. Just google it and follow the directions

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Glumkat101@reddit

That’s not spaghetti. You can do better than this for just as cheap. Cmon now…

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H00LIGVN@reddit

Sir do you refer to all pasta as spaghetti? 😭😭😭

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QuarlMusic@reddit

Day three? I'm on year 20, you'll get better with time and effort. Tons of YouTube channels to get low cost & low effort meal ideas right now, take advantage of that. Go to the super market and get those cheap pre cooked chickens, you can make all sorts of stuff once you strip the meat off them. Chicken stock from the bones can make all sorts of soups and bases. Get a chest freezer, fill it with good deals when you see them, that includes bread. You can get an affordable chest freezer from Walmart, check their website.

Keep improving your technique. This meal looks like what I used to make when I had no idea what I was doing. Saw someone else suggest "meat sauce." Heckin butter by itself goes well with pasta, penne and beans seems like a strange choice. Eat the beans as a side instead of tossing them in it.

Blah blah blah blah blah... youtube. Right now soilder.

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shFt_shiFty@reddit

You showed us your feet here for free. Your money situation could change if you charged people for those bad boys. Just saying 💅

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lowrads@reddit

We really need a wiki for this whole becoming a grownup thing.

You can get cheap, quality furnishings at any weekend estate sales in the greater village metropolitan area. We already have enough furniture to outfit the next six generations without ever visiting a store.

For food, just learn how to brown some onions in a pan. You can build from there as the basis of adding flavor to pretty much any dish, anywhere in the world. Onions grown in nearly all climates, and supply yields pretty much year round.

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misfitofscience76@reddit

I thought that was a full ashtray on first glance

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arequipapi@reddit

Lmao that's exactly what I saw in the thumbnail

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rainy_3333@reddit

I’m unwell

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Bupod@reddit

Dry Small Red Beans. 1lbs. $1.80 or less. Soak overnight.

Rice. $4.98 for 5lbs.

$4.00 on a red onion, red bell pepper, and a couple stalks of celery.

$3.00 for a smoked ham hocks

$3.00 for some Cajun seasoning

$16.00 or so all in will make you a big-ass dinner of Cajun Red Beans and rice. Which would be way better than that. And it’d be enough red beans and rice to feed you all week and freeze for next week.

Maybe my numbers are slightly off. Walk in to a discount grocer with $20 and you can get everything you need for red beans and rice.

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Ecstatic_Race3599@reddit

The other stuff you bought were not necessary. Priorities are the most important thing learn; don’t worry everyone struggles to some degree. Food, water and bills paid are always number 1-3 on my list. A couch has never been needed unless it is also your bed. I slept on a wood floor for many months when I first moved out. (Back before Amazon had ~$300 memory foam mattresses). I’ve also ate beans and pasta on purpose many times- add some herbs and olive oil & a sprinkle of salt for increased happiness. A quick cheap healthy pasta sauce is a spoonful or so to preference of roasted red pepper hummus. The water still on the pasta after draining loosens it up. Salt the water you cook pasta in, and reserve some of the water if you want to loosen the sauce further. My favorite cheap filling breakfast is an egg blended with a banana (can be mashed with a fork), I add a little flour or pancake mix to thicken it up and throw it in the waffle maker. So much more filling than an egg or banana on its own.

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maccpapa@reddit

beans and pasta.. you couldn’t get red meat sauce instead of beans? or rice instead of pasta? this combo threw me off ngl.

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Ok_Draw_5664@reddit

Its like you dont even try

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Biiiishweneedanswers@reddit

Good for you for taking the big leap! That’s incredibly brave and admirable!

I know many parents who bitch about their kids while simultaneously not preparing for life. It’s some crazy-ass codependency shit I tell you hwat.

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MapleBaconNurps@reddit

You could make a ghetto puttanesca by adding tins of tomato sauce, olives of choice (kalamata for me), some dried mix herbs, and a couple of anchovies cooked down for a bit of that umami saltiness.

I lived off this before I started earning adult money.

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Gluten-Free-Milk@reddit

Josh Weissman has a great series on YT for cheap and easy meals. Saved my life in college. Cheap n Easy Meals

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A_Coin_Toss_Friendo@reddit

The library must have a frugal cookbook for you to borrow 😂

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Halloqween@reddit

Having the dogs out is always a choice

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Leading_Funny5802@reddit

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Cosmics2cents@reddit

Rice and eggs go along way brother also even hot dog sausage with pasta if your really low on funds

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Mostly_Apples@reddit

Get yourself some potatoes. Poke holes in them and throw them in the microwave or oven until soft inside. Top with whatever you have.

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Leading_Funny5802@reddit

Toe-Beans.

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SquareEquipment1436@reddit

My mother told me out of my cheap, delicious meals. Never in my life have been more grateful for that knowledge than in this moment.

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SttSr@reddit

/r/sneakybackgroundfeet

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MundaneBag7234@reddit

I kid you not: There are easy cookbooks for singles and kids. Check Amazon.

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J_is_for_Journey@reddit

Spend time with your mom 🫶

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ArmchairCriticSF@reddit

This is not spaghetti. You should just use the generic term “pasta”.

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No_Court_671@reddit

What the fuck is that

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danhoyle@reddit

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Numerous-Profile-872@reddit

Let mom cook for you. She wants to.

I moved out 20-something years ago and I still indulge my mom when I visit to this day. It gets weird because she's watching me eat so I eat like a teenager even though I'm in my 40s with heartburn. Just for her.

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SolutionOk6937@reddit

Its really not that hard to cook, is it? Because goddamnit that looks terrible

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Fe2O3yshackleford@reddit

Bro. Send your mom this picture as a reply, and she’ll be at your door with something that doesn’t suck within the hour.

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Boon1Goon@reddit

Take the whole can of beans and mash the hell outta them or puree if you can score a blender from the thrift store. Throw some water or chicken broth in them while they mash/puree to thin it out some, add seasoning to your taste and BOOM, you have a bean sauce for your pasta.

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digilici@reddit

consider: rice is less expensive than pasta and will probably taste better with beans

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The_Bard@reddit

You could probably get a cannof tuna and a can of tomato sauce for a dollar. Its not a bad combo

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eckliptic@reddit

Lmao. Buying a couch before buying more than beans and pasta ?

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Unit_79@reddit

If Reddit has taught me one thing, it’s that for certain people, pasta names are just not even a thing.

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yepanotherone1@reddit

Yo OP, idk if you have an ALDI near you but they have terrific prices - just get used to shopping without specific brands in mind.

look for the rice packets that you can microwave/boil in a pot. Usually can come flavored if you don’t know how to mix herbs/ spices. Add that to beans with maybe a can of tuna/ chicken breast and a little mayo and you’ve got a filling meal that will be at least alright. Be careful with canned meat/ tuna cause it’s high in sodium and tuna can add up with the mercury.
learn to cook with spices, add salt to stuff, add pepper. Use fats, oils, acid to balance and sugar/ heat to add diversity. Think of a good guac (if you like it) fatty avocado, bright tomato and onion, cilantro for depth, and lime juice is the acid that brings it together. Salt enhances the flavors.
learn to cook rice. Bagged, uncooked rice (and beans) are cheaper. Learn to either cook it in a pot or get a rice cooker.

-potatoes are cheap and fill you up. Chop them big, Toss them in boiling, salted water, when they start getting soft strain the water and toss them so they get fluffy outside kinda then toss them into the oven on a cookie sheet or even a pan (oven safe) with some oil on high heat. Roast them, toss them in the oil a couple times and back into the oven. Add rosemary, thyme, oregano, literally doesn’t matter they’ll be good. Pull them out and salt them when hot. This is one single, easy, delicious recipe. There’s so so so many potato recipes. They’re all easy cause potatoes don’t need much except fat and salt.

This is all cause idk what kinda relationship you got with your mom. Do you wanna go back home just cause you want good food? Will they hold it over you? Berate you? Learn to cook! It’ll help literally the rest of your life

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sluttydietcoke@reddit

Tostada shells are cheap. I would suggest making tostadas if you can. Cooking is experimenting. You’ll get better and better I promise!

And hey, you’re getting some good fiber.

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Cottabus@reddit

Grain + beans = complete protein!

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Ice_wallow_Come417@reddit

I know if someone eats the food it’s not wasted, but by the Gods…

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Microtitan@reddit

Get white rice. It will last you. For the beans, get a package of sazon seasoning. Add it to beans and water and onion and garlic. It will taste 10000x better than you have here. Trust me.

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ChrisBabaganoosh@reddit

Put some sauce on that and put the fucking grippers away

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af628@reddit

This made me laugh out loud thank you

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Competitive_Swing_21@reddit

Fuckin beans and pasta

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Prudent_Sentence@reddit

We shall call this bean and pasta dish "pootin-esca"

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dontbeajerkbecool@reddit

Tootin-esca

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TruePlatypusKnight@reddit

Get a crockpot op. Rice and beans will save your life while you figure this out. You can do it, I believe in you

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SilicaViolet@reddit

I could be wrong but that looks so unseasoned. If you invest in some salt, pepper, and dried herbs (literally any of them) it will allow you to make almost any food taste better for almost no added cost. Or steal seasoning packets from stores.

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Appropriate-Log8506@reddit

Pasta Napoletana is very easy and cheap to make. Still tastes good of you skip some of the ingredients.

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ratafia4444@reddit

Beans are actually awesome. Buy onions if you eat them, cheap, keep long and add a lot of flavour. For sauce, depending on the prices and your location, there's a lot of canned stuff. Tomato paste + some water + a bit bean juice from the can/water you cooked pasta in works fine. Hell, even ketchup might work in a pinch. Buy spices. Frozen and canned veggies are your best friends, cheaper, already cleaned and portions are more manageable. Plus you can just chuck what you didn't use in the fridge/freezer for later.

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SlapMePlease4Fun@reddit

You forgot to do something weird with your feet

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jenniferdeath@reddit

Add white kidney (cannelli) beans and red sauce instead, it's significantly less depressing

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Salt_Finger_6863@reddit

No sauce? No cheese? Homeboy, please!

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nerdyandnatural@reddit

Beans and rice. Pasta and tomato sauce.

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Striking_Physics1894@reddit

And that's NOT spaghetti.

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Oskyyr@reddit

Remember that only if your daily protein needs are filled, your body truely has no hunger left. So if you just eat fatty and sweet, you might get a full feeling, but you arent satisfied. Thus, always look for enought proteins. I am shure you will get it right. There are lot of cooking videos that are explaning good meals with very low costs, caned beans are just the best in this case because they are cheap, easy to store and full of protiens and other importand nutriens. Have in mind, that a lot of the nutriens are dissolved in the water of the beans, so dont chug it away and use it in sauces for example. Hope that helpet a little. Just moved out myself like 8 month ago

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celem83@reddit

You gotta mix and match the beans/pulses to replace meat for dietary proteins. something about simple vs complex proteins.

But yeah ive been here. Grab some stock cubes next time too and you can do a ghetto sauce. Welcome to real life 😄

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