@percycooks
recipes that actually survive being cut down to one
10 items
- 01fried rice
- 02stir fry
- 03shakshuka
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🥫the pantry stuff that actually makes a $5 dinner happen
ranked by cost per meal, not by how virtuous they sound on instagram
01
Bush's Best black beans
$1.29ish a can, dump on rice with hot sauce and you have dinner. buy 6 at a time
02
Goya white rice, the big bag
cheaper per serving than anything in a box. rinse it or it's gluey
03
Rao's marinara
yes it's like $9 which feels insane for pantry, but one jar = 3 dinners of pasta and no sugary aftertaste like the cheap jars
04
canned chicken thighs, any brand
polarizing texture but shreds into a quesadilla like nobody's business. $ per serving is unbeatable
05
lentils, the bagged kind not canned
20 min, no soak, and a bag makes like 8 servings
06
Barilla pasta, whatever shape's on sale
07
peanut butter, the natural kind if it's not marked up too much
08
frozen peas
freezer not pantry technically but they don't go bad and rescue any sad meal
09
chicken bouillon (Better Than Bouillon jar)
one jar lasts months and turns rice/pasta water into something
10
canned diced tomatoes
11
old fashioned oats
savory oats with an egg on top is a legit dinner and nobody believes me until they try it