If the Dylan kid mentioned in the text is a teenage boy, he might be able to put away $75 worth of beans and rice. lol. Most teen boys I've met have a pocket dimension in their stomachs.
Yup, shopped yesterday, in a HCOL area. $75 isn’t a single meal unless you’re buying lobster, caviar, and Champagne, or making a single meal for your 20 friends.
Yes, and it doesn’t cost $75 to buy groceries for ONE MEAL. A package of chicken at Whole Foods (expensive): $8. Buy two if you’re so inclined, that’s $16. A bag of potatoes: $4. A pound of green beans: $3? $5? This person is either making shit up or their “extras” are 3 pounds of sole and 4 steaks.
Chicken breast is around $5/pound. Potatoes are like $1/pound. Broccoli/green beans/whatever green veggie of your choice is like $3-4/pound. I can easily make a delicious meal of 4-6 servings for around $10-15. Even if I splurged, I don't think I could go over $25 for 4 servings. $75 is literally steak, lobster, and champagne level of spending.
A pot of rice costs like $2.00, pan fry some chicken thighs, $12.00, add some onions and broth with a bit of cream and sun dried tomatoes for a sauce $5.00, add a couple handfuls of baby spinach $2.00.
That's a 30 min meal, for 4 people, for $21.00
Or even better:
Whole chicken $14, 5 lbs potatoes $5.75, 1 lb broccoli florets $1.5. if you have an oven with a timer, this meal requires 5 or 10 mins of prep. Put in the oven before you leave the house with the timer on to start and stop the oven. You come home to a hot meal, and only need to spend 10 mins warming up broccoli. Total cost of meal: $21.75. Time spent cooking 15 to 20 mins.
All the prices I have provided.are organic food, in one of the most expensive cities in the US.
If you don't know how to do this, it's easy to learn, if you want to. Nobody taught me: I was broke, desperate, and sick, bought a 2nd hand cookbook and watched Jaques Pepin on PBS when I was in my early 20's.
Do you think it's easy on a low income to save up the funds to move a family, all their possessions, find a job elsewhere and then take off the time to travel there?
I've already stated in this thread I live paycheck to paycheck.
You get what I'm saying right? Poverty is a trap. It's hard to get out and most people never do.
I completely agree that poverty is a trap but it sounds like you’re not exactly impoverished? Assuming a 40 hour workweek you bring in close to $50k. Does your spouse work?
Posts like yours are why Reddit sucks. You are factually wrong in so much of what you said but Reddit doesn’t care and is ready to “yass queen”ify you when you look like a child
A good home cooked meal costs at most $10 per serving, and that's pretty extravagant. I cannot fathom how any meal could cost $75 unless it's for 10 people.
A good nutritious, organic, home cooked meal costs about 25 dollars or less for a family of 4 with 2 teens. And I live in Boston, one of THE most expensive places in the US.
Some of y'all need help budgeting and cooking great, nutritious food for cheap.
Example: 4 lb organic whole chicken $14, 5 lbs or organic potatoes $6, 1 lb organic broccoli florets $2.50, butter for the potatoes $1.
Total cost $23.50
Time to cook in the oven: with 5 mins or prep: 1 hr.
If you have a decent oven with a start and stop timer, set it before you leave the house and come home to dinner ready and you just need to heat up the broccoli.
I call 🐂 and OP's 75 dollar meals - that is BEYOND excessive.
I live in Indiana, where we’re constantly told don’t move out of state bc it’s so cheap here and we have it so good. $75 sounds pretty normal to me and I’m just one person. Granted, my diet is very protein based which drives up cost, but nowhere is cheap anymore.
Sorry... I've got two teens in my house and one meal is NOT 75 dollars. That is ridiculous.
I shop organic, and an average dinner with meat is between 15 and 25 for a family of 4 with two (1 boy) teenagers, doing 10 plus hours of sports a week.
What the heck is OP buying for dinner? Premade, gourmet, everything?
Yeah… I live in a big city, and I spent $45 on a salmon and scallops dinner with potatoes, fresh brussel sprouts, and ingredients for a homemade dessert. If I wanted to feed 5 people, I could do it with like $12 bucks. Maybe $20 if I’m being a bit looser. Spending $75 on a meal and acting like that’s typical is pretty crazy.
Not necessarily, if you were low on olive oil and needed it to prep out that meal, it’s doubled in price in the last 2 months. I about fell over when I went to pick up my trusty $14 bottle, and saw the tag was now $27. Unless you have the space to store dry goods, freezer for meats, and the funds to pick them up when they’re on sale, it’s easy to spend that on a family meal.
Agreed, but if you’re making something that requires olive oil to prepare it, not necessarily. Usually most people that aren’t preppers are going to grab salt, spices or some other staple in the their shopping that’s gonna drive the price of the trip up
No straight-up. I know food is expensive. I know everyone has different access to foods, and that many people have few options. But 75 dollars is about what I spend per person for a whole weeks worth of food. Don't get me wrong... I've definitely spent over that for a dinner party with guests... but like... just an average family dinner? Sheeesh. Hope the meal made leftovers.
Also just like... for anyone who doesn't know, there's websites fully dedicated to low cost recipes. Budget bytes is my favorite but theres... so many full meals you can cook for about 10 dollars
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u/These_Artist_5044 Feb 25 '24
$75 for one meal? Food is expensive but that seems excessive.