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Serious question, why does everyone think you need meat for a cheap dinner? I made a giant pot of red lentil chili for under $8 total last night.
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ryan3696mo ago
What about the mental cost of learning new recipes? If you grew up in a house where meat was the main part of every dinner, figuring out how to make a satisfying lentil chili takes time and effort. You have to find a good recipe, buy spices you might not own, and risk your family not liking it. For some people, grabbing the cheap ground beef and a taco kit feels safer and faster, even if the beans and rice in the back of the pantry are technically cheaper.
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patriciah516mo ago
That "mental cost" argument always bugs me. It's a one time thing to learn a recipe, then you have it forever. The taco kit is a mental cost every single week because you're stuck in the same boring loop. A bag of lentils and some spices costs less than one kit anyway, so the first try is basically free. If your family hates it, fine, go back to tacos. But acting like learning to cook something new is some huge mountain to climb is how people stay broke and bored with dinner.
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mila_harris5mo ago
Right, but that first time cost is real. It's not nothing when you're already tired.
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