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The USDA cheap meal report surprised me with beans of all things
I was reading the USDA's latest food cost report last week and they put dry beans at around $1.40 a pound. That blew my mind because a pound of beans cooks into way more food than a pound of chicken or even rice. I started tracking my own grocery receipts for March and beans showed up in 14 of my 22 dinners somehow. Turns out I was already eating them a ton without realizing the cost math worked out that well. Has anyone else looked at the actual per-pound yields for pantry staples like this, or am I late to this data?
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blair_davis15d ago
My buddy Mike texted me a few weeks back saying he fed his family of four for like six days off one bag of pinto beans and a couple of ham hocks. He was bragging about it because they usually blow through $200 a week on groceries. He said the beans alone stretched into three separate meals plus leftovers he froze for lunches. I thought he was exaggerating until he showed me the empty bag and the stack of Tupperware in his fridge. Now I'm wondering if I should start stocking up on dried stuff too, but yeah, you're definitely not late to noticing this.
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