Yes! But I'm not a sauerkraut fan, so simple sauted onions. The kids these days refer to these dishes as #strugglemeals, and we were DEFINITELY dirt poor when I had this as a kid... But I love it! Lol!

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ICYMI #StruggleMeals are historically and culturally important…..and global.

eating cereal with iced coffee. 10/10, don't knock it 'til you try it. #strugglemeals

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#StruggleMeals Soup takes miscellaneous kitchen food and can unlock more of the potential nutrition by simmering and breaking down plant and meat structures to increase bio availabiilty of nutrients.Condense it or stretch it and it keeps well with refrigeration and heats up quickly.

When money is tight and you need to budget just to eat, you DON'T have to sacrifice your health! YouTuber Sam's Wallet shows us how to make a healthy meal for under $1.

Key takeaways: Invest in rice, preserved/pickled foods, and shelf-stable goods high in protein!

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Photo of creole red beans topped with a mound of rice and chopped cilantro garnish

#StruggleMeals don't gotta suck

Red beans and rice with a smoked turkey leg I'd forgotten about in the freezer, and the last of this year's cilantro from the balcony "garden"

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Mark Carney: "Wages have not kept up with inflation, people are falling behind, not getting ahead (...) gov't has been not as focused on those issues as it could be. We need to focus on them immediately. That can happen now."

Still waiting...

#Canada #CDNPoli #CostOfLivingCrisis #StruggleMeals

'Struggle meals' and Hamburger Helper are trending because food is so expensive | CBC News So-called "struggle meals" are trending as consumers grapple with the high price of food and seek affordable meal options.

"The bottom is falling out of our social safety net and we should be paying attention to these diagnostics rather than just hoping this problem goes away"

It's October 2025, and 25% of Canadians still can't afford to buy enough food to eat.

#Canada #CDNPoli #CostOfLivingCrisis #StruggleMeals

I want Food Network to do a cooking competition show where contestants battle in the realm of #StruggleMeals. 😂😅 The way I've mastered doctoring up Top Ramen noodles when I'm financially challenged is giving Maneet Chauhan realness. Call me the CHEAP Dancing Spice King!💃🏾 😂

Very thankful for my career background as a chef in various places, cuz when the groceries in our home are dangerously low, I can still come up with something to feed the family. Its not always a 5 star rating meal but hey, I get the job done 🤷‍♀️

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Easiest meal ever for my broke ahh
Just some left over veg with some spices in the air fryer
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Who said struggle meals gotta be a struggle. ~5$ to feed 3 people #Strugglemeals #Food

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This is a cheap dinner. I upgraded my turkey dinner into a delicious turkey pot pie, but this can be done with beef or rotisserie chicken or chicken thighs. The possibility is endless. You can also sub the cheddar bay biscuits for a homemade version. #turkeypotpie #recipe #strugglemeals

Holy shit, i just made some banging pasta. I didn't have tomato sauce, so I just used butter and Italian seasoning. I also added garlic dipping sauce, like you'd get from Papa John's. I swear, it really made that dish taste so much better! Highly recommended!

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I love that struggle meals came back just in time for the recession. We need you more now than ever Frankie. #strugglemeals #recessionprep #yummyfoodforbrokepeople

Some money-saving tips for food The economy is in the shitter right now so I feel it’s a good time to write up some stuff about things I’ve been doing for a while to keep myself fed without it costing too much. ### Salads I am a big fan of salad as my primary bulk food. Generally I start with a base of shredded Romaine lettuce (which I shred myself, then rinse and dry using a salad spinner), and then I’ll dress it with a dressing, then put on cheap but nutritious toppings, such as: * Roasted sunflower seeds * Dried cranberries * Chickpeas, black beans, or other legumes/pulses * Croutons (easily made from stale bread) ### Beans and legumes I no longer buy canned beans. Instead I buy them dry and in bulk, and always keep a bunch of prepared ones on hand. My basic recipe for that: 1. Put one cup of dried beans into a 32-ounce deli container, and fill it the rest of the way with water and 1-2 tablespoons of salt 2. Soak it overnight 3. The next day, drain and rinse, then put the beans into a pot with two deli containers' worth of water 4. Bring to a boil, cover, and reduce to a simmer 5. 1-2 hours later, you got beans These can go on salads as per above, or served with rice. (I am also now a huge fan of my small rice cooker, incidentally.) You can also use the soaked beans in a stew or soup, with no need to pre-cook them, although if you do that, make sure to not put any acidic ingredients (tomatoes, vinegar, etc.) in until after the beans are cooked soft. I also love making Indian-style curry. Heat up a pan, toast up some garam masala, then add a cup of cooked chickpeas or kidney beans and a can of stewed tomatoes, and let it cook down for a while. Goes great on rice or with naan. Also, save some of the water they were cooked in (also known as aquafaba): it’s a great eggwhite substitute, and you can use it for making things like mayonnaise, meringues, and even quiche filling. I always have way more than I know what to do with. ### Rotisserie chickens You know those cheap rotisserie chickens at the grocery store, which are suspiciously inexpensive? Supposedly they’re so cheap because they’re made from the chickens that are close to their expiration date. I say, take advantage of the store’s overbuying tendencies and save some money and some effort. When I get a chicken, I’ll carve it up and use the meat on salads or in soups, and more importantly, I’ll take the remaining carcass, put it in a stock pot, cover with water, and bring to a boil for an hour or two, which results in extremely good bone broth which you can use as a cooking liquid or as the basis of a soup or stew. Making stock is also a good use for vegetables which need to get used up (especially onions, carrots, and celery). For extra flavor you can try roasting the carcass for 15 minutes at 425°F/220°C beforehand. ### Red lentil flatbreads Red lentils are a great way to get a cheap and easy flatbread that you can use instead of naan or tortillas. Just take a cup of red lentils, soak it in a cup of water with a pinch of salt and maybe some garlic powder and whatever other spices you like (keep it mild though), then blend ‘em up into a thin batter. Then lightly grease a nonstick pan, bring it to medium heat, then scoop in a bit of your lentil batter. Spread it around and let it cook for 2-3 minutes per side (definitely wait until there are bubbles popping on the surface before flipping it the first time), and now you have a great, nutrious, high-protein wrap. ### Bread Making your own bread is actually pretty easy with a bit of planning. What I do is make a very basic dough based on a flour/salt/water ratio; basically, weigh your flour, then in a large bowl, combine 2% of your flour’s weight in salt, 50% of its weight in water (around body temperature is best), and a teaspoon or so of yeast. Stir it up, then slowly add your flour while keeping it combined. So for example, 10 grams of salt, 250 grams of water, and 500 grams of flour. The flour can be any mix that you like. Usually I do about 90% bread flour and 10% rye flour. For a whole wheat bread I’d recommend keeping it around 25% whole wheat (e.g. 375 grams bread flour, 125 grams whole wheat flour), but this is a ratio you can absolutely experiment with. Anyway. Now you have a dough that you can let proof/rise for a bit. Take a bunch of it for whatever size loaf you want, knead it on a floured surface, shape it into a loaf, and then bake on the center rack at 425°F/220°C for, like, 25 minutes or so, until the internal temperature reaches around 210°F/99°C. It’s also good to put a tray of water on the lower rack to add some steam, but this isn’t strictly necessary. There are plenty of additional techniques you can use to get different shapes of loaves and different crumb textures (with various pans and cuts to the outer skin and so on). If you have any dough left over, you can use that as the starter for the next batch, and you’ll eventually develop a nice sourdough flavor. This pre-ferment (also known as a “levain”) can stay in the refrigerator for quite some time and develop flavor while it’s at it. If you’re going to keep one around for a while it’s a good idea to keep refreshing it with additional flour/water/salt to keep the yeast alive. Any leftover bread can be turned into croutons. Dice it up, toss it in olive oil and your favorite spices, and then throw it into your air fryer or oven at a low temperature (say, 250°F/120°C) for 15-20 minutes, tossing occasionally, as it crisps up. ### Pizza dough Pizza dough is just bread dough. I like using 75% hydration instead of 50% though (so for example, 500 grams of flour gets 375 grams of water), but different hydration levels give different textures. You could start out with bread dough as above and then bring the hydration up by adding in some water. So, if you have 500 grams of 50% hydration dough, that means you’ve started out with 333 grams of flour and 167 grams of water. Add 83 more grams of water and you have a 75% hydration dough. You also don’t have to be super precious or precious with your hydration ratios. Experiment with different things! ### Taco meat You can make really good taco meat by taking a pound of some ground meat (beef, chicken, pork, whatever), frying it up with some cumin and crushed red pepper flake, then adding a minced onion and diced potato. This goest great in tacos, burritos, qusadillas, and so on. Also stir in some cooked beans (pinto or black especially) for a lighter texture. ### Drinks Water is good for you. Add a squeeze of lemon or lime juice if it’s boring. If you like coffee, I have a whole section for that. I’d highly recommend getting into home roasting, as a cheap roaster pays for itself surprisingly quickly. Even with current tariffs you can get really good stuff for under $9/pound before roasting (which works out to around $11/pound after roasting). ### More resources I really like The Poorcraft Cookbook, as it’s really good at teaching the basics of cooking cheap but tasty food, and where to get ingredients for cheap. Food Wishes is a good source of recipes and techniques. So is Cook Well. Adam Ragusea and Internet Shaquille have good informative cheap-and-easy cooking content as well, and focus more on making stuff that’s easy, tasty, and cheap, rather than trying to be fancy and impressive. Anyway. Stay safe. We’ll get through this. Note: I may earn a commission on affiliated product links in this article.

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Got yall good with this vow to fix the economy. Meanwhile, #strugglemeals is a trendy topic 🙄

No eggs? No milk? No problem! These Struggle Pancakes are fluffy, buttery, and made with pantry staples—so you can still enjoy a warm breakfast without breaking the bank. #BrokeAndHungry #StruggleMeals #BudgetFriendly #EasyBreakfast #PancakeHack #FrugalEats #FoodOnABudget #CheapEats #BrokeCooking

Affordable chocolate milk recipe #strugglemeals #yumyum

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Out of curiosity, what was your go-to struggle meal growing up, and do you still eat them now? Mine was bologna and crackers, syrup sandwiches, and bread balls with ketchup dip. #StruggleMeals

I have currently a $37 a week budget for groceries. That's including cat food and toilet paper. So it's taking a lot to get creative. Next week is breakfast tacos for dinner. Every night. $12 for 7 tacos. $1.70 a taco. One taco per dinner.

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Duck soup was undercooked. I threw it out for the chickens.
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